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• Re: Headlight upgrade issue
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:19:38 -0500
  ...My "ground star" is full so I don't have > anywhere to plug the ground wire from the relay. What I'm wondering is...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:16:46 -0700
  ...if the pair of wires in > the large white plastic connector (at the 2 prongs post) are reversed, the > van cranks but won't...
• testing Hall sender
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:12:50 -0500
  ...I have the sender plugged in, and am accessing the wires through the backside of the pulled up boot. I have 12 when I...
• Idle Speed Adjustment - 1988 GL
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Sun, 11 Oct 1998 13:49:24 -0500
  ...per the fixed plug discussion above. To follow the prescribed procedure, I need to disconnect the "Idle Stabilizer Control Valve Connector". I know this...
• Re: Help! High Idle speed
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:08:15 -0400
  ...find a wire that I > can plug it into. It has a female spade bit connector on a thin brown wire. > There is a...
• Re: Travel Weirdness (warning; tires. ;)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 5 Sep 2014 19:20:50 +0000
  ...Travel Weirdness (warning; tires. ;) Check to make sure your ECU is fully plugged in and double check its ground wire for continuity. Use contact...
• Re: HELP! MY RADIATOR FAN QUIT!
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 06:28:19 EDT
  ...The plug (connected to the wires) has three connectors. Short across two at a time, you have three combinations to choose from. Your results...
• Getting coolant level warning to work on '82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Wed, 21 May 2008 12:26:05 -0400
  ...There is only one wire - #6 - in the instrument panel connector for the coolant temp... so how does both the temperature and the coolant...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 29 Jul 2014 21:34:21 -0700
  ...of continuity (move wires around to look for intermittent breaks) in the O2 wire(s) to/from the ECU connector. There is likely also...
• Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:55:51 -0700
  ...plugged in or the wrong thing is plugged in. i.e. I have an "automatic" wiring harness/ECU. There are two TPS connectors on...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:21:27 -0600
  ...83 Air Cooled run solid core spark plug wires, the resistor is at the plastic plug connector end (approx 1 OHM) but I've...
• Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 18:28:36 -0500
  ...In that case, I discovered the >> new horn contact wire came with a different connector on the end of >> the >> connection wire. The connection...
• Re: STRANDED
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 1 Apr 2014 17:14:12 -0700
  ...From there a red goes to the fuel injection relay box through the 2 pin connector that plugs on the front side of the...
• Re: 1.9 engine HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:50:25 -0500
  ...It plugs into the oxygen sensor here so it goes from being a thick green wire to a thin black wire. The part I...
• Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 12:27:38 -0700
  ...I'm assuming the two wire connector in the relay box is the one with a brown and a green/yellow wire. I disconnected...
• Re: Relay socket spade connectors
  Historical mailing list - Stacy
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 22:42:36 -0800
  ...on the larger wires I want to > use, but I'd rather have the sockets for the relays to plug into. > > My search (Radio...
• Re: Where do I find a new door lock actuator harness adapter?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:02:01 -0800
  ...So, now, three weeks later, it arrives > with a superseded part > > number and a different plug connector, which won't > work with my existing...
• Re: 1.9 won't start
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:40:51 -0600
  Check the T2 sensor and the wires and connector for it, I had a similar problem once and the connector had come undone. Mine...
• Re: What Is This Type Of Connector Called? Followup
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:51:28 -0700
  On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > Can anyone tell me what this type of connector...
• Re: Tachometer Upgrade
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Dec 1998 02:20:03 EST
  ...some pins around in your 14 pt multipoint pin connector, and run a wire from the coil, under the van, to the pin for...
• Electrical stuff
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:41:47 -0800
  ...higher current flow will heat the wire warmer than normal, and the wire insulation, plastic plug connectors and switch bodys will eventually soften and...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - temp. (degree) gauge not working
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 07:40:29 EST
  ...wirers on my thermostat housing: (1) FI type w/ clip, and (2) a female (1/4 inch) that clips over plug. Which wire (2...
• Re: Lousy Cigarette Lighter Plugs was inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:04:28 -0700
  ...If it's not practical to hard > wire a device you can > still replace the cigarette lighter connections with > better connectors and I > know...
• 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: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long) Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:36:43 -0700
  On 6/9/2012 2:10 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > When I go to identify the Ground wire in the wiring to the plugs...
• Re: Electrical connections to injectors
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:31:31 -0400
  ...What are the short term fixes? On my '75 aircooled bus, one of my injector plugs was missing the wire spring that snaps it...
• Re: Vanagon Tool Box
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:49:58 -0600
  ...of metric fasteners, fuses, 3 m of 14 ga electrical wire. > Crimp on connectors and crimping tool, 8 oz ball peen hammer with > handle...
• Re: digijet tool testing
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 26 Jul 1998 14:10:11 -0500
  ...With this type of tool / connector it would not be necessary to add a flat wire cable onto the digijet / digifant to gain access...
• Re: Alternator question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:35:06 -0400
  ...There at the plug B connector it joins the D+ wire heading from the instrument panel back to the alternator. This whole charade is...
• Re: Cold start stalling
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 6 Sep 1997 21:49:03 EDT
  ...Has two wire connector plugged into it. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis <Kernersville NC, The Heart of the Triad> 86 VW Transporter Three...
• Re: poor running 84 1.9 vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 08:43:00 EDT
  Matt, I would check all of your other (cheap) stuff first like spark plugs, wires, distributor cap, and rotor. Also ground connections. If all...
• Re: O2 sensor help please?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 12:43:21 PST
  ...This oxy sensor is for Ford/Mercury cars, and does not have the correct plug, so you have to use the connector from your...
• Re: Idle problems on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 22:33:51 -0400
  ...with >spade plug. The wire from the ECU is shielded -- the shield stops an inch or so short of the spade connector. >Anyway, It...
• Re: A damn OS question again, yea!!! now i need some help, it's my turn....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Boland
  Tue, 7 May 2002 06:57:49 -0500
  ...is plug); I >unplug the OS and test voltage to this one (ground the negative and I touch >the OS sender wire with the...
• Re: Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant?
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:26:16 -0500
  ...I made a stupid error when I replaced the O2 cable's connector on my van. Not realizing the wire in the harness was...
• Re: Need assistance
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 11:17:12 -0700
  ...Please help!!!! Let's see, you did connect all the spark plug wires, you made sure the O2 sensor spade connector is attached and...
• Re: Dear vendors
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:44:19 EDT
  ...The other 2 contacts (the switching ones I believe) go through 2 plug in connectors. Would this mean that the receiving end of the...
• Re: Cheap O2 sensor - 90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 18:00:20 -0800
  ...must have the connector spliced. I search further on the Bus Depot > page, and find an O2 > sensor with factory plug, Bosch part #13931...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome? ... please help
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 28 May 2018 11:38:04 -0700
  ...I suggested the following: - disconnect the O2 sensor --> nope - check the spark plug wires --> nope - check the Hall sensor wiring --> nope - check the Temp2...
• Re: What is the wire path for the tach signal?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:26:51 -0800
  ...The 2 pin connector plugs onto the 2 male spades. >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> Robert Fisher wrote: >> >>> This is for the '87 2.1 Auto: Replaced the...
• Re: Mystery Connector??
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 18:36:44 -0600
  ...CO.AT> writes: > snipped ------- > A white nylon, roughly 'L' shaped connector with three wires, brown, > gray & > black, swung loose. I had been taped with...
• Re: Yet another turn signal L.E.D. data point...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:35:10 -0500
  ...an additional ground wire to the IC 14 pin connector. Be > careful, different models are different. Some have 2 brown wires to > the IC...
• Re: replace an 86 clock with a tac?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:50:57 EST
  ...run a wire up to the dash from the coil and swap the pin connectors around in the 14point pin connector that powers the...
• Re: Relay socket spade connectors
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 23:40:45 -0500
  ...on the larger wires I want to > use, but I'd rather have the sockets for the relays to plug into. > > My search (Radio...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 14:15:53 -0800
  ...When all 4 injector connectors are unplugged you should only ever see 12 volts on one side of each pair of pins. When one...
• Re: Tachometer in a weekender?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 21:49:46 -1000
  ...the wires on the main plug to the instrument cluster , T 14 ...can be easily swapped from place to connector in the plug ! that...
• Re: No spark, no hall juice, tech help request.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:23:43 -0400
  ...Find the wires that go in and out following the Bentley schematic and then jump the two together. If you unplug the connectors from...
• Re: [Syncro] Coil Confusion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:21:12 -0700
  ...Is it possible to >buy just the connector/socket so i can convert my coil >wire to the other type of plug? >Thanks! >steve...
• Re: '84 1.9: 3/4 power and running ugly
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:45:48 -0400
  ...This is so incredible that mechanics try to change those parts, a simple check of the plugs, rotor, cap wires is enough to tell...
• Re: 85 Vangon revs drops, revs drops, revs drops, and then dies after a few minutes of this cycle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:18:04 -0500
  At 10:51 AM 1/24/2011, Mark Carrig wrote: >Before the trip I had a complete tune up, plugs, wires, distributor >cap and...
• Re: This Is Why You Don't Mess With "Stuff" On A Holiday
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 14:26:47 -0600
  ...new plug wire now? Do some thinking, and pull #1 wire off my '74 Super Beetle. I know, I know, wrong connector at the...
• Re: Ignition Cables, unplugging from distributor
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:29:28 -0700
  ...cap did not > >> ! Using Dielectric grease on both ends of the plug wires make them > >> a breeze to remove later on down the road...
• Re: Switch circuit to Aux Battery ??
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:45:49 -0400
  ...Then put a male spade connector on the #12 wire you ran up to that area. >Then plug that male spade into the BOTTOM...
• Re: 89 vanagon: Something missing from the alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 01:46:25 EDT
  ...Is there something supposed to be attached to this or is it a plug for diagnostics? I would tell you what color the wires...
• Re: Headlight upgrade issue
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:43:47 -0400
  ...My "ground star" is full so I don't have > > anywhere to plug the ground wire from the relay. What I'm wondering is...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 23:09:46 -0700
  ...the 5-pin plug, and the switch is wired in series at the other end via the 3-pin plug. hard to say for...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 8 Sep 2011 17:34:33 -0400
  ...Four wires, no cutting, plug and play - Right? > Wrong!!! > > The first three wires to the relay were a snap. But the fourth - the one...
• Re: O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:59:49 -0700
  ...The more expensive one comes with that wire already in place- sort of a plug and play thing. If you old wire is fine...
• Re: High Pressure Oil Switch Wire; Tethered to Switch. OEM? PIC
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 11 May 2012 19:03:40 -0700
  ...then the OP switch with wire plugged on to it, is right in front of you. then you test or do whatever you are...
• Re: Intermittent miss on one cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:21:05 -0500
  Try swapping the injector and the spark plug wire. I've found replacement wires to have an extremely high failure rate. The resistor ends...