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• Re: 758227.jpg
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:09:07 -0700
  ...I'd recommend putting no more than a 15A fuse on a 1.5mm wire, myself. Personally, I ran a 10ga wire separately for...
• Heavy Duty Starter Cables
  Historical mailing list - Mladen, Zoran
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:22:11 -0700
  ...They have a zero gauge wire that is meant to replace the two gauge wire found standard in VWs to power the starter. According...
• Re: What is the wire that screws on to the master cylinder and fluid behind the instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 7 Apr 2014 22:54:54 -0400
  ...On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:23 PM, Fuzzy :philippe <fuzzmeister@gmail.com>wrote: > That wire just shorted with a bunch of smoke...
• Question about Oxygen Sensor Signal Wire PN
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:41:24 -0500
  I am in need of a new oxygen sensor signal wire. I know some folks on this list have replaced thiers. I have looked...
• Re: Front Speakers Re-wiring - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:13:10 EST
  I just replaced the wires on the driver's side door of my '89 Westy by doing just that. I pulled the wires from...
• Connector for Syncro fuel level sending unit
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Turmel
  Thu, 8 Jul 2004 20:55:41 -0400
  Hi, Can someone tell me where is the connector for the two wires that goes to the fuel level sending unit on a Syncro...
• 12 volt refre question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Johnston
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 09:32:22 -0400
  ...I've checked across the heater wires and its not going to ground. If i volt meter the wires from the battery its 12...
• Re: some general vanagon questions
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 23:23:05 -0700
  ...What I did was use the existing horn wire to a relay for the switch, and ran a new wire from the battery to...
• Re: Aux battery wiring
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 18:25:14 -0800
  ...From there it goes > internally to the wire actually going to pin 50, as well as the wire going > to the starter solenoid (both...
• Re: Starter wire question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 2 Jan 2023 20:42:20 -0500
  ...But, in this case I took a chance, the wire sure looked like it simply fell off the connector and the wire was live...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 22:11:10 -0400
  Sorry, but I have a total of 4 of these valves, 2 in vehicles, and they are all 3 wire, all in digifant fuel...
• Spark Plug Wire Shock
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Sun, 17 May 2020 16:44:15 -0400
  ...So, I tried pulling spark plug wires to see if there was a cylinder missing. When I pulled the #3 wire, I received a...
• Re: PS pump switch, engine compartment wiring harness
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:05:23 -0700
  ...So 12 gauge wire would be a decent upgrade. Why would you need a 10 gauge wire on a circuit with a 7.5...
• Re: external temperature guage
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:01:35 -0600
  ...Remote Thermometers > One thing to keep in mind with such thermometers with external probes. �You > can't shorten the length of the probe wire...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Replacing wiring into glow plug relay?
  Historical mailing list - Nate Wall
  Tue, 2 May 2000 08:38:40 -0400
  Tobin asks, "How the heck do I pull the connecting wires out of the block the relay plugs in to without destroying the wires...
• Re: Oil pressure gage power tap?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 11:53:34 -0400
  ...When splicing, I prefer to cut the wire to be "tapped" into and solder/shrink tube the tap wire in. No gremlins after this...
• Re: Power Door Lock Consternation
  Historical mailing list - Robert Wing
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 08:44:03 -0400
  ...I had the same short wire problem in the cruise control at the steering column. The wire pulled right out of the connector. They...
• Re: Ongoing saga: Dometic and Multimeter . . .
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:25:09 -0400
  ...The same two wires you measured 120V on before. You said "I'm bypassing the heater rod altogether." when measuring voltage between those two...
• Burnt ignition coil wire
  Historical mailing list - Jim Grergory
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 18:40:14 EDT
  Does anyone know what would cause my ignition coil wire to burn at the distributor on my 84. Thanks, Jim Gregory
• sink light wire identification
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:21:42 -0600
  what color wires are the 2 that go to the overhead sink light? saying coming from behind fridge. 86. thanks ahead
• Re: Elec. Questions. YES it's about Aux Batt. NO, please don't shoot me.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:53:50 -0700
  ...box, a blue wire (20 gauge?) connected to white (10 > > gauge?) wire. White runs to cabinet area. > > > > Red wire which *had* a 20 amp...
• Re: was: 91 Carat..... now: Fast Turn Signal Issues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:21:22 -0500
  ...Mark -swapping the wires took care of my fast blinker problem. John On 6/30/2014 2:12 PM, mark drillock wrote: > It is...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Fix: 10 Volt Capacitor OK?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:25:24 -0700
  ...And trying to use wire stripper to make bare spots in the bight, so to speak, did not work out for me. I went...
• Re: O2 Sensor wire connection (wiring harness end - 2.1)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:56:43 -0400
  ...I wouldn't *expect* any problem from connecting to the coil B+, but conceivably getting the wire too close to the HV stuff might...
• O2 sensor part number and ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Seamus Padraic Ragan
  Sat, 25 May 1996 19:01:10 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It has one long black wire coming out of it that that connects to a green wire that disappears into a casing that i...
• Re: Daytime running lights.
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:32:18 -0700
  ...The Canadian daytime lights wireup is on 97.235 and 97.236; the "normal" wireup is 97.211 and 97.212, for comparison. The...
• Re: O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 29 Dec 2012 03:20:09 -0500
  If the wire was only "shorted" you would not see a "high" volts reading from the sensor. You can't get high voltage across...
• Re: 2nd battery info, not quite there yet
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 03:15:47 -0500
  Of the 2 larger red wires going to the camping stuff: * one is hot all the time - it runs the water pump, little lights...
• Re: How do I wire up backup lights?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:15:36 -0700
  ...A to wire to existing backup light wire B to ground. Now when the existing backup lights are lit, the electro-magnet closes the...
• RE: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 13:32:16 CST6CDT
  ...So, it's not an 'emission tester' The three-wire sensors utilize 2 wires to drive a heating element keeping the sensor at optimum...
• Re: Help-Temp sensor location?
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 13:04:05 -0400
  Robin Davies wrote: > > Hi All, > > While installing new plugs in Leslie the Syncro Westie, I felt one > of the million wires in the Vanagon...
• Re: "Relayed" Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:35:15 EST
  ...the larger (power feed) wire that feeds power into the relay, the wire that goes to your low beams, and the smaller signal wire...
• Re: distributor wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:36:41 -0500
  With only the provided information to go on, I would take a WAG that the red wire is +12V and the black wire is...
• Re: Starter repair:replace wire to solenoid
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jun 1996 13:06:26 -0400
  ...My fix was to wire a second starter switch on the dashboard. So you can run a second wire in parrallel. THis means that...
• Fridge wireing?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 15:28:25 +0000
  I am in the process of wireing in a westy fridge to my Syncro GL. Question on the 12V hook up. I'm looking...
• reverse lights wiring?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:39:54 -0800
  ...So i'm going to re-wire them. Where is the power source and how is it wired? thanks matthew 86 syncro
• 758227.jpg
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:07:57 -0500
  ...All wired up, the wires are all marked and has the wire ties included too. Looks like a nice complete pre-assembled set up...
• Blue wire to aux battery dead
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Sun, 6 May 2007 20:24:42 -0600
  ...My blue wire to the aux battery is not producing 12 volts when the van is running. The blue wire from the alternator is...
• Re: re-wiring harness
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 16:06:41 -0500
  ...Would this be asking for trouble? It seems to me that > wire is > wire is wire. If I solder all the connections, I would...
• Re: 90 Multivan auto locks problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob Wing
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:35:12 -0500
  ...I had the same short wire problem in the cruise control at the steering column. The wire pulled right out of the connector. They...
• Re: Engine missing, wont start, now seems fine???
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:21:33 -0700
  ...Any corrosion at the distributor cap or wire ends? Maybe a wire wasn't firmly seated at cap or plug(s). Were any of...
• Bus Depot auxillary battery hook up kit #1738-cant figure it out
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:35:04 -0700
  ...I have a brown wire and a blue/red wire and 2 others. Can someone tell me which wire goes where for an 1985...
• Re: Voltage Drop - Less than 3% - 15 feet, 2/0, 150 Amps is on target
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:13:28 -0500
  Another source for the 2/0 wire is a local welding supply house, tho I have no idea what they charge for the cable...
• Re: Stereo Installation question: 83 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:55:11 -0300
  I've heard that splicing the separate - wires on modern stereos is not a good idea, but I'm no expert. I just ran...
• Re: Trumatic heater/furnace
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:12:08 -0600
  ...It must be pretty complicated, there are 11 or 12 > wires in the cable. > thanks, > Al Brase > 69 double cab, Vanagons > > A couple wires...
• Re: no cold start/hard start relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sat, 19 Jan 2002 11:09:39 -0500
  ...I disconnected the wire at the ignition switch that sends power to the starter when the switch is turned....then I put 12 v...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:25:37 -0500
  ...I had another look at the wires. The "tan" or "white" or whatever color wire it is definately goes to the power steering pump...
• Re: Dometic on 12 volts?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 07:47:49 -0800
  ...Regarding the camper cabin light, it is *not* wired through either of the two red wires that go from the auxiliary battery box under...
• Re: Idea for removable backup light wiring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:40:27 -0400
  At 07:03 PM 6/17/2011, Jim Felder wrote: >My brother and I were talking about how to wire it and we came...
• Re: Dash multi-pin wiring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:28:09 -0400
  At 10:35 10/26/2000, Drew Bedford wrote: >I'm trying to wire a '86 Instrument cluster (thanks Brian!) into my >83.5...
• Re: Begging for advice(semi OT)
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 15:44:23 -0500
  Broken ignition wires inside insulation. Verify by standing barefoot in a large tub of salt water and lick the end of the suspect wires...
• Re: Catastrophic failure of coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:43:03 -0500
  ...Cut the harness wire a few inches back from the multi-pin connector, put a mating push-on connector on the harness wire, and...
• Re: Fuel pump relay cutout switch
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:01:25 -0800
  ...The single wire would in turn > provide a switched ground for the relay coil. > > Running a single wire that provides only relay ground is...
• Re: bad ground on radiator fan motor
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sun, 29 Aug 2021 17:00:26 -0400
  ...Can I just > attach > > the wire to the body of the fan with a carefully placed screw? If not > what > > would be the best...
• Re: Questions about wires, relay, H2 lamps, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 2 May 2013 15:26:00 -0500
  ...14 ga would be better. > Yes the ground wires need to be the at least the same size as the > largest positive wires you...
• Re: auxiliary battery power to cab?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 8 May 2011 17:13:03 -0700
  The Westy kitchen light also gets power from fuse #3 so running a fused wire aux bat lead to the lower hole of fuse...
• Re: Power loss still in '85
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:47:21 -0800
  I'd go with plug wires especially if your existing wires are anything other than original equipment replacement. German cars [at least BMW's...
• Re: Engine Bay Wiring Harness
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:29:19 -0600
  ...I'll check the power steering switch wires and be sure they are intact. If not, that will be corrected. Joh On Jan 27...
• recommendations for splicing large gauge wire
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 17:16:15 -0500
  ...There is a large-ish gauge wire (red with black stripe) that runs from the ignition switch down to the switch in the auto...
• Turn signal switch.
  Historical mailing list - Chris Chubb
  Mon, 13 Feb 1995 10:39:09 -0500
  ...I dont want to burn the insulation off the other wires, and I can take the unit out, as the wires go into a...