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o2 sensor wire
Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
Mon, 8 Apr 2002 23:35:47 -0400
Hey folks...There's often talk of the shielded cable on the newer multi wire O2 sensors, but is the same true for the...
Re: stereo speaker wire colors?
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:43:30 -0700
I wonder if your speaker wires aren't further downstream from the cables you describe... if nothing else there shouldn't be any bare...
Re: Tiico Conversion
Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
Thu, 30 Nov 2000 23:05:07 -0800
"Koloski, John G." wrote: "Remove the old 02 sensor wire from your old harness. Purchase a wire with ECU connectors from a dealer 000...
Stupid wire question...really... (temp 2 wire)
Historical mailing list - T Collins
Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:46:51 -0400
Hello List, Say that I found a wire to the Temp 2 sensor stripped of its shell, but that the wire looks intact to...
Re: Melted ground wire
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:25:06 -0400
> > The ground wire gets hot, melts the plastic > sleeve, touches the 86 (+) wire and short everything. > This is backwards. The ground wire from the...
coil wire on AC vanagon?
Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:46:53 -0400
Hello, According to the Bentley, California and Federal version air cooled Vanagons take different coil wires. The maximum resistance across the wire is 12...
Re: O2 Sensor - 3-wire vs 1-wire
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:59:16 -0500
the three wire has two wires for heater loop. this helps the sensor come up to temp quicker thus allowing the computer to use...
Ignition Coil Wire Routing
Historical mailing list - Dave Seasholtz
Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:04:25 -0500
Another question, I need to know what wires go to what terminals on the ignition coil on my 1982 air cooled westy. I have...
Re: Problem with cental locking system
Historical mailing list - Bob Wing
Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:11:00 -0400
...I spliced in new wires to relieve the stress at the point the wires pass through the grommet/ wire cover between the door and...
Fuel injection problems
Historical mailing list - Chuck Kuecker
Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:56:32 -0500
...The problem was a broken wire. There's two grey wires connected together, and another grey wire that plugs into the pair. This is...
Re: Aux Battery relay question
Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
Mon, 20 May 2002 15:45:29 -0400
Four wires should be connected to the relay - Terminal #86 should have a blue wire Terminal #85 should have a red/black wire Terminal...
OXY sensor Help!!
Historical mailing list - Erik Feddersen
Sat, 11 Dec 1999 15:07:53 -0500
...I wanted to solder the wires but the original wires won't take solder although the oxy sensor side will. Question, can I rewire...
All 25 wire cable not created equal (digitool)
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Thu, 17 May 2001 21:27:06 -0500
I found out why my ECU shorted out when I tried to run some round 25 wire shielded computer cable under the van so...
Electriclly FRIED WIRE HARNESS.
Historical mailing list
Sat, 18 Jan 1997 00:51:01 -0500
...It seems that one of the wires (red with white stripe) melted in the harness. The Cause of this from a arcing plug wire...
Re: Radio interferance and Intermittant Power Loss
Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
Thu, 3 Oct 2002 11:39:50 -0400
Didn't see the original post, but those two symptoms together are a 90% surety of a bad HT wire in the ignition. Replace...
Re: wire splicing
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Fri, 26 Sep 2003 22:23:35 -0400
Gerald, When I fixed my power window wires, I soldered a 3" piece of the most flexible wire I could find. The extra wire...
Re: Wire to A/C compressor, '85 Westy (Ahah!)
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Wed, 12 May 2004 11:48:47 -0400
I do believe I found the connector for the red wire. Bentley shows the connection as basically being a "T", so, I looked for...
Re: Oil pressure light
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:07:05 -0800
The wire coming from the oil pressure switch by the pulleys should be a brown wire. It comes up and meets with another brown...
'85 Westy rear Speaker Re-wiring
Historical mailing list - MMunn
Thu, 6 Feb 2003 21:09:45 -0800
I need to run new speaker wire to the rear (upper) cabinet of my '85 Westy. I thought I might try to simply "tie...
Re: Ignition Coil Wire Routing
Historical mailing list - Dave Seasholtz
Mon, 21 Feb 2000 14:56:53 -0500
Dave Seasholtz wrote: > Another question, I need to know what wires go to what terminals on the > ignition coil on my 1982 air cooled...
Oxygen Sensor Conversion Wiring
Historical mailing list - Larry Johnson
Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:03:54 -0500
Jere There are three wires. Cut off the plug and strip back the wire ends. The one with the stainless steel wire core is...
Re: shielded wire for oxygen sensor?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Wed, 21 May 2008 17:54:34 -0400
pickle vanagon wrote: > I'm planning on running a wire from my oxygen sensor up to the front of the > van for a air...
Re: [Fwd: common speaker wire to rear Vanagon speakers]
Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
Fri, 21 Jul 2000 17:49:01 -0700
I was just doing a radio install last week, perfect timing list!! Where do the rear speaker wires run? Is it along the drip...
Re: Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 20 Sep 2014 09:23:32 -0400
...Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal? Mobile CB coaxial wire? Image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73...
Re: Speaker wires ??
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:13:45 -0400
The three wire set up uses a common ground for both. All most all good stereo amps need 4 wires so you will have...
WTB Knarly Spark Plug Wire Set
Historical mailing list - mark keller
Sat, 18 Oct 1997 16:34:16 -0400
I have noticed a tendancy of my current wires to short when wet. I also heard a arcing spark the first time I washed...
Aux Battery relay question
Historical mailing list - dave bowers
Mon, 20 May 2002 11:58:38 -0700
...The 4 parameter all have wires attached: 1. blue wire 2. red/white wire 3. red/black wire 4. red wire The center pole...
oxygensensors.com
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Thu, 21 Mar 2002 15:39:31 -0500
Check the site, http://www.oxygensensors.com They have 2 models for the 2.1L engine, One is an Universal Oxygen Sensor (3 wires...
Re: anyone added a tach/digi clock cluster to a '85 Non-GL or Transporter????
Historical mailing list
Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:30:10 EST
...so i guess i just remove the green wire from #9 and add another green wire, or splice into the existing green wire? id...
How do I wire up backup lights?
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:33:14 -0400
...Is this outline below correct? (Backup)Black/Blue wire goes to supplied Green Wire with inline Fuse This connects to the white wire on...
Re: vanagon diesel questions (wires)
Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
Thu, 2 Jan 1997 20:18:53 -0800 (PST)
On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Brian Ratliff wrote: > > Wiring questions ...in the engine compartment ...4 small bluegreen/white wires > one is hooked to the...
Re: Metric to AWG wire size conversion chart
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:50:48 -0800
...As Harold pointed out the Bentley on page 97.4 says: "Wire Size/Color American Wire Gauge (awg) as shown, or metric cross section...
Re: Oxygen Sensor wires
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 4 Jul 2006 22:04:51 -0400
At 05:57 PM 7/4/2006 -0700, John Goubeaux wrote: >wires and one black one. Can I assume that the black wire is...
Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:06:27 -0500
Eric Fournier wrote: > > Hey Volks. > > Yup, black wire is the signal wire. > > At the risk of getting people's undies in a bunch, What...
help: confirm wire size...
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Tue, 29 Aug 2000 08:42:51 -0700
...Basically the wire sizes look to be: 2 wires 2.5mm from alternator to post in junction box at left front of engine compartment...
tune-up lite blue wire
Historical mailing list - , Dieter Thiessen
Wed, 2 Aug 2000 15:57:06 EDT
In the process of tuning my 84 GL this morning the lite blue wire that is outside the larger wire bundle attached to the...
Re: Electrical Math Check Please? (Westy Solar Panel)
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 06:06:47 -0700
...Romex wire uses solid conductors, which isn't good for applications where the wire must flex or will be exposed to vibration, as in...
Re: Generic O2 sensor installation
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Wed, 9 Nov 2005 21:35:47 -0500
> I am ready to install a new O2 sensor in my van, and it is a > Bosch single wire type. Can anyone tell me...
Re: Aircooled wireing...
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Tue, 23 Mar 2004 20:03:38 -0800
...The wire is also a little > bigger size than the small wires around there. It is a thick green, > short wire at the 3...
Re: A/C QUESTION ON 90 WESTY
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Tue, 3 Apr 2007 21:07:19 -0500
...The 2 wires on the harness are _probably_ a hot wire and a separate ground wire. The other possibility is that one of the...
re-wiring harness
Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
Sun, 1 Jul 2001 16:54:08 -0400
Has anyone replaced faulty wires in their wiring harness? I found that the end-to-end resistance of one of the fual injector wires...
problem splicing O2 sensor wires
Historical mailing list - Austin
Sun, 7 Jun 1998 22:55:58 -0700
Recently while splicing a generic 3-wire O2 sensor onto the stock loom I couldn't get the solder to 'wet out' on to...
4-wire O2 sensor swap...
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:58:33 -0700
...The 3-wire plugs are black and the 4-wire are white. (at least the ones I saw) Get enough harness wire with the...
'85 Westy Wiring question about the S9 fuse
Historical mailing list - Mike South
Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:27:37 -0600
Hi, I have been putting in an auxiliary battery kit and unfortunately I cut the wrong wire. I was supposed to cut the red...
Re: Desperate For Immediate Wiring Help
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:06:05 -0700
The black wire is the ignition power on from the key switch. It powered the coil and the ECU relay on the 2.1...
Re: Horns, improvements
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:34:54 -0400
At 06:22 PM 8/21/2013, Jim Felder wrote: >So, big 12v wire straight to the horn, big ground wire interrupted through >the...
NVC- Need Trailer Wiring Help!
Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
Fri, 1 Aug 2008 16:23:54 -0400
...Instructions say connect green wire to "red" wire, brown wire to the "2 black wires" Can somebody help me get this straight? My first...
Why am I not surprised? (charging wires)
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sat, 2 Sep 2006 08:42:27 -0400
...The charging wires on 1.9s are too small (bigger wires were used in later models) so I added wire straight from the alternator...
Wire routing
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Thu, 21 May 1998 19:55:31 -0700
I'm looking for anyone who has routed wires for fog lights (front and rear) and heavy guage wire from the battery to the...
Re: Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Sat, 20 Sep 2014 10:19:32 -0700
...Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal? My shielded wire from the O2 sensor to the ECU...that is badly aged...
Re: O2 Sensor - 3-wire vs 1-wire
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:31:00 -0800
Yes, I'm currently running a used single wire unit I saved a dozen years ago from some former customer's car. You probably...
ECU Wire Corrosion relative to Length and Load (and?)
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sun, 11 Feb 2018 18:13:28 -0800
...One #16 wire connects from ECU to the O2 wire shield then runs to ground (specifically the "Ground connection (shielding) in engine compartment wiring...
Re: The rear speaker ground.
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 15 Aug 2001 07:26:37 -0700
I used household two conductor wire and wired both speakers negative terminals with it. I've always heard that both speakers should be wired...
Re: Rear speakers
Historical mailing list
05 Aug 96 10:22:31 PDT
Depends on the installer on how the wires were routed. On one of my busses the PO snaked them around the edges of the...
The Mouse that ate our Vanagon
Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
Fri, 7 May 1999 09:01:55 -0400
...Which white wire goes to which post?!!! Out came the Bentley. Each wire was identified by checking continuity to the Idle Valve wires and...
<No subject>
Historical mailing list - (deleted)
95-10-10 10:44:51 EDT
>In your 'Grendel, Sunday III' lecture you mentioned replacing the horn wire. >John Muir says 'This wire is hell to replace' or something like...
CORRODED WIRE CONNECTORS
Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:41:31 -0500
...Each connects three wires together. One has 3 green wires which I think is T1h seen in the Bentley wiring diagram near the hall...
Re: Spark Plug Wire Recs
Historical mailing list - Jerry
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:32:56 -0500
I had a problem with Bosch (OEM) wires. I did not get very many miles out of the Bosch wires, less than 3K miles...
Re: temp II sensor (syncro)
Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:31:00 -0400
...The brown wire I am mentioning is a ground wire for the ECU (terminal 19, I think). This ground wire terminates either under the...
Re: [Fwd: common speaker wire to rear Vanagon speakers]
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:56:09 -0700
...Different wires and different color stripes. Was this a change that was made during production? regards, Todd '88 Westy Kent Tunks wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: common...