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• Mystery Connector??
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 09:23:01 -0600
  ...A white nylon, roughly 'L' shaped connector with three wires, brown, gray & black, swung loose. I had been taped with electrical tape (a while...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Blinking Temp Light?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:18:17 EST
  ...The amount of leaking coolant can be very minor and hidden by the connector boot, but it only takes a little to cause a...
• AFM/FI research page is up
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 3 Jan 2007 14:57:28 -0800
  ...and/or parts! I am still looking for a connector for the ECU (the connector at the end of the harness). Anyone have one...
• Re: '84 power loss
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:24:56 -0500
  Jeff, There exists three funky/delicate wires on the bottom side of the distributor, leading out of the connector and into the body. After...
• Re: VW Radio connector
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:26:48 -0700
  ...Steven --- Zoltan Kuthy <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> wrote: > Hi guys, > I can't find in my archives where I should buy the > connector that fits...
• Re: A/C not blowing cold
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:58:06 -0400
  ...Black cap on schrader valve (like a tire valve) is the R12 style connector (it should have been replaced with the quick connect fittings...
• Re: Starting motor connector? Was loose tranny bolts.
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 10:56:43 -0700
  > While tightening up some tranny bolts I noticed a dangling black > electrical > connector at the end of a red and white wire. This wire...
• Re: How to deal with short ALT cable
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:36:28 -0500
  I agree 100% about good quality connectors. Unfortunately a lot of people pick up the cheap connector kits at Harbor Freight and everything in...
• Re: Weird, Funny, Electrical and Brake Light Switch Connector Failure; Questions and Pics
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:43:33 -0400
  ...Weird, Funny, Electrical and Brake Light Switch Connector Failure; Questions and Pics Hi all. For a while now, when working on dash, I assumed...
• Re: How to fix the digital clock?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:34:14 -0400
  ...Would that have anything to do with it? When you say PIN 5 on the panel connector are we talking about the thin wiring...
• Re: Installing an after market radio?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:02:38 -0700
  ...As a visual reference, a Red wire goes from a connector on T4 to connector #30 on the "Emerg Flshr SW" : the emergency flasher...
• Re: Strange clock display
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:18:45 -0800
  ...These connectors are round and each one can hold > many wires. Quite a few ground wirres attach to these two connectors. > These connections corrode...
• Re: two wire connectors...Proper polarity?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:26:37 -0400
  ...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: Urgent help: fried head light switch and connector
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 18:36:47 -0700
  ...Does anyone know where I might find a used > > switch and a connector? My Vanagon is a 1991 model. > >
• fog/aux lights installed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:31:45 -0800
  ...If i can find those connectors at some time I probably will use the factory wiring scheme, but with an additional relay to detour...
• Power Steering Pump Wiring Question?
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Fri, 2 Oct 1998 10:03:44 -0700
  ...I am concerned because it appears that the connectors may have been shorting against the exhaust manifold. I loosened the banjo fitting and rotated...
• How do I remove lower grill on my '84?
  Historical mailing list - Root, Tim
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 10:30:27 -0500
  ...It looks to me like plastic connectors holding it in. I tugged on it, but I don't want to break it. Anybody have...
• Ignition Coil Wire Routing
  Historical mailing list - Dave Seasholtz
  Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:04:25 -0500
  ...There are male spade connectors terminal #1 (negative -) and terminal #15 (positive +) on the coil. What wires go where? Thanks for the advice yesterday...
• Re: Headlights not working (?) --> FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 10 Dec 2000 17:00:08 -0800
  ...connector at the ground under the dash. > The two wires had formed a one-inch melted 'Y' shape coming from the > ground crimp connector...
• Horn Brush? in steering column?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Seitz
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:01:18 -0500
  ...I diagnosed my horn problem as a poor connection between the steering column electrical connector and the brass ring on the bottom of the...
• Re: Bentley Question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 15:08:46 -0500
  ...Are they depicting the same connector in both illustrations? If they are, >then I was on the correct connector when I introduced my short...
• Re: Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:05:12 -0400
  ...Since you had the 12 volt connector to the throttle switch, it is fried. Now, since the 12 volt connecter is going to the...
• Re: Headlight rewiring - BOSCH Connector P/N
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 13:02:38 +0200
  begin snipped -------- where did he get that connector thingee? looks like THE way to do the wiring. http://www.fishforms.com/vanagon/lights.cfm...
• Re: O2 sensor substitute
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:00:52 -0400
  It's because the connector is different. I got the one my FLAPS had onhand ... which meant I had to cut the connector off...
• Engine Misses
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 07:19:36 -0800
  ...In the Bentley on Page 28.30a there is a picture of the New style ignition cables connectors. Wouldn't you know it I...
• Re: Instrument cluster change
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 11:01:53 -0700
  >However, I have not found all the relationships between the old and the >new connectors. The closest thing I've found in the archives...
• Re: Is there such a too?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:57:27 -0800
  Perhaps this is a type of connector crimper that I don't know about. Any chance for a link to a Harbor F * S...
• Re: update on a/c fuse blowing
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 15 May 2007 23:55:35 -0400
  ...Check the connectors. If they aren't white, but instead are brownish, then you have a resistance problem in your connectors. Not too surprising...
• Re: "magic stuff: (was Re: [VANAGON] Dielectric grease)
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:02:36 -0900
  ...It > > sounds like it's what the doctor ordered for aging Vanagon electrical > > connectors. > > > > cheers, > > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:14 PM...
• Re: "magic stuff: (was Re: [VANAGON] Dielectric grease)
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:00:38 -0500
  ...It > > sounds like it's what the doctor ordered for aging Vanagon electrical > > connectors. > > > > cheers, > > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:14 PM...
• ELECTRICAL: need help diagnosing non-working brake/backup lights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 11 Oct 2014 09:43:09 -0500
  ...I have 12 between the center (crosswise) terminal on the connectors to the brake sensors and the pair (vertical) to either side. I have...
• Re: Mystery Connector??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 01:06:17 +0100
  snipped ------- A white nylon, roughly 'L' shaped connector with three wires, brown, gray & black, swung loose. I had been taped with electrical tape (a...
• More Westy Maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 22:46:22 -0400
  ...Check for power at the pump (well connector above the water tank.) No power. Check at connector before sink switch. Power. Hmmm. Take sink...
• Re: Reverse Lights not working - 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:42:35 -0400
  At 01:05 AM 9/28/2004 -0400, Kim Brennan wrote: >Replacements no longer use the same connector, so you'll have >to get...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:44:43 -0600
  ...Mark and Olrivrrat point me in the right direction... > > I took the white plastic connector out and used 2 wires with alligator clips and...
• Re: 1.9 automatic vanagon syndrome ??
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:26:17 -0500
  ...All other connector terminals should have 0 ohms resistance from one harness connector to its mate in the connector at the other end of...
• Re: Water Pump Project - Again
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 11 Oct 2015 18:27:19 -0500
  ...The wire exiting this connector is blue > and red?? > Didn't see the black and white but wasn't looking real hard.... > > Sent from...
• Got new starter - strange connections
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:05:55 -0400
  ...This new starter has that same double connector, but also has another spade connector at the bottom-front of the solenoid. Starter is identified...
• Idle problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 20:55:09 -0600
  ...The connections were the temp I and temp II by the thermostat (it's a 2.1, obviously) and the AFM cable connectors both...
• Re: 1985 westphalia --- electric water pump failure
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:14:39 -0700
  ...The pump has two spade connectors connecting into a clearish connector. Carefully unhook the pump wires from the connector. Useing your voltmeter or test...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome-What Exactly Is It?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 7 May 2003 21:17:58 -0500
  ...All other connector terminals should have 0 ohms resistance from one harness connector to its mate in the connector at the other end of...
• Need Vacuum hose connector part
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 09:56:39 -0400
  Hey folks, I discovered why my van wouldn't idle with the AC running--a step down connector for a vacuum hose has broken...
• Re: Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:31:08 -0600
  ...24.35 and 24.58. (I had previoulsy been confused and probably pulled the wrong connector when I didn't find the two usual...
• Re: trailer and lights
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:43:28 -0600
  One of the most common used connectors is the flat 4 connector. The euro wiring uses what is called 5 wire. You can buy...
• Re: Coolant temp gauge sender location - 90 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:56:45 -0700
  ...It has a round "t" shaped connector sticking out of it. The single red/yellow wore has a female .250" inch spade connector on...
• Re: in search of instrument cluster circuit diagram
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 05:23:01 -0400
  ...Maybe you have a late-in-the-year production 89? According to Bentley, terminal #14 on the 14-point instrument cluster connector is for...
• Re: Poor power until warm
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 17 Aug 2018 21:48:09 -0700
  then check the wiring/connector of the temp2 sensor... check the Oxygen sensor too..
• Re: Power Door Lock Actuators, Attributes
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 8 Feb 2016 21:35:30 -0800
  yes... just pull the door panel and unhook the connector at the actuator
• Re: Headlight swtich diagnostics?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:57:54 -0800
  ...There are a bunch and they are clustered >> together on a grounding "star" connector. Check each ground on these >> two connectors and clean them...
• Re: Yup, those are my symptoms! ... here's Joel's info
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 16:48:29 -0500
  ...All other connector terminals should have 0 ohms resistance from one harness connector to its mate in the connector at the other end of...
• Re: Cigarette Lighter
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 9 Apr 2014 10:07:58 -0700
  ...What year Vanagon again? There should be an OEM connector between wire from fuse box and various loads. Bentely shows connector having red wires...
• Re: Water tank pump replacement tips wanted
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 6 Jun 2014 15:46:53 -0400
  ...The pump wire goes through a > grommet in the top of the tank, which is why is has no connectors on it. > The connections...
• Re: hunting idle when cold,no,no, no,no, like this
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 9 Jul 1998 02:06:41 EDT
  ...If it doesnt, turn car off, unplug the two connectors going to idle stabalizer control unit, it's the black box on the left...
• Re: Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Norm - RoweBoat
  Fri, 23 Apr 2004 20:59:44 -0700
  ...Started right back up again, so apparently "problem solved." Now, can someone tell me what that connector is? Maybe it's something somebody suggested...
• Re: Burnt Wires!!-Please look and advise
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:55:59 -0500
  ...Replacement spade connectors don't "Have" to be 90� types of >> course. >> >> Mike >> > > > > -- > Michael in San Antonio > 91GL AT 'Gringo'
• Update: Rough idle problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:27:36 -0500
  ...It turns out the connector that I could not identify goes to the idle stabilization control unit as Mark D had pointed out in...
• Re: two wire connectors...Proper polarity?
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:05:07 -0700
  ...I usually use SAE connectors since thats what my van had from the > previous > > owner. > > > > I use the connector on the left of this...
• TIICO/OBD2 - Parts
  Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 14:00:30 -0500
  Listers, Has anyone out there succeeded in using an OBD2 scan tool on their tiico? I recently added the OBD2 connector to the ecu...
• Re: 88 Inst. Cluster in 85
  Historical mailing list - Michael Claire
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:50:54 -0800
  ...After carefully pulling out the connector on the back of the speedo, I bent the outermost pin (the ground according to Bentley) aside. The...
• Radiator Fan Swap
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:20:02 -0800
  ...When I got the old one out I was surprised to find that the old one has a 3 wire connector (R, BK/R...