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• a REAL basic electronics question
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Jul 1996 15:20:41 -0400
  ...Anyway, I figured this would be a simple hook up of existing wires but I've run into some unidentifiable wires. For example, my...
• Re: Loss of Power after carwash
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:16:20 -0600
  yeah, the running in the dark works great! Also, to separate wires, here is a slick trick I read on a Nascar site (I...
• black wires from ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 11:48:33 -0500
  ...there to see where they went, but there are 2 black wires from the ignition switch. So I picked one, and what happens now...
• Re: are sensor wires polarity specific?--OOPS!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Feb 2006 20:08:16 -0500
  ...are sensor wires polarity specific? I replaced my water temp sensor (for dash gauge) and the connector was so corroded that I just put...
• Re: New symptoms (still not running right)
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:26:05 -0400
  ...With the engine at idle, you might try moving those wires around with a pair of needle nosed pliers to see if there's...
• Re: Adding Aux Driving Lights Questions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:20:08 +1200
  ...I'm not >sure of a good way to route the headlight wires into the van. Has anyone >mounted aux driving lights to the...
• Re: Stereo Installation question: 83 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:55:11 -0300
  I've heard that splicing the separate - wires on modern stereos is not a good idea, but I'm no expert. I just ran...
• Re: Trumatic heater/furnace
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:12:08 -0600
  ...It must be pretty complicated, there are 11 or 12 > wires in the cable. > thanks, > Al Brase > 69 double cab, Vanagons > > A couple wires...
• Re: Aren't all Vanagon spark plug wires the same?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 22:25:09 -0400
  No VW has ever had factory installed carbon core wires. Differences for the Vanagon depends on air or water cooled, then 83-88, then...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:28:34 -0500
  ...you just counted and labeled your van interconnect wires for us all in a nice table... if it's a thousand wires that's...
• Re: Questions about wires, relay, H2 lamps, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 2 May 2013 15:26:00 -0500
  ...14 ga would be better. > Yes the ground wires need to be the at least the same size as the > largest positive wires you...
• Re: Power loss still in '85
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:47:21 -0800
  I'd go with plug wires especially if your existing wires are anything other than original equipment replacement. German cars [at least BMW's...
• Headlight Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ross
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 21:53:31 -0600
  ...It had three wires going to it, a white wire, a white wire with a black stripe, and a yellow wire with a black...
• cruise control wiring
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:57:43 -0800
  ...there are 2 wires (Brown and Blue/White) grouped on a small white plastic plug... these 2 wires to be plugged on the back...
• Re: Is there a way to test the heater fan>
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:53:52 -0400
  At 01:19 PM 10/24/2010 -0600, Bob Stevens wrote: >overloading the >electrical wires running to the fan motor. I think I might...
• Re: distributor wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:34:43 -0800
  That appears to be an aftermarket electronic ignition module in a 009 distributor, so I would imagine that the wires would hook to the...
• Re: CV joints/f
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 2 May 1995 10:29:43 -0700 (PDT)
  ...And never, ever, ever swap any electrical wires end for end, mark a little arrow on them to keep things straight :) Alistair, who DID...
• Re: Crazy Tach
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Thu, 6 May 1999 02:09:43 -0700
  ...I popped the hatch and fiddled with wires from from the coil, distributor, and anything else that I thought might help. Drove 600 km...
• Re: Backup light switch...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 04:29:37 -0400
  ...wrote: >Dan: >Please note this is 2 wires, not a "cable" >Cheers, >Keith Yes, I'm basically an electrical guy -- to me the default...
• Oops. Where did the wire go?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Putt
  Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:48:39 -0700
  ...I've gotten carried away and removed to many wires and the labels I put on a couple of the wires fell off. My...
• Re: High Power Headlight Kit (SA): melting connector
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 22:26:59 -0600
  ...I also > found that the wires leading into the inner high beam units also showed > signs of too much heat (these wires are just...
• Re: Loss of Power after carwash
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:24:25 -0400
  ...Tied up the wires so the #1 and #2 dont touch anything or each other. Seems wires were probably arcing under stress. Wish I...
• Window Regualtor Saga Continued
  Historical mailing list - Chasse
  Sat, 24 May 2003 15:10:28 -0400
  ...Upon the reccomendation of listmember John McMahon...reversed the wires from the switch to the motor...window goes up but not down. Elementary my...
• Missing Lighting Wiring
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:28:47 -0500
  ...I was preparing to mount a SA grille and discovered apparently the wires for the inner lights have been removed at some time in...
• Re: a REAL basic electronics question
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Jul 1996 17:30:35 -0500
  ...What might three wires be doing here? Hi Rich With out knowing what year your van is, it's hard to identify the wires...
• Re: Smogging
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 01 Jul 1997 12:49 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Ended up replacing the cap, rotor, and plug wires. I knew the wires were aftermarket and had heard from other sources that this might...
• Aux. Battery
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 18:34:42 -0600
  ...The wires go into the relay and then a pair of fairly heavy wires proceed under the seat. What are these wires? Are they...
• Gauge wiring and mounting, 82 vanagon westy
  Historical mailing list - K. Wyatt
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 09:28:31 -0600
  ...I ran these wires inside of a piece of 1/2 inch PVC tubing.(Drip irrigation hose, Cheap) I then ran these wires under...
• Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Sondergaard, Arlene
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 08:10:42 -0700
  ...Tightened up distributor cap wires just in case and the middle one came off in my hand. It was all carbon-no wires connecting...
• Re: Second Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 09:03:17 -0400
  On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Bill Marshall wrote: > You could do the same thing -- attach a pair > of wires to the battery terminals, run...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Phil Stanhope
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:21:54 -0800
  ...Phil 84' Westy Tiico'ed in 2002 --- Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote: > The wires come from a connector plugged into the > back of...
• Re: 5 amp fuse?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 26 Feb 2021 18:44:13 -0800
  ...These wires are all green > with different stripes - (I will have to confirm the colours). > > I am curious about these as well... > > I'll...
• 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: Aren't all Vanagon spark plug wires the same?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 20:16:56 -0500
  Some use solid core copper wires. The ones without electronic ignition. Vanagons with electronic ignition use carbon fiber wires. The spark plug end plug...
• Re: Splicing O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Wed, 26 May 1999 17:26:29 -0700
  ...the White wires are for the internal heating element and thus are interchangeable. Either white to either white. The black goes to the black...
• Re: Stereo Install - Replacing Speaker Wires
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:53:43 -0800
  ...Stereo Install - Replacing Speaker Wires Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: > My congratulations to anyone who has had to feed wires through their door > boot and my...
• Re: headlight relays
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:22:17 -0700
  ...The red wires to the headlight switch and hi/lo switch are both labeled as coming from fuse S9. This is not really true...
• Re: loose blade conncectors
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:57:43 -0400
  ...There is no slack in any of these wires either. Some already barely make it there. The ones that had two wires in one...
• Reversibility, was REAR DISCS
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 12:05:23 +0100
  ...That�s why I always buy original wires etc. I never cut any of the van�s wires but always add my own wires...
• Won't start - now it does !
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 22:52:34 +0100
  ...wires ! I checked and found spark to the right but not the left side of the engine (!) bought a set of new original wires...
• Re: The rear speaker ground.
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 07:55:30 -0600
  ...Same > labor involved and it gives you some spare wires at that location if you > need them in the future. > I haven't use...
• Re: help--Firing order
  Historical mailing list - Brian Kelly
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:59:41 EDT
  ...cap wires should be, Cylinder #1 top left. #2 bottom left #3 Bottom right. #4 top right. The only cross of wires is #3...
• Re: Help please?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 15:12:56 -0700
  Most likely you've put the wires to the distributor on in the wrong order. Firing order is 1-4-3-2. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young...
• Power Window Wires
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Tue, 5 Sep 2017 23:15:58 -0500
  ...Does the power window motor use the housing as a ground and the power switch wires to go up or down? Or does it...
• Tool Time
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 13 Feb 95 16:45:35 CST
  ...i've made several little hookers from them, and also used them to 'fish' wires through places where the wires did not want to...
• Re: Central Locks..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 08:02:37 EDT
  ...I had several broken wires that I repaired several years ago to fix my door locks and electric mirror on my passenger side. I...
• Re: Engine Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 18:55:18 -0500
  ...The old > plugs that I replaced were the "proper colour." My gas mileage is crap > eventhough I replaced the plugs, wires, fuel pressure regulator...
• Water level/temp warning flasher
  Historical mailing list - Tim Timothy
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 08:21:34 EDT
  ...With temp switch wires and water level switch wires jumpered, it still flashes. Have not been able to find a relay or anything associated...
• Wire Gage for Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Joe Curro
  Fri, 3 May 2002 13:44:09 -0400
  ...Unfortunately, this did not come with the quick disconnects on the ends of the wires as my original pump has. I went to Radio...
• Re: Extra tailight in spare socket?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 15:42:06 -0400
  ...small hole in the bottoms of the "empty" bulb sockets, feed the wires from the contacts through them and run the wires externally. Mike
• Re: Rapid left blinker after fix
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sat, 18 Feb 2017 17:17:18 -0800
  ...Look at the 3 wires and make sure the brown is plugged into the middle spot. If it already is in the middle just...
• Re: Rear Window Wiper Retrofit
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 20:44:23 -0600
  ...In my van there are no wires in place for these goodies, so I've had to run them (a bit of an adventure...
• Re: Desperate For Immediate Wiring Help
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 23:46:13 -0700
  ...They come out of this same sheathing as the wires going to the round connectors. There are two wires in question. One is blue...
• Re: Looking for spark plug wire recommendations
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:43:36 -0600
  ...My coil wire is going bad and > it's probably time to replace all the wires as a set. What I have > now is...
• Re: Broken Down - Alberta - Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:54:16 -0700
  And by "plugs" I meant "connectors" though you should check that all ignition wires are seated. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:52...
• Gauges
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 13:39:51 -0800
  ...Any particular route for the sending wires better than any other? 2. What's the easiest switched current source? I'd prefer not to...
• Re: Power loss still in '85
  Historical mailing list - Andree Hurley
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:25:40 -0500
  I have pushed the wires in to make sure they were connected, but I checked the records I got fro mthe owner for last...
• Re: DITRIBUTOR/NO START
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 6 Jan 2007 00:29:30 -0800
  ...tracking in the > distributor,wires seperating when removed,engine running like crap...if I > reveresed the #1 and #2 wires,would that cause the...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Test. Generic vs VW.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:18:15 -0700
  Hey Neil My Temp II sensor wires were all cracked and breaking, the connection from wire to plug was poor, and the wires were...
• Re: It Begins!!!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 11:21:09 -0700
  You can be a butcher and cut the wires or you can be a pro and release the metal pins unharmed from the plastic...