Volkswagen Beetle VW1200 Electrical Wiring System

 Volkswagen beetle was a great selling car with a nice fancy looking in 1950s. Both Volkswagen and Peugeot are German cars imported to Sri Lanka by "Car Mart". This company still remains   and The great still imports these two brands. The most outstanding innovation of Beetle car is Air Cooled Engine. No water needed for this car. Engine is mounted on back side of the car not like other conventional cars. Volkswagen used a horizontal oppose 4 cylinder engine for beetle 1200,1300 & 1303.

The following wiring diagram is applicable for Volkswagen Beetle 1200 1958 and 1959 model years. Herein you will find detail illustration with colorful schematics of the electrical circuit and diagram of the vehicle. There is also list of the electrical components of the Beetle 1200 including battery, starting motor, generator, ignition starter switch, windshield wiper switch, horn, headlight dimmer switch, stop light switch, oil pressure switch, parking light, ignition distributor, ignition coil, spark plug connector for cylinder, fuse box, interior light, etc.
 

 

A – Battery

B – Starting Motor

C – Generator

D – Ignition Starter Switch

E – Windshield Wiper Switch

F – Push-Pull-Type Light Switch and Instrument Panel Lighting

G – Direction Indicator Switch

H1 – Horn Button

H2 – Horn Brush

H3 – Horn

J2 – Headlight Dimmer Switch

J3 – Stop Light Switch

J4 – Oil Pressure Switch

K1 – High Beam Indicator Light

K2 – Generator Control Light

K3 – Direction Indicator Control Light

K4 – Oil Pressure Warning Light

K5 – Speedometer Light

L1 – Bi-filament Bulb for Headlight, Left

L2 – Bi-filament Bulb for Headlight, Right

M1 – Parking Light, Left

M2 – Parking Light, Right

N – Ignition Distributor

O – Ignition Coil

P1 – Spark Plug Connector for Cylinder 1

P2 – Spark Plug Connector for Cylinder 2

P3 – Spark Plug Connector for Cylinder 3

P4 – Spark Plug Connector for Cylinder 4

Q1 – Spark Plug for Cylinder 1

Q2 – Spark Plug for Cylinder 2

Q3 – Spark Plug for Cylinder 3

Q4 – Spark Plug for Cylinder 4

R1 – Radio

R2 – Antenna

S1 – Fuse Box (four Fuses)

S2 – Fuse Box (two Fuses)

T1 – Connector, single

T3 – Connector, triple

U1 – Direction Indicator, Left

U2 – Direction Indicator, Right

V1 – Door Contact Switch, Left (d/L)

V2 – Door Contact Switch, Right (d/L)

W – Windshield Wiper Motor (d/L 3 connections)

X1 – Stop and Tail Light’ Left

X2 – Stop and Tail Light, Right

Y – Interior Light

Z – License Plate Light

Now I'm Going to show you some electrical parts which you can see in an actual Volkswagen beetle referred to the above diagram.

  

And that's the story of the electrical wiring system of a very old but vintage car. Glad that we can still see this car around our country.