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• Re: Where do jumper cables go on an 87 westy?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 01:00:09 EST
  ...cant get a good connection w/ the remote terminals..theyre too far away from the battery.. i dont even bother fastening the seat down...
• Battery acid in rollover/ was:Re: Bus Depot auxiliary battery hook up
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 17:14:32 EDT
  ...A quick snip of the positive battery cable saved further fire damage--I mean I think it did. And I'm not losing sleep...
• Testing for Battery Shorts
  Historical mailing list - Bill Prats
  Tue, 2 Sep 2008 08:48:42 -0700
  ...Charge the battery. Disconnect the battery cable. Measure the battery now and return 12 hours later and measure it again. The voltage should not...
• Re: 1990 Syncro GTI w/ Dead Battery
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:21:10 -0700
  ...Nothing, the battery was dead. Oh, #@$%! Luckily I was at a construction site and borrowed some jumper cables. (I had mine in the garage...
• Re: Dual Battery Installation Instructions on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:59:10 -0600
  ...A single jumper cable able to reach from the positive of one battery to the positive of the other battery would also provide jumping...
• Rebuilt alternator for my 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Apr 1997 18:33:32 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Wife hade the jumper cables with the Toyota, and didn't want to wait for AAA so it stole the battery out of the...
• Re: Timing light power source - confirmation
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 18:47:03 -0800
  ...distinct drawback that it doesn't have *12' of cable to get to >the battery!* Argh!!! I searched Gerry, found a bazillion slooooow >hits...
• 86 Westy cuts out sporadically, now won't start
  Historical mailing list - Helge Weissig
  Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:05:08 -0700
  ...Over the last few years I have been finding the battery completely drained in the morning after driving around a bit the previous day...
• Re: Looking for battery box lid for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:56:41 -0500
  ...cable when someone installs the fuse box feed bolt upside down. Yes the 10mm hex head is supposed to face down at the battery...
• Re: solar charge controller
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Wed, 18 Sep 2013 10:24:48 -0700
  ...battery types, or with a special cable it can be programmed via computer to > anything you want. It also has an optional remote battery...
• Re: CV Boots, accel & clutch cables
  Historical mailing list - john keith hopp
  Thu, 5 Jan 1995 09:55:22 -0700 (MST)
  ...get reeeeeeal nasty) and perhaps battery cables. Upgrade all engine compartment seals, check for/de-rust your battery tray (HVW had a clever suggestion...
• Re: Bad battery...after 12 years
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 7 May 2015 06:54:07 -0700
  ...battery before you > are stranded, right? (Oh, I guess if I was stranded I could have jumper > cabled house battery to starter battery). But...
• Re: Today's PUZZLER... SLWR-VAN won't start
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 12:16:12 -0700
  ...and the rotor - the battery is holding its charge (and hooking up the battery cables to another 12V battery doesn't change anything). I...
• Re: A Current Question
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:02:30 -0500
  ...by a starter >> motor drawing juice thru a dead battery jumped to a good battery. My >> Power >> Poles are rated at 50 amps and...
• Re: tarp clamps
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 12:20:20 -0500
  I have attached a tarp with those clamps similar to the clamps on a battery jumper cable. Takes more than two. Bill ----- Original Message...
• Re: A New Look In Jumper Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 9 Dec 2014 06:22:39 -0500
  ...Install larger cables on the generator right now I have 16 gauge wire to the ground and to the positive side of the starter...
• Re: Overhead Westy light
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:40:12 -0700
  ...My relay is mounted next to it and switches from starting battery to small gel cell house battery. The starter cable is not switched...
• Re: Starter: it's one or another
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:17:31 -0400
  ...high resistance in the starter motor > main current path, or weak starter battery. > > I am in agreement with David Beierl that fat copper cables...
• Re: How to Test Compression in Out-of-Vehicle Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 14:56:54 -0400
  ...Hook jumper cables up to your car or van's battery, ground the black jumper cable solidly to the testing engine block. You MUST...
• Re: Stutter and Low Batt
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 7 May 2010 15:44:58 -0700
  ...for an embellishment....make the cable to the # 2 batt battery cable size, and put a switch on the starting battery .. then you can...
• Re: Alternate to blocking diode
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Nov 1996 06:50:21 PST
  ...battery topped up. > >i just connected the leads of the charger right to the cable clamp >bolts, >ran the leads outside the battery box...
• Re: Spring startup
  Historical mailing list - 86 Westfalia
  Sat, 5 May 2001 11:43:23 -0300
  ...Before I left I threw into our pickup an extra battery, jumper cables and a few tools I needed for reconnecting the battery. *I...
• Re: [WetWesties] RE: Overnight Battery Drain
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:12:42 -0800
  ...in > series on your battery on either side (remove one battery cable, then go > battery cable to Multimeter to battery terminal) and see what...
• Re: starter wiring
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 11:39:51 -0500
  ...I > have checked the connections of the battery and the starter and the > wires are nice and tight. I figure either the battery is...
• Re: Good price on Optima Yellowtop Batteries w/ free delivery - where to put them?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 19:43:34 EST
  As I have often pointed out on the list, with my converted diesel, I mount a red top in the starter battery position and...
• Re: Dynamic Solar Panel
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:07:13 -0400
  ...Think forklift battery cable. Of course you > printer > does not need that much power so why buy that big an inverter? > > I think your...
• Re: A Current Question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:43:37 -0800
  ...On the other hand, if your starter battery is verklempt then you'll be wanting the power from your other battery to power the...
• Re: Battery Relay for Aux. Battery.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Nov 1996 14:10:24 +0200
  ...with 2 aught (spelling) cable. 2. The relay hookup presumed with this thing is to disable the drivers side battery when the vehicle is...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:41:20 -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: Batteries/Dual Installation
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 10:11:36 -0400
  > How much do I have to modify the compartment behind the driver's seat to >accomodate the battery? Also, do you have to "tie...
• Re: need a starter for my diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 08:12:11 -0800
  ...Is there anything > I should look out for? Plans are also to go to a number 2 cable for > the positive battery cable which...
• Re: Missing engine ground strap
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:12:46 EDT
  ...James, go to your FLAPS and get a 16" battery ground cable with the smallest diameter terminal ends, probably 3/8". Much better than...
• Re: Hot start problem
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:25:19 -0500
  ...Either the terminal 50 solenoid wire or the heavy cable is bad. There was a recent thread about the heavy positive cable to the...
• Re: WARNING: Lighting upgrade hazard
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 23:56:49 +0100
  ...Generally you would have all of your battery to relay cables fused in a "fusable link" perhaps hidden under the front seat or somewhere...
• Re: '88 Westy - moving starting battery rearward
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:07:49 -0800
  ...battery cooling. > > I'm more interested in the logistics of wiring this all up - I have a > decent supply of marine grade cable in...
• Re: 82 with hot start problem (long saga)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:10:48 -0800
  ...Test for these possible current drains by disconnecting the battery ground cable and connecting a test light between the cable end and and the...
• Re: Battery Location - Rear Behind RR Taillight
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:21:05 -0700
  ...It is also where the bay-window busses had their battery, so you probably could even use factory cables for a bay-window bus...
• Re: Second Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 12:38:34 -0400
  ...There's a *lot* of room there -- the starter battery could slide over under the deck easily with a bit longer cables, and then...
• Re: Recommendations for Aux battery hardware
  Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
  Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:33:21 -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: holes in front wall of battery box.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:45:52 -0400
  ...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: Charging Second Battery
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 08:43:54 -0800
  ...is that it requires a >a separate cable from the engine compartment to the >auxillary battery, and a minor alteration to the regulator. >Anyone...
• Re: Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 09:14:52 -1000
  ...Also, It not about the battery cable or > the large (6.0) Red wire connecting to the B+ alternator terminal. > > > Thanks, > > Ed >
• hot starter isues
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:39:41 -0400
  ...voltage/amperage on the positive battery cable connection to the starter? it is a LONG cable from battery to starter. is it a iffy...
• 78 VAN , ALSO 2 BARREL WEBER (NEW) FOR SALE
  Historical mailing list - Michael Beggs
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 01:19:23 +0500
  ...New stock Solex, NEW Bosch Generator,regulator, New Battery, chrome engine tin, new e-brake cables, NO middle Passenger seat,good tires, recent inspection...
• Re: Tips on running Speaker Wire to the Back speakers of a 86Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 03:21:37 +0100
  ...not too big), and it will have short cables, and be close to the battery for minimal loss of juice and more oomph! I...
• Re: Charging Second Battery
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 11:58:10 -0800
  ...In case the main battery is weak, one can use a short jump-start cable from one battery to the other. Also, either battery...
• Under-Sink Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Mon, 8 Aug 2011 23:02:36 -0700
  ...http://mira.sbw.org/photos/20110808/P1000392/ The battery cables pass through a hole I drilled into the former battery box, which is now...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:22:39 -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: charging aux battery: too much of a good thing?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:34:35 -0700
  ...I could slow down the charging rate by switching to longer and thinner battery cables but this would not drop the voltage much after...
• Re: Starter: it's one or another
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:41:25 -0700
  ...84's have a small battery cable ..upgraded in 86 to a near twice as fat one . that tells you something. I always run...
• Re: Starter: it's one or another
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:19:55 -0700
  ...high resistance in the starter motor >>main current path, or weak starter battery. >> >>I am in agreement with David Beierl that fat copper cables...
• Re: Van won't start
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 22:30:18 -0400
  ...I had cleaned up the battery end of the cables previously, and will clean the starter ends before putting new starter in tomorrow night...
• Re: ADBQ
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2003 10:08:58 -0700
  ...The old discussion of their use was for relay setups where the relay is controlled such that the second battery is disconnected unless the...
• Re: charging aux battery: too much of a good thing?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:24:22 -0700
  ...I could slow down the charging rate by switching to longer > and thinner battery cables but this would not drop the voltage much > after...
• Too cold, no start at Bus Brr
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:47:00 -0500
  ...My battery is about 2.5 years old. Put the charger on it for an hour, no help and jumper cables didn't help...
• Re: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 18:54:46 +0000
  ...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: 82 with hot start problem (long saga)
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:37:01 -0500
  ...82 with hot start problem (long saga) Bad ground cable or hot cable from the battery to the starter? Mike > From: Laura Olson <laura...
• Re: A New Look In Jumper Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 7 Dec 2014 14:47:40 -0800
  ...When I hooked the cables as per instructions It would not turn anything over it kept saying my polarity is backwards. As always red...
• Re: Internet access on the road
  Historical mailing list - Julian Burden
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 00:02:34 -0500
  ...Westy has an old battery under the drivers seat (we connect it to the main battery with jumper cables when driving, but that is...
• Re: Wheelchair Batteries vs GW Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Jul 2017 15:05:04 +0000
  ...When you really need that just use a jumper cable to connect the battery positive terminals. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...