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• VW 1301 tool/gauge checking
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Dec 1996 18:49:16 -0400 (AST)
  ...first, then blew the $21+4tax on a sensor, grrrr... ?? Bad ground straps?? Final questions, 1) voltage at battery is 14.5 when running...
• Re: Starter Cleanup
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:11:47 -0700
  ...88 GL Driver > Replace the starter bushing (on clutch housing) Inspect ground strap at front tranny mount and clean it's contact points. Inspect...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:23:11 -0500
  ...Then figured I would try changing the ground strap from the engine to the frame. I worked. 800 miles with a trailer in August...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:17:26 -0500
  ...grounds! Clean the ground at the batter terminal and >> where the ground strap attaches to the body, and add a new thick ground >> strap...
• Re: How much damage to engine block, heads, etc., in fire from leaking fuel ines?
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 22 Jul 2017 10:55:47 -0400
  ...Distributor was still rotating when fire put out and > had to have fire dept cut battery ground strap to stop it. How much > damage...
• Re: Water Pumper Head Corrosion (fwd)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 1996 18:10:56 -0500
  ...I had recently been wondering about this idea of equalizing potential as well and I for one will certainly run ground straps everywhere on...
• Re: Trouble starting
  Historical mailing list - John Becker
  Mon, 16 Dec 1996 09:33:12 +0000
  ...He checked all the usuale places ie ground straps, sensors etc....No luck. He recommended that next time it occured to open up the...
• Re: Surfboards and other near disasters
  Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
  Mon, 27 Aug 2001 14:59:56 -0400
  ...The two surfboards then suddenly dove down to the >ground and wack, wack, I ran straight over one with my left tires. I >Swerved...
• Re: Battery Problems.. AGAIN!!
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 14:08:08 -0600
  ...I put an ameter inline with the ground strap and the > battery and > tested to ensure that I would get draw with the lights...
• Re: FW: Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - Michael Garcia
  Fri, 4 Nov 2005 10:00:28 -0500
  ...Replaced the ground strap from the transmission, and had a marginal gain. THEN, I figured out that the little electrons were having a hard...
• Re: Fuel and temp gauges - wacky
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 22:04:44 -0500
  ...crown lugs below the dash, to the end of my (disconnected) ground strap, and got about 7 ohms. Also 7 ohms from the crown...
• Itchin to ride
  Historical mailing list - Alain Pierre Hovasse
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 21:24:34 -0400
  ...just returned from a fabulous weekend of camping with the girls and 86 Westy, at the Sandbanks camping ground off Lake Ontario. Highly recommended...
• Stumped-Runs Rich/Stalls
  Historical mailing list - Aileen Boyd
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:08:00 -0400
  ...wires All wiring from ECU to 02 sensor checked-ok New ground strap and Starter (just for fun) Idle Control Valve "seems" to be...
• Re: Fuel Tank R&R-Now Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 22:51:57 -0400
  The trick i use for putting the straps up without a helper is to either put a floor jack under the tank....and then...
• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:47:13 -0700
  ...Stopped and came in to email.....What do ya'll think? I will replace the main cable and the ground strap, but does this...
• Re: Surfboards and other near disasters
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 27 Aug 2001 14:23:04 -0500
  ...The two surfboards then suddenly dove down to the > ground and wack, wack, I ran straight over one with my left tires. I > Swerved...
• Fuel Tank R&R-Now Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 02:24:18 +0000
  ...Van, of which I've owned several and driven into the ground and they never gave me any trouble. Sorry, just need to rant...
• Radio interferance and Intermittant Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 08:41:49 -0700
  ...According to intermittent loss of power service bulletin, An additional ground strap, NAPA 18" & $4, is to be attached to the AFM and the...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Mon, 17 Feb 2014 08:51:35 -0500
  ...It's probably your grounds! Clean the ground at the batter terminal and where the ground strap attaches to the body, and add a...
• Re: roof top storage container
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 7 May 2018 09:07:21 -0700
  ...straps and make it more secure with a steel cable security net. And they make a great bathtub set out on the ground. Because...
• Re: FAQs-I like it!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 20:19:12 +0100
  ...expansion tanks) > * fuel system (AFM, O2 sensor, temp I/II sensors, ground straps, > stuttering, mention Digifant/Digijet tool) [Darrell, this one has your > name...
• Rich Running.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 30 Jun 95 12:02:55 PDT
  ...Now put the ground strap back to the battery. Try 'er out. If no difference is noticed you're out of your league and...
• Rear Suspension Noises
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 22:09:03 -0700
  ...I see the dying stock exhaust/c-pipe is no longer perfectly attached at both ends, just the center strap. Will order a new...
• Re: New Starter Cost with Install
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Mon, 31 Jul 1995 06:59:26 -700 (PDT)
  ...things that would have eluded me, such as a decayed battery ground strap... Michael '76 Campmobile (got a spare folding table?) On Mon, 31...
• intermittent electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - aj
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:43:25 -0500
  ...I've checked the battery (+12 to 13 volts), cleaned its negative ground strap at the chassis to the side of the right front...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:41:39 -0500
  ...grounds! Clean the ground at the batter terminal and > >> where the ground strap attaches to the body, and add a new thick ground > >> strap...
• Re: Cold Start
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 11:57:33 MDT
  ...Then the negative cable on the donor car should be hooked to a good ground point away from the battery. Granted, the ground point...
• Re: Elec. Leak Draining My Battery!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Jun 1995 16:32:43 -0300
  ...Do the ground strap thing again, with the meter in between, not the LED. note what it reads, ie. 80-200+ mA. Then pull...
• Re: Alternator Charging Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:52:42 -0400
  ...can any one help describe where all the grounding straps are supposed to be? I have not been able to get that info out...
• Re: Starter, Pilot Bearing
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Apr 1997 18:51:28
  ...I've checked >all ground straps and cleaned battery connections,and it is a new battery. >Alternator also seems to be fine and accessories...
• Re: help with 91GL problem - it likes flatbed rides too much
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 07:56:21 -0700
  ...Verify clean and tight connections everywhere, more especially the battery cables at both ends and the ground straps at tranny and upper engine left...
• Re: future is looking bleak....
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:07:16 +0200
  ...the world was randomly finding that the main engine to chassis ground strap (drivers side) was toast. It was a crumbled oxidized mess of...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:07:57 -0600
  ...the starter, the alternator, and the starter bushing (in > addition to cleaning up some grounds and replacing the battery ground > strap). > > What else can...
• Loss of Power False Air Oil Breather?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:30:37 -0500
  ...Recent maintenace included replacing the ground strap from block to ignition coil, cleaning up contacts on the ignition coil, new rotor, distributor cap, new...
• Re: Alternator Charging Woes
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 07:23:27 -0700
  ...can any one help describe where all the > grounding straps > are supposed to be? I have not been able to get that > info out...
• Re: Power drain
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 13:08:35 EDT
  ...Take a voltage reading, check the electrolyte level, charge the battery (with ground strap off), and then let the battery rest for 24 hours...
• Starter One more time!!
  Historical mailing list - C Snyder
  Sun, 1 May 2011 01:24:31 -0400
  ...Surprise, surprise lol He said he added some more ground straps. One at the battery to the body and another at the neg post...
• 88 GLstarts, stalls immediately
  Historical mailing list - Erik Walker
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:22:40 -0400
  ...new cap, rotor, plugs, air filter; new Temp II sensor; new ground strap on left side of engine (old one has been broken for...
• Re: Bentley Starter?!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 20:44:21 -0500
  ...I have already cleaned up all the ground straps and body contact, at the transmission and the battery and the starter. Nothing. What is...
• '86GL - fuel or ignition?
  Historical mailing list - Neal Barrentine
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 14:43:00 -0500
  ...Also suggested from the list was to check all the grounds, which I have done, cleaning and re-tightening the five or so on...
• Re: Dual Battery Relay - Part 2 (long)
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:35:24 -0800
  ...ground strap to the > frame, and mark a place, to drill a hole for the #8 wire. > Note the fuel lines, AC hoses etc...
• Raising poptop with kayak on roof
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:20:03 -0500
  Well, I've finally gotten my roof racks installed, figured out how to get my kayak onto them, strapped it on, and found there...
• Re: redoing ground connections on left cylinder head ('84 1.9L engine)
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 20:31:41 -0800
  ...salvage a factory looking connection. � On a 1.9 replace the ground strap while you are at it.� Clean the head very well, NO...
• Re: Bad Fuel Pump?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:29:37 -0400
  ...Where >the battery ground connects in the battery compartment, the ground strap by >the starter, the one on the tranny, etc. Anything that is...
• Re: Grounds (was Quality Inverters)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:22:54 -0400
  ...Does your vanagon drag a tail? > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > >> Well, I guess Dave, that you could attach a grounding strap...
• Re: vanagon syndrome week - Friday
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:19:45 -0500
  ...else? In my 74 there are a > few grounding straps, where are the grounding straps on my 87 2.1. I am > going to...
• Re: Syncro spring removal without using spring compressor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:10:04 -0400
  ...The lower mount should be tightened when the vehicle is back on the ground so there is not twist in the rubber. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: Hmm. It won't budge
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sat, 15 Mar 2014 22:23:07 -0600
  ...I will loosen the bolts and nut to see > if it moves, tomorrow. > And yes, I did clean and reconnect the ground strap. > Zoltan...
• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:21:58 -0700
  ...It would be best to do that after > you've cleaned the transmission ground or added your ground strap; you can > use a jumper...
• Re: Weird Tiico starting problem -- please Help!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:58:56 -0500
  ...I'm certain this is not an ignition/electrical problem, as we've checked all grounds, even added an extra engine grounding strap. etc...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:17:17 -0700
  ...grounds! Clean the ground at the batter terminal and >>> where the ground strap attaches to the body, and add a new thick ground >>> strap...
• Syncro Transmission Removal Advice?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:23:07 -0500
  ...So, any advice? I've got the bars off, the driveshaft off, the shifter disconnected, the ground strap off, and the CV bolt heads...
• Re: Water Pumper Head Corrosion (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Thu, 9 May 1996 02:20:39 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I don't think this would be happening if the heads > > were not isolated electricly from the block. > > I propose a ground strap at...
• Camping in cold & battery
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 08:06:10 -0800
  Steve, Several suggestion, 1) bad ground strap or battery connection 2) old battery 3) old starter 4) alternator Since your alternator light did not...
• Re: Stalling my 81
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:46:38 -0400
  Replaced the FI ground leads and the strap on the trans. Drove it til warm and it still stalled after a 1/2 mile...
• Re: /f acceleration
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Oct 95 17:30:48 -0700
  ...Further, as he looked under this narley mess of twisted metal and rocket motors, he noticed the brake drums had been ground completely down...
• Re: Injector Ordeal-OVER!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:50:35 -0800
  ...had changed the ground strap from underneath the relays to the head-easy to miss getting one of the grounds on the head. Thoroughly...
• Re: Dimly Glowing Alternator Light...Suggestions? Help??
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 17:08:57 -0700
  ...I went back, and he suggested putting a ground strap from > the alternator to the engine block. So I did that...but the light...
• Re: Ignition Switch? (Update)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:19:03 -0700
  ...Did you swap in a new switch? If so, I'd check/clean connections at starter, battery, and ground strap from tranny to frame...
• Re: Thule Rack and Rocketbox
  Historical mailing list - Tim King
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 16:02:15 -0700
  ...for canoe straps) in the middle -- actually the buckle is more to one side so you can reach it from the ground. I hook...