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• Installing Idle stabalizer.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 16:42:58 -0400
  ...Three wires run to the hall control unit, and three wires run of to the distributor. The idle stabilizer has to plugs, a short...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 16 Jun 2018 10:47:01 -0600
  D I was under the impression it is a 5.0MM wire ~ Suppose close enough ~ On 16 Jun , 2018, at 10:12 AM, David...
• Re: mouse profing
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 8 Aug 2012 11:10:49 -0600
  I havn't had mice since eliminating the entry I created by running a couple wires from the main battery box over to the...
• Re: Radio DIN for 1982 camper
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:34:37 -0600
  ...Used the chart to wire the newer radio into the old harness. Now I can listen to all my old cassette tapes. Hope it...
• Mysterious loose ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
  Tue, 24 May 2011 10:25:56 -0700
  Does anybody know what that ground wire attached to the coolant hoses on the passenger side just in front of the firewall goes to...
• Horn & Backfire
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Stout
  Mon, 6 Nov 95 16:42:49 PST
  Hello all, Saturday I re-wired my horn and tested it by touching the wire coming through the steering column to some metal on...
• Mystery Black Box
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Apr 1997 19:13:50 -0700
  ...Plastic, sealed, with a double, heavier black wire, like lamp cord, a single orange wire, and a double grey wire coming out of it...
• need hitch wiring help
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Tue, 7 Jul 2015 13:01:59 -0400
  ...I can figure out what wires do what but don't want to start splicing wires if there is a neater or better location...
• Re: Backup light switch...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 04:29:37 -0400
  ...wrote: >Dan: >Please note this is 2 wires, not a "cable" >Cheers, >Keith Yes, I'm basically an electrical guy -- to me the default...
• Re: Wires and otherwise (long)
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Mon, 20 May 2002 17:34:04 -0700
  ...FWIW, in German cars, brown wires are always ground wires. Dave -- Dave Carpenter Whatever you wish for me, May you have twice as much...
• Re: propane tank R&R, comments needed...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:12:58 EST
  ...wire wheel/brush and POR-15 (or equivalent) and before all you worry > warts jump in the tank IS empty! > > wire wheel/wire brush...
• Re: O2 sensor wiring
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:58:55 -0800
  ...what white wire > goes to what white wire? Or, does it matter? Doesn't matter. White is just the heating element. No polarization necessary...
• Re: External Wireless Amplifier
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:34:44 -0700
  ...got a wireless amplifier in thier van? I was thinking of >getting one of these: >http://www.radiolabs.com/products/wireless/waverv2.php?PHPSESSID...
• Re: speaker wires
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:02:54 -0700
  It's been a long, long time ago, but I think that I routed the wire through the rear vent ducts. Mike '84GL
• Re: Wires
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:58:32 -0700
  I visited my experienced parts vendor and picked up a damged harness. Had most of the wires in the right guages and colors. p
• Re: 84 Still dying!
  Historical mailing list - Mike & Shari
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 12:35:35 -0800
  ...I then tugged > and wiggled each wire both when running good and when running wierd as > above. In both cases, wiggling these wires did...
• Re: Dometic Fan Wiring for DUMMIES
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mikkelson
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 11:08:23 -0700
  ...If you want to add an extra fan in parallel, the new fan wires could be spliced into the existing blue and yellow wires...
• Re: Head Temperature gauge wiring sensitive?
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 22:08:17 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The wire is 15 ft. long and it was just the right length (not 2 inches too long) for my baywindow bus. It goes...
• [NVC] Wireless Internet Advise Needed
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:48:52 -0500
  ...I've yet to purchase the laptop, but that is coming once I understand all this, But what about the wireless part - the internet...
• Re: Radio Install
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:14:48 -0700
  ...Test for voltage from some of the > >wires under there. You want to find a wire that reads about 12v when the > >ignition is...
• Water tank pump replacement tips wanted
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 4 Jun 2014 19:27:25 -0400
  ...Currently the pump wire comes out of the tank and curves under a large grooved hose then the two wires go into a plastic...
• rear escape hatch
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Sat, 13 Jun 1998 04:23:37 -0400
  ...took some picture frame hanger wire, wrapped one end to post that the small return latch spring attaches to. ran hanger wire out one...
• Re: Help diagnosing a red battery light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:58:05 -0700
  Even with the blue wire unplugged from it, it is common for an alternator that has been recently run to have enough residual magnetism...
• that old O2 sensor ground
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:19:14 -0700
  Mark Drillock has warned us on many occasions that the O2 sensor brown ground wire that attaches to engine case near the distributor can...
• Re: Schematic needed, starter issue, Old school stuff
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:56:00 -0500
  At 01:24 PM 1/10/2013, TJ Hemrick wrote: >the schematic for how to wire the "Starter assist" or what ever name he...
• Re: 85 gl still running rich at vw shop.
  Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:25:29 -0600
  Yes I understand, my question is how did you attach the wire to the new sensor, and why did it have to be cut...
• Power mirror help needed.-
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 21:03:14 -0600
  ...These are the wires that run into the driver door through the rubber tube: 1) black/yellow wire, hot from fuse S12 thru T2a...
• Re: Diesel and WBX Coolant Temp gauges same?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:37:44 -0700
  ...Then a wire leaves the relay and splices into the single temp gauge wire to trigger the led. Hard to be much simpler. Power...
• Question about Mass Air Flow Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:32:37 -0500
  ...Anyway the wiring harness has a four wire plug on the mass air sensor. One of the wires is red with a blue stripe...
• Re: [NVC] Wireless Internet Advise Needed
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:14:16 -0700
  I would say to anyone using wireless connections, becareful! ( if ) its not really protected, some people can take advantage of machine on the network...
• Gauge wiring and mounting, 82 vanagon westy
  Historical mailing list - K. Wyatt
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 09:28:31 -0600
  ...I ran these wires inside of a piece of 1/2 inch PVC tubing.(Drip irrigation hose, Cheap) I then ran these wires under...
• Re: Dual battery relay blowing fuses
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:59:19 -0800
  ...so I don't have that factory relay and that blue wire. Looked at the Bentley, and couldn't find a thing. Is there...
• Fuel Pump Ground Location?
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:21:31 -0700
  ...The fuel pump ground wire tests good & continuity of positive wire from f/p to f/p relay tests good. Any suggestions? Also, I...
• Re: Red and black wire
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 2 Jan 2011 18:28:43 -0800
  ...The red and black wire is missing. Does > it come from the starter? Or from the ignition switch? > > Thanks. > > Mark >
• Re: speaker wires
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 08:56:01 -0800
  speaker wiresI've got to run some new speaker wires to my rear speakers and I'm wondering if anyone has ever done this...
• Re: Oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:31:40 -0500
  ...The other side of the 2 pin connector should have a yellow > wire and a blue/black wire. The brown wire from the oil...
• Re: Alternator blue wire
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:52:28 -0400
  ...Alternator blue wire 87 Wolfsburg Runs fine, but battery & OXS lights on all the time = blue alt wire issue, right? But never mind the...
• Re: how did this happen ... ?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 08:41:18 EST
  Sounds like maybe either your spark plug wires are not in the proper order on the cap or you may have inadvertantly pulled another...
• ignition woes
  Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
  Sun, 29 Jun 2003 14:04:16 EDT
  ...I have rigged all the wires to work and it is running but I have one wire I am not really sure of. It...
• Re: Post-waterpump replacement - wires and noises
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 24 May 2007 21:35:42 -0700
  ...Do I connect the black wire to the > wires running free inside the green wire in the harness, or to the > inner green wire...
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:42:20 -0400
  ...This is the later style wires, I always hated those early style ones for the reasons you stated. The break in my wire seemed...
• Re: problems installing second battery
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:09:47 -0800
  The isolator is not wired according to the maker's directions. You mentioned this as item 3 in your list of possible problems. The...
• Re: cig lighter light?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 7 May 2002 13:14:41 -0500
  ...The wire color code should be the same as the wires on the back of the instruments. You can tie them together. The cig...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:20:54 -0500
  ...a good experiment would be to park somewhere realy dark, and look for a blue glow, or possibly arcing, around wires/boots, including near...
• Re: Dash wiring help needed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 17:15:59 -0700
  ...What most concerns me > is trio of wires which were taped together. One wire is obviously Brown for > ground. Another wire is Blue/Grey...
• EGT Gauge Question (cross post)
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Mon, 2 Jul 2007 09:46:52 -0300
  ...I had excellent feedback (from Diesel-Vanagon) on why not to cut/extend/solder/screw up the supplied wire harness, but no clear solution...
• Re: 87 syncro: Dead #2 cylinder. Injector?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 10:14:11 -0500
  ...Stop, pull #2 cylinder plug wire from distributor, no difference >in engine. Pull any other wire and engine gets noticebly rougher. Put wire >close...
• Re: a Different horn problem...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:24:49 -0500
  Remove the 2 wires holding the horn pad to the steering wheel.Put the wires together and see it the horn honks.
• battery cable
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:16:05 -0500
  What size and length wire do i need for my 84 westy. I'm trying to upgrade to the wire that should be in...
• Re: Stereo wires don't match up
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:17:28 -0400
  Strange, as these aren't the colors of wires I have. I have managed to get the front right and both rear speakers working...
• Van stuff for sale...
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 16:52:33 -0700
  ...A set of plug wires for vanagon. The wires are not factory OEM, BOSCH wires. They are made by Autolite, a 7mm wire, it...
• Re: Switiching accessorys from main battery to auxilary battery?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:42:14 -0700
  ...One of the2 largest red wires will have 12 volts even with the engine off. This is the other end of the wire described...
• Re: Oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:01:22 -0600
  ...The other side of the 2 pin connector should have a yellow >> wire and a blue/black wire. The brown wire from the oil...
• aux batteries and stereos
  Historical mailing list - Mike Edwards
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:13:00 -0400
  ...The previous owner wired the power lead by pulling a fuse out of the fuse box, jamming the wire into the socket and replacing...
• Re: auxiliary battery power to cab?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 8 May 2011 18:01:19 -0600
  ...i want to wire things up so the stereo and lights run off the deepcycle instead of the starting battery. can someone point me...
• Re: external temperature guage
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:56:22 -0600
  You can shorten or lengthen the probe wires with no change in the measurement, but you have to do an excellent job soldering the...
• Help-Temp sensor location?
  Historical mailing list - Robin Davies
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:00:24 -0500
  Hi All, While installing new plugs in Leslie the Syncro Westie, I felt one of the million wires in the Vanagon nervous system break...
• Re: wiring and fuses for 80/100w bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:43:55 -0700
  having just been out at the van with my head in the bentley, I think the red white wire you are talking about from...
• Re: Bus Depot auxillary battery hook up kit #1738-cant figure it out
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:37:57 -0700
  ...If you wire one that way, turn on the headlights and run the fridge on the 12 volt setting. Then measure the voltage on...
• Re: O2 sensor testing the wires...
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 21:01:37 -0500
  ...Tue, 3 Apr 2007 17:29:22 +0000 > > I've seen bad ground and shorted sensor wire mentioned in the > references to the O2...