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• Re: Input on Prestone jumpstart battery?
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 20:12:19 EDT
  ...in jumpstart cables and charger? ... I considered getting one of those sealed portable battery packs. Since my camper had no auxilliary battery, the camping...
• Odd intermittent charging light problem (82 diesel)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 16 May 2000 09:33:43 -0700
  ...alternator which buzzed through the battery ground cable and messed up the alternator harness and starter positive cable. I had a VW dealership fab...
• Re: charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:54:47 -0700
  ...all there is to work with ....assuming the new Interstate battery is good .. are alternator or the voltage regulator in it ... and cables, wires...
• Auxiliary Battery Installation II: Hawker Odyssey battery, Hella relay, Chargetek AC charger (v. long)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Earl
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 22:14:38 -0400
  ...I brought the battery charging leads forward through the opening used by the fridge cable and pulled them into the battery compartment by the...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Battery to starter cable
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Friedman
  Wed, 3 Nov 2010 14:37:27 +0000
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• AC problem
  Historical mailing list - Ram�n Celaya
  Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:31:35 -0700
  ...I put a cable directly from battery to compressor conector and work properly (very cool). the Question is: Where its the voltage? The fuse...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:20:28 -0700
  ...Jumping doesn't help. >>>> Voltage at starter matches battery. >>>> Turns over slowly with: >>>> - spark plugs removed. >>>> - fresh battery jumpered directly to starter. >>>> - WITH NEW...
• Re: Battery current limiting device??
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 May 1996 00:00:04 -0400
  ...deep cycle battery is used. >Very heavy battery cables are the order of the day, in addition to a >sealed battery box. > >Isn't...
• Re: Bringing outside wires in (Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:13:06 -0400
  ...continued the cable run through the hole in the cabinet (where the cables run for the fridge to the aux battery), under the drivers...
• Booster Thing
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 21:52:28 -0500
  ...They're to be plugged into a vehicle's cigarette lighter and used a like a booster battery. They have booster cables and apparently...
• 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...
• On-board Charging.
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Mon, 4 Nov 96 13:01:22 -0600
  ...i just connected the leads of the charger right to the cable clamp bolts, ran the leads outside the battery box thru an indentation...
• Single relay kit arrived... now what?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:16:51 -0600
  ...If so, what do I need to do to put this relay in place, and where do I add the battery cables? If I...
• Re: Slow cranking with fully charged battery
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 19 Mar 2016 18:58:11 -0400
  ...Does the '85 have the early style cable from the battery to the starter? If so, that could be part of the problem. Larry...
• Re: starter relay
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 21:59:13 -0600
  ...to turn, or a poor cable connection from the battery to the starter or bad ground at the battery or between the engine/transmission...
• Re: Optima aux battery fitment
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mikkelson
  Wed, 12 May 1999 10:29:48 -0700
  ...My concern was the cable end rubber boots seemed kinda thin for something so close to the rear wall of the aux battery compartment...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:26:12 -0700
  ...check out welding supply places or sites. >>> Acr welding cable is typically battery cable size.. >>> and welding stuff is usually made quite well. >>> nothing...
• Re: Starting Problems....looking like alternator
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 13 Dec 2004 01:59:49 -0600
  ...The heavy lug of the starter terminal is where the alternator >connects to the battery cable. This is a loose connection and corrosion >point...
• Re: [WetWesties] Multimeter help UPDATE-77 Westy
  Historical mailing list - courtney hook
  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:49:03 -0700
  ...I merely removed the +ve cable for a moment to disconnect the other smaller +12v wires that ran to my battery charger and the...
• Q: Battery Disconnect Sequence?
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:54:16 -0600
  ...Makes a big, wrench melting spark, can cause the battery to over heat and explode, as well as the possibility of burns and other...
• Re: Dual Battery Isolators
  Historical mailing list - Ted Zateslo
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 17:25:43 -0400
  derekdrew@aol.com writes: > > It is not advisable to use a dual battery isolator with you VW van. This is > because isolators typically reduce...
• No Start after winter storage..RE from the digest
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:50:28 -0700
  ...you do not disconnect it during battery charging.. Maybe I am "gun-shy" now, but pulling a cable is easy and it can't...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Jun 1997 18:54:34 EDT
  ...I've had >the starter rebuilt, replaced the battery to starter cable, tried two >different fully charged batteries, checked the connections at the battery...
• Re: Battery and alternator - generic auto electric
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:33:55 -0700
  ...in cables or should I be > concerned about the alternator still? > > > Thanks one and all. I will test the alternator and battery at my...
• Re: Starter/ground mystery-88 GL 4sp
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:02:23 -0800
  ...battery terminal, bypassing the chassis ground? sure, you can add all the ground cables and wires you want. there's no such thing as...
• Re: VW quality & Mercedes FI & Japanese FI - was - Massive Maintenance and cost
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:34:46 -0500
  ...Find a D cell (there was one in my radio in the trunk) and jumper cables and use the carbon rod from the battery...
• Battery Compartment ground cable; Was: Dead (almost) in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:30:52 -0200
  ...Removed the battery (with considerable difficulty) and found the bolt that fastens the lower end of the ground strap loose. The thing is it...
• Re: Electrical Gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:28:17 -0800
  ...you could/should do the standard key-off/engine off battery drain test .. undo either battery cable.. put a 12 volt test light in...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:07:33 -0500
  ...My solution, which may or may not work for you, was to run parallel cables at the following locations. Battery <----------------------------> starter ~ 11 feet Front...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:47:39 -0500
  ...the battery. I don't know if he has actually put one there. It would mean a much smaller run of cable to the...
• Re: Multi Conductor Shielded Automotive Wire Temperature Rating
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:12:52 -0800
  ...In my Vanagon I installed a ground farm from B&C under the > driver's seat: > > http://www.bandc.aero/grounding-supplies-battery-cables...
• Aux Battery Wiring safe? - NEW TOPIC (I think)
  Historical mailing list - Spinoso, Tom
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 10:46:41 -0500
  ...I have just recently added an aux battery to my Carat. I used a Sure Power 1315 and an Optima yellow top battery with...
• Re: inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:48:28 +0000
  ...This is where voltage drops and poor battery performance get in the way. Most inverters need a minimum of 10.5 to 11 volts...
• Bad battery...after 12 years
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 7 May 2015 03:16:00 +0000
  ...battery before you are stranded, right?  (Oh, I guess if I was stranded I could have jumper cabled house battery to starter battery).  But...
• Second/Spare Battery-Another Idea
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 23:32:45 EST
  ...I take it along when camping, just using my one battery without worrying about running it down ( it also has jumper cable ends on...
• Second Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 14:26:17 -0400
  ...I had intended to run a nice big cable from that battery compartment back to the engine and connected it to the relay that...
• Re: Alternator check for 1.9L 85
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:38:59 -0700
  ...Check the voltage at the lead terminals and out on the cables. A good fully charged battery should read 12.3 to 12.6v...
• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:52:29 -0500
  Have you replaced your main positive cable that goes from battery to starter yet? -Ry http://www.google.com/profiles/rylincoln On Sat, Oct...
• Advice on installing a battery isolator and wiring please
  Historical mailing list - Kirk Hockin
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:17:04 -0700
  Greetings listees, I'm in the midst of attempting to install a Hellroaring Technologies non-diode battery isolator in my 83.4 wasserwesty. You...
• Re: Battery and OXS light?
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:43:19 -0500
  ...changed without even > removing the alternator. > > Remember, always disconnect the battery ground cable before working > on your alternator (and most electrical items for that...
• Re: 1.9 or 2.1 starter for a 2.1 in an 85
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:35:21 -0400
  At 11:41 PM 3/13/2011, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >and given that 85's have a smallish battery cable from batt to...
• setting up multimeter to check current draw
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:00:26 -0700
  ...Do I use the volts setting and go across the fuse connections with the fuse out, or pull one of the battery cables to...
• Re: non-starting vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:59:35 -0800
  The 'bushing' goes on the threaded post along with the wire from the battery. Both on the same post. Maybe they sold you a...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon intermittent no start
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 8 Mar 2007 15:48:42 -0500
  ...Remove and clean battery cable connections at the battery. Remove and clean the connections where the wire from the battery terminates at the starter...
• Re: How to deal with short ALT cable
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:11:19 -0700
  ...How to deal with short ALT cable | |This is for the large wire? Disconnect battery, solder on a piece of |wire, shrink wrap, tape...
• Re: Aux Battery Wiring safe? - NEW TOPIC (I think)
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:56:28 -0700
  ...cable from my main battery, through the battery-box vent (it's a Syncro), to the front of the van where it supplies the...
• Re: Overheated wire junction on 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:55:22 -0700
  ...my very low tech solution is two complete 'full battery cable' size charging and starting circuits, with manual on/off battery switches for each...
• Re: Syncro sporadic starting
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:56:09 -0500
  ...Make sure all connections are clean and bright at the battery and at the starter, including where the battery negative cable bolts to the...
• Re: Aux Battery Relay/Selenoid
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 00:21:14 EST
  ...van, it didn't have the battery terminal connectors or the ground cable to go from the battery to the body, but these were...
• hot start relay didn't work - now what?
  Historical mailing list - John S. Cronin
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:54:06 -0400
  ...I opened both battery compartments, cleaned the terminals and the battery cables, pulled the ground straps loose and cleaned up around their connections, replaced...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:10:40 -0700
  ...the battery. I > don't know if he has actually put one there. It would mean a much smaller > run of cable to the...
• Re: Printing w HP1020 off a Deep Cycle Battery
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 16:37:27 -0700
  ...cause that usb print cable is just begging for me to trip on it... and that would send my little MacBook Pro spinning to...
• Re: A New Look In Jumper Batteries
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 9 Dec 2014 13:44:32 -0700
  Try it on a Car to see what happens ~ Disconnect 1 of the Bat'Cables & see what it will do without the Battery in...
• Re: Friday; 12V generator ideas / Tiny Honda Generator
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:04:35 -0500
  ...volt cable. Plugs into a special receptacle and the other end clips to your battery. Provides a way to recharge your battery without need...
• Re: headlight relay - diagrams etc
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:48:28 -0800
  ...As part of this upgrade the wiring from the alternator to the battery cable should also be upgraded or bring a wire from the...
• 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: headlight relay - diagrams etc
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:25:23 -0500
  As part of this upgrade the wiring from the alternator to the battery cable should also be upgraded or bring a wire from the...
• Re: inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:29:57 EDT
  ...It came with two detachable cables, one for the lighter and one going straight to the battery. I called Xantrex (the company that makes...
• Re: Multimeter help for the idiot
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:07:52 -0500
  ...In any case you connect the bulb from the battery post to the cable that would be on that post. Larry A. On Fri...
• Battery question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 22:15:38 -0400
  ...using jumper cables between two vans! It was a good thing I remembered the slightly unusual directions that came with the battery. I believe...