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• rear defroster wire hookup- 82 westy
  Historical mailing list - greg p
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 12:10:28 -0800
  ...The wire from the defroster window comes out through a round hole in the side of the inside quarter-pannel, and there are aprox...
• Back Speaker Wiring on '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 11:03:33 -0400
  If I decide to run an extra (-) wire to one of the back speakers (in the overhead A/C unit), where do the existing...
• Mystery engine wire
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Silliker
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:42:05 -0500
  ...I noticed a white two conductor wire snaking around, and decided to find it's origin and termination. One end was disconnected, the other...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:48:57 -0500
  ...Either way, you'll need to use 4 gauge wires for runs up to 10 feet or 2 gauge wires for runs 10 to...
• Re: DITRIBUTOR/NO START
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 6 Jan 2007 09:06:38 -0600
  Try connecting the high voltage wire from the coil directly to ground so that no spark goes to the plugs. If this allows it...
• Re: Fw: Auxillary battery not charging
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 07:48:55 -0700
  I think you have the relay wired incorrectly: Incoming power (from the + terminal of your starter battery or your alternator) goes to the #30...
• Dometic fire alert (at least for the 182B)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 07 Jul 1997 08:16 -0600 (MDT)
  ...I then installed a new wire from the terminal block to the "in" side of the fuse, a wire from the "out" side of...
• Re: electrical inlet
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:52:41 -0800
  ...Mine is Romex, not individual wires. Well... individual wires where they hook up.... Which is odd 'cause I was always taught to not use...
• Archive info - Tachometer installation
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Sat, 6 Sep 2003 13:14:06 -0400
  ...It should have either 1 or 2 green wires. If it has 2, the second one is for the tachn and this wire runs...
• Re: Update on AFM testing procedure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 17:42:02 -1000
  ...The temperature of the heated wire in the MAF is determined by the mass of air flowing over it ( i.e' throttle opening ) plus...
• New Ground Wire for Rear Stereo - Part I
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 17:10:18 -0700
  This is the first of a two part article describing the technique for running a new ground wire for a rear mounted stereo speaker...
• Fuel gauge sender on 60s split
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Mar 96 08:42 CST
  ...The "one wire" sender setup assumes that the sender unit is grounded. The brown wire from the gauge with the female connector on it...
• Hella Battery kit
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:33:57 -0700
  ...Do I just ignore the vehicles relay wire under the seat and use the one in the new relay then wire the new aux...
• ground wire ohms
  Historical mailing list - Gus Cairo
  Sun, 17 Jul 2011 08:44:29 -0700
  On an 1982 aircooled Calif Specs checking the ohms� on the ground wire from the block� through the harness to the fuel pump double...
• Re: Radio Retrofit
  Historical mailing list - Bernie Heins
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:06:25 -0500
  ...I wired both wires to the always hot wires. Buy holding the off button for 2 seconds it turns the light and clock display...
• Alternator "charge" wire voltage?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 19:07:51 -0600
  ...I think the relay "trigger" wire is the small blue wire off the alternator, right? Mine is giving me about 1.5 volts. Is...
• Re: Tach project wiring tip
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:11:37 -0400
  Hi Jim, In my case I think I will be able to use the wire that all ready goes from the cruise control I...
• Re: '90 Westy Horn not operating
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 23:30:21 -0400
  mike if you disconnected the wires from the contacts at the steering wheel "honking" the horn does no good because you are holding the...
• Re: Headlight Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:02:11 -0800
  ...It had three wires going to it, a > white wire, a white wire with a black stripe, and a yellow wire with a black...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:17:41 -0700
  Yes on the early versions of the alternator wiring the full alternator charging current goes over those 2 parallel 14 gauge wires to the...
• Re: Installing AMP in Vanagon..wiring SNAFU
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Estevez
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:56:13 -0400
  ...They are both spliced off of the big black ground wire from the head units (Pioneer) wiring harness. The right brown wire goes to...
• Re: external temperature guage
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:45:54 -0800
  ...How much effect changing the length of the wire would have I don't know but I do know that the wire is part...
• Re: oil press light
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:47:49 -0400
  ...You can see a heavy brown wire going into this from the rear of the engine.The wire connects to the switch.Maybe try...
• Re: Spark plug wires
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:19:07 -0700
  ...Spark plug wires When you're standing aft of the engine looking at the distributor ... the upper left wire goes to the upper left...
• Re: ALTERNATIVE SPARK PLUG WIRES
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:23:13 -0800
  I keep hearing off and on from others that Bosch Ignition Wires aren't holding up on the Wasserboxer. But my luck has been...
• Re: gray/white wire behind fuse box
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:53:30 +0200
  --------- snipped ----- that wire is normally not used --------- end snipped ----- Hey Frank, For those of us who have their fuse boxes hanging out and blowing...
• Re: Mystery engine wire
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 17:36:56 -0800
  I think you are looking at the TDC wire used by the VW shop when they did tune up's... Phil --- Andrew Silliker <silliker...
• Re: Hot A/C Wire
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:23:23 +0200
  ...How hot is too hot? It is the wire > on the right as it comes from the alt. > BTW-This wire comes straight from...
• Re: Spark plug wires
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 06 Jun 95 16:37:43 CDT
  On Tue, 6 Jun 95 16:36:13 CDT <POLLISMJ@ccit.arizona.edu> said: >What is a GOOD brand of spark plug wires that...
• Re: O2 sensor prices?
  Historical mailing list
  08 Jul 97 09:49:21 PDT
  ...Cut the wire from the existing O2 sensor, strip, place shrink wrap onto wire, install into connector on new, crimp, place shrinkwrap, shrink using...
• rear window defogger wire path?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 16:52:00 -0600
  ...That's why it didn't work. ;-) More concerning is the wire to the rear window defogger. It comes from the hatch and (in...
• Never mind! (Was Re: HELP! (mystery wire under cabinet))
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:04:11 -0400
  ...And now (after getting it all back in!) I have an > "extra" wire. Out of the same "hose" that carries the 3 wires that...
• Re: Heated rear window on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff & Jean-Marie Diebolt
  Sat, 19 Oct 1996 21:08:52 -0400
  You need two wires, one supplies the power, the other is the ground. Yes it is as simple as installing a switch and connection...
• Re: Oil pressure wire rubbed bare?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:23:53 -0800
  Found both my brown oil pressure wire and the green vdo wire to the external op sender all but fried when I went to...
• Re: Engine Miss
  Historical mailing list - 1speedsteed
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 10:20:24 -0700
  I'm on my 3rd set of Bosch wires in 4 months. The first set developed a hole near the end and eventually blew...
• Re: Never mind! (Was Re: HELP! (mystery wire under cabinet))
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:03:43 -0400
  that's exactly the wire it was. I actually have no idea what this wire is... I wish I had looked at it with...
• Re: Soldered Connections...Not!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 23:17:29 -0500
  ...Your examples of failing solders are not from a wire to >wire connection but a wire to a component / circuit board connection. If >you...
• THANKS! --- Was: Elec. Questions. yes... Aux Batt...
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:59:04 -0700
  ...I assume one has to make sure that the gauges of wire match up. i.e. one can't use a small gauge wire...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:54:23 -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...
• Jetta swap: Check Engine Light Install Electrical Questions
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:28:15 -0700
  ...CEL wire wasn't present at ECU connector from factory. I re-routed an unused ECU wire (68/51 lilac/white) to CEL pin...
• Re: Dual battery install questions
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:03:14 -0700
  On 10/31/06, Mike Rouby <mikerouby@yahoo.com> wrote: > 1) Where exactly do I get the alternator 'trigger' signal from? Which wire is...
• Re: Speaker wire polarity
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:45:39 -0600
  The wires run up through the windshield pillar and along where the rear headliner fabric contacts the steel around the windows, my Westy was...
• Re: Wiring Challenge -- Bentley page 97.68 -- Wire H6 (Rad. Cool Fan Thermoswitch)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 29 Jul 2019 01:44:23 -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: shielded wire for oxygen sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Wed, 21 May 2008 17:29:32 -0700
  ...The black wire from the >> sensor itself, up to the spade connector, isn't shielded. The green >> wire, from the spade connector to the...
• Re: wire thingys on '87-'91 vanagon front seatbelts?? MYSTERYMETAL?
  Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 23:33:16 +0100
  ...The wire thingy isn't strong enough to hold the belt in a crash. In a crash the wire thingy will let go, then...
• Re: Batt is 100% - no crank/starter doesn't turn
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:11:23 -0500
  ...Is the mo-mo locked up?I think there are 3 wires on the solonoid.You may need a Bently to decide which wire...
• Re: Fuse box wire
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:30:05 -0700
  ...Few of these had the light, so some of the rest had a loose wire grey/white wire, under the dash in the fuse...
• Re: nearly embarassing non-newbie newbie rear hatch lock question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Wing
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 08:35:00 -0400
  ...My problem was broken wires. Check for power at the lock motor wires. I have found many elecrical problems caused by the wires being...
• Re: Fuel pump relay cutout switch
  Historical mailing list - David O'Bryan
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:45:43 -0500
  ...In fact there is only ONE wire in the dash area that connects to the engine management and that is the wire Dug used...
• Re: Metric to AWG wire size conversion chart
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 22:12:04 -0500
  ...A 0.5mm(dia) wire is the equivalent to AWG #24, a 1.0mm - #18, a 1.5mm - #14. A 6.0mm wire corresponds...
• Re: Fuel pump cutoff switch?
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:48:10 -0400
  Gregor, What I did is not the answer to your problem since you wish to keep all wires under the dash. However, if you...
• Re: Stereo Installation question: 83 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 08:58:02 -0400
  >can I connect my wires F and H to the grey ground wire for >both of the rear speakers? >Would this cause any problems...
• Re: Looking for a fog light switch kit - Any vendors have one?
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 00:02:17 +0100
  ...Color of the wire is red-yellow, if I remember correctly. >I ran a separate wire because I >was pressed for time, so I...
• Temp 2 sender connectors
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:22:55 -0700
  ...Mine, the wires are like un-cooked angelhair pasta..real brittle. So about every week, the van starts popping on drop throttle, doesn't...
• Re: Mystery fried wire
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:12:01 -0700
  ...Run an additional wire temporarily not even in the harness to verify that the splice fix will work, then do it right, once. Run...
• Headlight upgrade issue
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:54:04 -0400
  ...I'll need to piggy back the Hot Red wire too, probably unless I run an extra fused wire from the battery...which is...
• Re: tachometers
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 21:25:25 -0700
  ...What do I need to do to hook the tach up? Do I need to >install a sensor in the transmission? and wire it...
• Re: SPARK PLUG WIRE PLACEMENT?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Thu, 2 May 2002 16:01:10 -0700
  I've found that the easiest way to replace plug wires and make sure that you don't screw anything up is to replace...
• alternator blue wire
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Wed, 29 May 2002 10:54:54 -0500
  Hi all -- Someone wrote a week or so ago that the battery and ox light being on might be because of the blue wire...
• Re: Do I need a new coil????
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 9 Apr 1995 08:22:25 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I stopped immediately > (of course) and checked the engine compartment to find wires attached to the > coil smoking and sparking. I found one wire...