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• Re: Do I Need A New Battery?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 21 Apr 2001 16:33:35 -0500
  Phaedra, some points to check before setting off to buy a new battery. First, thoroughly clean down to bright new metal the terminal posts...
• Re: 1990 Syncro GTI w/ Dead Battery
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 22:15:44 -0400
  ...meeting and.... > Nothing, the battery was dead. Oh, #@$%! Luckily I was at a construction > site and borrowed some jumper cables. (I had mine in...
• Multimeter help for the idiot
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:03:57 -0700
  ...I put my MM between the + terminal on my new battery and the + cable. I then set my RadioShack MM to the notch marked...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:35:27 -0700
  ...check out welding supply places or sites. >> Acr welding cable is typically battery cable size.. >> and welding stuff is usually made quite well. >> nothing...
• Re: insane a/c project
  Historical mailing list - Joe Reed
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:52:33 -0400
  ...You are going to need 8 guage jumper cables from your > deep-cycle battery to the inverter. Don't worry about getting the wires...
• Re: Radio Retrofit
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 01:23:32 EDT
  ...remove the cable from the battery's negative post to keep ANYTHING in the van's electronics from draining the battery.) Clocks and LED...
• Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:38:11 -0500
  ...the starter and the battery? Is the bonding strap you're talking about here different from the ground cable from the transmission to the...
• Re: Can't start
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:13:15 -0600
  ...to the starter, the battery is strong. I tested the starter out of the engine with the jumper cable and the solenoid clicked and...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 14:55:23 -0400
  The 1.9l vans are plagued with an undersized cable from the battery to the starter and to make things worse these are now...
• Re: headlight relay - diagrams etc
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:33:41 -0500
  ...As part of this upgrade the wiring from the alternator to the battery cable should also be upgraded or bring a wire from the...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:34:46 -0700
  hi, sure, I am aware that an additional battery cable from alt B + to batt positive terminal is 'non standard.' we all know that...
• Advice-New Ignition Switch/Cig Lighter/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:25:59 -0600
  ...I wanted to run new battery cable to alt, but Bently says you have to remove the gas tank to do this properly. Is...
• Re: Really Dumb Question About Aux Batteries Install.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:49:00 -0700
  ...I like 'all manual' low tech battery changing control. I like a heavy duty battery switch in either the pos or the ground cable...
• Re: Plug n Play headlight harness with relays - almost done
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 10:14:01 -0800
  ...All you would have to do is plug the harness >into the back of the lights, attach the cable to the battery and plug...
• Re: Battery Woes/Choice
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 22 May 2008 23:28:53 -0700
  ...I ran two #2 > cables through and behind the cabinets up to the battery compartment under > the driver seat and initially hooked the positive...
• Re: Voltage regulator or some other electrical issue??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 15:31:02 -0800
  ...not charging battery' situation looks like usually. I would check .. battery connections .. battery ground to body connection. transmission to frame ground cable, at both...
• Re: Battery question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:06:30 -0400
  ...using jumper cables between two vans! > > > It was a good thing I remembered the slightly unusual directions that came with the battery. I believe...
• Re: How To Make New Battery To Starter Cable for 2.1 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:53:15 -0500
  ...Jim Akiba On 12/12/07, Geza Polony <gezapolony@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > If your old cable is in reasonably good shape and you want...
• Re: Battery and alternator - generic auto electric
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:48:23 -0700
  ...an inductive amp meter - you hold it over the starter main battery cable to check how many amps the starter draws while cranking - 150ish...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:45:47 -0500
  ...They have to have big cables direct to the battery; a heavy switch that can switch them on and off under load without burning...
• Re: Relocating the battery to the rear of the van - ideas anyone???
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:46:21 -0800
  ...to move the main battery to the rear of the > van so there isn't 10 miles of cable to run all that current...
• Re: ADBQ
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2003 10:32:38 -0700
  Sure, that one big wire will work for starting, but only if the ground wire to the second battery is large already. The same...
• AW: Electrical/starter problem??
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kraewinkel
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 10:14:34 +0200
  Try to refasten your battery poles (i hope thats the right word) and your ground cable from engine to body. they are often corroded...
• Re: Fwd: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 12:57:34 -0600
  ...MechanicB reasoned that IF > > *** he got a correct-gauge battery cable, > > with connectors at each end and ran it under > > the car from the...
• Re: ground wire ohms
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:05:46 -0400
  ...Charging cable, alternator B+ to battery: 0.4 V. Main starter cable, starter locked, 20C: 0.5 V with caveats Starter control lead, switch...
• Re: holes in front wall of battery box.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 17 Jul 2016 22:16:09 -0300
  ...in the lower right-hand corner (next to where the battery ground cable bolts to the chassis. This hole looks like there may have...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:18:19 -0800
  I would look for a weak point in the wiring from the positive battery terminal. You could easily check for this by measuring the...
• Re: no STArt!!
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 00:15:54 +0100
  ...If this helps, simply fit a direct connection to the battery (or an appropriate feed - eg. the big fat RED cable on the starter...
• Alternator - Battery - jumpstart questions
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 13:42:31 -0400
  ...the camper battery under my seat? hook up the jumper cables from that battery to the engine one? the camper battery is almost new...
• Re: 100v -> 220v switch on fridge?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 18:20:04 -0500
  ...cables utility in providing power from outside. I've used it (with a short extension cord inside the van) to power a battery trickle...
• Alternator and grounds
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:39:09 -0700
  ...And if I feel enthusiastic, crawl under and see if I can do anything with the starter to battery cable, connection at starter. Alistair
• Re: Alternator blue wire
  Historical mailing list - Jason Guest
  Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:02:59 +0100
  There is a OXS sensor reset button on the speedometer cable junction box under the front of the van van that clicks when you...
• Re: starter interchange questions
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 11:34:45 -0400
  ...Main problem was a bad battery to ground cable. John Lauterbach Macon, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Jones" <SBWC919@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• High Speed Fan
  Historical mailing list - David Hally
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 08:49:39 -0700
  ...I have to disconnect the neg battery cable to shut it off. Th Bentley Manual says there is a fuse and relay behind the...
• Re: Hot start problem
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:13:52 -0500
  ...I replaced the cable that runs from the battery to the starter on my vanagon this summer (after replacing batter, starter, cleaning grounds, cleaning...
• Re: Hard start, added a ground wire
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 19 Jun 2021 21:32:44 -0600
  100% in Agreeance with that ~ I have never understood why VW chose to place a ground cable on the opposite end of the Trany...
• Re: Aux. Heater Problems
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:20:08 -0700
  ...tried putting 12 volts directly from the battery?? > Other thing is...should there be > a cable connected to the valve that turns the heat...
• Re: Auxiliary battery for 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:41:17 -0700
  ...Auxiliary battery for 89 Westy > > What size deep cycle battery do you recommend for the Auxiliary Battery? > Does anyone have have a "how to...
• Re: re:EV Fuel & Temp Gauges
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  27 May 97 21:41:29 EDT
  ...disconnect the ground cable from battery. 2. Remove the steering wheel. 3. Remove the cover from the instruments 4. from under the dash disconnect...
• Re: Canadian Tire "Xantrex" 1000w Inverter 1/2 price
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:38:17 -0500
  http://www.xantrex.com/web/id/837/docserve.asp Note that they want a #2 battery cable, not longer than 5 feet long to...
• Re: Super Horns
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:33:11 -0600
  ...You also need to upgrade the >> > path from the alternator to the battery cable. On the 86 and later vans >> > with AC there are...
• Re: 82 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 16 May 2011 19:35:31 -0700
  ...dead battery for whatever reason...so i tried > jumping it with another car and even when i hooked up cables to battery > ...nothing. �i...
• Re: Air Cooled Alternator (Was: aux battery draining primary)
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 29 May 2002 13:23:48 -0400
  ...aux battery >> draining primary) >> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> > >> >Put an ammeter across the neg. cable and the neg. post to >> see if any...
• Re: Recommendations for Aux battery hardware
  Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
  Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:34:33 -0700
  ...I have seen a battery box get badly beaten from a blown tire. Consider cable ends that take up less space. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message...
• Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 5 Nov 2014 14:30:19 -1000
  ...Battery cables have also been upgraded and are > very heavy duty. > > Bill >
• Update on my Trip to Canada, NH and back to Virginia
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:48:15 -0400
  ...Essentially, it acted like a dead battery. I've changed nothing. But I did get up under the van and fiddle with the grounding...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:44:37 -0500
  ...the battery, and added a new postive wire to srarter using new ends and shrink tube. I used heavy wire for postive cable and...
• WIERD SCIENCE
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:23:38 -0400
  ...I recently moved the battery from the engine compartment to under the rear seat. New heavy gauge battery cables, new battery, new belts etc...
• Re: proper battery fit
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Sep 2011 08:45:07 -0400
  ...With the hoses for gas and the cables, the battery is almost squeezed into the box. Now, there is a clamp. My understanding was...
• Re: Another Primary Battery Option
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:49:56 -0600
  I guess you have thought about putting the battery under the rear seat? there is room there for a larger battery and the cables...
• Re: Aux Battery in GL-Sure Power Instructions Needed
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 17:16:55 -0700
  The SurePower 1314/1315 just needs a cable to it from each battery positive post. I like #8 wire. There is room for the...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 08:33:12 -0500
  ...the > battery. I don't know if he has actually put one there. It would > mean a much smaller run of cable to the...
• Thanks and a "Service Bulletin"
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 07:16 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Disconnecting the battery ground, I took the cable off the alternator end so I could rerout it and temporarilly repair it with about five...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 08:07:45 -0700
  ...the > > battery. I don't know if he has actually put one there. It would > > mean a much smaller run of cable to the...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:52:06 -0500
  ...the battery. I >> don't know if he has actually put one there. It would mean a much smaller >> run of cable to the...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 12:00:29 -0700
  ...new battery, cleaned grounds, new ground strap at tranny, new starter bushing in clutch housing, replaced long cable from battery to starter. Starter symptoms...
• Re: Battery question
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 23:01:08 -0600
  ...using jumper cables between two vans! > > > It was a good thing I remembered the slightly unusual directions that came with the battery. I believe...
• Re: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 15:03:21 -0400
  ...MechanicB reasoned that IF > > *** he got a correct-gauge battery cable, > > with connectors at each end and ran it under > > the car from the...
• Re: My aux battery solution
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 21:39:02 -0700
  ...There is a place to attach a ground cable in the aux battery box. Be sure to use heavy 40 amp fuses on the...
• Winches, response blocked again!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Nov 2021 15:08:32 +0000
  ...The cable should be blanket for hard pulls. Need to know when cables, chains, or stretch straps are needed. A snapped cable can cause...