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• Re: problem SOLVED! Re: headlights not working after towing?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 14:18:04 -0400
  David; The corrosion at the ground clusters is due, IMHO, to the leaky windshield syndrome which seems to affect all Vanagons. I recommend everyone...
• Re: Melted ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:28:47 -0700
  ...In >> the back of the fuses panel there is a gray #53 relay and the ground (-) >> wire that goes to the ground tree was...
• ground location on 89
  Historical mailing list - Mark Schrope
  Tue, 5 May 1998 09:39:15 -0400
  OK, I'm willing to accept the possibility that I'm a little bit slow, but where is the ground on the driver side...
• Re: Battery Compartment ground cable; Was: Dead (almost) in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Sean
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:54:41 -0700
  If you regularly (or even semi-regularly) disconnect the ground lead of your battery for vehicle storage, you might want to invest in one...
• cold solder and other maladies
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 20:10:10 -0800
  ...Besides disconnecting the battery before removing the brain box, etc, I'd STRONGLY recomend getting a ground strap and conductive, grounded workplace for this...
• Climate Control Cable Meltdown - '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Russell
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 11:24:08 -0700
  ...While in there I removed the grounds on the driver side and cleaned up the contacts and mounts. I also cleaned up other wonky...
• Re: westy water/battery level meter wiring...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 4 Apr 2006 05:30:03 -0700
  ...The small black wire that attaches to the spade lug on the fridge thermocouple circuit is NOT a ground. It carries a tiny voltage...
• Tail light ground location
  Historical mailing list - marc rose
  Fri, 19 Oct 2012 07:37:48 -0700
  ...Where do the tail light ground at? I have recently painted the van and maybe i knocked somethng loose?? Thanks
• Alt idiot light on
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:21:07 -0700
  ...Problem is that the circuit from the idiot light is grounded somewhere. (Key on, light on. Unplug alt, key on, light on. Bentley says...
• Re: Cleaning bad grounds
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 12:10:44 -0600
  Back in my bad ol' aviation days, we were taught that grounds were pure, clean metal to metal contact .....PERIOD. No oxidized metal, compounds...
• Re: no spark (after timing/dwell checked?)
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:31:02 -0700
  ...does your coil get warm? Probably not, since the ground never > sees ground. > > > > >> ok, still no spark unfortunately. >> >> The starter turns just fine, plenty...
• Re: Definitive on the 87 not using a common ground for rear speakers
  Historical mailing list - Tim Beidel
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 12:32:42 -0400
  ...My two negative ground rear wires are different colors - a hopeful sign I think ... regards, Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: TJ Hannink [mailto:tjhannink@yahoo...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 06:56:54 -0800
  ...Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1 > > You are onto something. I never mentioned it for this symptom as a bad > ground on...
• Alternator and grounds
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:39:09 -0700
  ...Late yesterday afternoon I did quick addition of 4 awg wire from alt body to the little grounding stud on front wall of compartment...
• Rear axle articulation - syncro
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sat, 12 Oct 2002 00:20:40 +0100
  ...recently I've twice had occasion to find myself sorta stranded with one the rear wheel off the ground, due a) having removed my...
• where is fridge ground?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:51:11 -0600
  ...I can't find the fridge ground. Bentley says "48--behind the fridge, left side." This is track 29 on page 97.33c. I...
• Elec.Gurus! DC ground question (fridge fans off shore power)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:32:38 -0700
  ...I'm also adding a 12V power adaptor for shore power to fans. (I have the appropriate switch in place) Since vehicles' ground is...
• 12 volt refre question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Johnston
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 09:32:22 -0400
  ...I did a resistance check from black to red then to gray and nothing is going to ground. I've checked across the heater...
• Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long) Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:53:58 -0700
  ...Clip ground alligator clip to headlight bucket. Turn on ignition. Turn on head lights. Probe headlight socket until test light lights. Note wire color...
• Re: more information on engine swap/fuel pump woes
  Historical mailing list - Jack Botts
  Sun, 6 May 2012 12:44:53 -0500
  ...As of '87 (and apparently somewhat > earlier, from your experience) they ran the ground back to the > grounding point beneath the ignition coil. > > Yours...
• Re: Extra Grounds on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:11:58 EDT
  ...So, maybe we all should be installing grounding bonds between the lower cases and the heads. What do you think? As an aside, I...
• Re: Idiot lights
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 20:02:59 -0400
  I would check the ground cluster behind the relay/fuse panel, battery grounds/leads and the grounds on the engine. I've had my...
• Re: relay problems
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:12:18 -0800
  ...If the voltage from the iginition switch (ground your multimeter to a know good ground) is fluctuanting, then the problem is before the relay...
• Re: Fuel pump dead? Help!!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 13:30:38 -0400
  ...Remove ground terminal and run wires direct from battery to both pump terminals. If pump behaves the same, sounds like bad pump. If pump...
• Re: Installing AMP in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:08:22 -0400
  ...What do you mean by "it kills the amp's power"? If you can get the ground wire for the amp and the ground...
• Re: Help with horn wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:57:32 -0700
  "Orange or red" is ground. It should be a brown wire. On a related side note, the horn button (switch) is on the ground...
• Alternator Shot?
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 18:20:53 -0700
  ...I did look underneath and the ground cable from the tranny to frame is tight. All other cables seem tight. What would make my...
• Update on my Trip to Canada, NH and back to Virginia
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:48:15 -0400
  ...So I suspect a grounding problem and that ground strap is a prime candidate for replacement.
• cut ground wire...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 2 Feb 2017 11:17:53 -0800
  ...there's a cut ground wire... not connected to anything... (the one w. red arrow on the pic) - (1988 GL tintop, A/C) http...
• Re: Battery ground
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 18 Apr 2015 10:13:55 -0700
  ...No >> On Apr 18, 2015 6:39 AM, "Michael Kimball" <kimballmk@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Does the 87 Vanagon have a positive ground elec. system >>
• Re: is this a ground point?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:31:55 -0800
  hi, remember removing the stock original braided ground strapfrom one of those threaded holes on the left side of the engine compartment ? those can...
• Re: ground wire for fuel sender (need help finding)
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 25 Dec 2004 12:04:14 -0700
  On 12/25/04 9:31 AM, "Robert Keezer" <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Hi Ken, > > The Bentley shows that the ground for the fuel...
• Re: electrical systems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 May 94 17:54:10 EDT
  The method I used to connect my two batteries was to put relay switches on the ground wires coming off of my two batteries...
• Re: Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:08:52 -0500
  ...He suggested making sure this is getting a good ground. I added a ground wire to the upper ECU mounting tab screw connection to...
• Put rebuilt 1.9l in, now my injectors won't spew, or squirt, or any of that
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:57:34 -0800
  ...Except when I removed the bolts (the old ones, I used the old ones first to connect the grounds) to the cyl head ground...
• Re: Lags at low revs + BAD mileage
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:45:08 -0800
  ...One ground that is often overlooked is the main ECU ground. Located (hidden) behind the water tank. Real hard to see but if you...
• Re: ECU question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 09:48:07 -0600
  There is a ground that connects the boddy to the engine on the driver's side of the vehicle. Clearn the contacts for that...
• Re: radio whine - success, failure, success
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:43:48 -0700
  ...I noticed that power, signal, and chassis grounds were isolated from each other by caps. Seeing as I can power ground my head unit...
• Re: Headlight swtich diagnostics?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:30:34 -0800
  ...When the ground was lost for the cluster the voltage in the cluster looked for another path to take. The bulb for the high...
• Re: Elec.Gurus! DC ground question (fridge fans off shore power)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:40:00 -0700
  ...12v Grounds for Accessories > > Some are going to argue that I'm overdoing it and that using chassis ground > > for accessories will work fine...
• a/c loads the system down and it stumbles and dies
  Historical mailing list - A J
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:00:05 -0400
  ...Unbolted them all cleaned and sanded them including the motor ground, Sanded the paint from the grounding point assembled all the now clean wires...
• Re: headlights
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 23 May 2007 10:10:20 -0400
  Dylan, I believe that is a symptom of a faulty ground. There are two ground clusters behind the fuse block, directly below that windshield...
• Re: running problems, 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:22:09 -0500
  ...The only time this doesn't work, is if the O2 sensor ground is floating higher that 0. The leakage voltage on the ground...
• Re: where is fridge ground?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:42:29 -0400
  ...There is a ground screw in the top surface of the horizontal frame member that sits about halfway down the sidewall (just below the...
• Re: Aux Battery system, volts escaping to ground!
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:30:43 -0400
  Pin 85 goes to ground. Is this not how it should be? -Craig On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 8:29 PM, mark drillock...
• Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:09:27 -0400
  ...IMHO one of the causes of excess pitting is poor/inadequate grounds. Replacing ground straps and running additional grounds can't be too bad...
• Re: Odd Coolant Temp Gauge Problem
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:44:29 -0700
  The Bus Depot wrote: >My '89 Vanagon is experiencing an intermittant coolant gauge failure... > Another source of a bad ground (I think) can be...
• Re: Help me read a wiring diagram
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:57:18 -0500
  ...Yet the diagram does not show brown from/to T4a? 3) Brown >from heater fan goes to ground #6 in diagram - which is listed...
• Re: Thermostat housing differences, syncro and non
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:56:48 -0700
  ...The other wire is ground .. you can ground it or just leave it there. I think it just goes to a ground anyway , so...
• Re: Grounds
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 13 May 2001 09:48:08 -0500
  ...I > was able > to get the gauges and the coolant level light to work by grafting a > ground on > the #5 pin of the...
• Re: coolant level control unit location
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:10:17 -0700
  hi David, yeah, that's a good thought - the signal wire for the temp guage shorting to ground between the engine and guage..... not...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:10:07 -0500
  ...On a newer-style, self-heated O2 sensor, is the ground only for the heating element, or does the sensor also use that same...
• Re: Seized Engine?
  Historical mailing list - David Gunning
  Sat, 20 May 2006 12:39:40 -0400
  ...For whatever reason the ground > strap was not grounding correctly. Not sure in which location the ground > failed, either at the battery compartment ground...
• Re: Transporting extra gasoline on/in a Westy Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 6 Dec 2005 06:43:44 -0500
  ...The container needs to be grounded or there is no way for the electrical charge to escape. As for grounding my self explanation was...
• Re: List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine lid...
  Historical mailing list - hunnam
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:45:25 +1100
  ...so far i know of: -Tiico (inline vw 2.0 motor) -specs? ground height?? -subaru 2.2, 2.5, and flat 6 - specs? ground...
• Re: Ground Shut-off Switch Needed
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 07 Mar 1997 20:35:41 -0800
  David Richoux wrote: > > Hi All: > > I am looking for a simple but effective ground shut-off or disconnect > switch for my '83 Vanagon. There...
• Re: 85 Westy Brakelight Problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 15:37:38 -0500
  ...Each light is grounded to its respective taillight ground, and both taillight grounds go to ground point 19, near the ignition coil. Suggest you...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 05:45:15 -0700
  ...But I may be wrong and my particular ECU may require an individual ground for the O2 sensor....I just don't know and...
• busted ground bolt on engine block
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 23:37:06 -0500
  Hi all - In attempting to clean my ground wires on the engine block, I busted the head off the bolt holding them in place...
• Re: Installing AMP in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Estevez
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:42:07 -0400
  ...I agree that it seems like a ground loop issue since the whining is eliminated by the GLI. Thinking that my metal was not...