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• High performance distributor, rotor, wires ALSO relocating the coil
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 3 May 2002 21:58:28 -0400
  ...What is the best distributor, rotor, & wires I can buy to replace my existing ones (80 Air cooled)? Also, has anyone ever moved their...
• Surepower 1315 Wiring;
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:53:53 -0700
  Hi All, Can anyone give me a heads up On how you wired up your 1315? I notice there is reference to a boost...
• Re: Brake Light Troubleshooting Tips?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 8 Jun 2014 16:41:29 -0700
  ...Pull the wires off the switches and jump the pairs with wire or paperclips (ignition on) to see if your brake lights work. Jumping...
• Re: Refridgerator Relay Wiring Confusion
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 12:34:19 -0700
  Jay, Your answers are embedded below: >There apprears to be some confusion as to the wire sizes feeding the >refridgerator relay. In my '85...
• Re: [T2] 84 Westy speaker wiring?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:26:57 -0700
  On an 84 westy, the front door speakers use a 2 wire "zip cord". One wire is brown, the other is brown with red...
• help [please?]
  Historical mailing list - Sideshow Bob
  Wed, 3 May 1995 22:46:18 -0400 (EDT)
  ...i checked that the wires from the switch [brn and brn/wht] actually go to the relay. i checked that all three wires are...
• '87 Westie 2nd Battery
  Historical mailing list - Gordon Taylor
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 09:31:18 -0800
  ...From a cusory inspection of the battery well under the drivers seat, I can see one very thick black wire coming into the well...
• Re: Hookup of wire harness from van to trailer
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:00:44 -0500
  ...It's usually a little black box that has circuits inside to allow everything to go through 4 wires....It turns the multiple wires...
• Re: New Ground Wire for Rear Stereo - Part I
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:36:53 -0700
  ...I can't seen >to run a wire through the existing harness or around it. > >I have had one suggestion to run the wire...
• Re: Saphire XI Radio problems
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 11:53:43 -0500
  ...fuse) and the speaker wires, but >there's a thick blue wire that I can't figure. The antenna is the >ground, isn't...
• Re: Help-Temp sensor location?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:40:42 -0400
  ...Somebody find that wire a home please. Probably the coolant temp ground wire...there are two temp sensors mounted in the thermostat housing, one...
• Re: Horn Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
  Thu, 23 May 2002 16:18:04 -0700
  Replace the existing wire from relay to horn with a heavier gauge, at least 14 or maybe 12. Wire them in parallel. I.e...
• Re: Refrigerator FUBAR Followup
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 1 Sep 2002 13:52:56 -0700
  ...Don't feel bad as the RM182B has that wire exposed in a very vulnerable spot. The early Westys came with RM182A fridges which...
• Re: Original Battery Wire Gauge
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:36:48 -0800
  ...Saw some 1/0 gauge wire (pronounced one-ought, didn't know that), looks nice, but I think the original VW wire was fatter...
• will jumping the switch light up brake lights on 85?
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:50:00 -0400
  ...BTW what terminal # should the brake light wire be plugged in to on the RIGHT side light housing? The Bentley show a brown ground...
• Re: Coolant temp gauge sender location - 90 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:35:13 -0700
  ...Bentley says red/yellow wire and a brown (ground) wire goes to it, but I can't trace the wire past the T7a connector...
• Re: Soldered Connections
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 00:17:37 -0800
  ...Your examples of failing solders are not from a wire to >wire connection but a wire to a component / circuit board connection. If >you...
• Re: Loose coil wire
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 10:40:09 -0800
  ...air cooled needs a solid > core > coil wire (sets are normally shipped with a resistance coil wire even > though the rest of the set...
• Testing Front Door Power Lock Accuators??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 24 May 2002 23:57:19 +0200
  ...and on the passenger side, the red wire is indeed hot, so I used it to power the yellow wire, and Presto! The rear...
• Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 19:26:22 -0400
  ...The red/black wire is the starter motor signal wire, from circuit 50 of the starter switch, and this is where it joins with...
• Re: 1.9L spark plug wires; Bosch/Beru content
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:55:31 -0800
  FWIW, I've been running the Mexican made Bosch wires (09272) with post style connections on both the coil and distributor cap in my...
• Re: Instrument cluster light issues
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Tue, 18 May 2021 08:31:27 -0400
  ...I just replaced the two wires. No fuses are popping and no >>> wires are melting luckily. A couple wires were ever so slightly damaged...
• Re: Fuel pump relay cutout switch
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:32:37 -0500
  And, all a "Knowing" person would have to do is pull the wires and put the original connectors back together, too. That's assuming...
• Re: Where can this wire be found?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 26 May 2011 13:51:05 -0700
  ...Where can this wire be found? > > > > On the watercooled 1.9L ('83, 84) vanagon, can the oil pressure switch > > wire (blue with black stripe...
• The wire harness becomes brittle
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sat, 3 Feb 2007 13:18:59 -0800
  So I have had number of issues with my wire harness recently & found a younger harness that is not so brittle so first I...
• Re: wiring a dome light, in back of westy
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Tue, 14 May 2002 07:23:12 -0700
  Dave, I'd snake a run of 16GA wire forward to the kitchen light. Very easy to get the wire there .... left side of...
• Re: Westy Tap
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 23 May 2022 08:38:44 -0400
  ...Just leave the original wire connected in the tight space and use the old pump wire as a extension. Then connect the new pump...
• Re: It Begins!!!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 11:21:09 -0700
  You can be a butcher and cut the wires or you can be a pro and release the metal pins unharmed from the plastic...
• Re: Tach rewiring
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:23:43 -0500
  ...If you didn't have a tach originally, the green wire for the factory tach travels about 2 feet from the wire harness on...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:33:38 -0700
  image of what I referred to earlier (of my '88 Westy O2 wire): https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/5738123825439447761#5748856721901671282 On 6/23/16...
• Re: Headlights not working (?) --> FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 10 Dec 2000 17:00:08 -0800
  > Bingo! > I think it's fixed... > The two ground wires coming from the headlights had fused together > because they had > been squeezed together into...
• Oil pressure LED update
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 05:54:36 -0800
  ...This was being picked up by the oil pressure wire and was being radiated into the driver chip in the instrument cluster and causing...
• Another 2nd battery issue/question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:24:51 -0600
  OK, folks who wrote and asked me for a diagram of how I wired up my second battery using a relay, don't follow...
• 2.1L WBX intake plug question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:56:48 -0400
  ...the single wire on the back of the thermostat housing? I have a blue plug, but no wire to go to the brass nipple...
• Re: Fuel pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 09:29:21 -0800
  ...the wires at the power steering pump switch - I had the same short but luckily escape damage... please redo and seal those wires real...
• p/s wiring
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 23:21:18 EDT
  Can anyone help me find the wire that should be attached to the top half for the power steering switch? This is the wire...
• Wire Wheels..
  Historical mailing list - REA
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 20:46:52 -0500
  I've checked the archives and found lots of info on aftermarket wheels but nothing on wire wheels. Has anyone tried this on a...
• Re: Upgrading Digijet to 3-Wire O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 13 May 2003 17:23:35 -0700
  So how do you get the digijet system to fire up the "hot" wires on the 3-wire sensor? Thanks, -Damon --- Dennis Haynes <dhaynes...
• Re: Help:Little blue wire on alternator????89 Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 14 Dec 2003 13:04:39 EST
  In a message dated 12/14/03 11:30:53 AM, urlauber10@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << this blue wire is cut/broken off at the...
• Re: Headlight relay setup not working in 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Fri, 7 May 2004 14:28:00 -0400
  Thanks to several members who explained where to find the wires -- inside a black plastic sheath on the light-switch-side of the steering...
• Re: Using O2 sensor for fuel mix adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 12:47:38 -0700
  ...Which kind should I use? I can easily get one-wire, > three-wire and four-wire sensors. I suppose the ones with three or...
• Re: Sparkplug wire question
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 23:52:56 -0400
  ...Sparkplug wire question > > Have any of you had the situation where you needed to replace a set of > wires only because the wire to...
• Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 14:54:41 -0400
  ...I'm assuming the two wire connector in the relay box is the one with a brown and a green/yellow wire. I disconnected...
• Re: ignition coil: mystery connector
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:26:18 -0400
  That white wire should go to the "-" of the coil. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
• Re: Batt is 100% - no crank/starter doesn't turn
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Jenkins
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:38:47 -0500
  ...Is the mo-mo locked up?I think there are 3 wires on the solonoid.You may need a Bently to decide which wire...
• fridge questions
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 4 Mar 97 23:00:44 EST
  ...These red wires are, of course, live. Then there's a white wire which connects to a brown wire, and I haven't determined...
• Results - Tach installation & more questions
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Sat, 6 Sep 2003 16:55:27 -0400
  ...The 85 is wired correctly for the Tach, just swap the entire instrument cluster... I have no wire from the coil to the tach...
• ignition coil: mystery connector
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:30:23 -0400
  ...Now, I've got an extra wire. There's a big plastic female spade connector block (green wire) that was attached to two of...
• Re: '81 Westy power from key
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Mon, 24 Mar 1997 16:23:44 -0500
  >I was replacing the (broken) stereo on the '81 I got recently, and I >noticed that the wire the PO ran to the stereo...
• Re: Temp wire problems
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:24:25 -0500
  ...a red wire with two female connections..? What kind of a sender do I need to get for mine that part of is evidently...
• Engine electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Roy Warner
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 07:36:54 -0800
  I have an 87 westie with spark misses at the coil wire. I connected my timing light to the coil wire and noticed a...
• Re: Wire routing
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 21 May 1998 23:08:25 CDT
  On Thu, 21 May 1998 19:55:31 -0700 you said: >I'm looking for anyone who has routed wires for fog lights (front...
• Re: Radiator Fan B+ Wire Routing
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 13 Aug 2017 12:33:15 -0700
  ...I would route the wire at the "edge" of the carpet like the kitchen supply wire is done but I see your point; physical...
• Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery! (UPDATE!)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 8 Jul 2015 10:51:41 -0700
  ...To do so, a new + wire from the vehicle charging system would have to be installed. Most would connect a wire from the starter...
• Generic Wiring of Bosch O2 Sensor/ Cat implode
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:24:05 -0500
  ...Going from the Haltech wiring diagram, they have a wire carrying the 13.8v, a ground, and the O2 sensor wire. The new Bosch...
• Re: Ground Stars
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 15:20:01 -0700
  ...I would at least move the headlight ground wires there to closer to the headlights. That helps anyway. if I had too many wires...
• Re: Alternator blue wire
  Historical mailing list - Jason Guest
  Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:02:59 +0100
  ...alt wire > issue, right? > But never mind the wire, there is no power to the spade terminal on the > alternator that blue wire attaches...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:57:28 -0800
  Thanks Bruce, I haven't changed the ignition wires yet; just thought about it as I was driving today. I will check for a...
• Re: Where do the Big Wires Go?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 00:54:31 -0800
  >Can anyone tell me from memory the routing of the big + wire that comes off the battery? See page 97.8 through 97.9a...
• Me too: Re: [Syncro] Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 12:48:14 -0600
  ...Since the lamps will each be wired separately from the relays, I am assuming that I can use the following wire gauges: 8 awg...