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• spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Mon, 31 Oct 94 09:30:48 CST
  ...Air-cooled engine, codes B, AE (1968-1971) Bentley Book FLAPS Beru 145/14 Bosch W145T1 Champion L88A NGK B5HS BR5HS (resistor) Air-cooled...
• Re: Water reservoir level sensor float? (87 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:52:51 -0700
  ...there are 2 magnetic reed switches inside the plastic tube, and 2 resistors. The lower reed switch has a tendency to break from vibration...
• Tearing the dash apart (dead blower motor)
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 07:47:32 -0400
  ...The switch itself is OK so it looks like I have a short in my blower motor; either that or the resistor that controls...
• Re: WBX Front Heater Blower Resistor Relocation?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:36:18 -0500
  ...removal tasks, too. > > So, where to relocate the front fan motor resistor pack so it can be > checked/replaced w/out major surgery again...
• cooling fan resistor number?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Wed, 24 May 2000 09:48:48 EDT
  anyone know the number? mine is flaking off, and I can't read the whole thing. It's something like this...2(5 or...
• ?VW US 1115 L.E.D. Tester?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 10:58:55 EST
  ...I assume it is just an LED with a ballast resistor, but assumptions can get you into trouble. Thanks, George
• Re: Westy water tank level indicator problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 8 Jul 2014 21:39:55 -0400
  ...There a very similar ladder of resistors becomes the sensing part of the arrangement; and the resistor+changing resistor pair used for the tank...
• Re: World parts Radiator Fan Solution.
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Thu, 19 Oct 2017 09:27:07 -0400
  ...I’ll grab a 7ohm 50watt resistor I found one on eBay. You may be hearing from me to bring my westy to your...
• Re: AC question, 2nd time
  Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
  Fri, 07 Mar 1997 12:13:17 -0500
  ...i believe the source of the problem lies in a burnt out > circuit in the ballast resistor behind the driver side headlight. When i...
• Re: Help! Front Heater Fan (install) fail
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:32:51 -0700
  ...When the fan is running, is there air coming out of the fresh air dam up front ? A resistor is not polarity sensitive so...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 17:50:27 -0500
  ...An orifice or very skinny pipe --> a resistor (but even fat pipes have resistance, see your flow tables). Pressure drop across an orifice, skinny...
• Re: hesitation/bucking (was: Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 17 May 2008 13:27:46 -0400
  ...Does this apply >> to 1.9's as well >> > > Actually, it's not a resistor ... it's a 22uf 15 volt tantalum capacitor > (caps...
• Have all but 3rd stage of fan (A/C)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ramer
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 07:35:33 -0700
  ...I replaced the A/C blower switch, and it's not the resistor (tested). Hmmm, at the motor? TIA, Mike
• Speaking of AC
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:50:14 -0400
  ...on 3, I took the switch apart and it seems to be functional, is there a relay pack or resistors somewhere to check? Jerry
• Re: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 29 May 2007 00:11:09 -0500
  ...One end of resistor to terminal 87 (+12 V out, switched) Other end of resistor to one terminal of LED Other terminal of LED...
• Re: Help me read a wiring diagram
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:57:18 -0500
  ...It >seems that it would have to go to the series resistor (to the >mid-point of 2 resistors) - correct? Why would it not...
• MAGLED or LEDLIGHT
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 31 Jul 96 12:55:02 PDT
  ...Makeyasef a between the cells droppin resistor. Yank out the "Krypton" incandescent. Trim the leads on the LED, hawg out the hole in the...
• Re: 86 Weekender, radiator fan very noisy.
  Historical mailing list - Dan R. Hall
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 00:58:45 -0500
  ...This resistor(mine was greenish-gray in color--maybe one cm in diameter/about 3 inches long) is located behind the driver's side...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Ignition System
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:06:39 -0400
  Most American cars use a carbon core wire (resistance over full length) and resistor spark plugs. The VW uses stranded copper or tinned stranded...
• Re: ammeter question
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:37:16 -0600
  ...This does take power, which is >caused by passing that current through a shunt resistor of a few >milliohms, causing an eentsy weentsie voltage...
• '85 temp warning light won't turn off.
  Historical mailing list - CARY CHIANG
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 17:52:24 MST
  ...The "coolant low level warning sensor module" (relay marked #43 on firewall) was found to have a burned resistor internally and was replaced. I...
• Re: Fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:49:31 -0700
  > > > there are some cars that commonly run the rad fan after shutting down on a > warm day . > My Vanagon does this all the time...
• Re: Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 18:48:31 -0500
  ...In the rare event that the resistor has gone bad get ready to pull the dash to get to it. Stan Wilder www.engineceramics...
• Re: "yawn" Another (trivial) Jetta conversion Fuel Pump relay question.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:13:48 -0700
  ...I > > looked inside and there was a resistor. > > > > Why is that resistor there? > > > > Just curious, > > > > Neil. > > > > > > -- > > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > > > http...
• How to use LED's (a bit long)
  Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
  Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:00:39 +0200
  ...BUT if you only use a resistor as current regulator for a string of LED's, and the majority of the voltage drops over...
• Re: "99" Programmable Wiper Relay Into an '81?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:25:29 -0700
  ...Replace that resistor with an appropriate pot and it'd work. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen" '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"
• Re: front blower motor
  Historical mailing list - Tom Shiels
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 19:26:01 -0500
  ...The resistors are mounted on the blower assembly so you will find them when you get the dash removed. Have you checked the following...
• Re: Fridge burner LED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 00:09:39 -0400
  ...Connect a 2.7k resistor from pin 2 of IC1, in parallel with the same resistor coming from pin 2 of IC2. Connect two...
• Re: Water reservoir level sensor float? (87 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 08:09:55 -0700
  ...there are 2 magnetic reed switches inside >the plastic tube, and 2 resistors. > >The lower reed switch has a tendency to break from vibration...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 31 Oct 1994 08:19:39 CST6CDT
  ...After the various "Huh, What the H#%l, Now whats.." I realized they were resistor plugs, as the WR7CP is, running with resistor wires...
• Re: radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - Dave Katsuki
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 17:15:52 -0400
  Lee, It's likely that your fan speed resistor has the low speed tap burned out, and it's easy to check. Just remove...
• Re: Richards fog light query, inside look
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 5 Apr 2020 13:34:21 -0400
  > > I'd bench tested the bulb with various resistors > before install, to no avail apparently. Get a 10k or larger pot and dial in...
• Fwd: Where we are, still broke, OOPS
  Historical mailing list - joe Hunt
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 00:04:41 EDT
  ...runs about three seconds and dies,will run longer if I manually hold the air vane about 60% up the variable resistor. ? [message/rfc822]
• Re: Blower Fan troubles
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:56:35 -0800
  ...Of note, it seems now that the resistor pack for the fan motor, that lives in the heater box, is NLA. Some vendors may...
• Re: Rigging up spare Rear Defogger Switch to do other stuff
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Apr 2020 00:10:21 -0400
  ...sort of a standard small amber LED, what is the >> appropriate resistor? >> > > 470R ought to be safe. All the panel LEDs use 470R. Beyond...
• Re: voltage converter needed. 12vt to 3vt
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Aug 2004 15:46:59 -0400
  ...Can use nichrome for the resistor, or copper wire if you have to. 50-volt diodes should be enough to take care of the...
• Re: Temp Gauge calibration with Subaru engine
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:51:20 -0700
  ...Many do this with a resistor, >> selecting a resistor value that when put in series with the Subaru >> sender gives a temp gauge reading...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 19:41:03 -0500
  ...The Arduino input pin was connected > between the two resistors, which should give a voltage output of 1/4 > whatever the voltage is coming...
• Re: Recommended spark plugs for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:57:24 -0500
  Resistor plugs minimize radio interference. They should be fine. On 12/2/08, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Well the plugs arrived...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - bernie
  Wed, 8 Mar 2017 10:23:14 -0800
  ...the blower motor runs only on 1 speed then the problem coul be > > - the switch > > - or the resistor in side the blower motor housing >
• Re: Insturment Cluster
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:22:50 -0700
  ...The 85 foil has the extra DOPS branch you mentioned but the connector isn't installed on it and there is an extra resistor...
• Re: Go Westy tune up kit
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:40:38 -0400
  ...We have the correct late style wire sets with the resistors built in, for '85-up. (In fact, at the moment I have them...
• Re: What Ohm value should a dash LED measure?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:37:02 -0500
  ...The best approach to checking them is to remove them completely from the circuit if possible and use a 9V battery with a resistor...
• Re: Overheat thought
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 14:23:29 -0700
  A thermistor is a type of resistor whose resistance changes linearly with temperature over a small range. In this way, if your temperature suddenly...
• Re: AFM Capacitor fix
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:28:05 -0600
  ...Just opposite of what happens with resistors. Larry A.
• Homemade fuel pump relay, (double relay)
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:39:30 -0700
  ...Like how to choose what relays to use and specific diodes and resistor
• Re: Radiator Fan Resistor Question
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:03:12 -0700
  ...High speed does not use a resistor. The headlight circuit has nothing to do with the radiator fan circuit. There is not a relay...
• Re: radiator fan question
  Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:22:26 -0500
  ...If there is no low, try the ballast resistor. If you need to check the ballast resistor, it's behind the driver side headlight...
• Re: Fridge fan, turbo version?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:31:15 -0500
  ...If all you're after is a two-speed solution, a string of rectifier diodes or a power resistor in series, with a switch...
• Re: Rad fan speeds
  Historical mailing list - Koren
  Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:27:58 -0700
  ...I'm pretty sure my fan >> resistor's bad. In fact, I have a new one on the way already. Given >> that the resistor...
• Re: Heater removal
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 20 Feb 1995 13:18:55 -0600 (CST)
  ...I don't have a VOM fine enough to test the resistor, but it's not open, so does that mean it's probably...
• Re: Poor idle
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 08 May 95 11:20:13 PDT
  ...maybe the air flow meter resistor needs cleaning. Still no fix. I'm now suspecting the idle stabilizer. I bypassed it per Bently and...
• Re: high beam indicator sucks
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 23:36:52 -0400
  ...No resistor in series. That's why it's so bright! Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler...
• Re: fan blowing fuse
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 9 May 2000 13:39:21 -0400
  ...First you take the dashboard out, then you take the heater box out, then you split the heater box in half (the resistor is...
• Re: Westfalia Water Tank Level Indicator Issues
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 24 Aug 2018 11:02:34 -0400
  ...Failing that you can modify the resistor network that sets the levels for the comparators. More on that later, gotta run. Yrs, d
• Front heater motor replacement
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Thu, 12 Jun 1997 09:23:37 -0400
  ...of a replacement part? I don't know if the dropping resistor is also burned out. > The archives have a good description of this...
• Re: Bright LED Cheap source & usage
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:18:35 EST
  In a message dated 12/3/05 10:47:15 AM, jbange@GMAIL.COM writes: << So a 20ohm resistor ought to do the trick...
• Re: Rear a/c blower motor resistor
  Historical mailing list - rick Duvernay
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 16:06:07 -0500
  ...It made no difference. >>> Is there a resistor in back near the blower motor that I should change? >>> Six months ago I removed the...
• water pipelines
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  22 Jul 96 12:44:22 EDT
  ...the orifice (greater the resistor) the lower the flow (remember you multiply the resistance by the length of the resistor, for those of us...
• Re: AIR FLOW METER
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 08:14:33 -0500
  ...I understand that no two variable resistors can be absolutely >identical, but I was involved in sophisticated production and dealt with >resistors with no...