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• Re: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:17:17 -0400
  ...The blue wire had no terminal connector of any kind. It was "broke off". Part 2 was a dead battery got replaced. Part 3...
• Re: rich running van SOLVED! thanks Gerry S.
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 16:18:47 -0700
  ...Some long-ago mechanic had replaced the spade connector by simply crimping a new one on, and had both the grounded sheath and the...
• Stumbling problem solved
  Historical mailing list - John Clavin
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 21:01:51 -0500
  ...I tried all of the various suggestions regarding temperature sensors, fuel injector cleaning, reseating connectors, etc. Here's what finally isolated the problem and...
• Re: Headlight Mystery (2 lamp/Halogen)
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:41:57 -0700
  ...After carefully inspecting the fuse rail, it appeared there was a decaying spade connector at #6. I crimped on a new one, now BOTH...
• Re: Too hot or not?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 14:14:20 -0400 (AST)
  ...Bridge the 3 connectors with a piece of stout wire with male spade-lugs at each end. One way gets low fan, fiddle for...
• Re: 85gl acceleration Flat spot untill warmed up
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:50:30 -0800
  ...These injectors were cleaned at cruzperformance back in Feb 06 so I pretty sure the there was no corrosion on the electrical spade connectors...
• Re: best headlight replacements?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 01:06:26 -0400
  ...12# Brown Wire 1 24" 12# Red Wire 1 12# Female Spade Connectors - 16 - $0.15 - $2.40 _______________________________________________________ TOTAL COST $44.00 Brent http...
• Re: What is this connector for?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Brassaw
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 18:02:01 -0700
  ...what appears to be a "prong" that would accept a spade type connector. > This is on my '85 1.9L. Any ideas? Another grounding...
• Fwd: 82 Diesel oil pressure switch and thermal sensors
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:50:06 -0500
  ...the electrical connectors for these are different, with the guage connector being a "disk" and the glow plug sensor being a spade lug. Does...
• Re: Installing an after market radio?
  Historical mailing list - David Hally
  Sun, 2 Sep 2007 16:43:56 -0700
  ...That can be hard on a stereo. > > Some of the fuses may have empty spade (AKA "quick disconnects") > connectors in back to which you...
• Re: turn signal indicator weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:14:32 -0800
  ...Now for contacts such as the slip-on spade connectors the same applies. As corrosion attacks the interface the current carrying portion is reduced...
• Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:27:05 -0700
  ...Every time I deal with some spade or barrel connector I do > the same. Light bulbs?...yes, same treatment. Worried about shorting > something out...
• 2 more fridge Q's
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Sun, 27 Jul 2003 22:54:50 +0000
  ...On the other end of the wire is a spade connector which is just hanging free. Any ideas what this goes to?? Should it...
• Re: Low windshield washer pressure
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 10:53:00 -0700
  ...I've seen corrosion cause this as well as complete disintegration of the spade connector. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: Battery Woahs Part II
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 12:33:04 -0700
  ...Right down to the male spade connector on the blade fuse socket. -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy...
• Oil light/buzzer on, but was actually dirty contacts
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mancuso
  Wed, 9 Apr 97 08:26:17 -0400
  ...or the sensor was shot, until I shined up the sensor spade connector with sandpaper. Surprise! The problem went away. My starter stopped working...
• Re: Update and question inline VW Van block swap (in progress)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:55:35 -0700
  ...onto the spade connector on top of the oil filter >>> flange....I >>> have also tried putting that wire onto a spade connector that comes...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:09:37 -0800
  ...Find that one wire, clean the end or crimp on a new .250 female spade connector. That is all that is needed. It has...
• Head gasket O-rings
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:33:12 -0700
  ...I knew there was 2, it just didn't register that the spade connector was for the 2nd one. After replacing the head on...
• Re: Wire crimp tool, find
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:58:42 -0700
  ...the headlight a spade connector on a ground wire fell off. Big > surprise. > > So I went to get my connectors, and He said Oh...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:35:36 -0700
  ...switch, some wire, and one each of a male and female spade connector. mount the switch under the rear seat and you'd only...
• Re: Buses by the Bridge
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 12:18:02 -0700
  ...I cleaned off the spade connectors on my water tank sender and now better guessing at water level. I also worked on our horn...
• Re: Buzzer of Death (2.1)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 08:28:32 EST
  ...Plug it on the spade connector on the side of the distributor that is not hooked to anything. Now run the van. If the...
• Replacement engine running rich, FILTHY RICH!
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:55:13 -0400
  ...one black wire with a spade fitting coming out of it along with the two white wire connector. That black wire, does it go...
• Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 18:53:00 -0500
  I usually have the spade connectors. I love'em - so easy to work with. Just got caught out this time. Also have the bayonet...
• Re: Ground wire from heater blower warm
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:36:10 EST
  ...connections? I can clean up the ground junction but the female spade connectors are tough to get at. There was a 25A fuse on...
• Re: Arrgh.. Headlights out on 86
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Sun, 25 May 2008 22:10:35 -0400
  ...into a single spade terminal at the grounding post above the fuse box (via a double-male to single female connector or some such...
• Fuel issues/troubleshooting/stupidity (a little long but pretty good)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:29:45 -0400
  ...It has studs not spade connectors but comes with adapters. You will have to file one down to fit the vans female spade connector...
• Re: What is this connector for?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:22:32 -0400
  ...what appears to be a "prong" that would accept a spade type >connector. > > This is on my '85 1.9L. Any ideas? Another grounding...
• Electric Mayhem
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Mon, 4 Sep 2017 15:30:39 -0700
  ...I'm finding a wire, I believe coming from the aux battery box (via fridge relay), that is connecting a spade connector that is...
• Re: AAR auxillary air regulator
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 22:14:30 +0100
  ...about the size of a pack of cigarettes and has ten connector spades in the bottom. VW P/N is 251 907 393A or...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 20:42:36 -0500
  ...end of the wiring harness since the H4 bulb has different >connector spade pattern... cut and splice 3 wires for each plug... not a...
• Re: 85gl acceleration Flat spot until warmed up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:22:21 -0500
  ...I pretty >sure the there was no corrosion on the electrical spade connectors on the >injectors but I cant rule that out maybe the...
• Re: Bosch starter relay numbers
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Oct 94 13:42:04 MDT
  ...I thought about writing to VW to complain that after > 22 years, the inline spade connectors they used had developed enough electrical > resistanse to...
• Re: Questions about wires, relay, H2 lamps, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 2 May 2013 16:23:44 -0400
  ...the same sizes? > > Where does one get the kind of female spade connectors with the little tang > on the side that keeps them in...
• Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 02:20:39 -0700
  ...Rob becida@comcast.net At 4/7/2011 04:53 PM, John Rodgers wrote: > I usually have the spade connectors. I love'em - so...
• Re: 1987 Oxygen Sensor Wiring 2.1 liter Digifant MV engine
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 00:12:36 +0100
  ...The normal connector is a female > spade-lug on both harness and sensor wires, each with a flat molded rubber > boot. They are joined...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:09:47 -0500
  ...Another advantage of the design with the built-in mount is that you can use regular old female spade connectors on the ends of...
• Re: Faucet install tips wanted
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 8 Aug 2013 08:20:11 -0400
  ...My old faucet is > leaking. > > My first head scratcher is that the wire on the new faucet ends with two > spade connectors. the old...
• Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:32:48 +0000
  ...in your Vanagon?  Might be a light bulb, might be a spade connector, might be a speaker connection, might be a door switch, might...
• Re: Di-Electric Grease....Magic Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:03:38 -0800
  ...trailer plugs, spade connectors where you pull the boot and plug apart just trying to get the connector off the spade. Apparently the proper...
• Re: Windshield washer tank repair questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 21 May 2017 22:43:28 -0400
  ...When the plastic was off we found a wire with a spade connector on the column it was so loose I don’t know...
• Re: Coil-itis
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 16 Aug 2015 17:50:54 -0700
  ...Spade connectors are connected > properly and are tight / clean surfaces on spades and wire connections. I > am not sure on the condition of the...
• Re: ELECTRICAL: need help diagnosing non-working brake/backup lights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:32:50 -0500
  ...Don't >> know how long the problem has been going on. >> >> I have 12 between the center (crosswise) terminal on the connectors to the...
• Re: Instrument cluster/tachometer UPDATE
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:18:56 EST
  ...I would get some green wire from Radio Shack in 25 ft roll, put a spade connector on one end and plug it to...
• Re: Arrgh.. Headlights out on 86 FIXED
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Wed, 28 May 2008 15:47:31 +0000
  ...into a single spade terminal at the> grounding post above the fuse box (via a double-male to single female> connector or some such...
• Re: 87 Wolfy Running Rich, -Idle Stab Removed, AFM checked, O2 New, Temp2 New, and on and on...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 May 2001 21:55:54 -0400
  At 12:11 AM 5/8/2001, Eric Nettles wrote: >Howdy Volks, > > >temp 2 is new (But the other one, with 2 spade connectors...
• Re: Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:02:07 -0800
  ...ground wire from #3 on my cluster. > I put a female spade connector on the other end and plugged it into a > spare terminal...
• Re: Headlight / turn signal problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:02:51 -0700
  ...I had a bad connect to the female spade connector on the grounding terminal under the dash. Tested good I think because when I...
• Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:49:52 -0700
  ...that female spade connector.. is about the most common wire connector there is ..... particularly in VW. Surprised you don't have 20 of them...
• Harbor Freight Circuit Tester was D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 17:45:13 -0800
  ...Although it might be made to work it is intended for use with the Mini spade fuses, not with ATC/ATO fuses (the bigger...
• Spring servicing...
  Historical mailing list - christian krahforst
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 14:32:53 +0000
  ...I repaired the spade connectors to the horn. (It is so much louder now.) I adjusted the breaks. I bled them too. I feel...
• Re: Source for dashboard lamps?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:24:05 EDT
  ...In a black plastic carrier with small spade connectors. The little twist-lock lamps for the instrument panel are easy to find, but I...
• Re: Rapid left blinker after fix
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sat, 18 Feb 2017 17:17:18 -0800
  ...I had a spare socket from a junkyard turn signal and was able to clean that one up, replaced all three female spade connectors...
• Re: Battery Woahs Part II
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 11:36:19 -0700
  ...Right down to the male spade connector on the blade fuse socket. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 4, 2015, at 11:13 AM...
• Re: Urgent: NEED HELP, Weird Van Thing
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:29:58 -0400
  ...Tried disconnecting and reconnecting 02 sensor several times (the green single wire with a spade connector) and found the van ran no differently. Idle...
• Re: Dometic Wiring Question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:20:06 -0700
  ...However, on the back of the thermostat is a spade lug that looks like it would connect to a ground-I don't remember...
• Re: Vanagon entertainment...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:49:35 -0700
  ...The existing wires have different size connectors which match the spade connectors on the speakers. > > > Patrick Spragge > >> On Jul 12, 2016, at 11:03...
• Re: Fuel flow regulator
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 23:57:03 -0500
  ...When I went back and looked, I found a blade for a spade > > connector. So rusted and covered with black oil that I missed...
• Re: Harbor Freight Circuit Tester was D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 21:39:21 -0800
  ...Harbor Freight Circuit Tester was D15 connector revealed On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote...