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• Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:48:29 -0800
  ...Track number reference 69, is at > > >end of a wire connected to S18. But when I turn the page and look at > >the end...
• Re: Wiring Challenge -- Bentley page 97.68 -- Wire H6 (Rad. Cool Fan Thermoswitch)
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:21:31 -0400
  ...The connector is a single-wire connector. > > The wire is about 8" long. > > > > Seems this wire should be connected somewhere, no? But I really...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:26:02 -0500
  ...metal usually works fine as long as the wires are top notch, but this is just asking for trouble. dlk On Thu, 12 Feb...
• What does the green wire on my handbrake do?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 20 May 2002 23:24:08 -0400
  While I was snaking wire for my auxillary battery, I noticed there is a green wire attached to the rear of my handbrake that...
• Westy Exterior Hookup Pivot Wires
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Thu, 3 May 2007 10:34:06 -0700
  What gauge and length are the pivot/hinge wires for Westy exterior hookup black cover flaps? Can I drill out to something a tad...
• Re: [Re: Oxygen sensor: is a shielded wire necessary?]
  Historical mailing list - CARY CHIANG
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 01:15:03 MST
  Well, the O2 sensor wire on my '85 has a common-looking metal crimp splicing the wire about 2-3 inches from the sensor...
• Re: Think I have an electrical problem here.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 5 Nov 2005 11:37:28 -0500
  ...85-red/black wire to ignition switch. 30 red wire to frig One comment here is that the blue wire and r/bk wire...
• Re: Aux Oil temp gauge wiring
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 20:39:44 -0500
  When I was stringing my aux wires for oil temp and press. I ran them along the carpet lines inside the van on the...
• Re: O2 sensor wire replacement, '85
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Thu, 1 May 2008 17:28:50 -0500
  ...Well, i recently >replaced the wire from the connector to the O2 sensor with a non Coaxial >piece of wire..... >I now know that...
• Re: Fuel pressure
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 15:47:59 -0500
  ...the wires at the power steering pump switch - I had the same >short but luckily escape damage... please redo and seal those wires real...
• dual battery relay
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Thu, 16 May 1996 09:48:24 -0400
  One (heavy wire) goes to the main battery terminal. One (heavy wire) goes to the auxiliary. One goes to ground. The switching signal (smaller...
• Re: A/C HOT wires!!
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 21:07:43 EDT
  Bill; The heat is produced by the current running through the resistance in the wires/connections.You can increase the size of the wire...
• Re: Starter One more time!!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 1 May 2011 09:21:47 -0700
  ...Just get a set of jumper cables and bypass that big wire and put the red wire directly on the starter post that the...
• Re: Instrument cluster light issues
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Mon, 17 May 2021 23:37:23 -0400
  ...I just replaced the two wires. No fuses are popping and no > wires are melting luckily. A couple wires were ever so slightly damaged...
• Re: Puzzled by thesamba instructions: Convert 82D fan wiring to '86 fan.
  Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
  Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:12:40 -0700
  ...There should be 4 > wires, 2 of a larger gauge and 2 of a smaller gauge. > With all 4 wires unplugged, test them each...
• Re: ignition wires
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Feb 1997 17:56:12 -0500 (EST)
  Frayed1003 writes & asks: >Does anyone know if there are any good reasons which could justify buying the >Bosch ignition wires. If not, I would...
• Re: FI harness help needed
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:46:13 -0700
  ...The center wire inside must not touch the braided shield wire that is layered around it inside the outer insulation. Mark Greg Potts wrote...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:40:09 -0500
  ...I started the engine and touched the bare > > blue wire to the nut that the D+ red wires connect to. Sucess the red > > charging...
• Re: Slow power windows
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:52:46 -0400
  What is going on is that either the power wire or the ground to your motor is partially broken (or maybe one of the...
• Re: Horn installation
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:59:15 -0700
  > ... a wire running from pos (+) of battery to the horn ... Not that, in any case! A short, heavy wire to a fuse, and from...
• Re: Stereo wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:40:47 -0700
  i'm not as clever as don- i connected both the red and yellow wires from the stereo to the red battery wire. this...
• Re: Fw: Auxillary battery not charging
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 10:48:25 -0400
  ...I'm *assuming* that you removed the existing wires supplying that panel. Also no need to use two wires since they were only separate...
• '97 VW Stereo Install Complete
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:29:34 -0400
  ...The speaker wires were pretty straight forward, because I had already re-wired the back speakers to get around the common ground set-up...
• 77 Engine Wiring Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Apr 1996 18:08:03 -0700
  Well the engine is back in, everything's pretty much hooked up except for a couple of wires...I know, I know, I really...
• Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:30:39 -0800
  ...At 01:10 AM 2/24/2008, neil N wrote... >It was the track numbers at the end of certain wires at the bottom...
• Westy reefer relay wiring -- the Red wire?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:00:06 -0700
  ...where does the "TO BATTERY" wire go? There are two wires on the engine battery + terminal: the chubby starter cable, and a red wire...
• Re: '85 Westy Wiring question about the S9 fuse
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:20:34 -0500
  ...Would the .5 red wire coming into the junction below >that represent the wire that I cut? That wire goes to the radio if...
• RE: conduit for your bus?
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  6 May 1995 15:23:07 -0800
  _______________________________________________________________________________ I was thinking about running a piece of flexible conduit under my bus to allow for the many wires I'll be running for...
• Vanagon Spark Plug Wires
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:11:49 -0600
  Just wondering if anyone out there knows of a good source for "performance" spark plug wires for the Vanagon. I'm just curious if...
• Re: Help identifying part (image provided)
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Sun, 6 May 2007 09:23:11 -0700
  ...You've got two wires on each side of the car, but only one wire on each side of the trailer. You can't...
• question about electrical system
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 20:16:25 -0500
  ...i would keep all the wires that stay up front the same, but i would replace all the wires running the length of the...
• Re: O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 12:40:36 +0000
  ...1-wire to replace 3-wire? > Hi. I've asked around for the last few days, and every parts store is > telling me that...
• Re: Kitchen electric
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:10:35 -0600
  ...Thick light green wire and thick dark green wire Thin yellow wire Thin white wire Thick black wire Courtesy of Malcolm Stebbins, back when...
• Re: 12v plug repair question
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 08:54:25 -0500
  You are correct, the outer shell of the socket is negative (-, vehicle ground, black wire). The center prong is positive (+, red wire). Dunno the...
• Re: Help identifying part (image provided)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 6 May 2007 08:39:04 -0700
  ...Also, I used #14 wire to extend #20 (?) gauge that connects to side marker light lamp bases. Some of the #20 wire casing was...
• Re: Something wrong ...
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Mon, 3 Sep 2012 12:42:14 -0700
  ...I would still ask; what that same looking double red-white wire is doing on the battery positive, identified with the same colors, same...
• Re: Mysterious loose ground wire
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 24 May 2011 11:03:17 -0700
  There is no stock ground wire in that location, AFAIK. Year and model? Shops sometimes add a ground wire to the AFM to try...
• Re: O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire?
  Historical mailing list - David E Most
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 12:38:10 -0400
  > Any three wire one will do -- just cut off the wrong connector and splice on > the old one from yours (assuming you have the...
• Re: Headlamps, adjusters and connecting wires
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 15:20:39 -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...
• Re: VWs, Boats and fishing
  Historical mailing list - Rich Burdick
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:07:32 -0700
  >Eric Pickering wrote: > >How did you wire the lights? I could either do brakes lights or turn >signals, not both Walmart, AutoZone, or places...
• T4 PR retaining wire
  Historical mailing list - Craig Jones
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 16:45:40 -0800
  ...Retaining wire T4 Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: I see evidence of the wire being positioned in between the rocker arm assembly and the pedastal...
• Re: Help Part 3
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 16:47:08 -0800
  Finn- Sounds like you have crossed wires-happened to me once. I had to cut back the wires until I came to good wire...
• Re: Ground isolater for speaker wire
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 09:56:11 -0700
  ...The rep I ordered the receiver from told me about the single wire problem and offered this solution. I'd have to dig out...
• Shocked through the #3 Plug Wire
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 12:07:21 -0500
  ...Being unable to think of another cause the only thing remaining is that the wire itself is faulty. These are Bosch plug wires so...
• Re: fan wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:05:56 -0700
  ...I'll try to illustrate: _ connector /_/ top is black wire, left is red wire, right is duoble black/red wire. /_/_/ resistor |_|_____________| left is front...
• driving lights
  Historical mailing list - aircooled chris
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:31:56 -0700
  ...Perhaps just wire them direct to the power wire so there is a signal indicating that I can in fact turn them on, or...
• Re: Oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:52:06 -0600
  ...The other side of the 2 pin connector should have a yellow > wire and a blue/black wire. The brown wire from the oil...
• Idle Stabilizer 2nd check (regulator)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 10:34:56 -0600
  ...The wires are gray in color with one gray wire going into the connector and 2 gray wires leaving it. There is another connector...
• Re: Any one activated rear fog in back light cluster? - wire is there as stock {Grey/White}
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:05:30 -0000
  Only thing I'd add to the explanation by Robert Steven Fish is that before you run a new wire from the dashboard to...
• Re: Loose black wire near fuse box?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:30:11 -0700
  On 3/19/05 16:23, "Jack" <john.cook58@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > Solid wire? Not stranded? If solid, it's almost certainly added by...
• Ignition Wires for 1.9 h2o
  Historical mailing list - Alan Gondry
  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 21:03:56 -0700
  After going to the FLAPS I still am not getting the correct Bosch ignition wires for a 1983 1.9L H2O. Does any one...
• Re: WIERD SCIENCE -Reply
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 13:23:38 -0700
  ...You >should try a #2 or even #0 awg wire. (Resistance is directly >proportional to the length of the wire and inversely >proportional to...
• 91 Westfalia aux battery wiring problem?
  Historical mailing list - gneiss9
  Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:04:57 -0600
  ...of starter wire pair (1 red and 1 red/white wire). -With Aux batt hooked up (to only isolator) starter wire shows draw of...
• wire splicing-powr. mir.
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 28 Sep 2003 10:32:44 -0700
  ...I used tap-in connectors which were easier than stripping wires and soldering or crimping in limited space. Examination of the other wires didn...
• Re: headlight relay installation problems...
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:54:07 -0500
  ...Indeed, the white wire was what I wanted. I was >>quite confused. Neither this, nor the yellow-and-black wire, go to the >>dimmer...
• Re: Westy reefer relay wiring -- the Red wire?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:23:12 -0400
  ...where does the "TO BATTERY" wire go? THE FUSE BOX! There are two wires on the engine battery + terminal: the chubby starter cable, and...
• Re: Loose coil wire
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 12:11:30 -0600
  ...There is some argument about this but Bosch makes about four qualities of wire sets. #1. OEM #2. OEM Replacement #3. El Cheapo universal...
• Re: Elec. Questions. YES it's about Aux Batt. NO, please don't shoot me.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:26:35 -0700
  Camper setups 80-81 are wired differently from 82-85 though the exact cutoff is somewhere in between years. Most Bentley versions show one...
• Re: Electrical ?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 30 Jun 2019 08:53:51 -0600
  ...When the second wire becomes hot the motor spins for > another half-turn and switches back to the first wire. > > Neither lock interacts with...
• Re: [WetWesties] O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 30 May 2003 10:01:25 -0700
  the two wires that look the same are the heater wires. The odd-ball wire is the signal wire. Matthew Pollard "Racing with the...