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• Re: Friday fun.. Vanagons on fire
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:05:08 -0800
  ...If I recall my Bentley electrical search, these wires are not fused? (please jump in here if you would.) Fortunately, I had another wiring...
• Re: Digijet ecu failures --- Help !
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 4 Sep 1999 00:59:15 -0500
  Well, I am not a mechanic; but I am an electrical engineer. Seems to me the first thing you should do is find out...
• Re: Engine Bay Electrical Fire
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:28:56 -0700
  ...Engine Bay Electrical Fire >> >> >>> I have begun pulling the burned wiring harness that is in the engine >>> bay out of the vehicle. What a...
• Re: Vanagon Electrical Puzzle 2
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 23 Apr 2022 08:36:10 +0200
  ...The temp gauge on the wiring diagram is also shown to include some kind of controller, My assumption: The LED might be triggered by...
• electrical stalling?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:54:16 -0500
  ...could the starter wiring have anything to do with it? the reason i suggest the starter is because very infrquently when i turn the...
• Re: electrical stalling?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:50:55 -0500
  ...Also, inspect the wiring to make sure there are no splices... My westie came to me with a splice in the engine-bay feed...
• Re: Valet 711T system was electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 5 Dec 2013 19:10:00 -0800
  ...Just map the colors on page five with the Vanagon wiring diagram. http://www.directed.com/guides/manuals/ig/valet/N711T.pdf You won...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:06:46 -0700
  At 7/19/2011 07:55 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >I just completed the wiring to my swell new gauge cluster: oil pressure...
• Re: Report: Dash Removal / Removal, NOT R&R
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 02:13:55 EDT
  ...valve) and then undo whatever you did to your instrument cluster wiring until you have the electrical schematic diagram to guide your work. George
• Re: Update: permanent fuel pressure gauge - Source!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:07:01 -0800
  ...I've ever seen had everything to do with the wiring and the electrical connection. I'm sure the thermistor in the sender was...
• Re: WTH!! First it headlights, now wipers
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 17:29:29 -0500
  ...It could also be the wiper switch itself or a wiring / ground connection issue, but my money is on the ignition switch. Is the...
• Re: Horn
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sat, 18 Jun 2005 16:47:29 -0400
  ...http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/vanagon/horns_detail.html Wiring diagram: http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/vanagon/dual_horns_wiring_diagram.gif Thanks, Chris...
• Re: How do you replace the electical switch on the bottom of the lock cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 20:58:29 -0500
  ...pull the steering wheel, unplug the wiring, pull the > paddle switches, remove and replace the ignition switch. > Easy as pie David! :-) > > On 3/2...
• Need Electrical Help with a Dim Turn Signal Bulb
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 02:52:06 +0200
  ...Questions-- I'm trying to track down the various related wiring connectors. The Bentley schematic shows a connector "T4a", but doesn't list where...
• Re: Help. traveling with problem
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:46:11 -0700
  ...Trace the wiring from the oxygen sensor which is > screwed into the catalytic converter and you will find the plug. The > engine harness side...
• Re: 758227.jpg
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:23:20 -0500
  <<The factory wiring actually does a very poor job of supporting even stock lights.>> Really? <<The current flow from the alternator through undersized wiring...
• Re: Mystery (to me) wire
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Thu, 23 May 1996 15:46:28 -0400 (EDT)
  On Thu, 23 May 1996, Gerald Skerbitz wrote: > '84 1.9L Vanagon > There is a brown wire leading from the wiring harness at the...
• Parts Request --Passenger Side Mirror (elec.)
  Historical mailing list - walter bahm
  Mon, 23 Oct 2000 13:07:23 -0700
  ...The mirror is electrically adjustable. aside from small cracks in the black plastic housing the only damage to the unit was a broken internal...
• Brake light sensor switch adj.
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:24:39 -0800
  ...I just installed a third brake light, and in the process of doing the wiring had to press the brake pedal to the floor...
• Re: fridge light stays on
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 07:28:43 -0700
  ...The wiring is suspect. Mark Vanagon wrote: >Help, >Anybody know exactly how the gas valve electrical lead works? > >Its an insulated spade connector on...
• FOR SALE: Misc Vanagon Parts
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 27 Aug 2005 16:28:55 -0700
  ...Nothing cut, came from a running 1990 Vanagon. $300 CAD / $250 USD - Complete 2.1L engine wiring with no ECU and no idle stabilizer...
• Re: fuse box
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:26:40 -0700
  ...It may depend on how close the wiring harness connections of the 85 verses the 86-later and how the fusebox/relay plate is...
• Re: AFM Data Requested
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:52:50 -0500
  ...a whole raft of vacuum lines and electrical connections. OTOH, you have to fabricate your own wiring harness and if it malfunctions you are...
• Re: Trickle charging hungry squirrels
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:53:55 -0700
  ...The next time a squirrel chews your wiring, don't just dust off the over/under. Pause to appreciate how well it has adapted...
• Re: burning paper smell
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:47:46 -0400
  ...Next would be wiring with paper labeling on the wires, or wire bundle. Specifically, wiring related to headlights or blower motors (aka wires that...
• Re: '85 Vanagon power loss
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 20:33:20 -0600
  ...Any specific kind or process better than > others? > And, speaking of electrical wiring...before cleaning or messing around with > any of this type of...
• Re: electrical problems installing a new faucet
  Historical mailing list - Gordy Jones
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 14:33:49 -0800
  ...Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordy Jones" > > As I was wiring the new faucet some wires crossed and hit the metal part of the sink...
• Re: rear defogger wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 3 Dec 2011 08:04:07 -0800
  ...rear defogger wiring question >> >> I'm trying to track down electrical fault in rear defogger, '86 syncro ( >> early prod. before the vin change as...
• Re: Aux Battery Installation - How to do?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 09:24:30 -0800
  ...The simplest approach is to use the existing relay and wiring as much as possible. This approach can give adequate results if your needs...
• Re: Rodents chewing your wires from Consumers reports
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:28:27 -0400
  ...I plan to do my wiring harness (engine > swap) work soon. > > This is just one opinion, but this Amazon.ca review states that the...
• Re: Power window switch, intermittent passenger switch failure
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:23:11 -0500
  Sounds like the wiring is beginning to go. This is often a problem with the power mirrors, so I woujldn't be surprised if...
• pics needed for help with westy wiring
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 14:23:57 -0400
  ...and please be as specific as possible as i am a electrical idiot TIA jason _________________________________________________________________ Stop worrying about overloading your inbox - get MSN Hotmail...
• Re: Help: the VW morons spilled brake fluid on my electrical wiring...
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 23 Dec 1999 07:24:39 -0500
  ...Frustrating thing was that he was the chief > mechanic! he should know to read the manual... > I was also worried about electrical problems due...
• instrument panel short =?UTF-8?Q?=3D=20no=20start=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Thu, 6 Nov 2014 13:16:01 -0500
  ...I started my bus the other day to the sound of a crackling electrical short somewhere under the instrument panel, accompanied by a small...
• Be careful of making this mistake!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 22:01:27 -0500
  ...The pole had shorted the fuses for the "kitchen" and burned the wiring to the relay and possibly to the battery. Disconnected the fuses...
• Re: short circuit
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 11:12:02 -0500
  ...I've got a replacement harness forthe wiring, but no time or money to fix this luxury at the present time. I would think...
• Re: Total loss, RIP
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Fri, 23 Feb 2018 10:20:23 -0800
  The wiring in the house is a mixture of the original nob and tube then 1950 era with no ground and what we rewired...
• Re: Electrical Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:43:08 -0700
  ...Electrical Gremlins Can anyone give me an idea where to start for looking for a wiring problem. When the key is turned-on, the...
• Re: How to find a particular three-way electrical switch.
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:52:44 -0700
  ...to find a particular three-way electrical switch. > > >> Hello vanagon crew, >> >> I'm in the process of wiring up three VDO oil temperature senders...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 4 Oct 2020 15:36:14 -0500
  ...besides electrical wiring, there are > vacuum pump, vacuum switch under the pedals, switch on the steering column, > vacuum diaphragm linked the throttle body at...
• Re: Hella dual battery kits are back!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:41:36 -0700
  ...I think a lot of guys buy them because they think they can just follow the instructions without knowing anything about automotive wiring... but...
• Re: Frig on 12v
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:12:38 -0700
  ...This make the fridge electrically very far from the alternator and battery. The longer the wire is, the more voltage is lost by the...
• Free '92-'99 Eurovan tech manuals and curtains (just pay shipping)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Pullen
  Sun, 29 Aug 2021 19:05:43 -0700
  ...I have Volume one Maintenance/Engine/Fuel Injection/Ignition/Transmission and Volume Two suspension/Wheels, Brakes/Steering/Body/Heating and AC/Electrical Equipment/Wiring...
• Re: Wiring headlight washer pumps
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:56:29 -0800
  Does the pump have seals to keep wiper fluid out of its' electrical parts? If you install a relay, it could also carry power...
• Westy reefer relay wiring -- the Red wire?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:00:06 -0700
  ...Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR
• Re: alt. light
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 06:32:21 -0700
  ...If that isn't happening, then suspect failed alternator or faulty wiring to it. If that does happen then suspect a fault in the...
• Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start) - Remote Starter Sw. extra wire
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:37:53 -0800
  ...I can read wiring diagrams. But wiring > diagrams don't describe where wires are physically routed. My guess is > that there is are no...
• Re: ?Brighter Turn Signals?
  Historical mailing list - Zehring, Michael
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:42:33 -0500
  ...I'm curious as to what I will have to change on the van to support that electrically. Bill Marshall 85 GL Tiico "Pandora...
• Re: Strong dual USB?
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Fri, 25 Jun 2021 13:52:53 -0700
  ...I'm looking at the 1985 wiring diagram and imagining possible scenarios. I'm not an electrical expert. The cigarette lighter outlet, brake lights...
• Re: DRL's and daytime
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 11:31:38 -0700
  ...existing wiring. I don't know the particulars but I am guessing there is an extra component or two of extra electrical hardware that...
• Second/Spare Battery-Another Idea
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 23:32:45 EST
  In all the talk I've seen on both lists about adding a second battery, with the wiring, isolator switch, which alternator you need...
• Re: westy wiring woes
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:50:17 -0800
  ...Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR On 2/8/2007 11:44 AM Nathaniel Poole...
• Re: Alternators
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 8 Apr 2020 08:33:46 -0700
  ...I’m not sure of any owner added electrical load - with the important exception of a LiPO aux battery system - that would make me...
• Re: No Spark '90 2.1 UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:37:02 -0600
  ...I'm guessing it was one of these wires (I > suspect the ground to the distributor wiring) that was causing the problem > because once...
• Re: Total loss, RIP
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:02:42 -0800
  ...I believe that in most parts of the country, wiring that is 100 years old would be of the "spool and thimble" type. The...
• Newer instrument cluster in '84 van
  Historical mailing list - john Lauterbach
  Sun, 18 May 2014 14:52:41 -0400
  ...I bought one, installed it in my '84 and made the wiring changes needed, particularly the one to keep the oil pressure buzzer from...
• Re: Solar Panel outdoor electrical connect
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:03:01 -0700
  ...and Power, and use a section of that from where the wiring comes in through the back of the van and up to the...
• Re: Turn signal indicator troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:06:53 -0800
  ...There is some PO-crafted wiring in the fuse box, along with my own for the GW headlight upgrade, but none is new and...
• Re: Electrical Problems in 80 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list
  29 Jul 96 08:50:56 PDT
  I too had problems with my camper wiring. I installed a completely separate fuse box behind the drivers seat on the front cabinet wall...
• Re: Distributor Electrical Connections?
  Historical mailing list - HC Carter
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:16:33 -0700
  ...The wiring looks to be mostly original, although I'm no expert. There is a small bundle that splits from the main engine harness...