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• Re: 2 Speed Cooling Fan?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 14:14:36 -0400
  ...wire, since it seems to affect both speeds) has broken in such a way that it loses contact when the connector is plugged in...
• Re: question about replacing temp 2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:24:53 -0800
  ...It does not matter the direction the sensor is > pointed. > > Top > O > ---- wire in connector > > I had it rotated the other way, but changed...
• Auxilliary Light in Engine Bay
  Historical mailing list - Ian Hallett
  Mon, 4 Dec 1995 09:27:41 +1100 (EST)
  ...From the two wide connectors, one wire (brown) goes to earth and the other (red with white stripe) appears to go to the voltage...
• AGAIN - heidelberg radio connectors wanted
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 21:28:56 -0400
  ...Anybody have the two connector plugs and about a foot of connecting wire? I'll pay $20.00.
• Oxygen Sensor Conversion Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Larry Johnson
  Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:03:54 -0500
  ...double OXS plug. BTW it is almost impossible to solder the stainless steel wire. I gave up and used a screw connector. Hope this...
• Wrap Up: Can't pass emissions
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:05:36 -0700
  ...Checked plug gap. >hadn't passed yet< 9. AFM 10. Plugs & wires. I repaired: 1. The electrical connector to the distributor. 2. The interference...
• Will bus run without insturment pod connected?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 21:19:02 EST
  ...there a problem with the "live" tach wire running to plug connector, if that plug/pin connector is attached to nothing. Could the "spark...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:15:17 -0700
  ...either 'bulkhead or wall socket' and wire plug .. or just female wire plug and male wire plug. I don't know how ( or why...
• Re: two wire connectors...Proper polarity?
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:05:07 -0700
  ...accepted way to wire those two wire universal connector plugs? > >> The ones are bullet connectors that are configured to only plug together > >> one way...
• Re: Engine died, ecu quick look
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 15:49:06 -0700
  ...a white plastic connector with 2 green wires to separate pins. Each green wire has a female spade that plugs onto a male spade...
• Re: anyone added a tach/digi clock cluster to a '85 Non-GL or Transporter????
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:02:45 -0800
  ...Is there a green wire to one of the round connectors and if so is it connected on both sides of the connector? Mark...
• Re: Go Westy tune up kit
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:20:56 -0700
  ...wires is there are resistor supressors on the connectors to the distributor cap as well as at the spark plug ends (Bosch 09272 wire...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:08:08 -0500
  ...The wires come from a connector plugged into the back of the heater fan switch. There is also a brown ground wire running over...
• Fuel injection problems
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Kuecker
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:56:32 -0500
  ...wires connected together, and another grey wire that plugs into the pair. This is next to a pair of green wires with yellow connectors...
• repost of message (replacing expansion tank, plus some wire questions) [long]
  Historical mailing list - The CiKaspers
  Sat, 5 May 2001 20:57:30 -0700
  ...all is well and good with those connectors, and my throttle valve switch. what is curious is the two fine white wires that *also...
• Re: Trouble with '85 1.9l wasserboxer in Europe
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 22 May 2008 12:47:58 -0600
  ...you need to check the simple things first.....plugs, plug wires, rotor, cap, timing. Then remove all grounds in engine compartment, clean and make...
• Re: Is the length of a Spark Plug wire critical?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:33:50 -0800
  ...The metal spark plug connectors provide the necessary resistance for this ignition system, not the length of the wire. Pulling off these connections is...
• Re: Broken Down - Alberta - Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:54:16 -0700
  And by "plugs" I meant "connectors" though you should check that all ignition wires are seated. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:52...
• Re: Need help with a 78 Bus
  Historical mailing list - jbclem
  Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:01:55 -0700
  Since no one has mentioned this....how about checking the spark plug wires and spark plug connectors. Look at the connectors real closely for...
• Re: tachometers
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 08:32:44 -0800
  ...There will be a whitish plastic connector plugged in to it. It should have either 1 or 2 green wires. If it has 2...
• Re: AC help (1987 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:58:59 -0500
  ...Which wire does this plug into? I don't see anything that looks like the correct connector. I've even tried tracing wires back...
• Re: lighting harness for trailer question
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 20 May 2002 10:58:17 -0700
  ...I then crimped some mail spade connectors to the end of the 15cm wire coming from this plug with some additional wires 'Y'ing...
• Re: Digifant Hall Sender Question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 21:08:53 -0700
  ...wires inside are now just > hanging limply out of the side of the distributor. > The three connectors are marked thusly on the plug: + 0...
• Re: identifying wires at the fuse panel?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Christensen
  Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:56:28 -0700
  ...plug it in. >> >> and I have a 10g (?) red wire that has both male and female insulated >> connectors daisy chained that isn't plugged...
• Re: Ground wire woes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 9 Aug 2004 08:34:18 -0500
  ...The only thing on the passenger side of the wire loom other than AFM plug, two injector plugs is some wires that go the...
• Long and Boring Report: Why my Vanagon conversion (Jetta) wouldn't start
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:44:43 -0700
  ...IIRC, it was the MAF plug. Possibly got #3 and #4 FI connectors swapped. Wires I had trouble with: basically, the connections to the...
• Re: Trailer wiring
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 21 Jun 2020 15:43:24 -0700
  ...I quadruple checked > everything as far as wire to wire that’s all good. I’m guessing the splice > connectors aren’t working or...
• Brake Light Switch: Push-on Connector Disintegrated. Corrode? Hi Watt Brake Lights?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:50:45 -0700
  ...During my first MC replacement, a little brake fluid got in plug. Over time, it corroded push-on connector. Later, pulling and pushing plug...
• Re: Wiring VDO Cylinder Head temp.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 22:13:31 -0400
  The wire going to the connector on the spark plug are two dissimilar metals. When heated, they will create a small voltage. This voltage...
• Re: alternator questions/ just bought a reman.alt..
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:58:08 -0700
  ...I plugged my blue wire to the blade connector to the farthest side blade on the alt, but the dummy light came on bright...
• Re: Ignition cutout on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:01:11 -0500
  ...Loose plug in the engine compartment, left side, front black box with round connectors, one of the round connectors had a loose wire. Check...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:05:11 -0800
  The wires come from a connector plugged into the back of the heater fan switch. There is also a brown ground wire running over...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:11:35 -0600
  ...or the plug. > > JFF > > > On Mar 5, 2008, at 5:05 PM, Mark Drillock wrote: > > The wires come from a connector plugged into the...
• Re: Loose coil wire
  Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 02:03:37 +0100
  Joseph, Check that the connector on the end of the wire is the same as the connector on the coil. There are two kinds...
• Re: Black wire by water tank...
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:00:48 -0400
  ...plugging in -- look carefully through clear cover), and the pump itself. Voltage testing, back-probe the pump connector for +12 on the blue wire...
• Re: Canadian Westfalia Shore Power Cord Warning
  Historical mailing list - James
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 22:42:46 -0500
  ...metal blade of the plug and melts the next connector along! Your advice, though, is right - check your connectors, plugs and outlets. And if...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:58:12 -0800
  ...The wires come from a connector plugged into the back of the heater fan switch. There is also a brown ground wire running over...
• Re: identifying wires at the fuse panel?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:10:50 -0800
  ...plug it in. >>> >>> and I have a 10g (?) red wire that has both male and female insulated >>> connectors daisy chained that isn't plugged...
• Re: [WetWesties] Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the Electrical Gurus
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:42:48 -0700
  ...About the only thing I can say > good about them is that most such cords/connectors have a fuse built into > the plug. But...
• power steering switch
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 3 Feb 2015 19:08:13 -0800
  ...is it OK to plug it in regardless which wire going to which connector? thanks in advance dan
• Re: Vanagon gl Headlights
  Historical mailing list - "Dave Bayer (by way of \"Carrington, Tom\" )"
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:13:18 -0400
  ...wire in the plug and short > the large connectors to get lights for the night. A regular blade fuse actually perfectly bridges those connectors...
• Re: What Is This Type Of Connector Called?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:52:12 -0600
  ...connector. They give you a pigtail to wire to the battery. I bought some extras at my local hardware and use one wired to...
• Re: Stupid wire question...really... (temp 2 wire)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:03:28 -0700
  ...Original wires ok at time of install. I even shrink wrapped them near the connector. But. I figure heat, unplugging/plugging in connector, caused...
• Re: Igntion coil failure
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:18:53 EDT
  ...could mean a new set of plug wires (the ones I sell from Bosch have brass connectors that will either clamp around the pins...
• Rough idle or misfiring during partial load
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Rough idle or misfiring during partial load
  July 15, 1987
  A rough idle or misfire during partial load could be caused by ignition sparks jumping from the plug wire connector to the noise suppresion...
• Rough idle or misfiring during partial load
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Rough idle or misfiring during partial load
  July 15, 1987
  A rough idle or misfire during partial load could be caused by ignition sparks jumping from the plug wire connector to the noise suppresion...
• ISV question
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 22:44:44 +0000
  ...jumpering the wires together instead of plugging them into eachother. seems someone told me of trouble with the box and connector heads. He said...
• Re: Replacement engine running rich, FILTHY RICH!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:26:42 -0400
  ...Their is a heavy (14 gauge) solid bright green wire that comes out of >the harness that I have no open connectors to plug...
• Re: Seeking Mark "Dr. Wires" Drillock
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:48:54 -0700
  ...Plug 6 goes to that connector. Plug 7 looks to me like the Temp 2 sensor wires. Not certain but VW uses matching blue...
• Re: http://members.aol.com/jmdavi/Headlights.html
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 19:58:40 -0800
  ...Randy's spade connectors it is an easy task to just cut off the 9004 plugs and splice the three wires at each of...
• Wiring VDO Cylinder Head temp.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 18:31:32 -0500
  ...There are two wires coning out of the sender into a connector, there is a connector that plugs into the sender connector and two...
• Oil Buzzer Problem Conclusions...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:03:37 -0400
  ...I think, while checking #3 plug I probably disturbed the two wire connector which connects the two oil sensor wires to the main wiring...
• Re: Looking for spark plug wire recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Thu, 1 Nov 2012 15:59:51 -0400
  ...com/vintage-vw-parts/tune-up-parts-ignition-wire-set/ignition-wire-set-w-oe-connectors-200998031-d-gr Hector On Thu, Nov 1...
• Re: Fridge on 12V [thread drifted a bit]
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 31 Aug 2014 06:49:09 -0700
  What I like about the Powerpoles is that the crimped connection between the appliance wire and the connector is buried inside the connector's...
• Re: trailer lights?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 19:26:21 -0800
  ...I used these plugs as extensions to the existing wires in the van by solding spade connectors to the ends of the wires. I...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:42:06 -0700
  ...connectror has two wires crimped in it - large white wire and a > smaller white wire with black stripe. > Plug this connector into the output...
• Re: engine crank but no start
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:48:30 -0700
  That plug has 2 wires. One wire carries all of the electricity used by the fuel injection system. The other wire comes from the...
• Re: [WetWesties] Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the Electrical Gurus
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:30:12 -0700
  ...About the only thing I can say good about them is that most such cords/connectors have a fuse built into the plug. But...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Ignition System
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:06:39 -0400
  ...This seems rather complex, considering that most vehicles use resistive wires and rubber boots/connectors on the plugs. So what would happen If I...
• Re: Does O2 sensor plug into green connector?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:48:26 -0500
  > Hi, > > Somehow I ended up with two female connectors - maybe there's supposed > to be some kind of adapter between the two? > > The Bentley...