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  • Re: Where is the dust coming from?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Sun, 25 Jun 2023 09:00:54 -0500
    ...Must have a rubber grommet missing from around >> some wire through the firewall. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Jun 24, 2023, at 9...
  • 82 Westy for sale (again)
    Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
    Sat, 1 Dec 2001 09:53:20 -0800
    ...vacuum lines, fuel tank sender, vent lines & grommets, front brakes with hardware kits, fuel filter, plugs, wires, Pertronix, air filter. I have these & many...
  • Re: Rear hatch grommet update
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:38:35 -0400
    ...I found some round rubber pieces > > Grommets just for the holes no tube attached. I have some auto tubing > from > > wires that fits the...
  • Re: Aux Oil temp gauge wiring
    Historical mailing list - mike boland
    Mon, 1 Sep 2003 05:16:37 -0500
    ...I mentioned above. > >It's easy to find all these wires, sheaths and grommets from >the outside of your Vanagon by removing the upper...
  • Re: Storage Ideas..Was: Tool roll
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sun, 14 Nov 2010 08:18:25 -0800
    ...I used a 'fish wire' to get the electrical wires through the holes and found the rubber grommets at my local True Value Hardware...
  • 1991 vanagon - Auxiliary Battery wiring upgrade - completed project
    Historical mailing list - KevinPGilleran
    Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:57:00 -0800
    ...Drill holes on bottom side of both battery boxes and run wire over top of gas tank, add in rubber grommets and run flexible...
  • Re: Dual battery relay blowing fuses
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:25:18 -0800
    ...What do you mean "ignition side"? Exactly where are the control leads of your relay connected? With small wires and relay like these kits...
  • Re: emergency--gasoline leak
    Historical mailing list - Joe L.
    Sat, 27 May 2000 12:53:47 -0400
    ...Put the new grommets in the tank first, THEN put the plastic fittings into the grommets. If you put the grommets on the fittings...
  • No leaky, no smelly, gauge worky, me happy!
    Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
    Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:38:08 -0700
    ...I wiped the rubber grommets with a little bit of soapy water before I installed them and they popped right in to place. An...
  • Re: Aux Battery Wiring safe? - NEW TOPIC (I think)
    Historical mailing list - Antaki
    Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:56:28 -0700
    ...You may have to enlarge the holes the wire goes through. Also use grommets so the holes don't slice through. Lots of vibration...
  • Re: Westy screw caps
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Wed, 14 May 2003 09:40:08 -0400
    ...mechanism on the > wing windows, various stainless steel fittings, > grommets for passing electrical wires thru bodywork > bulkheads, etc.. > > Good reasons to shop local -- when...
  • Re: Water leak below dash
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sun, 30 Nov 2014 05:32:21 -0600
    ...If it occurs only while driving, I would suspect one or more of the rubber grommets that seal the passages for several wires and...
  • Front blower motor is in!
    Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
    Wed, 23 Oct 2002 03:09:45 +0000
    ...First there are 2 pegs at the bottom of the steering shaft going into rubber grommets. The pegs pulled out in the course of...
  • Re: New O2 Sensor now stuttering
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:54:51 -0700
    ...for conventional common type oxygen sensors there are only two styles ...single wire, and 3 wire. The 3 wire kind uses two of the...
  • Re: Aux battery
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
    Sat, 23 Apr 2005 04:48:17 -0700
    ...grommets. It probably would have been simpler to cut a channel in the cork-type insulation under the front carpeting for the wires. Good...
  • Re: extreme gas leak!
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 6 May 2010 15:37:50 -0700
    ...there are vent grommets on top of the fuel tank, and vent lines. they commonly leak, and when you top off the tank ....you...
  • Procedure on my 85 Westy tank reseal
    Historical mailing list - Scott Chapman
    Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:55:07 -0400
    Buy the two grommets for the top of the expansion tank as well as the replacment kit. I found in mine that those two...
  • Re: Vanagon Secirity
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:54:05 -0500
    ...mount the switch under the rear seat and you'd only need a couple feet of wire, run through one of the bulkhead grommets...
  • Re: Results - Tach installation & more questions
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 6 Sep 2003 15:11:18 -0700
    ...Run the new green wire under the van and come up through one of the wiring grommets behind the upper grill. The speedo cable...
  • Re: Aux. battery questions
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Sun, 9 Aug 1998 13:50:50 -0400
    At 05:43 PM 8/4/98 EDT, S Sittservl wrote: >(1) By what route have people run the wire from the starting >battery...
  • Re: Need replacement Vanagon antenna
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Mon, 5 Jun 2023 09:04:30 -0400
    ...Insert new antenna wire and then antenna into position. Have grommets and seals in place. Securely attach the new antenna wire to the end...
  • Re: Isolator, where to put it?
    Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
    Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:32:41 -0800
    ...grommets when routing through a bulkhead etc Install a small fuse panel for the accessories you run from the aux. battery. Route critical wires...
  • awnings cheap, leveling blocks and a Fan
    Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
    Sat, 24 Oct 1998 01:03:54 EDT
    ...I have little loops of wire on the ends that hook the ends of the drip rail for tension. Also, I use a third...
  • Re: Procedure on my 85 Westy tank reseal
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:56:06 -0700
    ...I found in mine that those two grommets were rather > shot and the rest of the grommets were in good shape. > > Buy clamps. Everyone...
  • Re: Isolator, where to put it?
    Historical mailing list - Mitch A.Miller
    Tue, 26 Jan 1999 12:01:13 -0800
    ...grommets when routing through a bulkhead etc > Install a small fuse panel for the accessories you run from the > aux. battery. > Route critical wires...
  • Re: Coolant bottle sensor leak?
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Fri, 7 Jul 2006 07:33:23 -0700
    ...The sensor can also leak through the conductors, which is evident if the wire connector is wet. Sealing the bottoms of the conductors (part...
  • New O2 Sensor now stuttering
    Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
    Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:32:07 +0000
    ...It is one of the supposed universal (Bosch) ones that you splice into the original wire harness. I wanted to replace the sensor just...
  • Re: Procedure on my 85 Westy tank reseal
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:19:11 -0700
    ...I found in mine that those two grommets were rather > shot and the rest of the grommets were in good shape. > > Buy clamps. Everyone...
  • Re: Flash Alert! Dual Battery Relay
    Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
    Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:49:32 -0800
    ...9) a couple of rubber grommets, for routing the large wire through sheet metal. My guess, total cost of all this maybe 50 to...
  • Re: Driving Lights Circuit
    Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
    Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:38:39 +0200
    ...Don�t forget the rubber grommets wherever you drill a hole and feed wire through - the insulation wear down quickly against the metal !! I...
  • Re: Dual battery relay blowing fuses
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
    Fri, 24 Mar 2006 04:30:40 -0800
    ...to the aux battery is limited by the guage of the wire used. I'd replace the fuse with a 12-volt 30-amp...
  • Re: New O2 Sensor now stuttering
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:01:25 -0700
    ...Maybe go over the wires carefully. It won't kill your motor to run without the O2 sensor but it will run full rich...
  • Re: Heading into hell (up 395) -- any last words of advice?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Sat, 7 Jul 2007 15:11:22 -0700
    ...Then run the wires up above the radiator through one of the large wiring grommets and to the instrument cluster area. Mark Michael Elliott...
  • Re: Procedure on my 85 Westy tank reseal
    Historical mailing list - Scott Chapman
    Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:43:01 -0400
    ...I found in mine that those two grommets were rather > shot and the rest of the grommets were in good shape. > > Buy clamps. Everyone...
  • Re: Need replacement Vanagon antenna
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Mon, 5 Jun 2023 08:09:05 -0500
    ...Insert new antenna wire and then antenna into position. > Have grommets and seals in place. > Securely attach the new antenna wire to the end...
  • Re: Flash Alert! Dual Battery Relay
    Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
    Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:48:18 -1000
    ...new relay in place. >9) a couple of rubber grommets, for routing the large wire > through sheet metal. > My guess, total cost of all...
  • Re: Seeing Red
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sat, 4 Jul 2020 18:30:10 -0700
    Hi, You connect the thin blue wire to the alternator? And connected to the right stud? If so l double check and check back...
  • Re: Need replacement Vanagon antenna
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Mon, 5 Jun 2023 10:18:04 -0700
    ...Insert new antenna wire and then antenna into position. > >> Have grommets and seals in place. > >> Securely attach the new antenna wire to the end...
  • Re: Need replacement Vanagon antenna
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Mon, 5 Jun 2023 09:11:59 -0400
    ...Insert new antenna wire and then antenna into position. >> Have grommets and seals in place. >> Securely attach the new antenna wire to the end...
  • Re: Procedure on my 85 Westy tank reseal
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:04:08 -0700
    ...I found in mine that those two grommets were rather > > shot and the rest of the grommets were in good shape. > > > > Buy clamps. Everyone...
  • Re: Headlight relay kits
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:46:53 -0500
    ...I bought an in-line type of fuse holder, 30 amp perhaps and enough hefty wire to reach from the battery to the headlite...
  • Re: fuel tank replacement
    Historical mailing list - alfred bagdan
    Tue, 7 Aug 2007 22:44:37 -0600
    ...In most cases, the three rubber grommets on top(one on the drivers side and two on the passenger side) need replacing, as they...
  • Dropping the fuel tank (longish)
    Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
    Wed, 3 May 2000 15:59:42 -0700
    ...The old, stiff rubber grommets made it too difficult. You may try dribbling a strong soapy water solution on them before you try pulling...
  • Re: Seeing Red
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Tue, 7 Jul 2020 10:04:34 -0600
    Bruce Just in case Dennis is busy doing other stuff & not able to respond soon > ReRead Denniss Post ~ The 3.5VDC on Blue Wire...
  • Re: tips needed for grommet install
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Thu, 18 May 2017 18:25:52 -0400
    ...the hatch on my 85 has two grommets. on the passenger side with the defroster wires the holes ar oval and the grommet ends...
  • Re: vanagon gas tank remove
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Wed, 05 Jun 1996 23:18:16 -0400
    ...one may come out of the grommets in the tank, deal with it later. Disconnect the wire to the sender and it twists out...
  • Re: Seeing Red
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Sun, 5 Jul 2020 13:41:51 -0700
    Voltage on blue wire disconnected from alternator with key on = 3.5 volts. Voltage at alternator engine idling - blue wire off or on - 11...
  • Re: Vanagon Woes
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 21 May 2010 14:30:37 -0500
    In three vanagons and over about 350K miles, no such broken wires. Jim On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Stephen Grisanti...
  • Re: Vanagon Woes
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Fri, 21 May 2010 15:29:48 -0500
    Never have had broken wires leading to the door. Of course, the only thing electrical in my door is the mirrors. ---- Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu...
  • 84 Wesfalia for Sale
    Historical mailing list - Monk Bill
    Sat, 29 Aug 1998 19:37:49 EDT
    ...EVERY fuel line and clamp was replaced (with fuel injection hose) New Fuel injectors New Fuel Rails New cap,rotor,plugs,wires and misc...
  • Re: Delay on charge/o2sensor indicators after starting..?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sun, 1 Jan 2017 18:33:15 -0800
    ...I don't know about your o2 sensor light wiring, but the alt light is fed so to speak by th blue wire from...
  • Re: Radiator replacement
    Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
    Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:36:21 -0400
    ...Label the wires that go to the fan, as you'll have to remove them. There are little washers under those bolts that hold...
  • Seeing Red
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Sat, 4 Jul 2020 17:47:38 -0700
    ...I also renewed all the grommets on the injectors and injector bracket. I also changed a small coolant hose - the upper most small elbow...
  • Re: Draining the gas tank
    Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
    Mon, 19 May 2008 21:05:08 -0700
    ...lower it some, you struggle with grommets and a vent hose, you undo the fuel level sender wire. then you lower it to the...
  • Re: radiator install
    Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
    Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:06:56 -0400
    ...Label the wires that go to the fan, as you'll have to remove them. There are little washers under those bolts that hold...
  • Re: New O2 Sensor now stuttering
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:50:57 -0500
    ...It is one of the supposed universal (Bosch) ones that you splice into the original wire harness. I wanted to replace the sensor just...
  • Re: Seeing Red
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Tue, 7 Jul 2020 12:12:14 -0700
    ...There does seem to be a draw on the blue wire though which requires more work on my end to locate and fix. Thanks...
  • Re: Removing/cleaning fuel tank
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Mon, 13 May 2002 00:40:29 -0700
    ...lower it down halfway, unplug the gauge sender wire, the vent lines and it's free. WHile the tank is out you now have...
  • Re: Seeing Red
    Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
    Wed, 8 Jul 2020 12:01:36 -0600
    Hi, The blue wire also triggers the fridge relay in (at least) a late model (1991) Westy. That area could easily be a problem...
  • Re: New O2 Sensor now stuttering
    Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
    Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:01:58 +0000
    ...Is it possible I just didn't put enough oomph connecting the signal wire the first time? I got one of those black friday...