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• hot start relay didn't work - now what?
  Historical mailing list - John S. Cronin
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:54:06 -0400
  ...I opened both battery compartments, cleaned the terminals and the battery cables, pulled the ground straps loose and cleaned up around their connections, replaced...
• Re: Box for luggage rack
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 97 16:00:07 EDT
  ...Do you use any deterents? > 2m above ground! (Deters shorter, non-agile thiefs ;-) Seriously, no I haven't found a good way. If I...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:07:57 -0600
  ...I mean at the short braided cable that goes from the solenoid into the body of the starter itself. Clamp onto that cable with...
• Re: Starter Diagnosis (was Removing Starter)
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 15:21:07 -0700
  ...I got the starter on the ground and did a quick bench test for the starter motor (positive on the post going from the...
• Re: Starting problem or startER problem
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 6 Apr 2013 21:33:24 -0400
  ...Make sure the cables to the starter are shiny as a rain deers nose. I have also run a ground cable to the starter...
• CB Disappointment
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:57:11 -0700
  ...Well, after spending many hours running the cable behind the cabinets, fabricating the mount, grounding it to the body, etc. I was rewarded with...
• Re: How To Make New Battery To Starter Cable for 2.1 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:41:34 -0500
  ...And that's the story of why we say > they are "poor grounds"... awe.. pooooor grounds... oft forgotten.. > nobody cares about you. No not...
• Re: Help, late model instument cluster in '82 van
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:18:06 -0800
  ...You must own a 1981 registered as a 1982 because Screw-On Upper Speedo Cables were only used for the first two years of...
• Scan gage blank then Dennis fixed
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:31:32 -0400
  ...This may have happened after I disconnected battery ground to change fuel pump. I dreaded trying to figure it out but Dennis Gabe me...
• jump!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Baden
  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 12:22:31 -0500 (EST)
  ...I cleaned fuse box terminals and, following Muir checked with the battery ground cable for any sort of spark on hook-up - none, so...
• Re: Starter Solenoid?
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Tue, 6 May 2003 12:17:42 -0400
  Hey Mike, We're talking about the same one, right? The thick copper grounding cable thats, oh, about 8 inches long - connecting the auto...
• Re: Voltage regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:51:01 -0400
  ...making the final (ground) > connection to the battery and heard the fridge relay click with each touch > of the negative cable to the battery...
• Re: electrical problems... confusing!
  Historical mailing list - Seisen
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:49:04 -0700
  ...confusing! also my ground cable on the battery looks terrible... its badly corroded with the white powder at the body (not on the battery...
• Re: Trumatic heater/furnace
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:12:08 -0600
  ...It must be pretty complicated, there are 11 or 12 > wires in the cable. > thanks, > Al Brase > 69 double cab, Vanagons > > A couple wires...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:58:35 -0700
  ...Most all aftermarket FLAPS battery cables have copper plated steel lugs which will rust. Steel BTW has 50 times less electrical conductivity than copper...
• Re: Engine Cranks but No Start
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:38:07 -0400
  ...problem but trying some jumper cables even if the starter works is worth trying. Poor electrical connections and grounds may also cause a no...
• Re: update on a/c fuse blowing
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 15 May 2007 23:55:35 -0400
  ...The cables to the fans go up from that point. The cables to the engine (and freon lines) go down from that point. Check...
• Re: Gowesty starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 5 Sep 2016 11:42:46 -0400
  I added an extra ground wire (neg battery cable from a Subaru actually) from the lower starter mount bolt to the frame. The stock...
• Re: HELP! Loss of Voltage.. Am I thinking right?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:37:10 EDT
  ...I have a later model Vanagon starter cable if you need one (for when the battery is under the passenger seat) for $60 and...
• Plug n Play headlight harness with relays - almost done
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 10:45:22 -0800
  ...The other issue is grounds for the lights. Ideally you would want to drill a small hole into body and bolt the ground wire...
• Re: Starter Power Question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 9 Jun 2014 11:14:47 -0700
  The main starter power cable comes from the battery, a very thick black cable. It attaches to the threaded wiring stud on the starter...
• Re: Slow cranking with fully charged battery
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Tue, 22 Mar 2016 23:18:21 -0700
  ...I'll start with checking for good grounding and inspect the battery cables. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 21, 2016, at 8:38...
• Re: Questions about wires, relay, H2 lamps, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 2 May 2013 16:23:44 -0400
  ...The bigger the cable, the lower the wire losses due to heat. However even 16 ga would be ok for 2 regular wattage lamps...
• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:21:58 -0700
  ...transmission ground or added your ground strap; you can > use a jumper cable (much common sense required) to bypass the main battery > cable if...
• Re: Bad New Battery?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:09:54 -0500
  ...remove either negative or positive cable from battery and insert ammeter between cable and battery terminal with engine off, ignition key off, no accessories...
• Re: O2 Wire splicing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:32:42 -0600
  ...a coaxial cable.  Radio shack has some single conductor shielded microphone cable that works just fine.  Disconnect your battery ground, and remove...
• Re: "Don't leave home without it" items
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:07:04 -0400
  ...I have used it to put out fires, drive stakes in the ground cut battery cables, open doors, dig holes, even start fires when...
• Of Vanagon Demons and other Ailments...
  Historical mailing list - Jorge Osorio
  Thu, 14 Aug 2003 21:44:20 -0400
  ...hoping the accelerator cable wouldn't freeze open and swing me against the first oncoming snow plow. Bottom Line, The Ground wire between the...
• Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:45:11 -0700
  ...Check your grounds and your cable plugs. The fix is easy it is identifying it that is the problem. Hense the concept of the...
• Re: VW quality & Mercedes FI & Japanese FI - was - Massive Maintenance and cost
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:34:46 -0500
  ...Hook jumper cable to the carbon rod and positive, the other side to ground. The carbon rod would get red hot when it touched...
• Green ground strap/ noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:50:55 -0400
  So I'm giving my engine the once over looking for any signs of trouble and I notice that the flat copper ground strap...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 13 Feb 2008 to 14 Feb 2008 - Special issue (#2008-199)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:48:54 -0800
  ...Do I need to upgrade the cable from the starter battery to the starter post? > "Then another line from the main battery to the...
• Re: charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:09:53 -0700
  ...the 85 Vanagon has the last year of the 'small' battery to starter cable of course . 86 is considerably fatter. trans ground cale looks...
• Re: Another Vanagon Stall?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 5 Jan 95 14:24:58 PST
  ...to be > perfect, after I fixed a short in an input cable. > As long as we are going to completely to death, I just...
• 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
  ...I think what threw me the most about this situation, was not only that the cable seemed strange in that it was a shielded...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 2 May 2013 21:25:18 -0700
  ...it is a regular single contact sensor with a dedicated ground wire, rather than depending on getting ground through the threads of the sensor...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:59:26 -0700
  ...I cleaned all grounds, battery cables and so on, with no effect. At this point I am ready to install a second power cable...
• Re: Where's the other end of my broken ground strap?
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Sun, 9 Apr 2017 13:33:42 -0400
  ...which has the same effect as #2 if the > alternator B+ cable is in good shape. > > The 16 terminal and the circled terminal (if...
• Re: rebuilding starter
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:49:37 -0500
  I once replaced that strap with a piece cut from the end of a battery cable that had an "eye" at the end. It...
• Re: starting problem (#2005-1009)]
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:26:25 -0500
  ...bigger cable from the battery to the starter turns the motor just fine. When I cleaned up the connectors and replaced the ground strap...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:25:53 -0700
  I remove the old useless cable. Why keep it? I replace them with cables exclusively from 90 or 91 vans that had the dual...
• O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor-follow up, still having problems
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:17:12 -0500
  ...My thoughts are that the problem might be with the small > guage coax type cable that sends the sensor signal to the ECU grounding...
• Re: weird idle...
  Historical mailing list - MDC Vanagon
  Mon, 6 May 2002 13:25:51 -0700
  ...nice hunk of 1/2 inch Monster speaker cable, and created my own ground cable. Ever since, the strange intermittent high idle has been...
• Re: Renting a tow-dolly for vanagon core-HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:23:50 -0600
  ...One person can do it alone, and the come along you need is > only > the small one that uses a cable that you could...
• Re: Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 20 Sep 2014 10:19:32 -0700
  I've been running RG-8 coax for years, with the shield grounded at the ECU end (on a Tiico Motronic ECU) and works...
• hardwire jumping a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:21:37 -0700
  ...grounded well, that when one goes to jump themselves (so to speak) that you don't even have to use the black cable. I...
• Re: Ultimate Starter Fix--
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Mon, 12 May 2003 20:16:54 -0700
  ...mins on a nice day.. > >Check the starter primary ..The thick cable that goes from the starter to the > pos battery or (is it...
• Re: Second Battery Under Rear Seat
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 10:10:23 -0600
  ...I have it set up so I can lift the grounds from either battery easily. If we have drained the aux battery camping I...
• RE...electrical problems
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Bartnicki
  Mon, 28 May 2001 23:22:55 -0400
  ...That should steer you to which HARNESS IS GROUNDING. If the relays don't happen the pull each fuse one at a time until...
• Re: Easy to remove engines
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:42:59 -0400
  ...box cable, fuel line and ALT + wire to starter -Disconnect all FI related wires that goes to the walls and throttle cable, revove air...
• Funny, but not funny ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Tue, 1 Jan 2008 23:37:48 -0800
  ...sensor, computer, distributor, cap, rotor, cables, plugs, new injectors, AFM, ICU, idle control valve, cleaned all the grounds or put new connectors on, etc...
• Re: Dead 83.5
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 21:20:42 -0500
  ...You could have a defective ecu, or have a short to ground in the fuel injector cable or even a shorted injector (one shorted...
• Re: O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:33:36 -0800
  ...My thoughts are that the problem might be with the small > guage coax type cable that sends the sensor signal to the ECU > grounding...
• Re: O2 Sensors need grounding? (was STILL BUCKING & KICKING!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 20:17:26 -0500
  While trouble shooting mine I got so desperate I put a booster cable on it and grounded it to the grounding point on the...
• Voltage regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 9 Sep 2004 23:19:44 -0400
  ...making the final (ground) connection to the battery and heard the fridge relay click with each touch of the negative cable to the battery...
• Re: Starter Power Question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:04:11 -0700
  ...The motor switch part gets its power via a large cable to the battery. Since he is hearing the clicking of the actuator, we...
• Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed lead voltages!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:26:32 -0400
  ...cable coming from engine and > ground is 140K ohms. I have a spare FI cable assembly and get same > resistance from that cable when...
• Re: 3 Questions
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 21:54:07 +0100
  ...cable? >> >>2. Headlights: My headlights are far too dim for safe operation. I >>figure this must have something to do with a loose ground...
• Advice-New Ignition Switch/Cig Lighter/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:25:59 -0600
  ...I am going to check the grounds from alt to chassis and from tranny to chassis. I wanted to run new battery cable to...
• Re: Timing light power source - confirmation
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 20:23:07 -0500
  ...terminal 15 on the coil & ground to engine. > - Connect it to the positive terminal on the alternator and ground to > engine. > > Can I assume...