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orphan wire behind fuse panel
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:10:42 -0700
IN my '88 Westy, behind the fuse panel, is a single blue/green wire with a white, kind of square nylon female connector on...
Re: Vanagon Syndrome Fix: 10 Volt Capacitor OK?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:46:55 -0400
At 12:55 PM 6/12/2012, neil n wrote: >cap to them or use a wire stripper to pull back wire casing to...
Re: I could use a little help
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:02:53 -0700
The stock wbx starter to battery cable is 12 feet long! They doubled the wire diameter for 2.1 models, with a slightly stronger...
Wire identification request
Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
Thu, 8 May 2003 23:08:50 -0700
Can anyone help me identify the small gauge yellow wire that appears to emerge from and return to a large bundle right above the...
Re: Father's Day - New Radio/MP3 - front panel removable
Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:15:02 EDT
The existing wiring may be the factory 3-wire, with a common ground wire for both rear speakers. Modern amps don't like that...
Re: Tips on running Speaker Wire to the Back speakers of a 86 Westy?
Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
Thu, 23 Mar 2000 14:33:54 -0800
...I had to wire the "remote" (tells the amp to turn on) to the power antenna wire on the deck. Those wires come down...
Re: Update on AFM testing procedure
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Sat, 5 Jul 2014 10:42:42 -1000
the ecu doesn't read the temperature of the wires in the MAF sensor. it reads the change of resistance that occurs as more...
Re: '85 Westy Wiring question about the S9 fuse
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:30:20 -0500
...Is it a doubled wire (i.e. two wires crimped into one terminal)? That would suggest, but not prove, it's a factory wire...
Re: Horn death by meddling
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sat, 21 Sep 2013 19:05:30 -0600
What result do you get with the 12V Wire connected to where it was originally on the Horn & then with a piece of #14...
Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:53:38 -0500
...What are they used for? Might one of these work for my wire. The wire connects to the supply side of the relay - or...
O2 Sensors
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Mon, 5 Mar 2001 19:44:57 -0800
I had a Bosch generic three wire O2 sensor go bad after it was a month old. The Bosch representative said it was the...
O2 Sensors
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Mon, 5 Mar 2001 19:44:57 -0800
I had a Bosch generic three wire O2 sensor go bad after it was a month old. The Bosch representative said it was the...
Hall Sender question
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Fri, 4 May 2007 13:23:04 -0400
...I took out and disassembled the dist., tried to repair the three wires, put it back in, and no start. There's no spark...
RE: Aux Battery
Historical mailing list - Wiesner Craig
26 Nov 1996 14:10:03 -0800
...I basically have only three wires to contend with: 1) Wire from the main battery + post to the back for charging 2) Wire from...
Re: Bus depot headlight upgrade "Vision Kit" for 1988 vanagon GL
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:05:47 -0400
...did you cut the wires into individual wires? Sounds like the designer of the kit doesn't want the headlight grounds served by double...
Engine died up date
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:02:17 -0700
...Jumped between black box pos distribution stud and alternator, no change I do have 12 at both the green wire side and black wire...
suspicious Wire
Historical mailing list - Mark Kazman
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 07:52:43 -0700
Hi All, I have an 81' air cooled vanagon with a suspicious wire that Ii can't seem to find out where it goes...
How is the fog light switch supposed to be wired?
Historical mailing list - Bob Busick
Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:28:13 -0400
...Here is how I ran the wires and the end result was that I blew a fuse. * I connected the wire bringing power from...
Re: How do I wire up backup lights?
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:18:02 -0400
...From the Black wire on the 1st Lamp housing I will run a coupler and a wire over to the 2nd Lamp Housing to...
Headlight wiring harnesses and voltage drops
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Wed, 20 Oct 1999 23:38:29 -0700
...How much would you want to be willing to pay to a "cut no wires" "plug and play" wiring harness like this? One wire...
Re: bad ground on radiator fan motor
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 13:52:37 -0700
That fan has a brown ground wire and you could splice into that wire with another #12 or #10 wire and screw the other...
Fwd: Rigging up spare Rear Defogger Switch to do other stuff
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 2 Apr 2020 09:06:29 -0400
...What Dennis said -- brown goes to ground and gray/blue (not blue/gray) goes to any gray/blue wire under the dash. That will...
Stereo wiring question
Historical mailing list - The Shaws
Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:56:07 -0800
...I have no battery (yet) to verify which wire is live and which is Ign switched on. Looked at my other 87 and saw...
Re: Batteries
Historical mailing list - bill
Sat, 23 Aug 1997 14:00:11 -0700
...A red wire with an in-line fuse (16 amp?) and a whith wire plugged into a blue wire. Are these for the second...
rear speaker wires
Historical mailing list - Rob & Lrae Winterkorn
Fri, 19 Nov 1999 13:27:43 -0600
After bypassing my amps, checking both speakers I have found too much resistance on my rear speaker wire. I get continuity so I don...
No-Fuel problem found
Historical mailing list - lauterba
Tue, 16 Sep 2003 01:03:18 -0400
...One of the wires leading to the coil was bundled with the wires to the injectors for cylinders 3 and 4. When I put...
question about alternator wires
Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:47:06 -0500
listies There are two wires that come from the alternator plug other then the larger ones for starter. One goes to the dash for...
Re: Another Dometic Question
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:32:44 -0700
...Does anyone know which way the wires should go to the fan to have it push air up through the fins? That is, which...
Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
Historical mailing list - Jerry
Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:41:30 -0600
...My 02 sensor wire is clean, does not interfere with the shielded section of the wire. I tested the wire per the Bentley and...
Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:39:10 -0500
Have cut back the wire off D15 til I got to some that wasn't heat damaged and jumped that to the wire off...
Re: Refrigerator and water pump circuits
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sun, 10 Nov 2013 07:00:22 -0500
...The red/black wire and blue wire can be disconnected. The re/black wire will have power in it so you will need to...
Re: cluster troubleshooting
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 6 Jun 2012 11:12:11 -0400
At 09:00 AM 6/6/2012, pickle vanagon wrote: >I'm getting some stranded 22awg wire in a bunch of different colors >(and...
Re: Testing Vanagon Headlight Switch
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:41:24 -0700
...Note that there is an > internal jumper in the switch to a second 30 terminal which supplies > another wire feeding the clock. That wire...
Re: 2.1l Spark plug wire routing
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 28 May 2010 10:52:06 -0500
Keep in mind that the voltage in the ignition wires is about 25,000 volts. That represents a lot of electrical pressure trying to...
Re: Antenna wires
Historical mailing list - Tim New
Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:00:00 -0800
The two wire have the same ends, one wire is black one is white. If I connect one of them to the radio I...
Wiring diagram needed for 67 Rusty
Historical mailing list
Sun, 30 Jun 96 06:55 CDT
...This wire is inside the original wire loom, too. <sigh> Unless you have the wrong wiring loom....or....the PO designed his own approach...
Re: Bus Depot auxillary battery hook up kit #1738-cant figure it out
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:40:49 -0400
I got the auxillary battery installed, without explosion.Hope it works ok.The hardest part was accepting the premise that 2 skinny wires are...
Re: blue wire
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 09:31:41 -0700
It sounds like the wire that should be on the G1 terminal on the back of your fuse panel. Have a look and see...
Re: Where do the Big Wires Go?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 8 Nov 2004 06:14:40 -0500
The large wire goes directly to the starter. The red/white wires go to the fuse box. For larger lighting loads, the wiring from...
Dash wiring help needed
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 16:39:10 -0700
...What most concerns me is trio of wires which were taped together. One wire is obviously Brown for ground. Another wire is Blue/Grey...
Re: External Wireless Amplifier
Historical mailing list - Aaron
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:39:25 -0700
If you are looking for something that works well with any platform (provided there is wireless nearby), you might look at a (non-usb...
Re: New iginition coil behavior
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:31:12 -0700
...if the pair of wires in > the large white plastic connector (at the 2 prongs post) are reversed, the > van cranks but won't...
Re: backup light wiring
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:03:40 -0600
...I put on my glasses and found the connector, yellow with one wire in, two wires out, black/blue. No continuity there, so I...
Ground for O2 Sensor?
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:29:00 -0400
...Does adding adding a ground to the O2 sensor make sense? How do the later three-wire systems work? One of the three wires...
Re: Another Fridge question
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 10 May 2004 20:32:51 -0500
That appears to be a ground wire connection. Look around and see if you find a brown wire that will reach it. Stan Wilder...
Re: unexplained power loss - help! & My EB Breakdown
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:38:25 -0400
...In order to get good connection at the coil, I had to wrap wire around the connector on the coil wire. I now have...
Westy wire chase
Historical mailing list - Richard Thorpe
Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:45:25 +0000
Where does the wire from your solar panel enter the van ?Richard90 Syncro Westy
Re: O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire?
Historical mailing list
Fri, 26 Jul 1996 12:14:00 -0500
...Is it possible/practicable to use a 1-wire to replace the 3-wire? >> Ignorantly Yours, >> Randy >The qualified answer is that either will...
Re: Headlight wiring harnesses and voltage drops
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Thu, 21 Oct 1999 07:15:13 -0400
Dave, I have solved this problem by keeping the wire runs short, running the grounds, right to the body, and running an individual wire...
Re: RE : sink pump mystery - 1981 westy
Historical mailing list - Steve Selin
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:35:56 -0400
...There are 5 wires to the panel. +12 volts comes in on the Orange wire +12 goes back out to the Pump on the...
Melted ground wire
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:47:46 -0700
hi all, Could ground (-) wires melt/burn under heavy load? I never heard about it or have seen one till now. I've seen...
Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:10:57 -0800
...If a 2' section of covered wire is not secured to the body, would vibrations cause excessive wire movement in that section? Neil. On...
Re: Fuel pump cutoff switch?
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:46:04 -0700
...The 14 pin connector of the instrument cluster has a green wire and a brown wire running to it. Run a wire from each...
Re: alternator question
Historical mailing list - neil N
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:44:48 -0800
...In the process, I broke a black wire on the rear of the > alternator. The broken wire leads to a little black box. Here...
Brake Light Troubleshooting Tips?
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Sun, 8 Jun 2014 12:15:44 -0700
...They believe the problem was due to a backup warning system that had been spliced into the left taillight wires (ground wire and reverse...
Re: Switched power for 84 vanagon radio
Historical mailing list - Keese, Brian W
Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:54:28 -0500
...Hook up the hot wire to one side of the switch, and the ignition switched wire to the other, then hook the radio power...
Re: Melted ground wire
Historical mailing list - Douglas Toomey
Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:56:37 +0000
I had a similar problem which was caused by poor mating of wires that caused unnecessary resistance and heating. I redid the mating using...
Re: Headlight upgrade issue
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:19:38 -0500
...I'll need to piggy back the Hot Red wire too, probably unless I > run an extra fused wire from the battery...which is...
Write Up: Westfalia Wire Chase
Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:17:43 -0500
I just posted an article on TexasVanagons.com explaining how I drilled in a small wire chase from my rear closet to my middle...
Re: Ignition electrical question
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 30 Oct 2000 08:56:25 -0500
Er...what pin on the panel connector? d At 06:29 10/28/2000, puzerewski wrote: >rigged a wire from #15 on the ignition...