'71 E3 2800/Bav Fuses: Function & Amperage

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Question for the E3 gang:

I've got a '71 2800/Bav (213xxxx VIN). My car's fuse panel has ten fuses, but my owner's manual (for a later vehicle, probably 3.0s) shows twelve fuses.

Here's what my manual shows:
  • 1: 5A Parking light & tail light, left
  • 2: 8A Parking light, tail light, right and license plate
  • 3: 8A Low beam left
  • 4: 8A Low beam right
  • 5: 5A Turning indicator left
  • 6: 5A Turning indicator right
  • 7: 16A Cigarette, Power Antenna
  • 8: 8A Clock, dome light, hazards, glove compartment light, trunk light
  • 9: 16A Heater blower
  • 10: 16A Rear window defog (no defog on my car)
  • 11: 8A Automatic choke (I have water chokes), oil pressure, fuel, tach
  • 12: 16A Stop light, turn signal, horn, wipers, backup light


Could someone who owns an early Bavaria give me a list of the ten fuses, amperage and functionality? (Let's go left to right on the fuse panel).
 
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I can check Thursday. On a Coupe Drive on the western Sierra.
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7-12 on bottom

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No.

Fuse (to DIN
72581 standard)

Item of electrical equipment

1

5 Amp (yellow)

Left hand rear, parking and side lights, engine compartment lighting

2

5 Amp (yellow)

luggage compartment lighting
Licence plate light, instrument lighting, control lighting.

5 Amp (yellow)

Right hand rear, parking and side lights

4

8 Amp (white or black)

Clock, interior light, glove box light, hazard warning
flashers

5

16 Amp (red)

Cigar lighter, automatic radio aerial

6

8 Amp (white or black)

Screenwiper motor, screenwasher

7

8 Amp (white or black)

Stop lights, turn indicators, reversing lights, horn relay, tue gauge and thermometer, oil pressure, brake and tuel level telltales, selector lever indicators (automatic transmission), automatic choke mechanisms

8

16 Amp (red)

Heated rear window, air conditioning

16 Amp (red)

Heater blower /

10

16 Amp (red)

Electric sliding roof,
other items of electrical equipment
 

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I just bought a large Euro DIN fuse kit. 5A, 8A, 10A, 16A and 25A... Reminds me of working on the '67 Wolfsburg VW bug with my dad.

As you can see.. the fuse panel is a mess.. missing fuses, wrong values, etc...
 

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