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• Re:LED/Fan speed indicator
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Aug 1996 17:46:06 PST
  ...Actually I changed about six suspicious looking ground terminals! No wonder I have only heard the high speed rad fan come on twice in...
• Re: Cleaning bad grounds
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:40:14 -0700
  ...There were also rules on what the ground was made of (braid, solid, multiconductor, etc) Interior grounding was not much different except no grease...
• Re: Burnt Wires!!-Please look and advise
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:06:31 -0800
  ...A ground wire is simply the other side of a circuit (circuit > implying circle). That's why good grounds are just as important as...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:52:42 -0700
  ...Then 85 is wired to the horn button wire and the > horn button grounds 85 when pressed. So the button ground is the real...
• Re: how many grounds
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 18:30:31 -0600
  Last summer I pulled all the ground bundles off of the driver's side of the engine. There are 2 grounding points on a...
• bad ground on radiator fan motor
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 22:11:20 +0000
  ...groundbrown wire, the medium size red low speed wire and the massive red high speedwire.   What were the Germans smokingwhen they made the ground...
• Re: Tail Light Problem--85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - A & C Grobey
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:35:03 -0700
  ...I searched all over the van for grounds and cleaned all I could find with sand paper. These included the ground cluster under the...
• Re: Oil pressure switch question (air cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:35:16 -0700
  ...it never supplies ground, except when there is suffecient pressure to make it supply ground, which is the reverse logic of 'normal' oil pressure...
• Re: Help! No ground to the fuel injectors???
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 08:53:26 EST
  One thing to do with a 19-year old vehicle is to clean EVERY electrical connection and ground screw you can find. Use a...
• Re: List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine lid...
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:02:34 -0800
  ...http://www.syncro-bernd-jaeger.de/ENGLISH/TDI-Umbau/tdi-umbau.html Sorry, he does not give ground clearance. If the new Subaru diesel...
• ground wire for fuel sender (need help finding)
  Historical mailing list - Ken S
  Sat, 25 Dec 2004 08:05:47 -0800
  ...I've never been able to find this grounding point on any of the cross members or beams under my van...... Any help would...
• star grounds
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sat, 18 Dec 1999 04:02:48 -0500
  Dear List, A recent post mentioned the "star grounds" under the dash. They sound important! Can anyone tell me what and where they are...
• Re: Westfalia Shore Power Ground Bonding Minutia: Breaker Box
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:47:26 +0000
  ...In the breaker box, I'll connect a #14 bare copper ground pigtail to the box then connect the line and load grounds to...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:08:17 -0700
  > ..... the ECU most > likely has a common ground that allows signals to be sent to it without > having another ground wire going all the...
• Re: ADBQ
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2003 11:25:51 -0700
  That is correct, and I would urge anyone adding another battery to use a similarly large ground lead for it. Even if you use...
• Re: Ground of Oxygen sensor reading 10.6V
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 03:52:04 -0400
  ...You've got a ground problem on pin 19 of the ECU harness. Find where the along the path of that wire the voltage...
• What ground are there to check? Was still running rich..
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:25:54 -0500
  ...Have checked and cleaned the grounds under the ignition coil.. the one next to the hall sender... the one that hooks to the tranny...
• Re: star grounds
  Historical mailing list - Susan Bernavich
  Sat, 18 Dec 1999 09:45:05 -0800
  ...star grounds > > Dear List, > > A recent post mentioned the "star grounds" under the dash. They sound > important! Can anyone tell me what and where...
• Re: Help with 12v Dometic wiring
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 18:36:56 -0700
  ...Then it sits at closer to 12 volts at the input end, dropping to zero volts at the true ground end. The relay ground...
• Re: Elec.Gurus! DC ground question (fridge fans off shore power)
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:22:15 -0700
  ...12v Grounds for Accessories > Some are going to argue that I'm overdoing it and that using chassis ground > for accessories will work fine...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - James
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 17:00:43 -0500
  ...Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine > grounding1 > Sent by: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> > > > > about engine grounds... anyone has a list...
• Headlight upgrade issue
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:54:04 -0400
  ...My "ground star" is full so I don't have anywhere to plug the ground wire from the relay. What I'm wondering is...
• radio whine - solved
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:47:53 -0700
  ...I brought in a new ground and power to the *headunit* straight from the aux battery and ground beside aux battery. This has fixed...
• Re: HELP! MY RADIATOR FAN QUIT!
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 05:39:27 -0400
  ...If I > connect a wire from the negative fan connector to ground....it runs... I > cleaned the ground terminals behind the fuse block, too...
• Re: Bus depot headlight upgrade "Vision Kit" for 1988 vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:05:47 -0400
  ...Check to make sure you have the correct ground connection by noticing with the ground wire unplugged that the existing Headlights go out" sounds...
• Re: Ground isolater for speaker wire
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 09:56:11 -0700
  ...I'd have to dig out the wiring diagram to be sure, but as I recall all the ground wires from the receiver connected...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Tue, 1 Nov 2011 19:02:38 -0500
  ...When connect 7 alone and then to ground, or 25 to ground, or ground to ground I get 22 ohms. So maybe my ohmmeter...
• Re: Bus depot headlight upgrade "Vision Kit" for 1988 vanagon GL RELATED QUESTION/THREAD HIJACK
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 17 Jul 2015 00:32:58 -0600
  ...For the lights, per the instructions that came with them, I cut the > ground wires and grounded to the frame a short distance from...
• Re: Riddle me this about Vanagon dash wiring gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:40:42 -0500
  Bad ground for the lights. Both lights are grounded at a common connector over the fuse box. I would add a new ground at...
• 1993 Eurovan 2.5 Ground Strap At Hood
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 4 Nov 2015 14:39:11 -0800
  ...Can anyone confirm if the covered braided ground strap at passenger side of engine bay connect to the engine hood? Why is it grounding...
• Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 10:19:09 -0700
  Thanks Rob, I think I will try that first...It is quite difficult to access that cluster ground below the light switch and behind...
• Re: Need Help with Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:02:47 -0500
  ...It was a bad ground from the rear ground star! The two brown original ground wires were badly oxidized as were some other connectors...
• Re: Help with 12v Dometic wiring
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 19:15:28 -0700
  ...The starter solenoid coil is the ground for the fridge relay and if the red/black wire is pulled off the starter the fridge...
• RE: short in headlight wiring ... somewhere
  Historical mailing list - Tom Ervolina
  Thu, 19 Jun 1997 13:26:38 -0400
  ...Check the two round ground connectors. >Both Headlights are grounded at the same terminal. It is the one that is >obviously overheated. In my...
• Re: '87 Westy running rough
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 09:35:38 -0500
  ...If the wires to this sensor get grounded the brain gets real weird. 4. Grounds. Check and clean every ground connection in the engine...
• Re: Extra Grounds on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 08:05:12 -0700
  ...This ensures that the right head is well grounded, since it is grounded through the stud nuts and exhaust system normally. The stud nuts...
• Re: Tail light ground location
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:54:43 -0400
  ...Where do the tail light ground >at? I have recently painted the van and maybe i knocked somethng loose?? > >Thanks According to 97.212...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:35:48 -0500
  ...there is a test protocol in Bently for the >instrument...Ground it goes to full hot, maybe? Ground it burns up if you leave...
• Re: Wiring rear speakers - 86 Weekender - long
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:30:09 -0700
  ...Great! Right and left and ground. > > According to Bentley and my continuity check, the ground for those speakers > is a common ground, that is...
• Re: Odd headlights - some on some off
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 May 2012 22:24:08 -0700
  at least 3 members said 'ground wires' .. that ought to get you going on that all right. the grounding 'star' thing ..there are two...
• Re: Stranded in Texas
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 14:31:15 -0500
  Jack, Make sure you have a good ground wire for the green coax O2 sensor. The green O2 coax wire has an outer sheath...
• 1982 westy voltage drop fix
  Historical mailing list - David and Shirin
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:14:20 -0500
  ...I checked the ground wire from the engine to the unibody. On my Westy the only ground I can find is from the front...
• Re: Most miles on Vanagon Now tricks
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:40:13 -0800
  ...Grounding the right side head with a 10 guage wire to the body, preferably to the same body ground point the mass of ground...
• Ground up design NO VANAGON CONTENT
  Historical mailing list - David M.
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 09:48:04 -0500
  ...No car, (I must repeat this) "NO car" in recent history has been "all new" or in your words "designed from ground up". Even...
• The Waveform is Different. Was: Extra Grounds on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:13:13 EDT
  ...I placed the ground wire from the Digifant system that is supposed to go to the head to the body instead. Ground is ground...
• Re: Aux Battery system, volts escaping to ground!
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:37:28 -0400
  ...As well as between any one battery and the ground. So what should I be testing? You seem to be indicating that I should...
• Re: Melted ground wire
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:25:06 -0400
  > > The ground wire gets hot, melts the plastic > sleeve, touches the 86 (+) wire and short everything. > This is backwards. The ground wire from the...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 01:31:05 EDT
  ...Towing with only FRONT wheels on the ground: Lock the wheels with an external wheel lock device. Do NOT rely on the steering column...
• Re: Headlights not working (?) --> FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:46:41 -0500
  ...or if you're mistaken about them both being ground Well, if two wires are crimped together at a ground terminal they had *better...
• NVC Friday grounding question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:52:57 -0500
  Can anyone give me a clue as to why my PT Cruiser has a ground strap to the muffler at the back of the...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 22:43:03 -0700
  eading. > > you thought about or considered ALL grounds in the van ? > I have seen *the weirdest stuff you ever dreamed of' ...from a poorly...
• Re: Wiring color question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:12:08 -0400
  ...So those are only grounded when the ECM is "on" or ECM programming switches it to ground? What if I connected the brown/white...
• =?US-ASCII?Q?RE:_No_headlights_-_high_beam_indicator_stays_on_-_relay_upg?= =?US-ASCII?Q?rade_installed?=
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 May 2005 22:38:27 -0400
  Check the headlight ground connection. It is located above the fuse box, high, on a start adapter. It is known for loosening and burning...
• Re: wiring questions
  Historical mailing list - J McCavitt
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 12:07:15 -0800
  In regards to #1, go to FLAPS and look for a package of piggyback spade connectors, ideal for grounds, all brass, no insulation. Has...
• Re: Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:12:07 -0800
  ...Then they combined that single ground wire with a >> bunch of other dash ground wires all into one final wire which then runs >> to...
• Re: Fuel Pump Ground Location?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:10:02 -0400
  ...Fuel Pump Ground Location? Just curious on the ground location out of the factory. I have rewired the ground to the chassis near the...
• Re: Subject: Starter Help!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:45:06 -0800
  The starter gets it's ground thru the mount but I agree with you. I added a ground cable to my starter from the...
• Re: Fw: Deep Cycle Batts.. A Journey
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:38:05 -0600
  ...power grid is ground-referenced, and > neutral conductors all have a path to ground somewhere. This isn't true > of a battery that's...
• Re: Update: Re: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:20:59 -0400
  ...There's a list of these > numbers in the index page before diagram pages. > > In the Westy, the main ground for the ECU is...
• Re: T4 grounding crown
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Mon, 11 Apr 2016 07:27:50 -0700
  ...I couldn't find the grounds on the eurovan and gave up when I looked ( it was raining ) Alistair > On Apr 11, 2016, at...