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'84 to '85 instrument cluster wiring Q
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:14:35 -0700
...As always, your help is much appreciated, -damon (mechanical engineer, not electrical :-) '84 Westy --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo!
Re: Homemade Wiring Harness Fix - where to find?
Historical mailing list - Philip Menchions
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 20:01:22 -0230
...Use some > electrical tape over the solder sites then tuck, everything neatly back > inside the rubber boot. The capacitor I used was a 25Volt...
Re: electrical short?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:22:20 -0500
Andrew, It makes sense that it could be electrical but, as strange as it sounds, you may want to check your alternator as well...
Re: Dem ole Vanagon blues
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sat, 25 Feb 2017 12:25:41 -0800
...If that doesn’t fix it you'll have the spare switch you should carry anyway! Or, if you can read the wiring diagram...
Re: Help with van bucking and spitting
Historical mailing list - Steve Young
Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:52:16 -0700
Hi Joel, There's a fairly extensive list of things that can cause this problem, pretty much anything electrical or fuel related. The advice...
Re: instrument panel short = no start?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 6 Nov 2014 11:40:20 -0800
...Mark Dan Barrett wrote: > Vanagonauts: > > I started my bus the other day to the sound of a crackling electrical > short somewhere under the instrument...
Re: Jerky Van continued
Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
Sun, 27 May 2007 19:09:50 -0400
...Sounds like something electrical. I've got an '81 and all the wiring gets pretty brittle after 26 years of heat and vibration. Actually...
Rich running incident puzzle
Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:19:57 -0500
...Since everything (wiring, blower motors, etc) is old, running the blowers caused a voltage drop across the whole electrical system. With all the FI...
Re: Electrical Connections/ Silicone Sprays/ Pipe cleaners
Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
Thu, 29 Oct 1998 12:53:58 EST
...electrical connections > > Is it a good/bad idea to apply dielectric (non-conductive) grease on all > your engine wiring harness connections to help prohibit...
Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:15:17 -0700
you 'could' just adapt 220V house wiring female socket and male plug .. simple stuff from a hardware store. right next to the license plate...
'71 Westy On Fire! (what went wrong?)
Historical mailing list - Anton J. Elmquist
Thu, 27 Jun 1996 08:54:33 -0400
...soldering - and no electrical tape. While manouvering the stereo out of the way to get at the homemade ignition switch wiring (typical VW button...
Re: Weird little electrical problem
Historical mailing list - Neil
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 12:39:06 -0700
...ignition switch) caused fuel cut off solenoid to close which in turn caused a subtle electrical design difference in the Vanagon.org foil to...
Re: Alternator regulator voltage tolerances #
Historical mailing list - John
Sat, 5 Aug 2000 16:21:30 -0400
...You may be able to eliminate this feature with a euro wiring diagram. If you can come by my place I'll swap T...
'72+ bus heater blower
Historical mailing list - Greg Merritt
Thu, 14 Dec 1995 21:57:16 -0500 (EST)
Howdy Volks, I recently got a heater air blower fan from a '72 bus (or possibly slightly newer-- part V4 in the Bentley wiring...
Review: CD-ROM Version of Bentley
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Wed, 18 Apr 2001 23:28:09 -0500
...clearer, and much easier to read than the print version; The wiring diagrams are more difficult to use, because of the scrolling required, and...
Re: HELP! '81 cratered on the way to work this morning... (addendum)
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 09:52:50 -0600
Sounds like a combination of your ignition switch and melt down on sone wiring. The melt down probably burned out the soldered joint inside...
Re: newbie needs help in oklahoma
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 3 Dec 2005 12:07:00 -0800
...VW changed the alternator wiring then and beefed it up even more in later years. I have fixed the wires on a few 84...
Electrical setup: Photos and details
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:43:34 -0400
I wanted to send an update on the big electrical project that I undertook. My goal was to make the AC/DC systems work...
Re: Chronic fuel pump problems
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:26:29 -0700
...never > checked the pressure, or really looked at the wiring. > > Last night put in the last spare pump I had (found a Pierburg at...
Re: Pulling the transmission from a syncro
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sun, 14 May 2006 17:40:53 -0400
...The decoupler wiring harness gets left in the driver side (left) rear wheel well. You might find the other wiring there too. The engine...
Re: Alternator upgrade
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:12:16 -0800
Yes, VW changed this wiring over the years to make it more robust. The 83,84,85 and early 86 version used 2 smaller...
Re: problems...fridge on 12 v
Historical mailing list - neil N
Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:48:59 -0700
...likely yours is this model) the electrical heating elements, are contained in one part. (12V, DC and 120V AC) On the 182B the elements...
Re: Tools
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:59:10 -0600
...Thanks DM&FS At 08:41 PM 1/10/2011, Tom Hargrave wrote: >My experience with Harbor Freight electrical connectors is they are junk...
Re: Engine stalling at high speed
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 16 Apr 2016 13:46:03 -0400
...This would indicate that the problem is with the electrical signals going into the ECU. Things like the O2 sensor, Hall sensor at the...
Re: Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the Electrical Gurus
Historical mailing list - jon
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:21:51 -0700
...Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the Electrical Gurus > > Right now I have wiring in place for three ways to charge my aux battery...
Re: Solar Panel outdoor electrical connect
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:26:01 -0700
...If I ever mount the solar panels on the pop top I'll bring the wiring in through the top at the drivers side...
Re: Use for the key left in buzzer
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 9 Sep 2009 08:55:56 -0700
Just out of curiosity, can this be done w/o removing the dash? The buzzer wiring (my socket is empty, have to get a...
Re: No water--faulty submersible pump?
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:11:39 -0400
...Is > it a faulty submersible water pump or an bad electrical > connection at the faucet? How does one trouble shoot the > problem or are...
Re: [T2] 71 turn signals
Historical mailing list - kfilc
Sun, 7 Dec 2003 22:49:13 -0000
...and have found lots of help in the archives for my > electrical problems. > Water in the dimmer switch relay and turn signal flasher sure...
Re: Things to put under the driver's seat
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Wed, 11 Aug 2004 07:20:54 -0400
...I just installed the relay setup, and wiring, but the battery I have will not fit under the seat. Therefore I removed the stupid...
Re: Master Cylinder Reservoir Cap Vent: @ Electrical Connection?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:50:30 -0700
...85-91, cap with fluid switch, turn on dash brake warning light when low This difference combines with some other wiring differences. 80-84...
Vanagon Intermittent Misfire
Historical mailing list - Subject: Vanagon Intermittent Misfire
February 29, 1992
...025 906 302, is available to resolve this condition. * remove electrical connector from air flow sensor (see Figure 24-174) * install converter assembly, Part...
Electrical Gremlin Back
Historical mailing list - David Boan
Sun, 24 Jun 2018 22:39:47 +0000
...Subject: Re: Electrical Gremlin Back OK, I hope this is helpful to others, it is helpful to me. ... I pulled the wiring harness off...
Re: bemused by wiring
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:02:04 -0800
...wiring I'm no genius when it comes to wiring diagrams - I think it's somehow related to math aversion. I have an electrical...
Re: 73 Safare update - curtains/cabinets/carpet/CB/cool!
Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
Tue, 16 May 1995 20:41:46 -0500 (CDT)
...electrical service > weekend and pull every crimp connector and solder it onto the wire as > well, gauranteed nearly as good as a new wiring...
RE: VANAGON digest 901
Historical mailing list - michael.r.robison
10 Apr 96 20:33:11
Had a really interesting problem when I first got my '66 which is related, but probably not the answer to your electrical problem. (are...
Re: adding a second battery
Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:03:09 -0700
...The relay and wiring setup is similar to what is shown in the Bentley manual for the GL Camper. There are a variety of...
Re: start - won't start - solution
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 22 Aug 2003 23:53:43 -0700
...Most likely that would be something electrical, since you seem to have checked out most of the mechanical options (have you checked the wiring...
Re: Sad...oh so sad....electrical woes. Please help -- :^\ ( a little long)
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:51:00 -0700
...I triple checked wiring at aux relay. Any help appreciated. > > -- > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil >
Re: fuel cutout
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:45:11 -0800
...if i stop and sit or get out and mindlessly look for something wrong in the wiring then it will start up fine and...
Re: How to find a particular three-way electrical switch.
Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:14:59 -0700
...How to find a particular three-way electrical switch. > > Hello vanagon crew, > > I'm in the process of wiring up three VDO oil temperature...
Re: Help. traveling with problem
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:43:06 -0400
...If the ground wiring is good then the problem is with the oxygen sensor wiring itself between the end and the ECU plug. You...
Re: No High Beams
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:43:58 -0700
...Never modify any wiring or electrical accessories on your >> van unless you know what you are doing and are willing to accept the >> risks...
Re: wiring and fuses for 80/100w bulbs
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:39:48 -0400
...Fuse links are available at your flaps, usually on the electrical supply or HELP displays. proper link size is one wire guage below the...
Re: NVC - Jetta Question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:41:54 -0700
...While looking over the car, I found an electrical plug with three wires that are not connected to anything. The wiring appears to come...
Re: ?Brighter Turn Signals?
Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:33:42 -0500
...I'm curious as to what I will have to change on the van to support that electrically. Bill Marshall 85 GL Tiico "Pandora...
Re: SA Headlight Help Needed
Historical mailing list - Mike Allen
Tue, 4 Feb 2003 18:57:27 -0800
...Can anyone tell me how to convert the electrical plugs from the late 80's rectangular lights to the SA quad grill setup with...
Re: Engine Bay Electrical Fire
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:28:49 -0500
...Engine Bay Electrical Fire > > >> I have begun pulling the burned wiring harness that is in the engine >> bay out of the vehicle. What a...
Re: Electric problem in 2.1l
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:14:37 -0700
...the wiring diagram ..............and 87 I think it was .........is difficult to use or understand for the head lights, more than the diagrams for...
thanks on blinking water temp light and groups in Europe
Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
Sat, 13 May 2017 15:27:35 +0200
...you are attempting electrical repairs to have one of our GVW-91 repair manuals, and to study the electrical wiring diagrams. There is a...
Re: Uncle... '91 won't catch
Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
Thu, 27 Feb 2003 21:11:50 -0800
...long time. > - Wiring harness at tee near left rear lights, split with some cuts. > - Suggested the previous owner had some electrical problems that were...
Re: Correct use of Dielectric grease?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:23:20 -0500
...Dielectric grease is often used with a heat-sink to transfer the heat better and it can also be used in applications where electrical...
air cooled still flooding
Historical mailing list - ray berthiaume
Sat, 5 Jan 2008 09:53:40 -0800
...I did all the electrical checks in the Bentley manual, everything looked ok. The air flow meter checked out ok. There wasn't power...
Re: Partially burned rear wiper electrical connector. Motor Heat Damaged it?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 18 May 2016 21:50:23 -0400
...As for fuse protection fuses are there to protect the wiring from catching fire, not protect motors or light bulbs. This high resistance at...
Wire size question.
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:27:01 -0700
...I would like to be correct with the wiring. The run will be about 6-8' from the fuse block up to the pigtail...
Re: air cooled eng convert.
Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 12:45:35 -0600
...The radiator and fan were boltins, wiring is simple. I used electrical conduit (EMT) for the main coolant runs, but you could get the...
Re: Westie bought in England
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 9 May 2000 17:35:49 -0400
...US electrical wiring colors -- Black is hot, White is neutral, Green is safety earth. If you look at a three-wire socket and imagine...
Re: Digifant Electrical Experts: New Harness + 4 Pin Hella 53 Relay for ECU?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 28 May 2012 18:27:06 -0700
...engine bay wiring harness likely replaced. ECU and fuel >> pump relays are both 4 pin Hella 53. Relay diagram shows what may be a...
Re: fuel cutout
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:05:25 -0800
...Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR On 11/16/2009 3:12 PM...
Urgent REQ: Service Garage in/near Charlottesville, VA 22902 ????
Historical mailing list - Chasse
Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:02:02 -0400
...speaker and power window not working-I know this one is electrical/wiring) Charlottesville, VA zip 22902 (about an hour west of Richmond VA...