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Re: Electrical question (non-starting)
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sat, 23 May 2009 18:09:55 -0700
...According to 97.147 the wire from the ign sw 50 terminal goes to terminal B8 in the panel, then comes out D24 and...
Re: Vanagon Syndrome, et al
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:59:59 -0600
...Made the terminal 4 connection on the connector rather than the > terminal: > > http://www.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/Terminal4.JPG > > Then did terminal 2 after...
Re: starter wiring
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:42:19 -0700
...The other wire is ground right? I think it is terminal 50. So, can I just run an aligator clip from terminal 50 to...
Re: FI Weirdness -- please help
Historical mailing list
Thu, 2 Jul 1998 08:03:59 EDT
...From what you describe, it is shorting out to terminal 88d or possibly 88c. <<Note that there is some somewhat flakey wiring on the...
Re: Low compression results accurate?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:59:51 -0700
...Each time I wanted to crank > the engine, I held the terminal onto my positive battery terminal. > > I got readings of between 80 and...
Re: Arrgh.. Headlights out on 86
Historical mailing list - Ryan
Sun, 25 May 2008 23:02:41 -0400
...This I do know for sure, I have power at the X terminal of the light switch and power at terminal 56 with the...
Re: Starter woes...
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:12:34 -0400
...Ignition switch terminal 50 supplies voltage to the 86 > terminal of your starting relay. Is it getting there? Is the 85 terminal > grounded? Does...
Engine turns - Fails to start - Trouble Shooting
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Fri, 6 Jun 2014 10:36:48 -0500
...There are three terminals inside the plug. The two outside terminals are power and ground - the middle terminal is the connection to the ECU...
Re: Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Sat, 14 Dec 2013 12:53:26 -0800
Basically you want to get 12 volts to the 'trigger terminal' on the starter solenoid. That terminal has medium thick black/red wire on...
Re: circuit for bridging the batteries
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Thu, 4 Dec 2003 19:35:55 -0800
...Connect the relay terminal (where you removed the blue wire) to the switch "common" terminal. Connect the remaining switch terminal to a source of...
Re: 1.9 automatic vanagon syndrome ??
Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:17:15 -0700
...http://members.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/Terminal4.JPG http://members.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/Terminal2.JPG I got the cap from these guys (all sorts of...
Re: VW relay #53, 141 951 253B
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 1 Jun 2016 17:47:07 +0000
...When terminal 86 of the relay is energized (key on ), it activates the computer and sends power to the 86 terminal of the fuel...
Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Optima Battery position
Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:53:12 -0500
...Also, Joy offers good advice when she says to line the compartments with non-conductive material so that the terminals do not touch any...
Re: Front Heater Box Overhaul
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Fri, 12 Mar 2004 07:30:18 -0500
...And, not exactly related to the heater - How do I remove spade terminals inside electrical plugs, specifically the cylindrical connectors for the climate/ac...
Re: battery compartment
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:04:35 -0700
...battery compartment > > >> Well, that's why the group 41 batteries come with a terminal cover for >>> the positive terminal. Little plastic bridge thing with...
Re: Westy reefer relay wiring -- the Red wire?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:23:12 -0400
...Red, 2.5mm TO ALTERNATOR TERMINAL D+ : Blue, 0.5mm TO IGNITION STARTER SWITCH TERMINAL 50 : Red/Black, 0.5mm On my Westy, this...
Re: Group-41 deep cycle gel-cel battery -payback
Historical mailing list
Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:48:15 -0400 (EDT)
...Top terminals come with plastic caps and will stick up through the > carpet (but not so high that the driver's seat won't...
Re: Trouble starting
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:48:34 -0400
Bryan, you directly jumpered across the heavy terminals. That will spin the motor but as you found out on this type of starter it...
extra wires
Historical mailing list - EARL J SMITH
Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:22:45 -0800
...The terminal ends are the same size as that used on light sockets in heater switches but those are attached. Each terminal has a...
Re: Where do jumper cables go on an 87 westy?
Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:53:42 +0000
On Tuesday 09 Dec 2003 18:45, Mark Tuovinen wrote: > Any decent aftermarket parts supplier can provide remote terminals for > jumper cables, they are...
Second battery install instructions
Historical mailing list - Ron & Marianne Mighton
Sun, 28 Dec 2003 08:44:03 -0500
...Run a 10 gage wire from the + terminal on the aux battery to terminal #30 on the relay. (Crimp on a ring connecter to...
Re: Curious no swas teh same tart issue
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 25 May 2012 18:56:25 -0400
...Starter has a double male for the control terminal, so you can move the 50 lead to the outboard side if necessary and clip...
generator
Historical mailing list
Tue, 7 Nov 1995 18:29:16 -0600
...Ground the field terminal. Put positive lead of voltmeter on the positive terminal of the generator(larger wire). Ground the negative of the voltmeter...
Best way to Install a Optima Red Top Starter ...Sideways
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Mon, 19 Nov 2001 08:49:06 EST
...the battery box under the positive terminal (there is a small space between the edge of the terminal and the metal) to prevent any...
Re: Alt idiot light on
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Thu, 25 Jul 2002 15:20:45 -0700
...two large terminals direct to battery +, one small terminal to LED. If the current from the LED has to go through an open relay...
re digital clock 87 van
Historical mailing list - Jeff Clayman
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:58:30 -0500
Just pulled mine out to troubleshoot. Anbody know which terminal is positive and which negative? Jeff
Testing a Fuel Injection harness??
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Thu, 5 Oct 2006 15:09:51 -0700
...In each case I registered continuity between one terminal of the connector and the appropriate terminal in the ECU connector. But, when I went...
Re: Headlight Relay Kit Problems
Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
Mon, 2 Dec 2013 00:31:09 -0500
...Soldering something together where there is no open terminal available is more likely to overload a circuit. As time goes on and owners add...
still cranks, won't start
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:51:57 -0700
...remove the relay #53 and jumper between the hot terminal on the alternator and terminal 87 in the relay socket, the pump runs. I...
Re: Alternator advice on 85 Wasserbox
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:58:46 -0500
...The W terminal is a tachometer output for diesel engines, no application on gas engines. david David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net...
Starter not working - problem solved
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sun, 26 Jan 2003 22:35:46 -0800
...I also wire brushed the starter terminals and lightly sanded them and also applied dielectric grease on the terminals and reassembled the starter. Since...
Starter hesitation
Historical mailing list - radish150
Tue, 2 Oct 2001 19:33:11 -0700
...Run a medium gauge wire from the main power supply terminal from the starter to any one of the two large terminals of a...
electrical testing proceedure question..Not van specific, but..
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:16:14 -0700
...So, the battery is 7 years old..Probably time for a new one, yes? After cleaning all the ground points and the terminals and...
new to list and '84 rich running solution (long)
Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
Wed, 25 Dec 2002 19:13:53 -0800
...Upon closer inspection I could see they had been getting so hot as to blister the insulation closest to the ring terminals. A VOM...
Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:45:34 -0500
...It can happen that the control wire works off the terminal on the starter and hangs there just barely (or sometimes not quite) touching...
Re: Accessing Terminal 50 on Ignition Switch
Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
Sun, 14 Nov 2004 13:49:47 +0000
Hi Tim, There should be access under the black cover on the steering column. John
Re: Connecting a 2nd battery & fridge questions
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Tue, 07 Jan 1997 13:00:37 -0800
...The switching posts 86 and 85 are connected to the alternator terminal D+ and the ignition/starter switch terminal 50 respectively. I realize that...
Re: Ignition Switch Question
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Mon, 7 Jul 2014 09:05:31 -1000
...they get their power from the X terminal of the ign sw. You can observe this by having your headlights on ....and watch them...
Automotive Electrical Components Supplier?
Historical mailing list - Tom Naylor II
Sat, 13 Apr 2002 12:19:49 -0700
...nylon connectors used on engine harnesses, miniature or terminals, protective boots and caps, color-coded wiring. The terminal kits that I've found available...
Re: Cranks but now, STARTS!
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:54:43 -0700
...The other terminal will not have voltage on it. OTOH if >> it's 5/15/87A that is energized, two things will happen. The...
Re: High resistance causing no spark?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 25 Jun 2005 16:32:13 -0500
...Works sort of like a battery terminal and terminal cable. You can get some corrosion on/in the connections and the resistane will go...
Re: Elec. Questions/Auxiliary Battery/
Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:41:00 -0400
...Find the 2.5mm red wire leaving the back of the fuse panel that connects with terminal 87 of the fridge relay under the...
Re: battery compartment
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:35:44 -0400
...Well, that's why the group 41 batteries come with a terminal cover for the positive terminal. Little plastic bridge thing with three or...
Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:22:59 -0400
...All I can think of is that the DPO must have honed that one terminal down to undersize. Who knows? Mike
california smog issues and synthetic oil
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Sun, 1 May 2005 21:34:36 -0700
...It's > mounted on the passenger side firewall and one wire > runs to the > starter's BIG terminal with the other going to the...
Re: tach
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove
Wed, 19 Jul 1995 10:18:21 -0400 (EDT)
...The tach had the terminal numbers which matched with the engine terminals. Basically it had one ground and the other two connected to the...
Re: O2 sensor coax wire testing
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Wed, 23 Jan 2002 05:35:58 EST
...How is this done ? Is just the center wire contacted to the terminal end ? What is done with the surrounding wire ? Just terminate it...
Re: ground wire ohms
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:05:46 -0400
...However there's another problem, which is that the ground wire (85 terminal) from that relay goes into the ECU (97.13 track 21...
Re: Fuel injector electrical terminal rubber grommet replacement
Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:52:27 -0400
...I thought of >wrapping the terminal with an electrical tape to keep water/dust out of the >connection but would rather put on the...
Re: bus depot
Historical mailing list - rgolen
Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:13:12 -0500
...s >> > >it...he loves negative posts! :-) >> > > >> > >..as opposed to...what? Positive terminals...? >> > >> > >Exactly....that's why this is such a highly "charged" topic!! >> > <<<snip...
Re: Aux Battery- Don't feed Fuse Position 3
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Mon, 29 May 2006 12:47:01 -0400
...Also, you don't need 8 gauge wire between batteries + terminals and Surepower unless you want to use the "starter assist mode". If you...
Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:11:37 -0700
On the Bentley manual the #1 terminal is connected to the ECU's pin #25. This pin is a current source controlled by the...
Re: Is there such a too?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:16:05 -0500
...It's nice but the one for 34.95 (unless you buy the other dies, too) does the open barrel terminals in all the...
<syncro> starter differences
Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
Mon, 25 May 1998 14:05:49 -0300
...Since I hate the idea of being stranded due to Syncro-nisity, I carefully sawed the Syncro terminal down by half, and filed smooth...
Re: fuel pump wiring 87 2.1 van a/t
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Tue, 1 Jan 2008 20:32:08 -0500
Jeff, Could the "x" possibly be a "+"? Does the other terminal have a "-"? It's too cold and dark to crawl under my truck...
Re: Question on Surepower 1315 Install
Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:40:21 -0700
...Has anyone found a good way to cover/protect the terminals on top where the two batteries connect? They are out in the open...
Re: Engine Ground voltage drop under load, please help diagnose.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 13 Sep 2016 23:17:58 +0000
...I have a new alternator which deliver 14V > > When the van idle I read 13.71V at the battery terminal. When I start lights...
Re: Jetta Power Supply relay questions (Vanagon conversion) PIC of wiring diagram.
Historical mailing list - neil N
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:19:20 -0700
...The diagram is just showing the internal connections on the relay panel > - those terminals are probably intended for use with a different vehicle > and...
91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
Historical mailing list - brett rueff
Fri, 3 Dec 2010 02:22:46 +0000
...As part of this process I cleaned the battery terminals, removed and cleaned the ground strap and removed and cleaned starter solenoid terminals. Testing...
Re: Cough, Choke, Splutter!
Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:42:47 -0500
...You will > need to identify the Brown that comes off terminal 19. > > On my 90 Westy, my Terminal 19 ground was Brown/Black so...