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• Re: 99 Intermittent wiper function failure cause.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 13 Feb 2014 12:04:01 -0800
  ...When I discovered the fault, pushing sideways on a wire going to the relay caused the intermittent feature to work again. Initially I assumed...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade: New Circuit and Switch?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:07:10 -0800
  ...Just thinking of eliminating the relays. If I were to g/w relays, I'd source them locally. :) Thanks for the offer on bulbs...
• Re: Fuel pump or fuel relay malfunction?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:00:26 -0700
  ...So i exchanged the two relays and the fuel pump problem was solved. Then i went to flaps on replaced both relays for something...
• Re: 1991 Westy - Does Bentley describe relays on fuse panel?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:32:41 -0700
  The relays locations are in the diagram. If you follow the current path for each system you should be able to determine what type...
• Re: HELP with wiring VW foglight switch to Hella 500's in 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 9 Sep 2000 19:31:12 -0700
  ...My 85 Westy only has an 'extra' relay slot in position #2 > and the Hella relay that came with my kit doesn't fit...
• Re: Wipers suddenly not working, trip tomorrow
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 21:58:57 -0500
  ...If yes, load reduction relay is ok, check for problem at > fuse S10. > > > > Also where is that load reduction relay, and how would I...
• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:31:59 -0700
  ...Only a small current is needed to keep that > relay energized once it is pulled closed. > > A better relay with a larger coil and...
• Re: Fw: Auxillary battery not charging
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 07:51:19 -0700
  ...Follow the previously sent advice for relay wiring at your own risk. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Puzerewski" <Puzerewski@EMAIL.MSN.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• 1991 Westy - Does Bentley describe relays on fuse panel?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 18 Oct 2020 21:52:04 -0600
  Hi, Recently I was troubleshooting some electrical issues (associated with daytime running lights wiring for Canadian vans) and pulled all the relays out along...
• Re: Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:42:02 -0800
  ...And the relay does not > click. But when I pull up on the turn signal switch the high beam light on > the dash comes...
• Re: Hella H4s and Relays
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 21:50:28 -0600
  ...I understand that if install relays these lights will work better. Does anyone have any experience or hints regarding mounting and wiring relays? Maybe...
• Re: Headlight relay
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 17 May 2006 13:22:17 -0400
  Quoting Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>: > Anybody have the directions for installing a headlight relay? > > I did it on my 85 and now I...
• Re: Put rebuilt 1.9l in, now my injectors won't spew, or squirt,or
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 08:29:09 -0600
  ...You need(page to check that you have battery voltage at terminal 86 and 87 of the power supply relay, and the fuel pump...
• Re: Repost. Troubleshooting a Circuit
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:40:03 -0800
  ...97.66 of Bentley, the load reduction relay goes by a different name: "Defog cut out relay (x-cntct)". This relay carries + to the...
• Re: ANYBODY HEARD OF THIS ONE?
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 20:00:41 -0800
  ...This one is located in > > the little black box near the coil. > > You open the box and there are 2 relays. The one > on...
• Rear wiper relay story
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:10:10 -0700
  ...I could reach down and reseat the relay while driving…. Took the relay off and popped off the cover. Maybe , maybe I could see...
• Re: Alt idiot light on
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 19:56:53 -0400
  The wire for the alternator field energizes the relay coil. The relay contacts connect the fridge circuit to the battery after the alternator "kicks...
• Re: HELP with wiring VW foglight switch to Hella 500's in 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 9 Sep 2000 20:33:08 -0700
  ...My 85 Westy only has an 'extra' relay slot in position > #2 > > and the Hella relay that came with my kit doesn't fit...
• headlights delay off was Re: Warning Lights Audible Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 25 May 2010 18:53:57 -0700
  ...Most of us are using headlight relays anyway... right? your not suing relays Mr. Squirrel? alistair On 25-May-10, at 4:57 PM...
• Jetta relay questions (Vanagon conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:31:00 -0700
  ...Mark neil N wrote: > Thanks Mike. > > It's labelled a "power supply" relay. I understand it supplies power > to the ECU. > > But you've...
• Re: Relay powers up when battery connected
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 1 Sep 2003 16:06:11 -0700
  ...The relay is the "load reduction relay" and it's used for the Westy refrigerator, and also for controlling the charging of a second...
• adding a 2nd Battery; which relay terminal should I connect to?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 07:34:55 -0700
  ...34a) shows the positive line going to terminal 87 on the relay under the drivers seat. What do I do with the existing wire...
• Re: Is battery isolator better than a relay?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 13:21:05 EST
  In a message dated 11/3/99 2:50:35 PM, m.radtke@ELM.AZ05.BULL.COM wrote: <<On the other hand, the relay...
• Re: Dual horn wiring
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:09:18 -0400
  As I see it, you want power (fused) to go to relay terminal #86 with terminal #85 to ground through the horn button (horn...
• Re: Optima Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, David R FOR:EX
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:57:27 -0800
  ...I may anyway just replace the stock 30 amp relay with a 40 or 75 amp relay. I have no intention of using this...
• ac elec. components
  Historical mailing list - Mack Paschall
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:54:25 -0400
  ...the AC compressor clutch relay, the evaporator fan relay, the AC relay, and fuse SO. These are pictured on pages 87.4 and 87...
• Re: Now: long term wear horn relay. Was: Horn installation
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 20:43:12 -0400
  ...for those who are not willing to do the wiring > here's the link for a complete horn wiring harness with relay from Jay...
• Re: headlights problems
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:50:02 -0600
  For future reference, if anyone is going to install a headlight relay kit, you might want to get extra long leads which will enable...
• testing relays
  Historical mailing list - Tom Callan
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 17:01:36 EDT
  ...I suspect the A/C clutch or compressor relays in the left rear pillar of the body. Is there any way to test a...
• 1985 Vanagon - 2 relays underneath the fuse panel
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:52:19 -0500
  Just above these two star grounding screws.....What do these two relays (black/silver) go to? Thanks Larry Ga.
• Re: power to the fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:32:13 -0400
  ...The relay coil is connected only to the 85 terminal at track 21. During starting the fuel pump relay (right-hand one of the...
• Re: Vanagon Double Relay wiring confusion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:34:45 -0700
  One easy way to explain the relays is this: 30 is Battery positive always hot, 15 0r 86 is Key-on or switched -on...
• Re: headlights problems
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 27 Jan 2017 21:47:57 +0000
  My Jay Brown kit came with leads long enough to place the two relays one above the area on the flat part below the...
• Re: Elec. Questions. YES it's about Aux Batt. NO, please don't shoot me.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:13:08 -0700
  ...I assumed a relay was installed in aux batt box on all Westy's. My 81 Westy does NOT have a relay under drivers...
• 86 hot temp gauge---was '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:14:25 -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: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 6 Mar 2018 14:01:37 -0800
  ...And, you should see same at fuel pump >> relay 86. Along with my comment above, the ECU controls the fuel pump relay >> so you...
• Re: (no vanagon content) help to find GTI Fuel pump relay
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 22:32:45 -0800
  It should be above the fuse panel - it should be the only relay with a fuse on the top of it. David Marshall Fast...
• Re: 2nd batt. charging and relays. The whole truth
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:42:15 -0700
  ...Wire from relay to aux positive terminal = .4 ohms Wire from starter battery to relay = .2 ohms (This wire is a heavier gauge than...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof! - continued...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 20:16:20 -0700
  ...Switch portion of relay: 85 (Gnd.) 86 + Load side of relay: 30 + in, 87 + out. (Ignore 87a. It supplies B+ when relay switch open...
• Re: What is a Hard Start Relay Kit? Who sells them?
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:04:48 -0800
  ...How many thousands of Vanagons have been working just fine without that added relay? And consider that relays are added electro-mechanical components that...
• Re: Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 21:20:07 -0400
  On the full Westy that second wire is the used as the chassis ground for the refrigerator control relay. For the relay to energize...
• Re: Accessing back of Fuse panel?
  Historical mailing list - syncro architecture studio
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 22:05:17 -0500
  Robyn Rudisill wrote: > > When I try to detach the fuse/relay panel and slide it down--it hangs up on > a giant relay with...
• Re: Dual Battery Relay - Part 2 (long)
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 14:55:43 -0800
  ...I am not a specialist on relays. Some friendly listmembers seem to do ok with heavy duty headlight relays. If one wants the max...
• Re: horns that don't sound so lame
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 17:11:12 -0500
  ...A relay has a coil like that but what makes it a relay is the coil energizes ( pulls - it's an elctromagnet ) contacts for...
• Re: Question about hard start relay
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:51:29 -0500
  I have put Jay Brown's hard start relay kits on all my vans and also the headlight relays. never have had a lick...
• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Mar 2018 16:21:08 -0500
  > > There's no power at the fuel pump, because there is none at the "Digifant > Control Unit Relay" (as it is called on page...
• Re: ' Westy waterpump/fridge relay * update
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 4 Jul 1995 06:42:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...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: Failing Fuel Pump?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Jul 94 15:57:23 PDT
  ...David ----- Begin Included Message ----- - check terminal 86 of fuel pump relay for battery voltage; check terminal 30 for battery voltage. - remove fuel pump relay...
• Re: Aux. Battery
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 11:06:24 -0500
  Fred, this relay controls +12V power to the fridge. The relay engages when the engine is running and disengages when the engine is off...
• Re: Ignition switch recommendations.
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 7 Nov 2010 16:26:42 -0800
  ...But Yes, any of the basic relays in our vans will interchange and be able to be wired to most any circuit you want...
• Re: four-position wiper stalk, 78 bus -Reply
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 20:37:20 -0500
  ...I remember someone mentioning something SB>about a wiper relay? How would one go about finding out if one of the SB>newer relays...
• Re: FI Weirdness -- please help
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:34:52 PDT
  ...BTW, it's not the contacts in the relay sticking -- we put in a known good double relay from a different (running) Bus and...
• Re: Refrigerator relay?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:24:42 -0400
  Thanks! This question results from my just having installed the starter relay. While I was awaiting answers from the list cognoscenti, I hooked my...
• Re: Dual Battery Isolators
  Historical mailing list - Ted Zateslo
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 17:25:43 -0400
  ...This is > because isolators typically reduce the voltage by about 1 volt. > > [...] > The solution is to use relays. There are 200/500 amp relays...
• Fwd: Update, including rear wiper controller
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 21 Mar 2020 15:07:51 -0400
  ...vanagonlist a <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> Does the rear wiper relay have a printed circuit board? My 99 > "programmable" front wiper relay would be...
• LR Relay discontinued by VW? (No Wet teen content)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 16:33:00 EDT
  Thanks to all those that helped with info on my malfunctioning load reduction relay. Looking to replace it the dealer says it's a...
• Re: Relaying Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 13:52:01 -0800
  ...And the relay lets the lights get 13ish volts and not the sub-11 v from the stock setup. -matthew Matthew Pollard "Racing with...
• Re: Buzzing turn signal light relay
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:39:08 -0500
  On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Robert Keezer wrote: > The turn signal light relay is buzzing and the turn signal indicator light > itself is flickering...
• Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 8 Dec 2015 15:19:21 -0500
  Hello All, Has anyone made your own starter relay kit? If so does anyone have the schematics or instructions to make one? Thanks, T.
• Aux. battery relay alternative, part 2
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 02:16:15 EST
  ... and I should have mentioned that, like relays, but unlike isolators, the combiner does not result in any voltage drop. -Steven Sittser