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• Re: your favorite 12 V accessory
  Historical mailing list - Troy Delnicki
  Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:18:27 -0500
  > >Hi Troy, > >The aux battery will not draw on the starter relay if your Vanagon is >wired so that the two battery automatically disconnect...
• Re: Adding Horns. B+ (30) To Power Horns OK?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:10:35 -0400
  If you haven't already done a relay upgrade for your headlights, you might consider running a hefty (fused) wire directly from the positive...
• Re: variable-speed wiper relay mod
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 13:05:13 -0400
  ...to > the relay. > - Done! 8-) > > I can't remember where the extra wire went to, other than to somewhere > on the relay. Mr. Haynes...
• Re: Problem with Stancor 120-901 relay??
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:06:46 -0700
  ...The actual voltage seen by the relay coil will depend on how > you wire the control circuit for the relay coil. > > I agree that...
• Re: Headlight Wiring and Relays
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:12:25 -0800
  Nothing wrong with running a separate wire from the battery just for headlight relays. My Baja Syncro is currently wired that way and I...
• Re: green glow
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Apr 2020 02:41:15 -0400
  ...Big duh, remembered had original VW #21 turn signal/hazard light > relay in my DOKA. Switched out the 'new' CRP relay sold by many...
• FS: intermittant adjustable wiper relays for Vanagons (allows u to custom set it
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:14:06 EDT
  ...these are intermittant programmable wiper relays, otherwise known as the "99 relay" this replaces your stock intermittant #19 wiper relay and allows you to...
• Two Fuel Pump Relays?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Johnson
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:46:13 -0800
  Hello All, Could you correct me if I'm wrong here? Apparently the Vanagon has two fuel pump relays, one located in the fuse...
• Re: black box above coil
  Historical mailing list - Sylvie et Germain
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 19:39:06 -0400
  ...Power Supply Relay and Fuel Pump > Realy. The Power > Supply Relay provides battery voltage to the Digifant > E.C.U. The Fuel > Pump > Relay...
• Why we need relays
  Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 21:00:14 EST
  I bought the Hella XL auxiliary dim lights and was wondering what is the real purpose of the relay and why it can't...
• Re: [vanagon] "Full" wiring diagram sought
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 21:30:07 +0200
  > So I take it that there's a relay for the rear fogs and one for the front as well? No. There are two...
• Re: FS: plug and play intermittant programmable/adjustable wiper relays for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:12:20 -0500
  On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:26 AM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote: > i have a few #99 relays. these are the factory volkswagen...
• Re: FRIDGE MOD. 12V electrical idea + question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:33:08 -0700
  ...85 of relay. This > activates relay so switch inside closes and allows 12V to go to > heating element. > > Engine on: relay on. Engine off...
• Relays Wanted: Air Condtioning
  Historical mailing list - Richard Dunsheath
  Sat, 10 Apr 1999 07:24:29 -0500
  ...I would like to replace both of these relays. If anyone happens to have these relays in good condition in a van that they...
• Re: Blinking coolant light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 11:06:04 -0700
  The coolant level "relay" will have the number 43 stamped on the top. Mark Jim Morgan wrote: > > I am trying to track down this...
• Horn relay
  Historical mailing list - jaime forero
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:00:24 -0500
  Can someone please tell me where the horn relay is located on a 1991 vanagon?? Thanks Jaime
• Re: Relay Problems '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:50:33 -0500
  Sounds like a loose wire maybe . On the circut that pulls the relay in?
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:21:10 -0500
  ...If I'm not mistaken, power from this wire > energizes the relay electromagnetic coil of this relay. > > But...... I just noticed that they labeled...
• Re: radiator fan and A/C
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:33:51 -0700
  Dan, if you get 2 speeds when you jump the wires at the rad temp switch then the high speed relay is working. If...
• Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
  Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 02:42:48 -0500
  ...The relays have nothing to do with the > pulsing. The ECU relay is on whenever the key is on. The fuel pump > relay > is...
• Re: Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the ElectricalGurus
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:27:11 -0400
  One thing that I discovered with my Smart Relay is that the starting battery needs to be in good shape to deliver enough voltage...
• Re: Real time help needed
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 13:03:20 -0700
  ...If Alistairs ECU > relay has 4 pins, even if the diode or resistor shown in parallel > across 85 and 86 fails, I *think* the...
• Re: Intermittent wiper Relay ?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:21:48 -0600
  ...I guess I need to disassemble the column to >> access said piece of plastic? What does this piece do to inhibit >> said >> relay? >> >> Or...
• Re: Starter doesn't work on long trips
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:08:46 -0500
  I too installed the WR-1 relay. Since then I've never been stranded and the relay does help, but the motor does turn...
• Re: No Start after alternator failure and replacement..TESTINGRELAYS
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 11:55:54 -0700
  Tom, one relay turns the ECU on whenever the key is on and the other relay runs the fuel pump when the ECU tells...
• A/C wiring warning
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 02:58:09 -0400
  ...When you switch to the third speed it activates one of the two internal relays in the A/C double relay, which is sourced...
• Re: Randomly Parking Wipers
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:50:40 +0000
  ...Then replace relay. Should work. Maybe the relay you >tried was not in perfect order either. > >BenT Ben - OK - I suppose it's possible...
• Re: Question about hard start relay
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 19 Jun 2021 18:10:14 +0000
  I bought a hard start relay setup.  Never installed.  Went forward with TDI adapter plate and Bosch starter motor, I've been very happily...
• Re: High Speed Fan
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 10:52:56 -0700
  ...If you pulled fuse #1 and relay #5 then the low speed is half disabled and medium is completely disabled. Low speed can still...
• Re: No Start Scenario
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:50:13 -0700
  ...In > my experience only rarely is the cause the pump itself or the relay > for the pump. > > Both relays have to be installed and...
• Re: horns that don't sound so lame
  Historical mailing list - Scott D Foss
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:33:41 -0800
  Tony, RE " internal horn relay " : page 97.64 Bentley book, current track 53 shows the horn, and internal stuff, but that little coil in...
• black box above coil
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 08:39:14 -0700
  germain, for the sake of complete understanding these two relays appear to be identical in appearance. I am guessing the one on the outside...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 9 Dec 2015 09:50:07 -0700
  Really, why would anyone want to replace a 25+ year old ten foot wire run to energize the starter solenoid with a relay? Just...
• ANYBODY HEARD OF THIS ONE?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Smola
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 00:22:02 -0600
  Has anyone ever heard of the EFI relay freaking out. This one is located in the little black box near the coil. You open...
• Re: Starter Engages When Revving Engine
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:35:25 -0400
  ...This effectively removed the Cold Start Relay from the picture, as I see it........?? Or, is the Westie relay approach, as Mark suggests, applicable...
• Re: ' Westy waterpump/fridge relay * update
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Jul 1995 13:01:53 -0400
  ...The relay is an ordinary relay and must be >good for at least 30 amps as it must switch the fridge power. The relay...
• Re: No Start Scenario
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Wed, 11 Mar 2015 20:12:24 -0700
  ...In my >> experience only rarely is the cause the pump itself or the relay for the >> pump. >> >> Both relays have to be installed and...
• Re: Strange no start problem - still having issues
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:30:50 -0400
  ...The ground is at the relay, but no > juice to activate the relay. > > Also, with the car running (with the fuel pump relay jumpered...
• Auxilliary battery relays and wires
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 18:25:42 -0800
  ...Isolator, where to put it? > > > >Greetings, > >With regard to relays in "campers": > >"3-way refrigerator relay": > >The 2 vanagon full westfalia campers ('81 and...
• Aux. battery questions
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 17:43:44 EDT
  ...But: (3) If I were to use the fridge relay, is the existing "+" wire from the starting battery to that relay really heavy enough...
• Re: turn signal indicator weirdness
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:28:11 -0800
  ...In 86+ it is trivial to remove and reinsert the flasher relay. If you want help, pull the flasher relay, test the turn signals...
• LED lights
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Seurynck
  Tue, 18 Jul 2017 02:06:51 +0000
  ...When I added the front bulbs the relay just buzzes. I have not seen any upgraded turn signal relays offered with the bulbs. Does...
• Re: FS: intermittant adjustable wiper relays for Vanagons (allows u ...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:10:29 EDT
  ...Does anybody else know the actual part number on the programmable relay? thanks all #99 relays have the same part #, some have a A...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 13:38:17 -0400
  John--dood-- Could you give us some more details on your relay set up? I'm still not sure what's wrong with the...
• Re: Aux Battery in GL-Sure Power Instructions Needed
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:50:36 -0700
  ...The SurePower 13xx products use heavy duty relays from generic applications and add their own logic board externally to control the relay. You can...
• Re: Engine (VanaJetta) won't shut off when hot.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:17:49 -0500
  ...It seems very unlikely that heat could cause a relay to stay on when there is no current thru its coil. If you completely...
• Re: 85GL Acting Wierd........
  Historical mailing list - Tom Shiels
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 22:04:55 -0500
  ...1) If the wire to the fuel pump shorted to the chassis it is not surprising that the relay got fried - it would be...
• Re: OOPS Re: HELP HELP HELP Big Headlight Trouble
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:56:24 -0500
  ...The headlights do run through the >load reduction relay (which I assume you are referring >to as X relay). No, I'm sorry -- Take...
• Re: Relay PN question. (Load reduction relay. 81 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:09:41 -0700
  ...Even though contacts were cleaned, the relay was iffy. Pushed > to one side, it worked. New one didn't need that to work, so...
• Re: 2nd battery relays & the Hella in particular
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 04:40:15 +0800
  ...The relay is P/N 411 915 511B and the drawing on the side shows an internal diode connecting pin 85 and the solenoid...
• Re: more on problems with second battery
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:23:17 -0800
  ...I've been looking at this whole second battery isolator / relay thing. I agree that a relay is the way to go as opposed...
• Bosch starter relay numbers
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Oct 94 09:34:04 MDT
  ...This is the relay to cure the dreaded "It's got plenty of juice and I can jump it with a screwdriver, just not...
• Re: '85 Westfalia - 2nd battery ?????
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 21:41:04 -0400
  ...I don't see any >battery cables, however, just the relay and some wiring. > >Can anyone confirm that this is the relay for isolating...
• Re: 2nd request, where's my fuel pump relay?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 12:33:05 -0700
  ...2nd request, where's my fuel pump relay? > 84 vanagon > > Where is my fuel pump relay located? I lose the wires coming off the...
• Re: Subwoofer power
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 20:10:09 -0500
  You should use a relay, powered by your fused antenna lead. Depending on your amp's power draw, you may be running too much...
• Re: NO Relay, what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 21:33:45 -0700
  ...NO Relay, what to do? > Some would argue that the stock relay worked for 231k and the > replacement *should* last another 231k. I would...
• Re: Wire gauge: smaller to larger ok?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:42:52 -0700
  ...You would have thought I'd think "relays" after having just finished wiring up the 3 for the Jetta engine. Thanks! A very simple...
• Re: 2nd battery ??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:42:18 -0800
  Frank, the fridge relay power circuit you have is not up to the task of fully charging your second battery, especially while the fridge...
• Re: Digifant II quirky issue. 3000 RPM rev limit?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 10 May 2017 09:57:03 -0700
  ...Ya, I had an intermittent failure on a fuel pump relay on my swap; broken hard wire inside. This was due, in part, to...
• Re: #99 intermittant programmable wiper relays
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:48:51 -0700
  ...Yer lucky to be able to get inside, let alone > find a relay. > > Geo/ATL >