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• Re: water tank pump problem
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:51:48 -0400
  ...Actually it's pretty easy to narrow this down to either a defective part or a bad wire/connection. After checking the fuse, disconnect...
• Stebro Stainless Steel Muffler News
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 30 Jul 1998 05:48:43 -0400
  ...This stems from the many connections of the Vanagon's exhaust system and the various ways various mechanics have installed previos pieces and I...
• headlights with relay setup are inop: Fixed!
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Mon, 22 Jul 2013 22:00:51 -0400
  ...Wrapped the connections up in some electrical tape until I can get some better insulated connections that I have used on some of the...
• Re: No idle when engine cold
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Fri, 24 Apr 2020 08:02:19 -0400
  "No vacuum leaks that I can see" The first thing I check on an older VW motor are the vacuum lines, at the connection...
• Re: ELECTRICAL: need help diagnosing non-working brake/backup lights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:32:50 -0500
  ...the Bentley shows a connection to the brake warning light which has the dual function of warning when the handbrake is on and, at...
• Re: Cold start issue
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 6 Jun 2011 10:50:25 -0700
  ...But certainly no harm to unplug/replug, exercise the > connection. And to get more information, before you do that wait > overnight then unplug the...
• Re: insulating connectors (was: dying battery/alternator)
  Historical mailing list - John Fleming
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 13:25:19 -0400
  ...Soldered the >connection. Brushed with "Scotch-Kote" (the official liquid tape). Covered with >heatshrink, and then coated with Scotch-Kote again. Very permanant. No...
• Water Tank Hose Connection
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 19:43:44 -0500
  O.K., so I had a little drip coming out of the connection into my fresh water tank after I R&Red the interior...
• Re: Horn
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:58:11 -0700
  Try cleaning the ground connection and checking the grounding through the steering column. 1 pull the horn button off and use a file to...
• Re: Both temp light and gauge not working
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 26 Mar 2017 09:53:24 -0400
  I would check the ribbon cable connection to the circuit board first. Steven 91 Westy On Mar 26, 2017 9:18 AM, "B Feddish...
• EV Piston Slap
  Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
  Tue, 7 Nov 1995 10:52:58 -0500
  ...the term "piston slap"? It has been mentioned several times in connection with the 2.5 litre 5-cylinder, and I would like a...
• diesel timing belt tool
  Historical mailing list - James Foust
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 22:45:04 -0500
  ...the timing belt tesioner/adjuster pulley? I don't have any connections to a Snap On or Mac dealer. Jamie Foust Des Moines, Iowa...
• Re: 85 will not start
  Historical mailing list - LeeAnn Medlock
  Mon, 28 May 2001 17:22:07 EDT
  ...My problem is just the connection between the battery, ignition, and the starter somewhere. I just don't know where. hmmm. maybe I will...
• 91 Westy in Florida
  Historical mailing list - Wilmer Pierson
  Wed, 30 Apr 2003 12:13:57 -0400
  ...I have no connection to it. Good luck. Go to traderonline auto trader and search 33408 zip code 200 miles for 91 vanagon or...
• Re: Door electrics problem: voltage drop
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 20 Feb 2005 10:58:46 -0600
  I took George's advice and found a ground and probed my way into a connection in the white wires of the pigtail. I...
• Re: [WetWesties] VW Campers and Kayaks
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 18:35:23 -0800
  ...The most solid connection is a rack that will attach directly to the metal rain gutter, but you can't pop the top without...
• Re: A/C O-rings
  Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
  Tue, 24 Sep 2019 21:02:42 -0500
  ...The connection that is bad is not on the back of the comp. but > between the lo press. return hose and curved pipe that...
• Rear wiper relay story
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:10:10 -0700
  ...I checked the linkage, the electrical connections at the motor, all good. Then this last winter it would stop working. If I reseated the...
• Fueling prob. Diagnosis help: resolution
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 11 Dec 2016 07:52:19 -0800
  ...those were also following "deluge-driving" sessions, but I didn't pick up on the connection to water in my gas tank until someone...
• Re: Steel fuel line adapter & curtain springs
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:31:41 -0700
  ...It's this plastic hose to rubber hose connection that pops off occasionally (this happened to me on my '84) and the connector does...
• Fuel circuit for a 77
  Historical mailing list - Dave Backe
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 18:39:31 -0600
  ...I wanted to check with the experts that I've got the right fuel 'circuit' ; that is, I've got all the connections in...
• Alternator not charging- Problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:36:38 -0500
  ...It turned out to be a bad connection at the panel terminal 11. This is part of the terminal that plugs into the cluster...
• Re: What is your screen resolution?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 18 Nov 2004 05:59:36 EST
  ...So i wonder about what screen resolution and connection speed most of you folks are using???? Benny Boy, running 800 x 600 on my...
• Re: Overhead Westy light
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:31:02 -0700
  ...The house battery is > connected to main battery by realy when ign on (as is the standard > practice) and the connection line is fused...
• Re: Parts and or help needed
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 12:38:13 -0400
  ...If the wire pulls out and loses connection, the engine dies. It did this once already, during tests... > > So, if someone has a van...
• Re: Van/squid connection...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sat, 19 May 2001 00:18:15 -0500
  ...Van/squid connection... > This is too wierd - ther aren't that many vanagons on the east coast, but > in Newport Rhode Island, there are...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:10:07 -0500
  ...The only permanent connection I can think of is to solder a lead to the outer housing, but I am afraid that even the...
• Re: Headlight upgrade questions
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 22:04:45 -0400
  ...The crimp connection was bad (high resistance) and was heating. > Ifirc, it was getting close to where it could have started a fire. The...
• Re: Where do I get a hose clamp removal tool?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 03:37:21 -0400
  ...Of the four plastic to rubber hose connections, two had spring clamps, two had screw type hose clamps. Of the four connections, two were...
• Re: Idle Stabilization parts Costs
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:23:37 -0600
  ...Bosch 0280 140 505 > (Siemens/VDO does not make). > > The Vanagon ISV uses a 025 906 457 A, has a 2 terminal connection on...
• Re: Alternator blue wire
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:52:28 -0400
  You won't see power at that connection until the alternator starts charging. At rest that connection provides a ground path (through the regulator...
• Re: audio tach
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 09 Apr 95 23:40:53 CDT
  ...triple check all your ground connections, and your battery connections. also you could go all-out and shield the distributor (like some of the...
• Re: For those of you awaiting your #@$%$ watertank fill outlets.
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:48:37 -0400
  ...Although I have not had any problems with the tank filler (which includes a one way flapper, very nice), the city water connection has...
• headlite problem
  Historical mailing list - aj
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:53:13 -0500
  ...I think my questions are 1) How do I check out the dash switch and its #56 connection? 2) what do I look for...
• Re: A Westy "Utility" question
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 27 May 2003 10:58:18 -0400
  ...A Westy "Utility" question On Mon, 26 May 2003, Tom Young wrote: > One of the black plastic covers for the utility connections has a...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 08:06:40 -0800
  ...Dielectric grease is a conductor, It enhances the electrical connection and > protects that connection from corrosion. Read the info on the container you > have...
• Advice on possible engine replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 10:50:22 -0400
  ...diesel - need VW diesel carrier bars and other off-the-shelf VW connection/engine pieces - need to change gearing on transmission unless you have...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Aug 2018 21:31:09 -0400
  > > The controller triggers when it's an open circuit between the sender lead > and ground.** > Oops, forgot my asterisks there. **Connection to any constant...
• Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 06:52:57 -0700
  ...The "jiggle the connections" technique seems to have worked for now. Thanks for the input all! Dan Sent from my iPhone >
• iffy headlight
  Historical mailing list - Dean Forshee
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:33:43 -0800
  ...to me "sounds like a ground problem." Anyway, what do I need to do to make that a secure connection? Appreciate the responses. -Dean.
• Re: engine install
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 21:48:14 -0700
  Stuart MacMillan wrote: > > Jeff Nelson wrote: > > I've just bought my RTV (blue) sealant for the trans-block connection > > and a tube of anti...
• Bentley - Page 24.24b -- Question
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 00:42:17 -0400
  ...In particular, reference is made to a T-Connection that has a 1.4 mm (0.055 inch) orifice. Does anyone have one of...
• Re: Glimpse of westy - Westy Sightings
  Historical mailing list - Franklin Wood
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 11:45:38 -0700
  ...I like the waving as it was a kind of a connection thing. Franklin in Seattle
• Re: Camper question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:48:38 -0700
  ...T he second distinctive difference is the location and configuration of the shore power connection, near the ground with attached an stowed cord on...
• Electical Connections
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 2 Aug 2006 12:07:07 -0700
  I found this article very interesting - I wish I could say helpful but I found it after I finished my last round of electrical...
• Re: [NVC] Free Satelite TV
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 16:50:58 -0500
  ...So you must have an internet connection. So, just as today isn't Friday, this isn't satellite TV.
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:21:13 -0800
  ...but I don't like this solution because (1) there is more resistance in this connection than a soldered connection (2) this connection is...
• Re: Diesel Coolant Hoses
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 17:37:31 -0700
  ...The PO > took the heater hose and stretched it to fit the head > connection, and it looks like it might be getting > ready to...
• Re: Three Items-O2 sensor running rich.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:42:24 -0500
  ...The plastic tower makes for a bad connection and corrosion at the crimp terminal makes things even worse. Repair this connection with a good...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 1 Apr 2014 10:01:05 -0400
  ...I'm using a Mocal sandwich plate with braided stainless lines and aircraft type connections. The cooler is shielded as to have max benefit...
• Re: source for solder-on quick disconnects
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 6 May 2012 21:55:24 -0400
  I agree with Michael but find that the barrel type connector, for which I have the tool, makes an adequate mechanical connection. Solder does...
• Re: A/C Fan Blower Switch
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:06:06 EDT
  ...Some of the connector plastic melted and interfered with the connection. I searched for a reason for the connector to overheat but could find...
• Help-Temp sensor location?
  Historical mailing list - Robin Davies
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:00:24 -0500
  ...I must have killed that connection, I have the Bentley. Tried track that mysterious brown wire - no luck. A poke around under the hatch...
• Re: temp gauge ques
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 21:42:51 -0700
  ...what is going on > here? my wire going into the temp sender, not the temp II, is not the best > connection, but it is...
• Re: Satisfaction Plus, & Installation Ease Of Stainless Coolant Pipes.
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:28:09 -0600
  ...The connection where the two pipes went together is silicone hose, and I used new to me double stainless silicone hose clamps at each...
• Re: WiFry NVC but camping related
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:26:29 -0400
  ...Go to START>SETTINGS>NETWORK connections. There you can enable/disable any Wireless Network Connections you have installed. MAC users, YMMV. - Ken Lewis http...
• Re: Houston, we have a problem.......!
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:51:25 -1000
  ...actually ..counting all light sockets and connectors and 'all that' ............there could be many electrical connection areas in your van needing a good eyeballing...
• Re: Water leak from faucet
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:43:17 -0800
  ...I notice > when I turn off > >the faucet that water dribbles out the city water hose > connection on the > >outside of my '84 Westy...
• Re: Notes on traveling, internet access and rv parks
  Historical mailing list - Richard Young
  Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:24:38 -0400
  ...The cell phone requires data connection for the GPS >> applications (most of them that is, at least one does not) to work. The >> answer...
• Re: "Rrrr, rrrrr, rrrr..skritch skritch...rrr rrr " (speedo noise?) Resolved
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 06:49:12 -0800
  ...I've removed that > connection and put a little lube on the cable end and tried to re-insert it > with a little help...