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• Re: power source for new "air" horn advice on power source
  Historical mailing list - Edward Barger
  Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:47:29 -0700
  ...seeing the wires poking through a hole in the baffle only connived me …more …. It seemed like a good easy way to hook up...
• Re: Checking output of alternator.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 04:37:01 -0700
  The red charging wire goes from the alternator to the starter post and then a huge cable goes from there to the battery. If...
• Re: Power-door luck
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 01:44:11 EDT
  ...On my van, there are four > pins/ connectors but 3 wires only...(no red wire). Is it normal ? How > many wires do you have...
• Re: Headlight Relay
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:56:08 -0500
  ...Using flat bladed male and female connector's splice into these two wires. Other than connecting the grounds and the power wires this is...
• Re: RE : sink pump mystery - 1981 westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 10:01:13 -0700
  ...There are 5 wires to the panel. +12 volts comes in on the Orange wire +12 goes back out to the Pump on the...
• Re: cutting out and sparking coil
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:17:45 -0700
  <snip> > Looked over at the coil and saw ignition >sparks coming out of the rubber boot on the coil to distributor wire. This >morning...
• Starter wiring access. 87 syncro
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:15:39 -0500
  I had intermittent, and then consistent starter malfunction due to loose wire connection at the starter. (Digitool showed starter circuit power as normal.) After...
• Re: The wire harness becomes brittle
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 10:59:07 -0800
  ...The wire harness becomes brittle > So I have had number of issues with my wire harness recently & found a > younger harness > that is not...
• Re: Soldered Connections...Not!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:43:52 -0800
  ...Your examples of failing solders are not from a wire to >>wire connection but a wire to a component / circuit board connection. If >>you...
• Re: ECU Monitor
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 5 Oct 2013 15:54:40 -0700
  ...The shielding wires (aka "reference ground" ?) around the O2 centre "signal" wire connect to ECU then split off to a ground point at engine...
• Re: electrical systems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 May 94 17:54:10 EDT
  The method I used to connect my two batteries was to put relay switches on the ground wires coming off of my two batteries...
• 81 Westy - Electrical/Fridge/2nd Battery question
  Historical mailing list - bubba legume
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 20:43:19 -0700
  ...The second is a white wire. It does not have an in-line fuse and connects to a thinner blue wire by a insulated...
• Re: Temp 2 sender connectors
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Wed, 2 May 2007 11:09:12 -0300
  ...I think you can get them pre-wired for splicing into your existing wire. BTW I broke my plastic connector and just needed to...
• Re: Wire size question.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:42:49 -0700
  8 gauge wire has the ampacity to handle 20A. It's rated for 23A carrying current, and fuses (melts, pretty much) at 472 amps...
• Re: Re-wiring doors (power windows, etc)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 14:44:02 -0400
  ...Finding matching wire - particularly the colored wire with stripes has been something I have not had success with. If anyone has any resources, please...
• "headlights on" warning chime success
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 15 May 2010 12:33:07 -0700
  ...Missing black wire from fuse S18. only one grey wire from door switch the missing grey is for seat belt switch. Missing grey/red...
• Re: Speaker wire repair and impressions of Vanagon door wiring in gen eral
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Mon, 22 May 2000 13:24:21 -0700
  ...Replace all wires. Wrap them in electrical tape, or use some sort of flexible conduit. Everything works fine now. If your boot is anything...
• Hall Sender checking--need help!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 20:55:32 -0600
  ...It says to ground the coil wire. I assume I can accomplish this with some electric wire tucked up under the coil if I...
• Starter for 1981 automatic: questions
  Historical mailing list - Steve Selin
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 18:51:48 -0400
  ...This wire was wired to the pair of contacts on the > solenoid. Is this now replacing one of the original wires, hence leaving > it...
• Re: [NVC] Wireless Internet Advise Needed
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:30:26 -0600
  ...I've yet to >> purchase >> the laptop, but that is coming once I understand all this, But what >> about the wireless part - the internet...
• water pump wiring
  Historical mailing list - The CiKaspers
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 23:45:28 -0700
  ...i've run all new hoses and whatnot, and am hooking up the wires. i've forgotten which way the water pump wires go...
• Loose black wire near fuse box?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Wasson
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:02:04 -0500
  Hi all, While doing some work today on my 88 Westy, I noticed a black wire near the fuse box that was hanging loose...
• Re: Burnt spark plug wire
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 1 Jul 2011 12:03:26 -0400
  ...These so-called wires are extremely weak; any sort of pull on the wire casing is liable to separate them from their terminals. Yours...
• replacing wire in 80 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 15 May 2001 08:52:52 -0700
  ...I want to replace them with continuoius wire. Can anyone recomend High quality brand name of wire??? Guage (size) is not important right now...
• Re: tach wiring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:09:27 -0500
  ...I have a red wire, a green wire (hey - >seasonal) a brown wire and a grey wire with a red stripe. Anyone know where...
• Dual horn wiring
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:32:08 -0700
  ...Relay is is wired: --- switched/ignition on power wired to #30 ---one inside and one outside horn terminal wired to #87 ---one outside and...
• Wires and otherwise (long)
  Historical mailing list - Derek Krueger
  Mon, 20 May 2002 13:04:17 -0400
  ...While checking the wire at the brake, I found FIVE more wires underneath the carpet with no home. The wire for the brake (Green...
• 1.9L spark plug wires; Bosch/Beru content
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jarvinen
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:36:55 -0800
  ...So after this latest coil wire was a goner I looked through my collection of old wires (I always keep them) and had two...
• Re: Hot A/C Wire
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:26:12 -0400
  ...Hot A/C Wire Roundabout 40A , that�s right. What worries me most is how VW in the 80s/90s could afford to run...
• alternator wire hookup connection
  Historical mailing list - A Brandon Smith
  Fri, 1 Dec 1995 13:42:57 -0800 (PST)
  hi everyone, while i was in the process of replacing the alternator in my bus i found that three of the four wires that...
• Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 14:26:04 -0600
  ...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: OH NO!!- Fuel gauge stuck at Full
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Tue, 7 Oct 1997 13:17:27 -0700
  Probably the guage wire has come loose. I *think* they show empty when the wire is grounded, and full when it has high resistance...
• Re: Strange wire in harness? Stretch update
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 01:31:45 -0800
  Otmar Ebenhoech wrote: > While looking for a wire to run the speed signal back to the Jetta ECU, I > came across a white/grey...
• Re: Oil pressure wire rubbed bare?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 19:09:44 EST
  ...Do yourself a favor and take the trouble to scrounge up a few feet of the Teflon insulated wire; miles from now it will...
• Re: Wire Gauge Question? battery questions too!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:34:21 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Wire of 1.5mm is slightly smaller than 14 gauge.> > Trying to use the old fridge wires to charge a...
• Re: 1986 Syncro Crew Cab 1.9 L
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:09:45 EDT
  ...Now wiggle the wire. Any difference? If the wire has a bad spot this should find it. Hope this helps. Ken Wilford Van-Again...
• Re: Syncro temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:18:32 -0400
  Tom, Most likely there is corrosion on the spade terminal or connector for the temp sensor wire. Location is just forward of the thermostat...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 2 May 2013 23:54:43 -0400
  ...It seems it had a 2 wire temp gauge sender as the wires in Bentley jive with this (two pin, red/yellow and brown...
• Wiring diagram needed for 67 Rusty [T1]
  Historical mailing list - Bob
  Sat, 29 Jun 1996 20:50:35 -0400
  ...I've successfully isolated the blinker wires and what acts like tail lights and what acts like a brake light wire but don't...
• Re: Fishing wire from courtesy light to behind dash
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 15 Apr 2018 14:38:58 -0700
  Try using #14 solid copper wire as the fish wire. The stuff you find in residential Loomex or Romex. Shove it up from bottom...
• Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 20:45:55 -0600
  ...I have examined the green wire which goes back to the ECU. The green wire on my Vanagon does not have a braided shield...
• Re: Passenger running light out!
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Plichta
  Wed, 4 Apr 2012 21:33:44 -0400
  So I have found that on the plug,(passenger rear brake light assembly) the (gray with red strip wire) has one pin that has...
• Re: O2/ECU Coaxial wire...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 10:24:00 EST
  You could go to the connector at the ECU, pull the cover off and test the middle green wire and the outter ground wire...
• Re: Headlight rewiring
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:48:04 -0400
  ...Is it possible to buy a plug that I can wire myself with the heavier gauge wire?? Just looking for some ideas. TIA Rod...
• Re: Power steering pump ground?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 14:09:46 -0700
  ...You need some wires connected to them... matthew Aaron Reams wrote: > > Hi Volks, > > I'm in the process of replacing my power steering pump...
• Re: Headlights not working (?) --> FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:46:41 -0500
  ...The wires got hot because there was a poor contact there, probably between the wires and the crimp connector but possibly between the crimp...
• Re: Pin type ignition wires
  Historical mailing list - The Old Volks Home
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:39:34 -0700
  At 07:55 PM 10/2/02 EDT, Steve Cotsford wrote: >Some suppliers have a choice of ignition wires and distributor caps for pin...
• Rough cold idle/Fast warm idle
  Historical mailing list - Ken Ehlert
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 20:05:39 -0600
  ...Anyone know where this wire ends up under the vehicle? Anyone know the purpose of this wire? Any chance this wire is related to...
• HELP- water tank wiring 87 Westy Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Dana E Hager
  Sat, 17 Jul 1999 13:57:29 -0700
  I installed all new inlets and replumed my Westy, installed all the cabinets and my first mistake was unpluging the wires and not marking...
• Re: o2 sensor troubles
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 05:56:52 -0700
  ...The black wire connects to the green wire with the single rubber booted spade connector. Definitely cheaper to get the generic and splice wires...
• RE: MSW plug wires
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 13:59:27 -0700
  ...They are "distributed inductance" rather than "distributed resistance" wires. The purpose of the resistance in a plug wire or plug is to slow the...
• Re: Electrical question (Coil terminals)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:24:35 -0700
  Do this Don, mark which wires go where on the coil currently. with the engine off, but key on, find which one of the...
• Re: Fridge wireing?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:54:40 -0400
  ...The red/black wire goes from one side of the coil and grounds through the starter solenoid. The Blue wire goes from the oter...
• How To Make New Battery To Starter Cable for 2.1 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:28:22 -0600
  Sometime in the last 4 years, someone expounded on how to replace the primary wire from the battery to the starter(and maybe even...
• Re: vanagon passes emissions, YES!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Mar 1996 01:56:45 -0500
  ...Standard makes a number of three wire sensors in this price range. Make sure sensor has 2 white and 1 black wire. The sensors...
• Re: The wire harness becomes brittle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 14:26:56 -0500
  You want to keep all those ground wires on the body, not the engine. Keeping them separate also has advantages. A wire fails and...
• O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:28:25 -0500
  ...my 86 has the 3-wire; my 84 has the 1-wire. With that in mind, here are a few questions for those in...
• Wiring Question: White wire=high beam; yellow wire=low beam?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 07:10:15 -0700
  I'm installing heavier gauge headlamp wire in my 90 syncro westy and am wondering if I have the colors correct. If I want...
• Re: Burnt Wires!!-Please look and advise
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:37:15 -0500
  ...Note that the wire to the switch and the wire from the switch (to a ground point) is brown. Standard color for Vanagon ground...
• Headlamps, adjusters and connecting wires
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 13:27:27 -0700
  ...The holes are too small for the fat wires on the van. I bought some 3M snap-in connectors on which the wire holes...