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• Re: Fuel gauge sender ground location
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:32:16 -0800
  ...this ground wire exits one of the > (2-3) Wire-Looms that run along the inside of the left (drivers-side) > Frame-Rail. Exits...
• Re: Spark plug wire order
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 16 May 2013 12:34:18 -0700
  Never take plug wires off without marking everything carefully if you're real sure what you are doing. onwire length ..depends on the set...
• Re: Electrical "Locking" Terminal Info + Question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 8 Feb 2013 18:43:52 -0800
  ...If installing new wireing in damp or outside areas tinned wire > will resist the elements a lot better than copper. Shrink tube sealing the...
• Re: Stupid wire question...really... (temp 2 wire)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 19:07:17 -0400
  At 06:46 PM 10/5/2009, neil N wrote: >So adding shrink wrap would keep the original wire near connector from >bending as...
• Rear, Side, Front, Defroster Wires... Can These Be Purchased?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:27:26 +0100
  ...Does anyone sell the necessary materials to make your own window defrost wire grids?? I have noticed on many newer car models that they...
• Power plans and questions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 13:02:40 -0800
  ...From there, I'm going to tap into one of the two red wires used to power the fridge and light. My goal is...
• Re: premature battery death or just not enough use? Flat spot on starter?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:03:41 -0500
  ...In my case, it turned out to be a mis-connected wire at the alternator... the small blue wire that powers the fridge relay...
• Re: 3rd brake light?
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:43:18 -0700
  ...I ran the > wires behind my curtain bars and through the grommet for the rear > defroster > wires. Once inside the van body I ran...
• Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:10:53 -0800
  ...Two ground wires to the > motor? > > If a wire on a diagram stops, shows a track number reference in a box, > but the track...
• installing air horn
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Mon, 29 Jun 2020 16:06:42 -0700
  ...Using the GW instructions I located the wires behind the fuse block AND Using the Brown wire with Blue tracer Which by my reckoning...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:49:00 -0700
  ...Even the single wire O2 VWs ground the coax shield, but at the ECU end of the harness. Cabriolet non-Cali 90, 91, 92...
• Westfalia Kitchen Cabinet Wiring Question
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:39:46 -0700
  ...Images of the wires in question can be viewed @ http://zzyzx.org/1982poptopsaratoga/images/interior/camper_wiring/Cabinet_wiring.html Green is connected to...
• Re: Testing Generator and Volt. Reg.
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 08:25:56 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Set your VOM on scale (x) with the red wire in the (+) and the black wire in the (-). Put the red wire on the...
• Re: HOWTO: Installing aftermarket power door locks in an '85 vanagon westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:49:01 -0700
  The stock route for the wires is up the pillar, over the passenger door, then down to behind the glove box. That is the...
• Re: New Starter - Works, but no start
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:35:40 +0000
  ...The fuel injection gets power from the > > starter motor post, from a red wire that goes on the post along with > > the > > big wire...
• Re: Where can this wire be found?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 26 May 2011 14:47:57 -0700
  ...Where can this wire be found? |> |> |> > On the watercooled 1.9L ('83, 84) vanagon, can the oil pressure |> > switch wire (blue with black stripe...
• More 91 syncro troubleshoot ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 08:18:37 -0700
  ...SO I did not mess with the green possibly coaxial cable up on the other side of the connector and the three wires to...
• Re: GoWesty aux battery kit?? Bentley manual VS. blue factory repair manual??
  Historical mailing list - Troy Delnicki
  Fri, 18 May 2007 18:37:16 -0400
  ...Further, the kit uses 10 gauge wire, which technically can only handle 30 amps, not 50. It would take eight gauge wire for the...
• Re: Ground Stars
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 18:43:06 -0500
  ...That helps anyway. > > if I had too many wires on the back of the early style fuse box, which I > think you are talking...
• Things are getting interesting . . .
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 13:16:49 -0500
  ...For one thing, there used be a ground wire connected to the base of the distributor. After my recent issue wherein my van died...
• Third brake light GW
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 7 Feb 2022 09:20:01 -0500
  ...In my case I then need to run the wire down to the brake light. The wire on the light is not long enough...
• Re: No Start Scenario, burned out pin D15 !
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:21:58 -0400
  ...Jumper between the black wire on pin A8 and the > black wire at D15. Don't cut the wire to pin A8 since it...
• Re: 88 Vanagon with Power Windows, No Power to Switches - HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:46:39 -0400
  Robert, what Ken said ! OK, so here's my trick for getting access to the wires in that boot between the door and body...
• Re: Starter wiring access. 87 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:36:39 -0400
  David, The wire that actually operates the solenoid is a push on connector. If loose, it is probably corroded away from those NY days...
• Re: Another Dometic Question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:01:40 -0700
  As I recall, the 2 black wires that come out of the middle together should go both go to a crimped on ring terminal...
• Re: Wire Gauges for Solar panels for your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:37:53 -0300
  ...WIRE GAUGE for 10% Voltage Drop 12 Volt Systems (AWG) Wire to load in Feet 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50...
• Re: Copy of: Front speaker replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 21:17:02 +0000
  > Check the wires right at the hinges. Lots of times the wire breaks inside > the insulation, looks OK but don't connect. Thanks - turns...
• mystery ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Thu, 23 Dec 1999 08:14:33 -0500
  ...I cannot, however figure out where the red wire is supposed to attach. It looks as though it must be a ground wire and...
• Re: SUGGESTIONS? 2.1 runs poor in rain.
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 00:17:12 -0500
  ...Spay some WD-40 on plug wire and any electrical wire subject to rain or water including the AFM wire. Also check the ECU...
• Re: Rad fan--2 or 3 wire???stumped
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:50:24 -0700
  ...A 2 wire resistor unit is available for non-A/C with one low speed and a 3 wire resistor for A/C to...
• Re: Flasher Relay Mystery
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:09:55 -0800
  ...Mark mark drillock wrote: > This sounds like a ground wire problem. .......................... > VW should not have combined so many things onto > a single ground wire...
• Re: voltage reading at the gauge temp sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:19:03 -0400
  ...The problem was corrected when I replaced the single lead (brown wire) to the temperature sensor. There was an internal break in the original...
• Re: 91 Camper - Factory Default Aux battery install help
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:18:38 -0600
  ...Cheers, Steve mark drillock wrote: > Either way works for the blue wire relay trigger hookup with 2 small > relays. I prefer to let the...
• Solenoid relay
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 21:22:20 -0700
  ...I cut, spliced, and soldered a 14 gauge wire onto the wire from the ignition switch at the solenoid. This was the hardest part...
• Re: Starter Wire Connection
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 21 Aug 2005 22:44:02 -0700
  Some models with auto trannys have an extra wire with space connector at the starter. It attaches on the starter very near the same...
• Re: door chime/seat belt light anomaly
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 14 May 2010 11:26:47 -0500
  ...Missing black wire from fuse S18. only one grey wire > (from door? assume the missing grey is for seat belt switch). Missing > grey/red...
• Re: Fuel pump relay cutout switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:39:55 -0800
  Yes, great layout - one small problem, were the wire to short to ground so it would always revert to 'will run safe mode' ...if...
• Re: AC 3rd speed fan wiring
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:26:42 -0500
  ...Looking at the AC wire if I'm correct that's the Yellow/Black wire on the stand alone relay. JFF On Nov 29...
• Re: Flash Alert! Dual Battery Relay
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:49:32 -0800
  ...4) at least 4 ring terminals, for the #8 or #6 wire, to connect the wire to the relay and the fuse. 5) one...
• Re: A/C 50 amp fuse?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 19:21:49 -0700
  ...Some of my wires were so hot I could not hold them without burning my fingers!!! For the wires/areas that had excess heat...
• Re: Bus depot headlight upgrade "Vision Kit" for 1988 vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:51:49 -0500
  ...For the lights, per the instructions that came with them, I cut the ground wires and grounded to the frame a short distance from...
• Re: Random wire... Ugh.
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:23:05 -0700
  ...Interested in hearing what applications folks think of or have already done with such a wire. -Peter On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11...
• Re: Help with speaker wiring needed
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 14:32:05 -0300
  ...The radio has > seperate wires for each of the four speakers. It looks like the Vanagon > wiring has one hot wire for each rear...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:33:07 -0700
  ...if the pair of wires > in > > the large white plastic connector (at the 2 prongs post) are reversed, > the > > van cranks but won't...
• 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 15:08:40 -0600
  ...The tach worked right up to the point of change, when I disconnected the wires, installed the new coil, and reconnected the wires. Engine...
• Re: acceleration flat spot
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 11 May 95 20:39:46 CDT
  On Thu, 11 May 95 19:32:31 CDT <POLLISMJ@ccit.arizona.edu> said: >How do I recognize possible "arcing of spark plug wires...
• Re: wire thingys on '87-'91 vanagon front seatbelts?? MYSTERY METAL?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:50:37 EST
  ...anyone know? >> > > seat belt buzzer most likely. > > no, not electrical wire.. it is a black colored 1/8" thick solid metal wire, BenT in...
• Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 10:34:30 -0700
  ...I think that's an incredibly good idea! I saved Larry's post with the part 4-wire part # for future reference. (-: A 4...
• mystery connector coming off rear heater circuit on my '84
  Historical mailing list - tolga
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 23:57:44 -0500
  ...It's a black wire with a single male spade in a VW plastic plug/housing (p/n 161 971 976), the wire come...
• Re: Fire (update)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:14:02 -0700
  ...The later B model, used starting around 1982, has the igniter wire right at the rear outside edge of the fridge. Whenever the fridge...
• o2 Sensor on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:58:06 -0400
  ...I went into the engine compartment and traced the three wires (there are three right?) that come out of the o2 wire that leads...
• What is the wire that screws on to the master cylinder and fluid behind the instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Mon, 7 Apr 2014 19:23:27 -0700
  That wire just shorted with a bunch of smoke... VW vanagon '87 2.1l
• Using wire ties on CV joint boots?
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:48:23 -0700
  Has anyone tried using wire ties on CV joint boots as a temporary or permanent option to the metal ones? John-Reed Mesa, AZ
• RE: Vanagon Manual Mirror Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 08 Nov 96 21:28:02 CST
  ...you have to remove the plastic connector from the wires coming out of the mirror otherwise the wires won't fit through the hole...
• Water Sensor Issues
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Sun, 5 May 2002 13:09:16 -0700
  ...And last but certainly not least, there is another wire, near where the LED wires come in that looks like it should connect to...
• Re: Starter for 1981 automatic: questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 23:05:16 -0400
  ...This wire was wired to the pair of contacts on the > > solenoid. Is this now replacing one of the original wires, hence leaving > > it...
• Re: Help with instrument cluster 14 pin rewiring please.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:48:09 -0700
  You don't need the red/white wire. It is used in some diesel models for the glow plug indicator. You don't need...
• Re: are sensor wires polarity specific?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Feb 2006 20:06:49 -0500
  The gauge sensor only has one wire. The two wire sensor is the temp 2 sensor for the ECU and idle controller. There is...
• CENTral locking tip...
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:50:59 +0000
  One tip that I discovered while trying to find a broken wire in the door harness was to follow the wires out of the...
• Re: oil pressure warning system anomaly?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 06:28:48 -0800
  What I was trying to say there was that I unhooked the 2 pin connector but bridged the low pressure switch wire ends between...