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• Re: o2 Sensor on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:09:46 -0400
  The green wire is actually the signal wire. It is a coaxial cable. The outer sheath is grounded. make sure you have the sensor...
• Re: Melted ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:28:47 -0700
  ...from the positive node of the battery, > through the positive wire, to the load, then through the ground wire to the > negative node of...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 05:45:15 -0700
  ...My assumption for connecting the single wire Bosch sensor like this, with just the one signal wire attached back to the ECU is that...
• O2 sensor splicing (was Re: Water-cooled VW parts?)
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 08:26:29 -0700
  ...The wire that is coaxial is the wire from the ECU to the O2 sensor connector. -MM
• Re: How do you hook up a stereo in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 10:42:29 -0700
  ...The front speaker wires are (in my bus at least) four separate wires. I was able to run the rear speaker wires under the...
• Re: o2 sensor wire splicing
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Wed, 26 Apr 2000 09:44:38 +0100
  >Can I solder O2 sensor lead wires? Or should I use solderless crimp >connectors? >I know my pyrometer wire needs to be joined mechanically...
• Re: What is the wire that screws on to the master cylinder and fluid behind the instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Tue, 8 Apr 2014 16:00:31 -0500
  ...If I suspected that the wire was indeed burnt up after checking the fuses, I would test the continuity of ONLY the wire. Trace...
• Tach project wiring tip
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 25 Sep 2024 08:52:52 -0400
  ...The first recommendation from Jim A was to use a trailer wire with 4 wires and then you would have three spares. A great...
• Q's re: radio wires
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Tue, 7 Jan 2003 14:56:08 -0500
  ...The speaker wires seem clear to me - the Kenwood has a pair of wires for each (FR, FL, RR, RL) but I was wondering...
• Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Eric Fournier
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 10:24:50 -0700
  ...What the fourth wire gets you is a ground wire. So, > >>instead > >>of relying on the thing grounding through your exhaust system as the...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:36:08 -0800
  ...blower motor wires The wires come from a connector plugged into the back of the heater fan switch. There is also a brown ground...
• Re: Instrument cluster light issues
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Mon, 17 May 2021 23:29:04 -0400
  ...I just replaced the two wires. No fuses are popping and no wires are melting luckily. A couple wires were ever so slightly damaged...
• Re: New Ground Wire for Rear Stereo - Part I
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:43:18 -0400
  ...I have had a lot of luck using copper house (AC) wire to establish a wire path through all sorts of nooks and and...
• Re: Wire size question.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:00:10 -0700
  On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Rocket J Squirrel<camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > 8 gauge wire has the ampacity to...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:58:42 -0400
  ...Find these wires and use them.. Keep in mind it may not be a power wire, but a ground wire. Check the bentley for...
• Re: Off topic Friday question on switches...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 16 May 2014 23:12:50 -0400
  ...I've never seen it done here, but in >South America single wire power is run over great distances to meet >the needs of...
• Starter wire question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 2 Jan 2023 15:19:22 -0500
  ...But, when I went under the van I found three wires but only two were hooked up. The third wire and the thickest of...
• Re: Stupid wire question...really... (temp 2 wire)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 18:32:25 -0400
  At 06:03 PM 10/5/2009, neil N wrote: >Original wires ok at time of install. I even shrink wrapped them near >the...
• Re: Brown wire?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 19:28:18 -0400
  ...Brown wire? >I'm just putting the heads back on my 88Vanagon and I came across a wire >which was just dangling with no...
• Re: What does this wire go to?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 22:44:09 -0500
  ...The oxygen sensor seems to be connected okay, though it looks as if I should disconnect it and check the wires. They may be...
• Aux Battery Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Jen Gilbert
  Sat, 15 May 2004 11:32:18 -0700
  ...30 - thick red wire, 13.8v 85 - small black/red wire 0v 86 - small blue wire 13.8v 87 - fat pinkish/red wire 13...
• Battery cutout relay wiring question
  Historical mailing list - John Koloen
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 05:52:15 -0500
  ...I've been told to wire #85 on the relay to ground. I've also been told to wire #85 to the "starter/ignition...
• Re: 2nd batt. charging and relays. The whole truth
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:42:15 -0700
  ...Wire from relay to aux positive terminal = .4 ohms Wire from starter battery to relay = .2 ohms (This wire is a heavier gauge than...
• rear speaker wires, '83 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Moyal
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:19:24 -0700
  My '83 Westy has a short in one of the rear speaker wires. I want to replace both. Can anyone describe the routing for...
• ignition wires
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Feb 1997 16:51:51 -0500 (EST)
  Does anyone know if there are any good reasons which could justify buying the Bosch ignition wires. If not, I would appreciate any suggestions...
• Blue Wire on alternator - replacement
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:55:02 -0400
  Hi, I want to change the blue wire on my alternator b/c it is not long enough and always comes loose. Can someone...
• Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 19:23:26 -0800
  ...One thing that sometimes happens is someone replaces the spade connector on that wire without realizing it is coax wire. They strip off the...
• Re: Wire size question.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:21:51 -0700
  ...Wire size question. > > The differences between your ampacity chart and the one I referred to > might be what one can expect stranded wire (which...
• Re: Best Wire Selector -- Voltage Drop Charts Mayhem
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 22 Jan 2022 09:35:41 -0600
  There's one other factor that modifies wire size in automotive, and that's vibration (and stresses all of this causes). This factor is...
• Re: Definitive on the 87 not using a common ground for rear speakers
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:16:37 -0400
  ...Identify the pair of wires from each speaker, then simply test between each wire in one pair and both wires in the other pair...
• Re: Oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:21:55 -0800
  I recently replaced part of this brown wire from sensor. This wire was held to the sensor with a small type of cable strap...
• Re: Wire Wheels..
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 21:29:14 -0600
  I found a set of wire wheels from a Mercedes a few weeks ago. They were a simple fit for a Vanagon, price $100...
• Re: Neat Camper upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Tue, 13 May 1997 12:05:50 -0400
  ...In a 3-wire household electrical system, the hot wire and the neutral wire are the normal source and sink of the electricity (since...
• Routing the antenna for a Sat. radio
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:07:01 -0700
  ...Ran the wire forward, then down and used that little sticky 'wire fairing' that came with the kit to cover the wire between the...
• Re: replacing elec. hookup
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 18 Sep 1996 08:28:53 -0700
  ...The >electrical hookup has three screws on the back, on the original the >black wire went to the brown screw the white wire to...
• Re: A/C HOT wires!!
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 13:24:39 -0700
  ...Fastened the big wire that comes from the alternator to the solid brass bus bar of the new fuse block. Connected the one 4...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 09:40:43 -0800
  ...The swapping of the injector > wires will help isolate an injector wiring > problem versus an injector problem. The goal > in both cases was to...
• Re: Fishing wire from courtesy light to behind dash
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 15 Apr 2018 19:33:42 -0300
  Or use a small gauge fish tape … they are flat and stiffer than wire … easier to push along. > On 15-Apr-2018, at 18...
• distributor connection on 90 westy
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 13:11:56 -0800
  On my 90 Westy my distributor has the 3 wire connection on one side which I think is attached to the hall sender. On...
• Re: Headlight Relay
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:28:39 -0600
  ...Then run an additional pair wires (I use 16/2 speaker wire) to the passenger side light bucket. This 16/2 wire will go...
• Re: Bus depot headlight upgrade "Vision Kit" for 1988 vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 16 Jul 2015 06:31:44 -0500
  ...did you cut the wires into individual wires? Sounds like the designer of the kit doesn't want the headlight grounds served by double...
• Re: Wire Gauge Question? battery questions too!
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 08:03:42 -0800
  ...Trying to use the old fridge wires to charge a battery is a bad idea. That wire run is too small diameter and too...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 17:55:16 -0600
  Ok - that is the supply side voltage to the coil? And the tach wire attached to the same pin by way of a blade...
• Re: Temp Guage
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:26:43 -0700
  This wire would be close to the thermostat, at the front driver corner of the engine bay. Yellow with a red stripe. On 1...
• Re: Removing Power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:00:39 EDT
  ...snip wireties that hold power mirror harness to door. unplug power mirror wires from rest of hanrness. label wire color and position on plastic...
• Re: Where can this wire be found?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 May 2011 01:35:32 -0400
  Ultimately the wire goes to the sensor between the 2 inner push rod tubes on the drivers side. You will have to remove that...
• Re: Ongoing saga: Dometic and Multimeter . . .
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Jefferson Kitts
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:46:49 -0700
  ...Okay, I disconnected the wires from the terminal posts and used the probes to measure each wire's end. This means the only thing...
• Re: Very little heat from the front heater
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:10:39 -0600
  ...Bad heater valve, kinked control wire would be the biggest > suspect. A kinked control wire is a common problem with Vanagon heaters, evidently. However...
• Re: O2 Sens. Replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 23:57:00 -0400
  ...There are 2 white wires and one black >one. How do you make sure that the white wires are correctly matched? Or >does it...
• VDO wire route
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:32:37 -0400
  ...Is it possible to fish VDO wire where gas heater wires run?? Mucho TIA, Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. http://web.mac.com...
• Re: Light on auxilliary battery - easy procedure
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:44:13 -0700
  ...3) Find the pair of wires that went from the original Relay under drivers seat to behind the fusebox. 4) If those wires are...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:05:11 -0800
  The wires come from a connector plugged into the back of the heater fan switch. There is also a brown ground wire running over...
• Re: Battery or Charging System Help Please
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:42:04 -0800
  Just add a single heavier wire from the alternator to the starter. That will probably fix your issue. A great vendor even sells a...
• Re: Help identifying part (image provided)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 6 May 2007 02:06:44 -0500
  ...You've got two wires on each side of the car, but only one wire on each side of the trailer. You can't...
• Re: Mystery (to me) wire
  Historical mailing list - Michel (O'Hara) Escaravage
  23 May 1996 12:52:53 -0400
  In <Pine.SOL.3.93.960523113248.1785A-100000@halfdan.med.umn.edu>, Gerald Skerbitz wrote: >'84 1.9L Vanagon >There is a brown wire...
• Re: 87 rebuild update!
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 07:35:54 -0700
  At 07:38 AM 7/27/98 -0500, Anthony Kimmons wrote: >The other mistake could be that I used the old brown wire coming...
• HELP! (mystery wire under cabinet)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:44:02 -0400
  ...And now (after getting it all back in!) I have an "extra" wire. Out of the same "hose" that carries the 3 wires that...
• Re: Engine Miss
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 14:09:26 -0500
  The only thing about the Bosch wires is the name. The wire itself is not special and the resistor ends must be factory seconds...
• Re: Fuse box wire
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:32:43 -0600
  ...Few of these had the light, so some of the rest had a > loose wire grey/white wire, under the dash in the fuse...
• Re: Wire from Alternator to Battery
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:21:06 -0400
  ...VW upgraded the wire at some point in time. I added a bigger wirer on our 85 and 86. -- Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m...