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• Re: Your method to fit grp 41 battery in box
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:51:03 -0500
  ...For years > I've always had a struggle when dropping the group 41 battery past the > pos-neg cables and have banged-up the...
• Re: replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:10:47 -0500
  ...replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy > > need a source for a replacement battery ground cable for a 85 westy. > It is EXTREMELY...
• Another Two Battery Set-up
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 13:26:07 -0400
  I have installed a second Group 41 battery under the rear seat which has 1 AWG cables (+) and (-) directly to the starter. They are...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:10:45 -0700
  One is aware that to follow the stock battery cable route, one would have to remove the gas tank on a 2WD vanagon , right...
• Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:46:05 -0700
  ...I see your problem, pictures being worth a thousand words..... > > You've routed the positive cable in FRONT of the battery (towards the > front...
• Re: Bad New Battery?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:09:54 -0500
  ...remove either negative or positive cable from battery and insert ammeter between cable and battery terminal with engine off, ignition key off, no accessories...
• Re: [T2] setting up multimeter to check current draw
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:25:11 -0700
  ...I remember doing this with my bug, and putting the multimeter in between one battery terminal and it's cable. It read the current...
• Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:50:35 -0500
  > > Please please PLEASE disconnect the GROUND > cable on the battery before fiddling with the positive cable. Ground > is always the last thing to be...
• Re: Voltage regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:51:01 -0400
  ...as I connect the battery, and there is no little spark when I touch the neg cable to the battery post. Mike > Today, after...
• Re: starting from aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:56:30 -0600
  ...the negative battery terminal. Fortunately since you're right there, you can turn the key to start, then touch the + cable to the + terminal...
• Re: Batter clamp removal ...?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:38:03 EDT
  ...i used the clamp on battery terminal clamps from old battery cables, cut the cables off, and tie a nylon rope between them. then...
• Re: Aux. Battery-Stereo Amp question
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:01:00 -0700
  ...The inverter needs to have a fuse and properly sized battery cables running between it and the aux battery. For a Prowatt 1750 watt...
• Charging system...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 14:04:30 -0600
  ...Removed battery cable from positive battery terminal - engine still ran. Shut off engine, reconnected cable, and tried to restart - dead. Battery was purchased new...
• Re: proper battery fit
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:43:43 -0500
  ...The corner is an even tighter place because of the cable. > > The battery should come with a cover for the positive terminal. The > connection...
• Re: Battery Compartment ground cable; Was: Dead (almost) in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:22:54 -0400
  ...Battery Compartment ground cable; Was: Dead (almost) in the garage No spot welding at least inside the battery compartment. Is the other side/end...
• Re: Relocating the battery in an '84
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 13:42:52 -0800
  ...Is this just a freak accident? William > I am finding myself having to replace the positive battery cable on my > 84 WBX. I was...
• Oops Re: Less expensive brand
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:36:21 -0400
  ...Porter-Cable and Black & Decker >are made by the same people, incidentally. I've used my >Porter-Cable $200 battery drill a good deal...
• Re: Starters and batteries
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:48:31 -0600
  ...I have the 2 battery GW setup. I have 2 questions. Do I really need to pull the negative battery cable before replacing the...
• Re: Easier battery jumping?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 12:31:10 -0700
  ...put in an aux battery with capability to switch in the second >battery as a jumper I think he (Mark) is looking for a...
• Re: Which battery terminal off first?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 16 May 2017 14:27:39 -0500
  ...But, when jumping a battery it's the opposite. Connect the positive cable to each battery first, then the negative cable. This minimizes sparking...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:04:53 -0700
  ...Why keep it? >I replace them with cables exclusively from 90 or 91 vans that had the dual >battery setup stock. >I test all...
• Re: [WetWesties] Multimeter help UPDATE-77 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:00:32 -0700
  ...Current Draw Your basic setup is fine, cable (either one) removed from the battery then put the test instrument between the cable and the...
• Help installtion Aux.battery 1985 westy
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Jun 1996 17:48:55 -0700
  ...use a short battery cable from >Aux.battery positive to terminal 87 of relay and a 3-4 foot cable ran from >terminal 30...
• Battery Installation Catalog--Wrangler
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Nov 1995 15:36:27 -0500
  One of the best sources for battery cable supplies and materials for dual battery installations is Wrangler Power Products of Prescott, Arizona. They've...
• Re: alternator upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Jose R. Moscoso
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:17:44 -0400
  ...The battery to starter cable is satisfactory, it has to handle > the huge starter current. I have not investigated the battery to fuse > block...
• Original positive battery terminal bolt with side bolt for red wires
  Historical mailing list - Tom Neal
  Tue, 12 Jul 2022 08:35:06 -0700
  Am on a probably quixotic quest for an original positive battery cable bolt with the little side bolt for the red wires. Tom
• Re: premature battery death or just not enough use? Flat spot on starter?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:25:38 -0500
  I think that if you place a multi meter is series between the neg cable and the neg battery post(just disconnect the cable...
• Re: Engine Cranks but No Start
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:38:07 -0400
  ...After attaching my small gauge jumper cables and allowing the vanagon battery to be charged by the helper car the engine would start with...
• Re: Batter clamp removal ...?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:50:25 -0700
  ...i used the clamp on battery terminal clamps from old battery cables, cut the cables off, and tie a nylon rope between them.� then...
• Re: Overhead Westy light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:24:44 -0700
  Ok, it sounds like nothing is still connected to the starting battery except a main cable to the starter and a cable to the...
• Re: Friday Fishwrap: Catch FISH w/ your Vanagon's BATTERY
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:06:50 -0500
  ...Get your jumper cables. Take out your battery (aux. battery >preferred in Westies). Or just connect jumper cables if you can get close >enough...
• Re: CARPET REPLACEMENT was replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:08:03 -0500
  ...replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy >> >> need a source for a replacement battery ground cable for a 85 westy. >> It is EXTREMELY...
• Alternator stud rubber cap
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 17 May 2015 09:33:40 -0700
  ...I found that Blue Seas "stud insulator CableCaps", PN 4010, fit both the battery studs and the 4 AWG cable I'm using. They...
• Re: '85 Westy Cranks Slow During Wet Weather
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:03:32 EDT
  It is either a ground problem (probably) or the positive battery cable is corroding internally and getting wet. I have new ground straps for...
• Re: Speedometer cable
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 18 Apr 97 18:01:05 CDT
  ...speedometer cable, removeing/installing work sequence *removing - disconnect battery ground strap - disconntect speedometer cable <from the speedometer, i guess> - remove spare tire - disconnect speedometer...
• Re: 1991 digital clock
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 8 Mar 2013 00:06:52 -0600
  ...4 at the battery. > > on m own 85 I added an extra battery cable ...that helped get > measured-at-the battery charging voltage closer...
• Now that we are talking batteries...
  Historical mailing list - James Johnson
  Thu, 30 Oct 1997 21:06:28 -0500
  My vanagon almost went up in flames! The starter shorted out and caused the positive cable leading from the battery to fry. Almost took...
• Re: Main Positive battery Cable
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:21:48 -0400
  ...s main cable replacement curing his problem, > I've decided I want to change my main positive battery cable. > > The cable itself measures almost...
• Re: Q: Battery Disconnect Sequence?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 20:46:28 -0500
  ...Once the positive cable is disconnected from the battery terminal it no longer has a charge in it, so it doesn't make any...
• Friday Fishwrap: Catch FISH w/ your Vanagon's BATTERY
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:41:18 EST
  ...Get your jumper cables. Take out your battery (aux. battery preferred in Westies). Or just connect jumper cables if you can get close enough...
• Re: [T2] setting up multimeter to check current draw
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:45:06 -0500
  It really doesn't matter which battery cable you are in series with because the same current flows from the battery, through the accessories...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:12:19 -0700
  ...a whole volt less at the battery, which isn't good. 85 is the last year of the small battery cable from battery to...
• Re: Main Positive battery Cable
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:22:55 -0400
  Just a side note, be sure to check the battery ground strap also...... Howard On 8/24/2010 22:40, Rocket J Squirrel wrote...
• Re: Batter clamp removal ...?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:03:33 -0500
  ...i used the clamp on battery terminal clamps > from old battery cables, cut the cables off, and tie a nylon rope between > them.� then...
• Re: How To Make New Battery To Starter Cable for 2.1 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Messick
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:58:43 -0800
  ...The one near me has a bench mounted one that makes cables that look like the pre-made ones. Soldering can make the cable...
• Re: Batter clamp removal ...?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:47:12 -0500
  ...i used the clamp on battery terminal clamps >from old battery cables, cut the cables off, and tie a nylon rope between >them. then...
• Re: Second Battery for Westy
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 00:16:02 -0700
  ...duty cables. > Tony, don't worry about the heavy duty cables. You only have to run one over to the main battery and ground...
• Re: Stuck in Council Bluffs IA
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:16:56 -0400
  ...Note that this is not the huge Starter to battery cable but the medium heavy gauge red wire that carries the alternator charging current...
• Re: Starters and batteries
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 31 Mar 2018 19:22:13 -0300
  ...I have the 2 battery GW setup. I have 2 questions. Do I really need to pull the negative battery cable before replacing the...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:58:35 -0400
  ...If you leave the old cable in place, how do you route up the new one into the battery box? Is there space sufficient...
• Re: Why do JC Whitney Battery isolators have this VW caveat?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:27:31 -0800
  ...The 1.9 waterboxers used a much smaller gauge cable for much of the long run to the battery. VW "corrected" this with the...
• Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:34:11 -0400
  ...You've routed the positive cable in FRONT of the battery (towards the front of the vehicle), instead of from the side. This is...
• Re: easier battery jumping
  Historical mailing list - Deborah Walters
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 17:50:33 -0400
  ...As far as long jumper cables, I have an auxilary battery under my back seat, so when I need a jump, I can jump...
• Re: more ???? Re: Diesel alternator
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:58:26 -0700
  ...The correct place to voltage sense is at the battery, and many cars do. Please see #2. 4) The heavier the charging cable the...
• Re: '85 Starter Upgrade Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 12:47:17 EDT
  Just FYI, I have these bigger battery cables (the long one that goes to the starter) new for $75. This cable is an OE...
• part numbers
  Historical mailing list - eric luebbers
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 18:44:38 -0700
  ...accelerator cable positive battery cable to starter the above parts are for a 91syncro with a 2.1 and manual trans --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger...
• Bad Battery Cable- Check the ground! Response was blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:44:38 +0000
  ...If you can measure voltage there you have a drop on the ground cable. It does happen where the factory transmission ground cable looks...
• Re: Alternators correction!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 13:56:59 -0700
  ...dbeierl@gmail.com> wrote: > >  >>> Alternator 14.39 >>> Battery 13.91 > > That's more drop than you want to see in the cable. > > Yrs, > d
• Re: auxiliary battery
  Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 08:18:50 -0400
  The only comment I would like to make here is that the battery end of the cable needs to be fused and the wire...
• Re: Battery Compartment ground cable; Was: Dead (almost) in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:29:31 -0200
  ...Battery Compartment ground cable; Was: Dead (almost) in the garage > > Think I've found the source of my no start trouble. Removed the battery...