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  • Re: Oil pressure light
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:30:17 -0800
    ...It comes up and meets with another brown wire from the other oil switch at a 2 pin connector by the thermostat housing. It...
  • Radiator Fan problem solved - solution enclosed
    Historical mailing list - Bill Transue
    Sat, 2 Sep 2000 16:24:45 -0700
    ...In looking at the Bentley's I noticed the diagram for the back connectors to the fuse & relay panel. I figured this might be...
  • OE Spark Plug Wire Sets
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:52:45 -0400
    ...mostly due to bad crimps, after I had > the wire pull out of the connectors on a couple of sets I started > inspecting crimps...
  • Re: Headlight improvements ?
    Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
    Thu, 2 Nov 2000 10:09:21 -0600
    ...There are much stronger crimp type connectors available, somewhat similar to the OEM crimps on a VW. A crimped and soldered joint is superior...
  • Re: Fuel pump question
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Fri, 30 Sep 2022 09:32:14 -0400
    ...The part I don’t like is installing the ring connectors on the ground during a trip. My crimping skills are improving, but a...
  • Re: AC jack location on 1982 Adventure Wagon
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 4 Jan 2011 21:18:06 -0500
    ...Most RVs that actually have the cord connector on the outside of the body use a marine type weather tight connectors. Dennis -----Original Message...
  • Re: Speedo to tach (?)
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Mon, 21 May 2007 11:44:53 -0700
    --- joel walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > not sure what your 4th connector would be, though ... > > good luck! hope it helps. > joel > I looked at...
  • orphan wire behind fuse panel
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:10:42 -0700
    IN my '88 Westy, behind the fuse panel, is a single blue/green wire with a white, kind of square nylon female connector on...
  • '87 GL Temp Gauge - Long
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
    Sat, 3 Aug 2002 15:08:12 -0500
    ...I took an ohm meter to the connector that goes to the temp gauge. There is good continuity from the ground terminal to ground...
  • Re: Blinking coolant light woes
    Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
    Sat, 18 Feb 2017 18:38:54 -0500
    ...Cleaned all the terminals and finessed the connectors on the foil. > 4. Made sure grounds were in fact grounds. > 5. Made sure the coolant...
  • Re: HELP! MY RADIATOR FAN QUIT!
    Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
    Thu, 2 Jul 1998 06:28:19 EDT
    ...The plug (connected to the wires) has three connectors. Short across two at a time, you have three combinations to choose from. Your results...
  • Re: hesitating when warm? - UPDATE
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Fri, 2 May 2003 08:31:27 -0700
    ...The ECU must see reasonable readings on the O2 wire at the ECU connector even if the O2 sensor is unplugged. If that wire...
  • Getting coolant level warning to work on '82 diesel
    Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
    Wed, 21 May 2008 12:26:05 -0400
    ...It had no level sensor, but there was what appeared to be an electrical connector for one, i.e. it had right kind of...
  • Re: Auxiliary Air Regulator - Testing - Digijet
    Historical mailing list - George Laubach
    Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:54:44 -0500
    ...Do make sure the wiring is not swapped with the throttle position switch if it uses the same connector. If swapped the switch is...
  • Re: Refrigerator wiring
    Historical mailing list - neil
    Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:39:40 -0700
    ...From T6/4 pin of connector, (orange wire) there appears to be a gray wire jumped to T6/1 of same connector which appears...
  • Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Fri, 8 Apr 2011 02:20:39 -0700
    ...Rob becida@comcast.net At 4/7/2011 04:53 PM, John Rodgers wrote: > I usually have the spade connectors. I love'em - so...
  • Re: Q's re: radio wires
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Tue, 7 Jan 2003 19:08:35 -0500
    ...Volkswagen (I can't speak for other car manufacturers) loved to make specialized antennae connectors so that only their radios would fit. A replacement...
  • Re: Cold idle mystery
    Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
    Thu, 17 Jun 2004 08:41:08 -0400
    ...Making sure the main connector to the ECU is nice and tight can't hurt either, since all the sensor wires come together right...
  • Re: Brake light switches, 2 to 3 terminals
    Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
    Sat, 9 May 2015 18:50:14 -0700
    ...I would like to use the two new 3 terminal switches that came with the new MC, but the old connector is a two...
  • Re: Is there such a too?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:07:19 -0500
    ...Not the double stepped mandrel types > for crimping "Open Barrel" connectors. The open barrel connectors have > two sets of tangs which are open (the...
  • Re: Instrument Cluster Ribbon Repair
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:00:36 -0700
    ...mangled failing copper traces where 14 pin connector slides on. .... > Plan B: solder wires directly from a new connector to the copper traces. -- Neil...
  • Re: 2.1 WBX Dies when hot.
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:39:24 -0700
    ...It might be the sender or the wires or the connector but often it's something to do with that sender. I would at...
  • fridge light stays on
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon
    Mon, 6 Jun 2005 21:54:30 -0700
    Help, Anybody know exactly how the gas valve electrical lead works? Its an insulated spade connector on the gas valve the thermocouple connects to...
  • Re: Last word on tach going to zero?
    Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
    Thu, 3 May 2007 09:56:42 -0400
    ...Even the pin connector to the ECU might be slightly funky. Try starting the van and playing around with the various wires, ECU, etc...
  • Re: Injector Plug Rubber Boot Replacement
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:41:18 -0700
    ...300/fuel-injector-electrical-plug-boot.html http://www.ebay.com/itm/A4-4-EV1-Fuel-Injector-Repair-Connectors-Pigtails-W-Rubber-Boots-/400574237501
  • Re: battery removal
    Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
    Fri, 11 Dec 1998 09:35:41 -0700
    Should be able to find a battery carrier that mounts to the posts--mine is a vinyl strap with interference-fit connectors at both...
  • Strip Joint
    Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
    Wed, 23 May 2001 15:00:50 -0700
    Did I get your attention? Does anyone know about the connectors for the rubber strip that goes on the bumper? They are these push...
  • Re: Air Conditioner woes
    Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
    Sun, 9 May 2004 11:50:44 -0400
    You guys are all the man! I took the pillar off, and reset a bunch of the wire connectors, and voila! Ridiculously cold air...
  • What's this wire for?
    Historical mailing list - d spence
    Sat, 13 Aug 2005 08:51:12 -0600
    ...At the left there is a loose wire, green and white with a single blade connector, male, yellow plastic housing. What is it? TIA
  • fan won't stop 87 syncro
    Historical mailing list - William Bruce
    Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:28:00 -0400
    ...Pulled thermo switch connector, fan stays on. Pulled relay, fan stays on. What's up? Thanks in advance. William
  • Re: Problems on the road
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:29 -0400
    Robert, check the black box in the engine compartment, left side, in front (not the one over the coil), check the multi-pin connectors...
  • Re: electrical problems... confusing!
    Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
    Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:45:55 -0700
    ...Hard to get to, but cleaning up those connectors fixed the problem.
  • Re: Fill propane yourself
    Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
    Fri, 5 Jul 1996 14:18:58 -0400
    The fill valve on my '77 Westie tank can accept either a female connector (on the outer threads that are clearly visible) or a...
  • Re: D15 connector revealed
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Mon, 7 Nov 2011 16:45:45 -0500
    ...D15 connector revealed >I just got one of these also. What a wonderfully convenient way to test the > individual circuits. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From...
  • Re: license plate lights
    Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
    Wed, 6 Feb 2002 23:07:57 -0500
    Mine were corroded as well and when I touched the connector it broke right off. I put new connectors on mine. I do not...
  • Re: Oil pressure sensor wire ?
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:41:37 -0400
    ...My '86 had this extra yellow connector at that spot. It did not have AC and this wire was never used. The oil switch...
  • No Start Scenario
    Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
    Fri, 13 Mar 2015 19:42:26 -0700
    OK, So I pulled the main fuse panel and removed the "D" connector and my D15 pin looks a lot like the one posted...
  • Re: Cause of weak spark?
    Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
    Sat, 19 Sep 2015 17:40:56 -0700
    I have cut the wires back - new connectors. Forgot to mention. > On Sep 19, 2015, at 5:21 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca...
  • Re: Trip report + 1.9 Throttle body needed
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:09:46 -0500
    ...the early ones have four spade connections while the > later ones have a two pin connector. i have a two pin connector style if...
  • Re: intermittent nostart/stalling disease
    Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
    Fri, 22 May 1998 02:57:32 -0400
    ...The computer > had been sitting on a foam cushion where I left it last time I cleaned the > connector contacts - the van had been...
  • Re: TIICO wiring Question.
    Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
    Thu, 6 Sep 2001 08:29:13 -0400
    ...There is a round connector with 8 (I think) wires in it. No brainer. There is a red wire with a screw terminal connector...
  • Re: Wiring VDO Cylinder Head temp.
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Sat, 8 Sep 2001 19:31:44 -0500
    ...out of the sender into a connector, there is a >connector that plugs into the sender connector and two wires, one black >and one...
  • Re: Burnt Wires!!-Please look and advise
    Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
    Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:03:47 -0500
    ...Replacement spade connectors don't "Have" to be 90� types of >> course. >> >> Mike >>
  • Re: oh shit, here we go again
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 20 Nov 2004 00:04:07 -0800
    ...I assume that you refer to the 2 pin connector that plugs into the side of the relay box on the left side of...
  • Re: Wipers - Go/No-Go
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
    Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:34:36 -0700
    ...It had gotten hot enough to begin melting the plastic of the insulated connectors and the short piece of aftermarket wire between it and...
  • Re: What was that robust 12v connector?
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:51:44 -0700
    ...anymore, the better an idea that seems. > > If anyone remembers the connectors--there was a really nice one at Wet > Marine, I think, but...
  • Re: Misfiring '80 fixed...I hope!!
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 28 Jun 1996 15:26:02 -0400
    ...On a >recheck of all the wiring while the van was running, I picked up the >cylindrical three-wire connector in the upper left...
  • Re: Aux battery wiring
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 9 Jan 2002 14:39:00 -0500
    ...1 mm^2 Red/Black to one half of a double connector near the fuse panel (the other half is the black wire going...
  • Re: Inner Dia. for long A/C hose - 87 Westy
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Sun, 4 May 2003 23:04:10 -0400
    ...a leak. > > I need to find one of those metal splice connectors to repair the leak. > Anyone know the inside diameter of the A...
  • Water Tank wiring
    Historical mailing list - Steve Young
    Thu, 3 Jul 2003 22:43:26 -0700
    ...There's five wires that I need to connect to the appropriate spade connector on the tank. A larger green wire, thinner green wire...
  • Re: Crossover Pipe HELP!
    Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
    Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:24:09 -0800
    ...This metal junction (H-Connector) is to the right of the coolant bottle and has been fabricated to replace the now obsolete plastic unit...
  • Replacement of Temp II sensor
    Historical mailing list - David M
    Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:30:18 -0700
    Anyone got any tips on how to remove the electrical connector? Is there some secret trick? Mine refuses to budge. I desperately need to...
  • Trailer Harness Wiring
    Historical mailing list - Larry Himli
    Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:30:21 -0500
    ...Any help with how and where to splice in a 4 wire connector. Thanks Larry
  • Dometic parts
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Fri, 12 Jun 1998 08:30:59 -0700
    I seem to have stripped the male propane connector on the fridge. Can I replace this with a standard brass gas fitting? Does anyone...
  • Re: Headlight grounds
    Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
    Wed, 18 Sep 2002 23:38:01 -0400
    ...Several ground connectors are there, and often a corroded connection there is the cause of intermittently working headlights. Good luck. Michael
  • dash/stereo
    Historical mailing list - don spence
    Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:18:38 -0700
    If you can see the connectors, use some tongs or whatever to plug your cables in and then thread them where they have to...
  • Re: Wiring warning: corrosion on AC main feed wire
    Historical mailing list - Jack
    Mon, 5 Aug 2002 09:26:57 -0700
    ...I replaced it with a > stainless steel high-temp ring crimp connector. I tinned the wire > prior to crimping, and heated the wire until...
  • Re: Wire crimp tool, find
    Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
    Fri, 28 Jun 2024 06:47:47 -0700
    ...Big surprise. > > So I went to get my connectors, and He said Oh! I have something to show you. > > I’ve always struggled with...
  • Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:58:00 -0800
    ...On the forward edge of the engine compartment double relay box is a 2 wire connector. One of the 2 wires is that starter...
  • Re: lower grill on 84/non-stock radiator?
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:15:55 -0700
    ...It turns out that the connectors are some kind of non-screw holding > throw-away connectors that I got tired of messing with and...