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• Re: Vanagon Fire Season
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 20:09:38 -0700
  Like a diesel vanagon positive battery cable rubbing on the oil filter for 5,000 miles. Zap, burnt a hole, caught the oil on...
• Re: Something wrong ...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 17:41:17 -0700
  ...There it transfers the charging voltage to the main battery cable and on to the battery. That is the 84 charging path, convoluted and...
• battery cables
  Historical mailing list - The Shaws
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 18:57:17 -0700
  Looked at all the usual online spots, I am looking for a positive battery cable for an 87 doka 2wd. Would they be the...
• Re: FW: URGENT: Stranded in Remote Area with disabled wife - please h elp!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:09:58 EDT
  ...Sit in driver's seat, turn key on, lean over and attach cable to battery to turn engine. When it starts, pull it off...
• Re: stupid question of the day . . .
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:36:09 -0400
  ...The isolator might be anywhere, but the main charging cable would go there instead of the passenger battery, and another cable return from it...
• Alternator Shot?
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 18:20:53 -0700
  ...Absolutely no battery left. Ground cable was hot when I touched it. This is a bosch battery only a year old. It does power...
• Re: Starters and batteries
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 1 Apr 2018 17:32:16 -0400
  If you *don't* pull it and you touch the battery cable (or your wrench when you're working on it) to ground you...
• Re: Input on Prestone jumpstart battery?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 22:59:24 -0500
  FWIW, I never go anywhere further than getting groceries without my Coleman generator with battery booster cables. $300 at Damark for a 850W unit...
• Battery connections
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 09:44:53 -0700
  ...Is this the relay that accompanies the "Auxilliary Battery" in those Bentley electrical diagrams? for "Auxilliary Battery" vehicles? Do I need only a + cable...
• Re: replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:05:14 -0700
  If you have a stock group 21 battery, an ordinary round cable will fit. At least it does in my '85 Westy, but I...
• Battery Charge Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 1 May 2006 14:23:18 -0700
  ...Took off the jumper cables, wiggled the battery connections, and suddenly it would start with just the starting battery. It looked like the smaller...
• Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:14:42 -0700
  ...I stopped at that retail giant we love/hate and bought a set of 8 gauge battery booster cables and a roll of solder...
• Re: I could use a little help
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Fri, 28 May 2010 17:37:48 -0600
  ...a very short 8 ga cable out of the battery box (+ only): > > http://members.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/Battery1.JPG > > Wire strands soldered for durability...
• Re: whats the quick fix for the starter cable?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 25 Jan 2003 18:03:37 -0800
  UWannaDeaL2 wrote: > What's the quick fix for the starter cable? > The cable (the thick one that goes to the battery) tore at the...
• Re: Battery venting, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 07:01:25 -0400
  ...Here's my setup: - 8 gauge cable from main battery under the floor up through a 1/2" grommetted hole in the auxillary battery...
• Re: [WetWesties] Really Dumb Question About Aux Batteries RESTATED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:18:26 -0400
  ...of fake battery posts out of brass on the lathe and soldered them onto the ends of a couple short battery cables I had...
• Re: Which battery terminal off first?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 16 May 2017 11:36:20 -0700
  ...But, when jumping a battery it's the opposite. Connect the positive cable to each battery first, then the negative cable. This minimizes sparking...
• Re: A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 13:22:30 -0400
  ...A starting battery to starter cable replacement story In a message dated 07/08/2010 3:18:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV...
• Re: Your method to fit grp 41 battery in box
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:48:48 -0400
  ...For years > I've always had a struggle when dropping the group 41 battery past the > pos-neg cables and have banged-up the...
• Main Positive battery Cable
  Historical mailing list - john
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:59:14 -0400
  ...s main cable replacement curing his problem, I've decided I want to change my main positive battery cable. The cable itself measures almost...
• Re: Advice on doing TD Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 4 May 2015 18:46:22 -0400
  With the TDI gear reduction starter that Overland supplies (utilizing a copy of my adaptor design btw), the stock battery location and cable should...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:05:19 -0400
  ...some life in that battery. > I believe it was a grounding issue mostly. > > If I run a new cable, it will be 4guage. This...
• Re: A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sat, 7 Aug 2010 15:52:11 -0400
  ...I put off replacing the battery to starter cable >> until last because my cable showed no corrosion or deterioration and >> because >> changing the cable...
• Re: ADBQ
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2003 11:25:51 -0700
  ...GL Campers, the auxiliary battery uses the >identical grounding method as the starting battery, >using the same battery ground cable assembly. > >Here is an...
• Re: Cold Start
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 11:57:33 MDT
  ...Then the negative cable on the donor car should be hooked to a good ground point away from the battery. Granted, the ground point...
• Re: Battery charging question... will this work?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 20:40:20 -0700
  ...If you happen to run down the main battery, use jumper cables to connect the good spare to the main battery, start the engine...
• Re: Second Battery Under Rear Seat
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 14:23:55 EST
  ...The other advantage of this set up is the cables used are battery size, a turn of the switch and the good battery will...
• Re: Battery connections
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:58:52 -0400
  ...Is this the relay that accompanies the "Auxilliary Battery" in those Bentley electrical diagrams? for "Auxilliary Battery" vehicles? Do I need only a + cable...
• Re: Starters and batteries
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sun, 1 Apr 2018 19:06:58 -0400
  ...I have the 2 battery GW > setup. I have 2 questions. Do I really need to pull the negative battery > cable before replacing the...
• Re: Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 15:09:10 -0700
  ...I had to fix this and > soon. > > As a test step I cut the giant battery clamp off one end of one > booster > cable...
• Re: Battery Problems- Slow Cranking
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 12 May 2010 11:43:35 -0600
  ...cannabalize a jumper cable set, using one of the 4 gauge wires and run it directly from the alternator hot post to the battery...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:44:13 -0500
  ...Why keep it? > I replace them with cables exclusively from 90 or 91 vans that had the dual > battery setup stock. > I test all...
• Re: Under Floor Battery Tray
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:32:08 -0700
  ...to disable the entire battery system, one of several levels of disabling I built into it. The ground cable: this photo was an 'unfinished...
• whats the quick fix for the starter cable?
  Historical mailing list - UWannaDeaL2
  Sat, 25 Jan 2003 18:55:04 -0500
  What's the quick fix for the starter cable? The cable (the thick one that goes to the battery) tore at the ferrule- right...
• Engine craqnks too slowly or won't crank - battery cable
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Engine craqnks too slowly or won't crank - battery cable
  July 31, 1987
  ...if you really want to go through all the hassle, run a large diameter wire/cable (about 8 or 6 gauge) from the battery...
• Re: Something wrong ...
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 17:15:05 -0700
  ...At the battery end the charging wire is the large battery cable from the starter to the battery. The large cable is the starting...
• Re: Second Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:45:57 -0400
  Are you suggesting that I split the cable that is currently connected to the starter battery and then connect the relay at that point...
• Wiring And Amperage Tips For 2nd Battery & Winching
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 21:54:19 -0400
  ...Others connect their 2nd battery with 8 gague or 6 gague cable, and I consider this too small as well. The factory cable is...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:53:28 -0600
  I used 4 gauge wire from a cannibalized jumper cable set and ran the wire thru the battery box vent tube. Bob On Sat...
• Re: Jump-Starting (ie: booster cables) and Fuel Injection
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 18:47:13 +0200
  Douglas Taylor wrote: > I recall dire warnings against battery boosting (and even battery charging) > the fuel injected Type III's and IV's that...
• Re: " you fixed it with what?!"
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:28:35 -0500
  ...One battery cable clamp had failed by rusting through (as the VW ones seem to do). I went back into the store, bought a...
• Charge battery but can't access it
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 15 Jul 2023 14:54:21 +0000
  ...onto the junction of big red cable at starter (I presume big red cable goes directly to starter battery) and charge battery that way?
• Re: Mystery battery drain solved!
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 10 May 2005 19:36:44 -0700
  ...I was suspecting something shorting under the dash, pushed around by the heater cable. On the night that I totaled the '85, the battery...
• replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - mike riley
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:38:58 -0400
  need a source for a replacement battery ground cable for a 85 westy. It is EXTREMELY tight in there and no room for a...
• Re: Weak Starting
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:10:43 -0500
  Cables from the battery. The ground strap is easy enough to replace as it right there in the battery compartment. The positive cable, however...
• Relocating the battery in an '84
  Historical mailing list - jfg69
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 16:14:20 -0500
  I am finding myself having to replace the positive battery cable on my 84 WBX. I was thinking it might be nice to mount...
• Re: Starters and batteries
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 31 Mar 2018 12:15:05 -0400
  ...I have the 2 battery GW setup. I have 2 questions. Do I really need to pull the negative battery cable before replacing the...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:51:46 -0700
  ...a sensible approach would be to maintain battery position and have cables attached for remote jumpstarting and charging. something like what Terry Kay sells...
• Re: alternator upgrade
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 07:55:33 EST
  ...The battery to starter cable is satisfactory, it has to handle the huge starter current. I have not investigated the battery to fuse block...
• Re: battery cable contact problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
  Wed, 19 May 1999 00:10:21 -0230
  ...check > Battery cable.. intermittent > Swaying.. to do > Rust.. to do > Ugly decals.. to be removed -- Work like you don't need money, Love like...
• Re: Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:24:58 -0400
  ...If your cable is dropping half a volt at 20 amps then the battery will only see 13.5 even though the alt is...
• Re: SURE POWER 1315
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:42:46 -0800
  ...Two #2 cables go from the aux battery through the 'hidden compartment then behind the fridge/sink/stove cabinet and up to the original...
• Re: 1991 digital clock
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:21:01 -0800
  ...and for getting charging voltagefrom Alternator to battery .. I added a fat wire in parrallel to the battery cable .. seems to work just fine...
• Starters and batteries
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 31 Mar 2018 11:02:43 -0400
  ...I have the 2 battery GW setup. I have 2 questions. Do I really need to pull the negative battery cable before replacing the...
• Re: Battery Removal on '85 Westy...
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Sat, 19 Aug 2000 14:30:00 -0500
  ...Now you can have a friend sit there and watch you take the battery out. The hardest part for me was the battery cable...
• Re: charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:01:54 -0500
  ...on my own 85 Adventurewagon I got at least a half volt more to the battery with redundant batt cables added. I don't...
• Re: Main Positive battery Cable now starter relay
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:39:54 -0400
  ...s main cable replacement curing his problem, >I've decided I want to change my main positive battery cable. > >The cable itself measures almost...
• Re: Charge battery but can't access it
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 15 Jul 2023 08:33:28 -0700
  hi Dennis, Alternatively could we use the Red cable at the alternator to charge the battery (with or without removing)? Because this is the...
• Re: Charging Second Battery
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Fri, 17 May 2002 10:38:20 -0400
  Connect the (-) terminal of the aux battery to the chassis, then run a cable between the positive terminals of the batteries. Tim Hannink Goldibox...
• charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:37:35 -0700
  ...on my own 85 Adventurewagon I got at least a half volt more to the battery with redundant batt cables added. I don't...