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• I'm a mad genius--stereo installation tip.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 11:06:58 -0700
  ...There have been lots of posts in the archives about routing a second ground wire to the rear speakers. Last night, I pull the...
• Re: Oil Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:29:39 -0700
  ...That is, low pressure on the .3 grounds the sensor wire, and low pressure on the .9 UNgrounds the associated sensor wire. This means...
• Re: Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:41:42 -0400
  On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Ryan Heidcamp wrote: > I would however, take a small tool box, pliers, wrenches, sockets, > screwdrivers, wire strippers, wire connectors...
• Re: Metric to AWG wire size conversion chart
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:30:27 -0800
  ...If we consider two of the largest wire sizes specified in the Bentley we can see from the following that the numbers expressed in...
• Re: '97 VW Stereo Install Complete
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:51:15 -0400
  That mystery wire is probably the diagnostic line. 97-98 VW radios have this connection to the K-line pin on the diagnostic connector...
• Re: Oil pressure sensor wire ?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:41:37 -0400
  Do you have AC? The wires are there whether you have it or not. My '86 had this extra yellow connector at that spot...
• Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long) Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 19:26:00 -0700
  ...You only need to know one wire is low beams, one is high, and one is ground. Real easy to tell which is which...
• Re: O2 Sensor wire connection (wiring harness end - 2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:59:37 -0400
  Greg - Yes knowing which wire is which would be a big help as well. The independent ground is a good idea. On Thu, Sep...
• Re: Ongoing saga: Dometic and Multimeter . . .
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Jefferson Kitts
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:26:50 -0700
  ...That's why I started with probing the wires as they exited and re-entered their plastic terminal posts. Can't isolate the wires...
• Re: Dometic wiring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:35:46 -0400
  At 11:43 AM 8/16/2013, David Bjorkman wrote: >The '83 only has a 3 wire connector. What is the single wire and...
• Re: Help with speaker wiring needed
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:17:59 -0400
  There appears to be separate wires for the back speakers, but they actually share a common (-) lead after it exits the radio harness. It...
• Re: Cyl 1 and 3 not getting gas.
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:05:43 -0700
  Does this problem not sound like a ground wire is broken or disconnected, try swapping 2&4 wires to 1&3 and see if...
• patching coolant temp sensor wires
  Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 13:10:19 -0500
  ...I found out a wire on my coolant temp sensor frayed and I spliced it by twisting the wires and soldering them. Will this...
• Re: Best Wire Selector -- Voltage Drop Charts Mayhem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Jan 2022 15:14:20 +0000
  ...Best Wire Selector -- Voltage Drop Charts Mayhem Derek, Sorry about the delay in responding. Answering your question is a bit tough as there are...
• Trying to install headlight relays but wire colors don't match
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:26:37 -0500
  ...However when the directions indicated that I needed to locate the Yellow and White wires coming from the dimmer switch I can't find...
• Re: 2nd Battery setup questions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 03:09:51 +0000
  ...It's >used to "power" the kit according the wirewerks folks. I wondering if I >really have to run the wire back to the...
• Re: O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 10:57:03 -0700
  > > Any three wire one will do -- just cut off the wrong connector and splice on > > the old one from yours (assuming you have the...
• Re: Any one activated rear fog in back light cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 07:56:05 -0500
  ...The way to fix the bulb holders is to buy a single wire pigtail at your FLAPS. It will come with a short wire...
• Water Tank pump wire connections?
  Historical mailing list - David Hines
  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:01:29 -0600
  ...I forgot to label the wire connections for the water tank pump. There is a black and a yellow wire comming from the harness...
• Re: No fly-by-wire in MY vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:09:24 -0800
  � � � � � Drive-by-wire, not fly-by. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_by_wire � � � Robert 1982 Westfalia � � � � --- On Sat, 3/13/10, Al Knoll...
• 12v plug repair question
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 23:09:31 -0500
  ...From looking at the insides of the broken plug which has a short red wire inside, it appears that the positive wire goes to...
• Re: High resistance causing no spark?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:36:30 -0700
  Use one of the spark plug wires in the coil, with a spark plug in the end, metal of the plug touching metal on...
• LVC. Stereo Wiring: switch to prohibit battery drain
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 14 Jul 2017 22:08:07 -0700
  ...Do you install a switch at the "constant" positive wire (typically yellow) or connect both the OEM switched wire (typically red) and "constant" wire...
• Re: stereo power comsumption
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Sun, 24 May 2009 11:54:11 -0700
  ...1.65A My stereo has two power wires.� The first power wire�is always hot and supplies power for�the stereo memory.� The second...
• Re: Wire Gauges for Solar panels for your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:11:58 -0500
  ...For a solar panel system, you need to double the length, because you're using wire for both conductors. In other words, if you...
• Re: head lamp relay upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 19:33:01 -0700
  "The correct wires are inside a black plastic sleeve in the area nearest the dimmer switch." Thanks Mark. That's what got me off...
• thanks for the data Re: Electriclly FRIED WIRE HARNESS.
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Jan 1997 14:31:35 -0500
  ERIC ZENO wrote: > > On Fri, 17 Jan 1997 jmatchet@iu.net wrote: > > > > > The Power Steering Unit has a 2 wire connection to the electrical...
• batt cable
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:48:33 -0500
  ...If so i can get this wire molded into the batt lug and upsize that wire too. I would guesstimate this wire as about...
• Advice on Power Mirror removal (again)
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  02 Jan 97 18:22:53 EST
  ...Is there any way I can remove the wires from the plastic wire connectors (the're sort of in there permanently) or do I...
• Re: Boston Bob Big Valve Update? Not really... (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:55:24 -0500
  ...This AS NOTHING TO DO WITH VALVES ADJUSTMENT!!!!!! OR WIRE, OR PLUG, this is an injection problem, related to air/fuel mixture.. It's...
• Re: Starter Engages When Revving Engine
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:01:43 -0700
  Either wire unplugged will solve the starter problem. As long as the relay is not needed for anything you can just leave which ever...
• Burnt spark plug wire
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lapp
  Fri, 1 Jul 2011 07:50:54 -0500
  So, I noticed my plug wire from the ignition coil to the distributor seemed to be bulging right at the boot where it connects...
• Which wire to connect? (second battery installation)
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Wed, 3 Oct 2012 23:16:41 -0700
  ...I am looking at the relay’s wires and somehow I can’t figure out which wire is the one I should connect the...
• How to remove wires from headlight switch plug?
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Tue, 7 Aug 2012 00:57:30 +0100
  I need to pull the two big wires (switched hot and headlight) out of the back of the connector that plugs into the headlight...
• Red and black wire
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sun, 2 Jan 2011 17:37:50 -0800
  ...The red and black wire is missing. Does it come from the starter? Or from the ignition switch? Thanks. Mark
• passenger side interior light
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 07 Jul 1997 15:24 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Anyway, then I ran the wires up the windshield pillar (this was the hardest part, as you need to run three wires up that...
• Re: More On Mice: 110VAC Wire Damage? PICS
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 2 Mar 2013 13:52:12 -0500
  At 01:26 PM 3/2/2013, neil n wrote: >Damage shown MAY be from a rodent chewing on the wire casing: Doesn't...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 2 May 2013 20:21:23 -0700
  there is no such thing as a two wire screw-in temp sensor for a vanagon. take your yellow/red temp sender wire and...
• Re: 1986 dash/speedo/housing in a 1983?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 20:12:51 -0700
  ...David Beierl wrote up a great wire by wire conversion for this a couple of years ago. Maybe someone on the list can point...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:31:20 -0700
  Good on ya! > What I'm thinking I will do is splice into the black wire off the > ignition switch before it gets to...
• Re: O2 problems
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 06:21:31 -0800
  ...if i disconnect the green wire but not the snap wire, it runs fine. if i disconnect the snap wire but connect green wire...
• Re: Hot A/C Wire
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:43:10 -0400
  Yours actually looks very nice, no signs so far of the fusable link starting to melt, no discoloration of the wire ends and terminals...
• Re: drool...drool
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:21:42 -0600
  > Anyone wire the factory fog light switch so that the fogs go on only > with low beams or all the time - depending on the...
• Re: Fan switch/wiring (was No Subject)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Dec 1995 17:23:37 -0500
  ...As for the wire, is the wire warm or the insulation getting discolored or brittle? These are signs of undersized wire. Good luck, Jim...
• Re: 79-83 CA exhaust system
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:24:49 -0700
  ...Wire the heater white wires to coil Why does it need to be heated? Why couldn't I use the one wire like it...
• Re: Bus Depot auxillary battery hook up kit #1738-cant figure it out
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:39:00 -0700
  > you have a westy , and want a auxillery battery, all you need is a battery > (one without a vent), an 8 inch wire to...
• Re: 2nd battery info, not quite there yet
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Dec 2003 19:54:05 -0500
  ...The blue wire is energized buy the alternator light/filed circuit. The small red or red/black wire goes to the starter solenoid. It...
• Re: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems.
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 15:00:45 -0400
  It is likely that with the trauma of the O2 wires being ripped off that the green coaxial O2 wire that goes into the...
• Re: Problem fridge 12V circuit
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 17:33:51 -0700
  ...If unplugging T6 keeps the fuse from blowing then the cause is either down the orange wire or the grey wire. The orange wire...
• Re: wire thingys on '87-'91 vanagon front seatbelts?? MYSTERYMETAL?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Wheaton
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 13:24:20 -0800
  I uses these "wire thingy's" when fitting my child's booster seat into the front seat. The booster seat really wants a "lap...
• Utility key
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:58:06 -0700
  Was it you Stan that suggested bending a wire coat hanger to make a key? After searching around for the John Deer tractor key...
• Temp wire problems
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:46:26 -0500
  ...There is a ground wire, with a grey cover over it... when I ground it, the needle swings all way up. Is the temp...
• Re: Dual battery install questions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:20:17 -0800
  If you have an 82 or newer Westy the trigger wire is already under the driver's seat. It is a small blue wire...
• Re: cutting out and sparking coil
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:14:00 -0700
  At 06:04 AM 4/24/2003, you wrote: >while getting new plug wires why not add new cap & rotor and new plugs? Yes...
• Re: Tracking down a spare wire..
  Historical mailing list - Darrel Sifers
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 19:37:59 -0700
  ...Tracking down a spare wire.. > My memory is foggy and I am at work so I can't look this up. Is the oil...
• Re: recommendations for splicing large gauge wire
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 17:28:19 -0600
  ...Having removed the shift box, I need the two ends of this wire to be connected to each other directly. Just to get things...
• Fw: affordable small-size pentium 3 for $99
  Historical mailing list - samc
  Sat, 28 May 2005 17:50:07 -0400
  Recalling the recent back and forth notes re wireless "computering," I thought some Westy et. al. folks might be interested in this note that...
• Re: What is the wire that screws on to the master cylinder and fluid behind the instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Mon, 7 Apr 2014 22:42:26 -0400
  That maybe your fluid level sensor wire. Hth T. Sent from my iPod On Apr 7, 2014, at 10:23 PM, "Fuzzy :philippe" <fuzzmeister...
• vdo cyl head temp sender
  Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
  Tue, 10 Sep 1996 09:26:51 -0400
  i'm looking for a single wire head temp sensor, anyone know if this exists, and where i can get it? when my motor...
• need coil wire 85GL
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:19:45 -0800
  Hello, anyone have a nice old style coil wire they want to sell? really unhappy with my Bosch wire, all the others are good...