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• Sink in tank water pump
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 12 Apr 2021 22:20:21 -0400
  ...The spade connectors were rusted together. I cleaned them up, tightened and reinstalled. Now the prepaired light is slightly brighter then the other. >> >> After...
• no oil pressure, new engine, need help!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Hecht
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:37:58 -0500
  ...On the bottom fitting, facing sideways, is the regular oil pressure sender, brass bolt, plastic cone, one spade connector. Above that, sticking out of...
• Re: Switch circuit to Aux Battery ??
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 06:10:59 -0400
  Tom, Remove the fuse and use a male spade connector to plug into the side of the fuse holder that powers the circuit. Ken...
• Re: Faucet modification
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:51:10 -0700
  ...The wiring was very easy as the wires to the original faucet pull off at spade connectors under the sink. The faucet came with...
• Spares list (was Spare ECU)
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:09:00 -0800
  ...In descending order of priority: (My list is for AFM) Full suite of bulbs and fuses (new) Female spade connectors (new) Belt (new) Accelerator...
• Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:36:05 -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...
• Re: Electrical Connections/ Silicone Sprays/ Pipe cleaners
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 12:53:58 EST
  ...What I use on other wires and connectors is I give them a shot of silicone spray and wipe down leaving them looking OEM...
• Re: oooh... the joy and surprise of a new van...
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 4 Sep 2017 14:32:26 -0700
  ...the old one still has original spade connectors > and the pump body is covered by a layer of wax which they sprayed on at...
• Re: Flasher Relay Mystery
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:48:10 -0800
  ...That ground point suffers from corrosion where the wire plugs onto the male spade connector ring. Figuring out which one of the brown wires...
• Re: o2 data addendum
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 22:21:52 -0500
  The coax part is from the O2 sensor connector forward. It goes into the wiring harness and emerges at the ECU plug. This type...
• Re: Syncro starter removal
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:16:24 -0800
  ...Syncro starter removal > > >> Alistair wrote: >>> Also make sure the >>> spade connector from ign to solenoid is on there good and tight. >>> If I >>> had...
• Re: O2 sensor substitute
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:01:16 -0400
  ...I cut off the connector and spliced >> in the >> VW female spade. Here's the one I got: >> >> http://www.oextrabrand.com/web_app...
• Re: Questions about wires, relay, H2 lamps, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 2 May 2013 15:26:00 -0500
  ...the same sizes? > > > > Where does one get the kind of female spade connectors with the little > tang > > on the side that keeps them in...
• Loose Rad Fan Fuse Holder 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 07:52:51 -0500
  ...Should I snip the wires at the back of the fuse block for the radiator fan and connect the breaker (fuse) with spade connectors...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:42:06 -0700
  ...current path. > > Total cost thus far - relay, socket and locking spade > terminals(connectors) - about $6 bucks. > > A high beam relay instalation was planned, but...
• Re: 85 GL No Spark-No Start
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:42:47 +0100
  ...I'd get out & jiggle the connector while Lynda cranked it over. *Vrooom*. Eventually, I re-wired the sensor & replaced the outside connector. No...
• Re: blue wire
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:26:17 -0700
  they are spade connectors, on back of fuse panel, opposite side to the "P" designated spades that supply power to panel. So that would...
• "Grounds" for Vanagon divorce?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:19:01 -0700
  ...Me happy! (btw,there is no pin 53b on the connector on the female socket to wiper motor switch on my van) Bottom line...
• Back-up light problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:30:38 -0400
  ...There are two spade connectors on fuse #12, if you pull one and the horn still works, you have the back-up lead in...
• Re: Help!!! Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Sat, 18 Apr 2015 19:35:34 -0400
  ...Good idea to pinch the connector, so it stays attached better to the spade. Haven't had a problem since. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Fuel gauge sender on 60's split
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Mar 1996 23:17:24 -0500
  ...I think there is supposed to be a spade connector on the sender. I'll root around in the engine compartment of my '62...
• Re: Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 14 Dec 2013 16:12:18 -0500
  ...on female > connector. > > pull that wire, get 12 volts to the spade terminal is was on. > Some starter solenoid have two spade terminals there...
• Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Eric Fournier
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 19:11:33 -0700
  ...Of course, you'll have to splice on the connector for the heater wires and crimp on a new spade for the signal wire...
• Re: Electrical questions. Radiator fan circuit from 85 Vanagon into 81 air cooled Westy.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:10:48 -0800
  ...When doing electrical work on my Westy > last year, I was surprised to see one of the heavier gauge female > spade connectors to one...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:08:42 -0400
  ...Dennis On Monday, July 13, 2015, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > Check the ground connector spade terminal down near the floor and...
• Re: Blower fans
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Dec 96 16:49:48 -0800
  ...There is a plug instead of spade connectors on the motor, and the guy who spent an hour+ pulling it in the rain cursed...
• Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:59:16 -0500
  ...Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > hi. > that female spade connector.. > is about the most common wire connector there is ..... > particularly in VW. > Surprised you don...
• Re: Stuck Solenoid????
  Historical mailing list - Steve Shane
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:54:12 -0700
  ...it to bind up. >Also squeeze the push on connectors tight to the spade on the solenoid. >Check your ground at the transmission to...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:03:07 -0400
  ...Rather than replace the plastic bulb sockets, I soldered on 3 insulated spade connectors, which solves the melting problem, but makes it a hassle...
• Re: mystery connector coming off rear heater circuit on my '84
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:50:38 -0700
  ...connector that I can't >>> recall if was connected to anything or originally alone. >>> >>> It's a black wire with a single male spade...
• Re: Battery Woahs Part II
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 12:38:19 -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...
• o2 sensor questions
  Historical mailing list - Chasteen, Jonathan M. MM3 (CVN69)
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:00:14 -0400
  ...Now from above I can see a bright green wire with a black male spade connector, but from below by the sensor location there...
• Re: Source for dashboard lamps?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:10:31 -0500
  ...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: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:41:36 -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...
• Re: Vanagon entertainment...
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Spragge
  Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:59:38 -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...
• Rich running condition-RESOLVED!(long)
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:24:37 EDT
  ...of the grounding points as well as replacing at least 3 spade connectors in the engine compartment. This should be on every vanagon owners...
• Re: Billy won't run
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 06:21:27 EST
  ...Only the black wire with the spade connector is sending information to the ECU. You need only to disconnect this wire to see if...
• Re: Rear sidemarker lens issue
  Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:30:53 -0700
  ...I think I was > able to swap in some bulb connectors from old Rabbit parts I had lying > around. > Perhaps some thin foam cut...
• Re: Stumbling problem solved
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:41:24 -0600
  ...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: Lighting Upgrades - Relayed?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 13:41:43 -0700
  ...On pre 1986 models all of this current goes through a single .250" spade connector on the back of the fuse box!! I consider...
• Re: Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 13:16:03 -0400
  ...has two wires connected to its > electrically identical twin push on spade connectors. One is a Red > w/Black stripe large (6.0) wire...
• Wiring/electrical connections discussiions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:06:37 -0700
  ...I'm thinking that I ought to solder the new/last one in, rather than using the original connectors, spade, and replace the wiring...
• Re: Harbor Freight Circuit Tester was D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 21:08:51 -0800
  ...I know that I have something someplace (just can't remember what it is) that uses the Mini spade fuses but I doubt that...
• Re: 2.1wbx into 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 9 Dec 2007 13:27:05 -0800
  ...to fiddle with and you need to pull the female spade from the connector or cut it leaving a few inches for splicing. I...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch: What the...?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:18:42 -0700
  ...spade terminal but 12VDC instead of the 5VDC that your ECU puts through the Throttle Position Switch. Check the voltage at the connector before...
• Re: Archives (& Dennis Haynes) solves headlight problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:24:52 -0400
  ...I cut off the >end, and crimped two new ends on (one on each wire instead of two into >one), cleaned the ground spade...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:14:39 -0500
  ...I unplugged and reseated the spade >connectors on the relay socket and all returned to normal. > >Any and all connectors can be suspect when...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 28 Dec 2003 to 29 Dec 2003 - Special issue (#2003-1205)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:06:41 -0700
  ...As in you have to crimp on your own female spade connectors to > this end. To attach the cable to the thermocouple they supply...
• Re: Update and question inline VW Van block swap (in progress)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:07:15 -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: Blinkers, Flashers, and Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 17 May 2006 09:23:55 -0400
  ...Much like when my flasher problem was fixed by unplugging and replugging the spade connectors at the base of the flasher relay. With these...
• Re: Engine running hot
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:28:11 -0700
  ...I also ended up replacing several of the corroded spade connectors, which were so brittle from corrosion that they broke apart. It's a...
• Re: What is this connector for?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:04:46 -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...
• Re: How to deal with short ALT cable
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:36:28 -0500
  ...Talking about male and female spade and molex type connections. Cheap connectors do not have the same spring in them and do not make...
• Re: Headlight swtich diagnostics?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:05:08 -0800
  ...when I've found a problem with ground at the star things, it was how the push-on spade connectors didn't grab what...
• Re: Low windshield washer pressure
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 10:59:42 -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...
• Do the headlight relay upgrade!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 29 Dec 2002 01:20:02 -0800
  ...The connector was green and brittle rom corrosion. I bought some good spade connectors and made a separate ground for each headlight. Then I...
• Re: right side headlight wont power up ..new relay kit 2 mths ago ...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 28 May 2007 08:58:45 -0400
  I found those OEM style crimp on female spade "Latching" connectors for 12ga wires at http://www.vintageconnections.com/ . I bought 3 sizes ... 18...
• Re: 84 Dometic fridge
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:07:08 -0700
  ...Quite often you will find that the brass connectors for the two fuses here are corroded and will limit current flow. Todd '88 Westy...
• Re: Electrical connection prep.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:32:52 -0700
  ...Hard to clean inside female spade connectors. I try little folded bits of fine wet and dry paper. Purple scotch Brite, little wire brush...
• Re: So... what is the answer for these poor lights?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Paul
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 19:15:28 EDT
  ...Replace grilles, fuse block,dash covers, Everything you need is with the kit, except I used a few additional crimp on spade connectors (blue...