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• Re: odd headlight issue?
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:18:56 -0700
  ...the cause or possible fixes? That sounds like a bad ground (Bad Ground, Bad!!!). The current makes its way thru the filament of the...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Aug 2018 21:31:09 -0400
  > > The controller triggers when it's an open circuit between the sender lead > and ground.** > Oops, forgot my asterisks there. **Connection to any constant...
• Re: ADBQ
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 4 May 2003 12:40:19 -0600
  "and I would urge anyone adding another battery to use a similarly large ground lead for it." I have a braided ground strap on...
• Re: GoWesty's headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:53:46 -0800
  > And let's not forget big wire from lights to ground. It's a circuit. > Weakest link and all. Aye, 6ga copper, runs fore...
• 82 vanagon ground straps. Location
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Mon, 8 Sep 2008 08:35:44 -0700
  Could someone please tell me all the locations of the vanagon ground straps/ I have found the bank above the number 3 cyl for...
• Re: Speaker Ground (was Re: Aiwa CD stereo option)
  Historical mailing list - Houston
  Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:07:07 -0800
  ...Guess > the grounding is accomplished from the ground wire > of the deck. So my > question is - if you simply disconnect, or cut, the > common...
• Bucking, runs rough, and more
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 17:48:05 -0500
  ...I started checking grounds and found two ground straps bolted together (?) from the body to engine. I traced to where it connects to the...
• Re: gas can in your westy cargo area?
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Fri, 10 May 2002 12:56:40 -0700
  ...Certainly the a surface discharge across the non conductive surface of a "plastic" container to ground would involve the previous path "metal to ground...
• Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:23:25 -0800
  The bottom of the page is ground. Basically the fuse box is at the top of the page, And the bottom of the page...
• Re: ECU question
  Historical mailing list - Ron Sem
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 20:38:10 -0500
  ...The from lack of anything else to try next I finally went to the grounds. Never again will I not look at grounds FIRST...
• Re: A&E Horizon Case Awning?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 10:22:25 -0600
  Loren, I have the Fiamma Pro 35 and had the "feet" nailed into the ground this last week and wind blew the foot nearest...
• ground wires/strap (85 vanagon)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 08 May 1996 08:31:43 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Also, there is a 1/2" flat braided strap, about a foot long, grounded to the body under the ignition coil. If anyone can...
• Interior Lights
  Historical mailing list - James morris
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 10:18:38 -0500
  ...I'm thinking that it may be a ground fault and that the lights must be grounded to the shell (or attached) to work...
• Strange broken ground strap on 86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - digest Herbie Dave
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 20:11:14 EST
  ...driver's side of the engine and noticed a large metal ground strap (I believe) that was dangling onto the exhaust. Problem is I...
• Re: Dual horn wiring
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:34:49 -0700
  ...Does it matter > which are 12V and which are ground.? Will the 12V or ground terminals > be the same on both horns---left side...
• Re: Electrical Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 20:32:20 -0500
  The injectors are triggeed when the ECU grounds the injectors. This ECU ground is one of the brown wires on the driver's side...
• Re: Dielectric Grease
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 8 Mar 2014 11:40:45 -0500
  I recently cleaned all grounds, chased bolt and hole threads with tap and die, then applied an electric grease meant to enhance contact. I...
• Re: Cylinder Head Temp Sensor- stripped threads!
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:13:30 -0700
  You can put JB weld in the hole and rethread it but be sure to ground the temp sensor after doing this, JB weld...
• Re: Voltage between engine and body
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:56:51 -0800
  ...So, I added another ground wire, #2AWG from a stud on the back of the alternator to a clean grounded point in the engine...
• Re: IT is still bucking ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:12:45 -0800
  ...I checked all my ground wires and cleaned up all the ground conenctions. It turns out that the braided wire to the left head...
• Re: Getting wires to...
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 23 May 2003 16:16:46 -0400
  ...and tying all the dash grounds to it, as well, since the ground path through the body seems to be pretty lossy. (I have...
• Re: turn signal trouble when hitting brake pedal
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sat, 8 Nov 2003 09:12:16 -0800
  My guess would be a bad ground. So when you press the brakes and the brake lights come on, you are taking the ground...
• Re: Blinker issue
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:40:13 -0700
  ...I checked the ground in both front and back. The ground wires are grounded to the vehicle. What I did notice is that when...
• Re: syncro fuel gauge issue fixed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 22:01:54 -0700
  are you sure? I didn't think the sender ground is electrically connected to the mounting hardware. in any case, the problem was fixed...
• Re: '86 Vanagon alternator question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 06:34:59 -0400
  ...They are turning on using a ground through the refrigerator relay under the drivers seat. Also note that this setup should have 2 condensers...
• Re: Fridge Problem -additional coil fan
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 15:30:24 -0400
  ...The body of the gas valve is essentially the ground reference here, and if the LED panel used that for a ground you'd...
• Re: courtesy light flickering 89 westy
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:25:42 -0800
  ...To one side the light > the ground is completed at the case and the light comes on. To the other > direction the ground is...
• Re: audio tach
  Historical mailing list - Josh Poulson
  Sun, 09 Apr 1995 21:59:22 PDT
  ...6) If you have multiple components, try to ground all of the components to the same spot, as they will all share grounds with...
• Re: Troubleshooting a Circuit
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:47:11 -0800
  In Bentley diagrams, follow the ground wire from each part to bottom of page. The circled number will show the location of each ground...
• Max Tire Size and Ground Clearance?
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, Darrell
  Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:18:39 -0700
  Several questions related to improving the ground clearance on a '90 Carat. Thanks in advance for the contributions. 1. Does anyone know what the...
• Re: /f: Groundhogs & Lurkers
  Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
  Sun, 4 Feb 1996 00:43:07 -0500 (EST)
  ...Fournier II wrote: > Groundhogs are fat, furry, and shy. >From how I keep hearing list members describe themselves as it fits us as well...
• Re: Searching the archives (tires!)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:29:29 -0700
  For sure! And hopefully, all tires "stay" on "common ground" Neil. On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:13 AM, joel walker <uncajoel@bellsouth...
• Re: gfci outlet buzzes with inverter
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:55:09 -0500
  ...Tentatively, it sounds ok to me, *with the transfer > switch.* Keep in mind that normally neutral and ground are tied > together somewhere nearby, which...
• Re: Drivability Problems with Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - bob tickle
  Sat, 12 Oct 1996 20:19:10 -0400
  ...My engine ground strap was broken in two! Unless you are down inside the engine compartment, you can't see the ground strap. I...
• Definitive on the 87 not using a common ground for rear speakers
  Historical mailing list - Tim Beidel
  Thu, 2 Oct 2003 23:42:17 -0400
  ...That diagram suggests to me that they do *not* share a common ground. I have seen one message in the archives that says they...
• Re: Help! No ground to the fuel injectors???
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:09:31 -0500
  At 10:01 AM 12/18/2001, Zoran Mladen wrote: >Initially, it did not have a ground strap. Per Ken's >suggestion I added...
• ravenous insulation munchers
  Historical mailing list - ---------------------
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:29:54 -0400
  ...I've seen skunk or maybe it was oposum chew brake lines, but never a ground hog. They are fare game state by state...
• Wiring rear speakers - 86 Weekender - long
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:51:04 -0400
  ...Great! Right and left and ground. According to Bentley and my continuity check, the ground for those speakers is a common ground, that is...
• Euro-Drive: FIX 89 Volkswagen vanagon, Emissions/Poor-idle
  Historical mailing list - "David Hagen (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:36:28 -0400
  ...Always ___________________________ FIX: ___________________________ Good news, 1)ECM sent out and repaired, still has sawtooth pattern on ground. Is this normal ? Any VW waveform Guys ? 3...
• Re: 2.1 idling @ 2200, stumbling, etc, where do I start?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 7 Apr 2010 09:34:52 -0700
  I think that's where my brown fuel pump ground wire connected to the body. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:57 AM...
• Re: ? on AFM Mod.
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:39:34 -0500
  ...on my AFM and was wondering; I believe it was Karl that said to ground the AFM housing to the block or alternator bracket...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:43:05 -0400
  He added a hard-start relay which interrupted a signal ground in the warning module that normally grounds through the starter solenoid. Fix is...
• Re: Looking for headlamp ground on 87
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:42:00 -0500
  ...one and lights stay on bright and full. > >Where is the ground for the headlamp? I imagine a PO moved it, probably much closer...
• Westy elec. ground question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 16:36:47 -0300
  When I had my 91 westy apart, there was a electrical ground on the floor, just by the drinking water reservoir, but behind the...
• Re: My latest Buck fixed.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 13:57:19 -0500
  Mark Ingalls wrote: > > Also put a socket on the ground wire > connections, loosened them and then re-tightened. > > Buck gone. Poor grounds on these...
• ground straps
  Historical mailing list - brian Honan
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 00:46:08 +0000
  Hi Volks, Is it ok to replace the braded ground straps with a batery like cable ? In perticular the one to the left of...
• Will not start question
  Historical mailing list - Randy C. Nunes
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:54:09 -0400
  ...The injectors act like they are not grounded, however, went through and cleaned all the FI grounds just in case, still would not start...
• Re: Cleaning bad grounds
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 07:44:50 -0500
  I said that anti seize can be a problem because I've seen it cause increased resistance at the ground wires to the head...
• Re: intermittent running rich issue
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Wed, 7 Dec 2016 09:30:18 -0800
  John I've reworked the grounds in the engine area including the AT mount ground. I haven't done the ecm ground as this...
• Re: Seeking info- slider door light install
  Historical mailing list - vw woody
  Sun, 8 Jun 2014 11:26:01 -0500
  ...1 power, two grounds. One ground goes to the sliding door jam switch. The other can ground wherever is convenient. I pulled the wires...
• Surepower 1315 test report
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sat, 9 May 2009 15:04:48 -0700
  To answer the question of whether disconnecting the ground from the 1315 battery separator would force the battery banks to separate, the answer is...
• Re: 84 Vanagon stops running intermitantly
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 22:40:26 EST
  ...It has a heating element and a bi-metal strip in it and mine went to ground sometimes, depriving the injectors of power as...
• Re: Help me read a wiring diagram
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:39:45 -0800
  ...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: List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine lid...
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:20:28 -0500
  ...m > > --- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > > > > so far i know of: > > > > -Tiico (inline vw 2.0 motor) -specs? ground height?? > > -subaru 2.2, 2.5...
• Re: List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine lid...
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:36:43 -0600
  ...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: Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:56:21 -0800
  ...for grounds, besides putting eye connectors on the ends of the wires........ and screwing them to clean metal, is to get those 'star lock...
• Re: Cold Idle Problem and warm Surging--let me know if I'm confusing
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 04:47:51 -0600
  ...He suggested a extra ground on the ECU. I grounded from the ECU to the cylinder head, they have a place for a bolt...
• Re: The end of the road (86 westy runnin' rich) - LONG STORY
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 00:25:05 -0400
  ...So to make the ECU terminal 19 become super grounded, I now have two good ground wires. Anyway, that's my story. I spent...
• Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:06:46 -0800
  ...Both appear to go to ground. Two ground wires to the > motor? > > If a wire on a diagram stops, shows a track number reference...
• Re: Wiring damage- Pics
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 30 May 2009 17:24:08 -0700
  Yes, a bad ground connection heated up and melted things. That big brown wire looks like the ground for the radiator fan motor, the...