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Re: Another D15 connector failure example- The fix!
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 28 Feb 2022 19:08:19 -0800
...Same for all >>>> the >>>>> wiring up most of the switches and even after the switches to the fuse >>>> box. >>>>> >>>>> Dennis >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Vanagon...
Westy reefer relay wiring -- the Red wire?
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:00:06 -0700
In the battery box under the driver's seat lives a relay -- shown on 97.32b, labeled "REFRIGERATOR 12-VOLT HEATER RELAY". There's...
color code for 1987 light blue Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - David Hines
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:57:11 -0700
...vanagon? My van is missing the color code sticker under the fuse box and there isn't any sticker under the seat. I am...
Re: ?? Power for stereo in my '86 Vanagon
Historical mailing list
Wed, 20 Mar 1996 20:23:26 -0500
...Locate the socket in the relay/ fuse box that gets power only with the key in the ignition. run a wire from that socket...
Re: '97 Furnace and Battery
Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
Fri, 20 Mar 1998 07:54:57 -0600
...I spent a lot of time trying to neutralize and clean up the acid in the battery box. The new battery I installed fixed...
Re: Instrument Panel Lights/ LED conversion.
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:16:21 -0700
...to power these, can > i splice into the headlight switch?...or do i go to > the fuse box, these LEDs use very little juice...
Re: indoor rain in a 90 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Thu, 13 Feb 2003 13:17:36 -0700
...the fuse box right above your foot!! tx, bmc :) Ben McCafferty ben@volkscafe.com Volks Cafe 1823 Soquel Avenue Santa Cruz, CA 95062 831...
Re: FS: power windows - possible retrofit??
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:16:06 -0800
...not all) of the electric wires to go to the > relays/fuse box. It came from a 1990 Carat. I do not > have the...
Re: Road Trip problems
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 4 Jun 2016 01:03:43 -0400
...This is controlled by a pressure switch on the AC that operates a relay on the fuse box. During hot weather especially with low...
Re: In-Dash Weather Band Radio?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Tue, 11 Jan 2000 03:40:47 EST
...I mounted my "box" in the empty battery box under and behind the drivers seat and hang the handset behind the driver's seat...
Re: Where's the coolant relay on a diesel vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:45:54 -0800
...I have to drop the fuse box and reach up from down there while looking down through the new hole. If your flashing still...
Re: 1991 digital clock
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 6 Mar 2013 15:58:57 -0800
...That fuse box 'works' ..but it's totally a mickey mouse thing compared to the later spade type fuse box that starts in 86...
Re: Where does Hella relay go?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:25:10 -0700
...do not > know where in the front fuse box this relay belongs. �I was pulling > out fuses and relays to to check the contacts...
Re: 758227.jpg
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:32:28 -0700
...like this relay kit over on the Samba.com, has the fuse box > holder's, and it sure looks like they are factory VW...
slight glow from oil press. light
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Mon, 26 Feb 2001 05:04:38 EST
...going (the DPO "fixed" the fuse box by adding a separate fuse for the wipers and a separate fuse for the defroster fan--from...
Re: Tip for slow cranking
Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
Tue, 4 Jun 2013 08:30:39 -0400
...PM, "Alistair Bell" <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: > >> Those hot feeds to fuse box often come off in the process when I pull the panel...
Re: 87 vanagon quit while driving
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:20:03 -0700
...Battery --> starter post --> positive post in junction box --> T2m connector (near fuse/relay panel) then to 30 of FP and Digifant relays. The incorrectly...
Re: Front Heater wiring *REVISITED*
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:06:40 -0500
...What fuse should the power source to the front blower come from? 2. When I used a random power source to test things all...
Now it's happened to me too.
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Mon, 24 May 1999 01:28:00 +0200
...Pulled into the first place I could get off the road, and starting to fickle around in the fuse box. Managed to put in...
Re: 12 V. Position Fridge problem
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:24:07 -0400
...Actually, check at the fuse box at bottom of driver's door pillar first, it's easier to get to. Remember that the 12v...
Re: Parts Needed
Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
Sat, 13 Apr 2002 21:29:10 -0700
...Grey Rear hatch Insert in Grey Late model Grey Captains Chairs Fuse box cover in black 4 alloy wheel hubcaps Alloy Wheel Lug Nuts...
Re: Map light needed
Historical mailing list - patrice b
Sun, 2 Jun 2002 02:36:35 -0700
...passenger, above the > glove box) that has shrunk with heat/age. It likes to fall out, pop its > fuse, and render me stereo-less...
Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:16:59 -0600
...Ground Cluster - under dash, left/driver side, > above fuse box. > push-on connectors become corroded/dirty > and fail to make consistent electrical contact. > > 2...
Re: PREPING FOR PAINT JOB ON 87 WESTY
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:03:01 -0800
...boxes just behind the drivers side door this is to accommodate a 12 volt plug to plug in the solar panel the controls fuse...
Re: Bad ground. WAS; Hmm. Headlights don't ...
Historical mailing list - Zolly
Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:38:42 -0800
...Now I'm looking in behind the fuse box on those >>crowns and they look quite nice but there is a very little corrosion...
Re: Relays
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 4 Apr 2015 16:11:47 -0400
...Same reason for false blowing of a fuse. 85/86 polarity is a convention, but unless there's a diode across the coil it...
Power window issues / Relay Clicking Sounds
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:12:21 -0400
...I had a friend who is a mechanic look at it, he ran an power line to the switch from the fuse box. It...
>Longish< (F) Power for the Masses - or - how to wire a vanagon to survive farm camping
Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
Fri, 26 May 2000 09:44:48 -0500
...box. I then installed a dune buggy type fuse block, the kind where one side is all bussed together and there are 8 fused...
Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
Historical mailing list - tinker man
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:30:05 +0200
...Just like all POWER circuits in our home connect right to the fuse box, not one after the other in parallel on the same...
Re: Battery venting, etc.
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 16:52:59 -0400
...If you remove (saw off) the metal tab from the top/front of the battery box behind the driver's seat, then the Optima...
round headlight/grill install in '86 van
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:55:55 -0800
...Yes, I used butt connectors as I plan on installing headlight relays up near lights this time, as opposed to the fuse box location...
Re: Risk of fire?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 1 May 2003 05:42:39 -0700
...The key was stuck in the on position and the wire from there to the fuse/relay box was charcoal. It appears that the...
Re: No brake lights
Historical mailing list - Jason
Sat, 4 Dec 2010 01:21:38 -0500
Somewhere in the garage I have a box of brake pressure switches (new) for those in need... Jason On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at...
Re: Turn signal indicator troubleshooting
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:06:53 -0800
...There is some PO-crafted wiring in the fuse box, along with my own for the GW headlight upgrade, but none is new and...
Re: Help! Problems on the road! Smoke! or something that smells like it, a...
Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:22:45 EST
...After checking the headlight switch and fuse box check the front heater blower fan. This fan can sieze up and cause wires to melt...
Re: Loose black wire near fuse box?
Historical mailing list - jimt
Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:30:11 -0700
On 3/19/05 16:23, "Jack" <john.cook58@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > Solid wire? Not stranded? If solid, it's almost certainly added by...
Re: Paint Color for '87 Westy: Pastel White or Alpine White?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:48:57 -0700
...label on the van (looked in all the > usual > places, near fuse box, door jambs etc.) and am hence not sure if I have...
Re: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Thu, 24 May 2007 21:31:12 -0500
...3) Measure the voltage drop across the fuse or across (part of?) the wire from the fuse box to the thermoswitch. This will be...
Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:33:03 -0400
...The current path is from the ignition switch, to the fuse box, back out of the fuse box, to splices in the little black...
Re: Radiator fan- '91 Carat
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 31 May 2016 22:49:49 -0400
...For the engine cooling you have the power supply for the control circuit (Fuse box) and the radiator cooling low speed. Then there is...
OVERHEATing questions please.....(was Nantaha trip)
Historical mailing list
Tue, 19 Aug 1997 23:52:51 -0400 (EDT)
...I did find a pair of grey and white wires on top of your fuse box, with complementary (male and female) connectors, not connected...
Re: Rad fan testing
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Mon, 10 Aug 2015 11:17:40 -0700
...think the clicking is a bad relay up top behind the fuse box? > > I do have the Bentley and have taken a look at...
Re: Drip, Drip
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 19 Aug 97 08:17:58 CDT
...it's dripping down behind the fuse box. what usually happens is that the seal drys out over the years (even though it LOOKS...
Re: Intermittent door chime - something's brewing?
Historical mailing list - Jeff
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:37:01 -0800
...leave the thing beeping .........drop down the fuse box, find that mutha, and jerk it out of there ! Save in glove box for the...
Re: Auxillary battery alternative
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Thu, 15 Jul 1999 17:15:01 -0700
...The stock wire between the starter battery and the relay in the auxiliary battery box is routed via the main fuse panel by the...
problem SOLVED! Re: headlights not working after towing?
Historical mailing list - David Most
Sun, 3 Aug 2003 11:23:36 -0600
...That is, behind the fuse box, which can be lowered by removing one screw, there are two clusters of ground terminals along the fire...
Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
Historical mailing list - neil n
Thu, 7 Feb 2013 12:40:20 -0800
...but not jetta fuse boxes IMO , more or less ) I suspect my next swap will be perfect! Ha ha. I see what you mean...
Re: Paint Code
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Thu, 7 Feb 2002 11:20:55 -0700
I have a '90 Westy and the label with all of the codes used to be on the metal body under the fuse box...
Re: Wiring for tach and later instruments, what wire to use
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:39:37 -0400
...get the signal from coil >to the wiring connector behind the fuse box. What gauge should I use? I'm using 20- or possibly...
Re: Where does Hella relay go?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:18:05 -0700
...do not > know where in the front fuse box this relay belongs. I was pulling > out fuses and relays to to check the contacts...
Re: Headlight Failure-Check the ground connection!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:06:20 -0400
...Both sides are grounded at a single connection, (2 wires, one crimp terminal) cluster located above the fuse box. A good fix is the...
Re: aux bat. install
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Wed, 30 May 2007 09:11:47 -0700
...wheel wells and into the second battery box. Into the switch, and out to a fused terminal block, which I mounted inside the cabinet...
Re: OH NO!!! (was: howabout a new category on the stats?)
Historical mailing list - Mike White
Tue, 19 Mar 1996 13:21:27 MST
...And the great VW god would smite vengence on me and I would sink to a wasser(boxer)y grave. The end. - Mike White...
Re: Diesel: Temp gauge gone crazy
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 26 Jan 2002 21:23:24 -0500
...Controller is black box marked 43, inaccessible on wall above/ahead of fuse panel. The tall ones will peg the meter; the squat ones...
Re: wet floor
Historical mailing list - Jay Roth
Sat, 26 Apr 2003 11:11:09 -0500
...around the fuse box). Anyone else have this problem? It is a windshield seal in need of replacement? Love, Light & Laughter, Jay NEW '87...
Re: More on the radiator fan (85 vanagon)
Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:49:45 -0400
...fan relay in the main fuse box? The bentley either doesn't > show it, or I'm not looking very well. > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Music Unlimited...
Re: No instrument lights or gas guage?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:09:17 -0700
Have you checked the fuses? On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Oliver Mueller-Heubach < groundhogging@mac.com> wrote: > Hi gang- just...
Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 2 Jan 2017 23:18:25 -0500
...There are > grounding clusters above the fuse box. It is common for the quick slide > connecters to both corrode and also break just from...
Re: repost of my Weird Intermittent fan Problem!
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:22:28 -0800
...them on, I heard a relay click > coming from near the fuse box on the far left side of the dash. > Anybody have any...
Re: Blower motor balance
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Sat, 12 Mar 2022 17:33:30 +0100
...Next thing, on speed 1 or 2, the resistor will fail :-( Anyway, if you have the heater box apart anyway (too late for you...