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• Re: audio tach
  Historical mailing list - Josh Poulson
  Sun, 09 Apr 1995 21:59:22 PDT
  ...have a "ground lift". This is rare and probably a bad idea (tm) in car audio. 7) Avoid running audio signal cables parallel to...
• battery explosions + a theory
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:27:25 -0500
  ...negative end of the jumper cable not to the strong battery's negative post, but to its ground on the frame; and why (and...
• Re: starter/ignition weird
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 21:09:27 EST
  ...weird starting problems after ruling out my starter, battery, cables, ign switch and grounds. On my 82 Westy I installed the relay out of...
• Re: Interesting '87 Westy charging problem
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 24 May 2004 17:42:02 -0400
  ...Check this wire for grounds, OK. > Disconnected the O2 sensor plug from the speedo cable > thingy and the O2 light goes out but the...
• Re: starting from aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:01:25 -0700
  ...I just put a heavy duty battery switch in either the hot or the ground cable of each battery. That way I can manualy...
• Re: Voltage regulator or some other electrical issue??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 15:31:02 -0800
  ...battery ground to body connection. transmission to frame ground cable, at both ends. ground cable on the left side of the engine ( not likely...
• Overnight Battery Drain
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:48:43 -0800
  ...I got into the habit of reaching over and disconnecting the ground on the main battery if parked for more than a couple of...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:00:39 -0800
  ...Do check that your parking brake cables slide smoothy.. with the back of the van off the ground.. pull on each cable by hand...
• Optima Battery fits in Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Mar 1996 19:56:16 -0500
  ...or cables, the posts are already in the correct orientation with the positive post nearest the center of the van and the ground post...
• Bike Mechanics.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 10:05:48 -0700
  ...Controls are bowden cable driven in general and adjustment of bowden cable devices is trivial. A bowden cable is an incompressible housing and a...
• Re: Electric Problem Solved - I Hope
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:36:13 -0800
  ...Make sure you've got good contact on both battery posts, both alternator posts and the ground. Matt http://zenoswagen.wordpress.com -----Original Message...
• Need help with a 78 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:00:45 -0400
  ...There is no other ground cable going to the motor that I can see. I didn't take one off. If anyone can throw...
• Re: was no start-my problem is intermittant sluggish starting
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:44:27 -0800
  ...the battery cable connections at the battery .. any bolted connection on the positive or ground side. heck ..battery cables have been known to corrode...
• Re: Fw: Re: rear speaker installation for westy
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 19:53:00 -0500
  ...Agressively taped them to a 4 wire (telephone cable) and pulled them carefully down through the winshield pillar to enough length reach my radio...
• Re: Charging the battery
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:56:29 -0700
  ...carry jumper cables in case I leave my lights on and run the main one down. Since both batteries are well-grounded, I just...
• Re: '81 Vanagon: 12V source in engine compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 08:47:04 -0700
  You can clip the pos clamp to the + side of the coil and the ground to the body or distributor cap clip. Much easier...
• Re: Weird Stuff----
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 11:34:48 -0500
  ...If not, you can start looking at connections, grounds, internally busted wires etc. that you may have disturbed while working on the pipes. re...
• My first trip...
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Klahn
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:14:58 -0500
  ...I pulled over and got a pair of jumper cables and grounded the alternator to the chassis. That kept the problem at bay for...
• Re: Cable TV in the Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:26:22 -0800
  ...For the cable hook up I would probably just spool up the 50ft of cable that comes with the tailgater behind the driver's...
• Re: Cable TV in the Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:27:15 -0500
  ...For the cable hook up I would probably just spool up the 50ft of cable that comes with the tailgater behind the driver's...
• How to Connect Trailer Lights
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:20:16 -0500
  ...Connect the ground on any good ground point. 5. Done. You could connect the kit by cutting into the taillamp's harness cover, and...
• Re: 87 Vanagon hesitation chapter (3)
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 21:05:43 -0500
  ...If we soldered a wire to the ECU cable wire that goes to pin 19 and use a ring type connector under a ground...
• Re: Old wiper motor parks, New doesn't
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 5 Apr 2007 20:06:06 -0700
  ...It occurred to me that the motor needed to be grounded to work so initially I tried that, but found that both old and...
• Re: Removing the battery from a 91 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:31:00 -0800
  ...Usually the left side cable is in the way, but sometimes the ground cable is. It does come out, just as it went in...
• Re: O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:08:29 -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: 91 Vanagon will not start..?
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Sun, 30 May 2004 23:40:34 -0600
  ...terminal then I would suggest you look at the neg grounding bat cable. On Sunday, May 30, 2004, at 05:19 PM, Automatic digest...
• Re: 1.9 ltr WBX O2 sensor question?
  Historical mailing list - Leonard Anthony
  Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:26:10 -0700
  Hi Tony, The green wire is a coax cable similar to an audio cable. The outer shield just dead ends before the connector. It...
• holes in front wall of battery box.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 17 Jul 2016 21:51:23 -0300
  ...in the lower right-hand corner (next to where the battery ground cable bolts to the chassis. This hole looks like there may have...
• Re: Pigtail needed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 12 Dec 2015 23:11:07 -0500
  ...Begin by checking the ground reference for it. The green wire going to the sensor is a shield wire like an audio cable. Get...
• Re: Engine out, now in: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Plichta
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:27:42 -0400
  ...On mine the main heavy ground cable was not making a good enough connection. I was fooled by my volt meter because I had...
• Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:02:31 -0700
  ...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: o2 data addendum
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 22:21:52 -0500
  ...Many listees including me have found that the insulation around the inside signal wire fails allowing it to ground out on the surrounding ground...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:06:31 -0700
  ...the picture .. >> Gets it down to just battery, starter, battery and ground cables, >> thus eliminating and bypassing numerous possible weak areas. >> Helps you know...
• Re: Antenna
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Sep 94 17:33:38 PDT
  ...BTW, it was easier to route the antenna cable by establishing where the magnetic antenna goes FIRST and then routing (or fishing) the cable...
• Re: Yikes, Crosswired Battery!
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:45:32 -0700
  ...to attach my > positive cable to the negative terminal of the battery and then started to > hook > the ground cable to the positive terminal...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:22:58 -0500
  ...Symptoms of a bad starter? > > the old cables are not "useless" they are still providing some > conductivity, so adding new cables to the old...
• Re: Questions about wires, relay, H2 lamps, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 2 May 2013 15:26:00 -0500
  ...A pair of H2 > bulbs would take about 9 amps. > > The bigger the cable, the lower the wire losses due to heat. However > even...
• Re: Fridge was Smoking!!!
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:30:39 -0700
  ...If the flame blows out while > driving and you were using it just in the camp ground, you may have a > leaking box. If...
• Re: What are the symptoms of a failing TEMP II Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:54:45 -0400
  ...and intermittent hiccupping van replacing the coil, cleaning connectors and replacing ground cables convinced it could NOT be the Temp II sensor again! But...
• Re: CB Disappointment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 18:28:37 -0400
  ...cabinets). > >Well, after spending many hours running the cable behind the cabinets, >fabricating the mount, grounding it to the body, etc. I was rewarded...
• Re: Cleaning corroded connectors
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 20:29:15 -0700
  ...I'm going to get some heavy gauge cable tomorrow & try to establish a solid ground from the alterntor to the body on the...
• Re: o2 Sensor on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:09:46 -0400
  ...It is a coaxial cable. The outer sheath is grounded. make sure you have the sensor connected only to the center wire. The two...
• '56 Bus Electrical Problem
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 20:11:28 -0800 (PST)
  ...All the wires and cables were in good shape (they're all a lttle over a year old) The only thing I found amis...
• Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 17:27:14 -0700
  ...You change it by dropping the spare tire and reaching up there while on your back on the ground. 82 watercooled have it inside...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems-Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 3 May 2013 01:16:20 -0400
  ...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: 84 Engine hesitatation while cruising
  Historical mailing list - Chris Braymen
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:30:36 -0700
  ...I cleaned up the connection area and replaced both straps with heavy duty ground cables from my FLAPS and haven't had the problem...
• Re: dragging starter
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 22:34:02 EST
  ...non-starting when hot. > > I've checked every ground (even installed a separate steel cable from > the negative terminal on the starter to the...
• Re: Vanagon Instrument Pod Lights Out
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Sun, 1 Jan 2012 21:26:08 -0600
  ...The lights are wired in parallel, BUT, the way the circuit is routed through the flex cable, circuit 1 (which is dash illumination) goes...
• Won't start cold (85 2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Hamilton
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:13:00 -0700
  ...It did not appear to have any effect. (The engine itself is well-grounded to the frame, with a battery ground cable.) Does this...
• Re: Another Burning Van!
  Historical mailing list - David O'Bryan
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:52:21 -0400
  ...http://www.longacreracing.com/catalog/item.asp?id=740&catid=14 I bought longer battery cables and ran the ground connection from the battery...
• Auxiliary Battery Installation II: Hawker Odyssey battery, Hella relay, Chargetek AC charger (v. long)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Earl
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 22:14:38 -0400
  ...fridge cable and pulled them into the battery compartment by the same route. The charger has two pairs of positive and ground leads, one...
• Re: Internal 115V power
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:21:45 -0800
  ...If you plug and unplug a lot, getting down there on the ground to deal with it is a PIA. One of these days...
• Rodents
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sat, 23 May 2020 19:30:32 +0000
  ...floor, and I used plumbers putty around a hole where the ground cable from the house battery passes through the floor, and sealed around...
• 84 dont smoke no more
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Tue, 29 Apr 1997 11:22:47 -0700 (PDT)
  ...For reasons known only to themselves, VW engineers made that harness >lead a co-axial cable with the shield grounded. Somewhere along that lead...
• Second Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 14:26:17 -0400
  ...the braided ground strap would have fastened. Again, there is not one. I had intended to run a nice big cable from that battery...
• WIERD SCIENCE -Reply
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:41:02 -0800
  ...Try using a different grounding point. The ground point of the battery much have a ZERO resistance to the ground point of the alternator...
• 84 don't smoke no more!
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Mon, 28 Apr 1997 13:31:51 -0700 (PDT)
  ...For reasons known only to themselves, VW engineers made that harness lead a co-axial cable with the shield grounded. Somewhere along that lead...
• Odometer/Speedometer come and go together
  Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:34:57 -0400
  ...There was lots of corrosion on the ground connections behind the fuse panel. Once I cleaned that up, the dash lights came back. But...
• LEEANN, 85 will not start
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 28 May 2001 15:11:05 -0700
  ...The ground cable to the body may have no sufficient connection if it is rusty there. Take off, clean up, put back, test, spray...
• Re: corroded connections
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:16:09 -0700
  ...then stuck a bolt, washers and the other end of the ground cable on it for now. I also connected the capacitor from the...