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• Re: Antenna Mount
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Thu, 23 Jan 1997 16:47:54 -0800
  ...The more points on the star the better the ground plane will be. I can't remember if you have to ground the antenna...
• Re: Wire Leaked it's smoke
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:36:55 -0400
  ...That would be an ECU failure or a short from the injector ground to chassis ground (the ECU fires the injectors by grounding them...
• Re: No instament lights
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 21:44:59 +0000
  ...I have removed the radio ground and still no lights on the dash. I have checked both wires comming out at the fuse and...
• Ground isolater for speaker wire
  Historical mailing list - Kent Tunks
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:41:02 -0700
  I was not aware that a ground isolater was available for a common speaker wire.What exactly does it do electronically?Also ,where can...
• Re: Engine quit at freeway speed, no re-start
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 07:12:57 -0700
  ...Could be a wire in the engine compartment got hot, insulation melted and shorted out against ground...or a ground wire broke in the...
• Re: Wiring color question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:45:03 -0700
  brown/white is for switched grounds? (i.e. for dome light) If the gauge is the same, if one is used in place of...
• Re: flooding digifant
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 08:33:18 -0800
  Earl, This may sound like a long shot but, check the big the big ground straps form engine and tranny to chassis. I have...
• Ham question: adding ground plane to Westy top?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 3 Nov 2004 05:15:13 -0800
  Any Vanagon Westy-driving hams mounted their antenna to your pop top? How did you provide a ground plane? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott...
• Re: ECU or O2 sensor ?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 27 May 2005 12:42:21 -0500
  ...The '85 has the shielded green wire and the shielding is grounded in the ECU connector. On mine the ground splice had corroded so...
• Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:10:53 -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: replacing elec. hookup
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  18 Sep 96 12:14:26 EDT
  ...In home wiring, the green wire is always ground, the white wire is always neutral, and the hot us usually red or black, but...
• Re: Engine Quits
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 08:29:23 EDT
  Bad grounds can play havock on a Vanagon engine. I would check the ground strap on the driver's side head for corrosion and...
• Re: towing a Automatic vanagon in neutral w/ drive wheels on the ground??
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 12 May 2002 22:05:57 -0500
  ...towing a Automatic vanagon in neutral w/ drive wheels on the ground?? has anyone towed a automatic vanagon in neutral w/ rear drive wheels...
• Re: Baffled
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:22:01 -0800
  Zoltan, those readings indicate a bad ground wire for the O2 sensor. This is a common problem and that is why the newer version...
• wiring problem update and plea for more help
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:24:03 -0700
  ...I have checked all the grounds at the ground stars/ spiders under the dash above the fuse panel. they all check out fine! I...
• Re: Headlight wiring for 80/100 bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 14 May 2010 23:46:36 -0700
  The best fix is to cut the ground wire and attach it to the body near the lights. Cutting two to five feet out...
• Help me read a wiring diagram
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:16:04 -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...
• 91 Westfalia ground points, battery charging amps
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 23:11:52 -0600
  ...I have been a lurker/occasional poster on this list and from my eavesdropping, it seems like there are the following ground points: - Engine...
• Re: Bad battery cable? 90 tintop -FiXED-
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:53:32 -0700
  ...If you can > measure voltage there you have a drop on the ground cable. It does > happen where the factory transmission ground cable looks...
• Re: New pop top Honda? - Ground ClearAnce
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 09:15:39 EDT
  In a message dated 9/1/04 8:50:25 AM, Greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA writes: << Ground clearance isn't always important... >> Greg, It is...
• Re: Strange no start problem - issue with fuel pump relay - input requested!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 08:21:22 -0700
  ...Remember that this is not true ground, but ground through a transistor inside the ECU, only when the ECU turns on the transistor. Mark...
• Re: Headlamp Relays - Lights Still Dim
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 02:06:20 -0700
  ...This is w/ out rewiring the ground. I also tested using a jumper wire going directly to the battery ground and the reading is...
• Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:50:01 -0400
  At 11:25 AM 6/24/2013, mark drillock wrote: >The parking brake switch uses only 1 wire and has a local ground via...
• Re: 84 Wasserboxer Coolant Level Light (U)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 07:07:29 +0000
  ...Also check all grounds leading to the panel, or supply an alternate ground to see if it helps. ============================== Shawn Wright, sw@smus.bc.ca...
• EV campers: ground clearance
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Dec 1996 15:38:51 -0800
  Several EV Winnebago Camper owners have mentioned in the past the problem with the low ground clearance of the LP and grey water valves...
• Re: O2 sensor wire replacement, '85
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 1 May 2008 16:47:21 -0400
  ...The shielded wire must only be grounded at ONE end (at the ECU end). If it's grounded at both ends it won't...
• Re: Subject: Starter Help!
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:53:11 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > The starter gets it's ground thru the mount but I agree with you. I > > added a ground cable to...
• Re: Speaker wires ??
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:10:02 -0500
  The ground would be run from the connection at the back of the radio, or its wiring harness, to the speaker. So the setup...
• Re: battery-inverter-charger-battery loop
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:15:55 -0400
  ...battery-inverter-charger-battery loop > > > > I plugged that into my inverter today and it said "open ground." > I opened > > the inverter, and the ground...
• Re: Ground clearance on 15 degree I4 install?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:40:22 -0700
  ...That's sure good news !~ by that calculation, no loss of ground clearance. In 2WD you can fudge the engine up a little too...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 8 Aug 2018 18:03:22 -0700
  Cluster ground comes through a pin on the harness plug. See Bentley, and check for any resistance to ground. You can carefully clean and...
• Re: Coil-itis
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 16 Aug 2015 17:53:13 -0700
  ...Good advice on the ground wires > which I have done some work with over the years...but i don't think bad > grounds would...
• Re: '71 Westy On Fire! (what went wrong?)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 18:39:29 -0700
  something grounded >out and suddenly there was a cloud of black smoke. I sat there stunned, and >then realized I had better put the...
• dash lights out when stereo not grounded?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:16:40 -0500
  I'm trying to decipher a strange ground issue: if I shift my (not original) tape deck so that it's not making contact...
• Re: 85 stereo wiring
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 2 Jan 2010 19:56:04 -0500
  ...red hot and brown ground? the speakers are labled already, cleaned this up In VWs solid brown is ground, any other color or stripe...
• Re: engine conversion experiences (long)
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 11:42:14 +0100
  ...Total ground clearence on a Syncro should be 13cm (5.2 inch) at a Syncro. Mark, please confirm this by measuring your ground clearence...
• Re: Strange no start problem - still having issues
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:36:53 -0700
  Zoran, the ECU only provides ground for one of the relays, that is the fuel pump relay. If you manually provide ground to pin...
• Re: Fridge- last problem before our trip.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 5 Jul 2013 18:26:30 -0400
  ...Check your voltages starting from the aux battery and going to the fridge and then to ground. Is your LED panel measuring the aux...
• Re: grounded ECU??
  Historical mailing list - Dave Richards
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 21:13:37 -0400
  Dave Sidote wrote: > > Hi Volks, > > Recently there was a post about making sure the ecu was grounded. I went > and looked at the ecu...
• Re: Disabling Oil Warning Buzzer - need advice
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:02:23 -0800
  ...You are right that various people have called it a ground pin and it absolutely is not. What it is really is the rpm...
• Re: Where's the other end of my broken ground strap?
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:55:41 +0000
  ...The other end of that ground strap is attached to > the cylinder head. This ground is extremely important as it helps to > provide a...
• Re: Re(2): Towing a Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Jan 1997 11:07:36 -0500 (EST)
  ...NEVER have a Syncro towed with 2 wheels off the ground. Either all of them ON the ground or all of them OFF the...
• Re: Ground for O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 15:27:33 EDT
  ...damage, this can weaken the ability for the heads to make ground. >> Robert, This must be another reason to use stainless steel fasteners on...
• Re: WOMBATS? Re: Anybody made a bull bar?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 01:33:48 -0400
  ...Ah, it's late here in the Eastern US...Wombats are more akin to groundhogs (woodchucks) of the US (though they are still marsupials...
• Re: Sputtering still !!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:42:25 -0600
  black smoke is runnig rich--I still say grounds. bad ground throws ECU into an open loop--ie--rich Subject: Re: Sputtering still !!!!! It...
• O2 sensor testing the wires...
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 17:29:22 +0000
  I've seen bad ground and shorted sensor wire mentioned in the references to the O2 sensor. How does one check these wires? VOM...
• Re: '97 VW Stereo Install
  Historical mailing list - Isaac Taylor
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:15:52 -0400
  ...The small brown/red is a switched ground (to ignition-controlled relay). I believe you can leave it out, and be always hot/always...
• Re: ground straps
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:36:25 +0200
  snipped ---- > > Is it ok to replace the braded ground straps with a batery like cable ? > >In perticular the one to the left of the...
• Aux. Battery Isolator Relay
  Historical mailing list - Mark Bowie
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 13:44:25 -0400
  ...Should I connect the ground terminal to ground or to termnial 86 of the refrigerator relay (which I believe goes to the alternator)? MTB
• Re: FWD:Thoughts from an Afghan-American
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:08:12 -0400
  AFAIK, in all of history, no ground force has ever succeeded in Afghanistan. The losses of a ground invasion would exceed your worse nightmares...
• Re: Conductive grease for connections???
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:51:01 -0700
  How about tin coating on the contact surface of the ground strap? Just melt a small pot of tin and dip the end of...
• Re: Ground wire woes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 9 Aug 2004 08:34:18 -0500
  ...They are injector grounds. The only thing on the passenger side of the wire loom other than AFM plug, two injector plugs is some...
• Re: new to list and '84 rich running solution (long)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 14:14:05 -0800
  There is a star ground on the driver side of the engine. There is another ground over there well hidden underneath and just forward...
• Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:04:46 -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: Ground of Oxygen sensor reading 10.6V
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 09:42:34 -0400
  ...That ground is also the ground reference for the O2 sensor. Yes the one that is connected to the base of the plastic oil...
• Re: Grounds
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 12 May 2001 19:53:00 -0700
  ...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: WTF turn signals?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:46:49 +0000
  Check the common ground behind the fuse box. Z On Wednesday, November 23, 2016 10:33 PM, thewestyman <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> wrote: Hi to...
• No Headlights or Turnsignals but Markers OK
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:32:40 -0700
  Dash headlight switch problem? Ground? (Which ones?!) Cunegonde has had an intermittent passenger lowbeam headlight outage. Highbeam worked on both sides. All marker lights...
• Ground Wire to Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gilbert
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:50:32 -0800
  ...Only question is, there is no drilled screw hole on this new disto for the brown ground wire. Has anyone experienced this? If so...
• Re: [NVC] Coffee brewing and cleanup
  Historical mailing list - Geordie Birch
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:43:19 -0700
  ...They added egg whites and shell to make the > grounds sink to the bottom. Back then, it tasted OK to me. I wouldn't...