Today on FB someone asked a question about the engine compartment light and I posted a link to the '85 EVTM that says that all the courtesy lights, including the engine compartment one, are served by Fuse 8.
But someone else posted a pic from a factory wiring which said that said those lights are served by Fuse 7.
So I pulled out all 7 of my EVTM's, and they all say Fuse 8. And then I looked at all 4 of my factory wiring diagrams (the '81 and '84 I have in paper form, and the '85 and '86 I have on
here) and all of them agree that it is Fuse 7.
But everyone agrees that the courtesy lights are served by a light green/yellow wire. And here's the front of an '82 fuse box I have in the attic, with my thumb at the #8 position, and #7 is directly left of that, as shown
here in the '85 EVTM: (That pic absolutely
REFUSES to rotate correctly.
)
Well, I wonder what's behind that fuse box?
Guess what? The light green/yellow wire goes into #8's position. The EVTM's WIN!
But wait, there's more! The wiring diagrams are right as well. How? Because they call the same fuse spot two different #'s. EVTM's call the spot #8, and the wiring diagrams call it #7. Go figure.
Gary, AKA "Gary fellow":
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