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Re: Electrical ground locations
Historical mailing list - David Milo
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:27:56 -0500
...Grounds include fuel injection and lighting grounds (a bunch of brown wires going to two bolts) including aforementioned braided ground strap. Also ground point...
Re: Bus queries/hot start
Historical mailing list
Tue, 18 Jul 95 12:25:33 EDT
...I also replaced the battery ground strap and cleaned the trans ground strap. My question is: will this solenoid piggy-backing solve the hot...
Re: rebuilding starter
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:29:47 -0800
...However if you don't wish to make one, you can buy the woven style ground straps in various lengths at your FLAPS. Cya...
Re: Screen ring a necessity ?
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Thu, 13 Feb 1997 15:16:35 -0800
...All along I had thought it was an integral part of the distributor. > Absolutely not. > > The short piece of ground strap was pretty much...
Ground Straps was: A few more questions...
Historical mailing list - T Berk
Thu, 30 Nov 2000 20:44:37 -0800
Steven Johnson wrote: > > Patient: '86 vanagon > > I'm also having trouble locating a nice beefy ground > strap for the transmission to chassis connection. The...
Re: Finding a slow battery drain
Historical mailing list - , Dieter Thiessen
Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:27:40 EST
check your ground strap. the one from battery to the frame. dieter 84GL
Re: Never Under Estimate Your Ground Straps!
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:40:40 -0500
Similar probs fixed on a kindred Porsche 914 by cleaning/replacing ground straps. Developing business and guiding change since 1996, G. Matthew Bulley Bulley...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
Historical mailing list - James
Wed, 11 Nov 2015 17:00:43 -0500
...Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I know of 2 on the AT Westy... > > 1) copper strap...
Re: Drivability Problems with Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Matthew Drahzal
Mon, 14 Oct 96 07:53:38 PDT
...So, I once again looked at the ground strap between the battery and engine. It was fine. After we spent a 1/2 hour...
Aux Battery hookup
Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:48:54 -0700
...Connect a ground strap to the aux battery. Reconnect the ground strap on the primary battery. " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ On the other hand, Bentley on page 97...
Re: Hesitation problems
Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:09:01 EST
...Check all your ground straps (one on tranny and one on right head) for corrosion and good contact. I replaced the broken strap with...
Re: Help locating Parts
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:18:11 -0800
...re ground from alt to battery don't believe there is one. there's trans grnd strap to body, batter neg terminal to body...
Re: 1985 Westy Vanagon shutters, dies, and then resurrects... help.
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:34:43 -0500
...Make sure that you have a >good ground strap connection. Take the existing strap and move it >around/yank it to make sure it...
cold solder and other maladies
Historical mailing list
Mon, 11 Dec 1995 20:10:10 -0800
...Besides disconnecting the battery before removing the brain box, etc, I'd STRONGLY recomend getting a ground strap and conductive, grounded workplace for this...
Re: Billy's in the hospital
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:48:01 -0500
...As far as how the engine runs, I did check the ground strap. In fact, I pulled the main ground strap off the left...
Re: WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:08:13 -0700
...Mark neil n wrote: > Hi all. > > Under these conditions: > > - grounds between engine and frame cleaned and ok, new braided strap > between engine and frame...
Re: ADBQ
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sun, 4 May 2003 12:40:19 -0600
"and I would urge anyone adding another battery to use a similarly large ground lead for it." I have a braided ground strap on...
Re: 1990 Vanagon Fuel injection problem
Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
Wed, 12 Jun 2002 09:21:55 EDT
Don't forget to check your ground straps -- that caused lot of trouble for my FI system Bill Marshall
Hooking up auxilliary battery when relay is present (Repost)
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Mon, 23 Sep 1996 09:07:18 -0700
...Connect a ground strap to the aux battery. 6. Reconnect the ground strap on the primary battery. That's it. With this configuration, the...
Re: Slow turnover when starting.
Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:02:26 -0700
...Thanks for all the great advice guys. > >make sure the trans ground strap is good. > I've located a braided ground strap from the...
Re: Q: Battery Disconnect Sequence?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:09:56 -0400
...Mike > > On any car but old english ones, the negative is the ground, and it's > > strapped to the car frame somewhere. So you...
Re: Slow turnover when starting.
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:15:29 -0500
Not that Daryl needed my help "showing" where the ground strap is located but...... ;) WBX transmission, looking toward rear https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Ehcz...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Wed, 11 Nov 2015 09:18:52 -0800
...Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine > grounding1 > Sent by: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> > > > > about engine grounds... anyone has a list...
?On Which Side Is Ground Point 18?
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:11:57 EDT
...ground to the engine case I have found so far is the one on the driver's side with the just chassis ground strap...
Re: 87 Vanagon hesitation chapter (3)
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Fri, 14 Aug 1998 20:25:42 -0400
Darrell, Would a ground strap from the Oxygen Sensor to the left engine head improve the OS ground path to the ECU? Darrell Boehler...
Re: Starter hesitation
Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
Tue, 18 Jun 2002 08:25:43 EDT
...There was also a recall from Volkswagen to add a ground wire (for what years??).>>> I had this same problem. Crappy ground strap on...
Re: ground straps
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 6 Jun 2002 21:37:33 -0400
At 08:46 PM 6/6/2002, brian Honan wrote: >Hi Volks, > > Is it ok to replace the braded ground straps with a batery...
Re: Awful Mileage - 85 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
Sun, 14 Dec 1997 22:09:06 EST
...If your mileage is still bad, check your ground straps (one on the left head and one on the tip of the tranny). If...
Re: Help - Part 2
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sat, 3 May 2014 10:11:48 -0700
...disconnect > battery(s) ground strap(s) -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http...
Re: Q: Battery Disconnect Sequence?
Historical mailing list - Jack
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 20:06:47 -0800
> > On any car but old english ones, the negative is the ground, and it's > strapped to the car frame somewhere. So you could...
Missing engine ground strap
Historical mailing list - James G. Reed Jones
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 23:56:13 -0400
Hey all, So I was poking through my engine (87 GL auto) and I think I may be missing the strap that is supposed...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:17:50 -0500
...Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I know of 2 on the AT Westy... > > 1) copper strap...
Re: rebuilding starter
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:51:31 -0600
If you're talking about the strap that I think you mean, it's not a ground strap. It's the main current path...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:08:42 -0800
...Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I know of 2 on the AT Westy... > > 1) copper strap...
IT RUNS!! was: HELP - No power to fuel pump - 87
Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
Wed, 10 Sep 2003 16:55:12 -0400
...Ric At 12:11 PM 9/10/2003 -0700, Phil Zimmerman wrote: >Have you checked the grounding strap for the ECU? I Had fuel...
Re: Ground Straps
Historical mailing list - Mark Bowie
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 21:48:18 -0400
...There seem to be more than two grounds in my engine compartment though. There is a ground wire near the electrical junction boxes on...
Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sun, 31 May 2009 17:32:42 -0700
...The ground strap from the trans to the frame was missing! I forgot to put the ground strap on, something I normally would never...
Re: 1993 Eurovan 2.5 Ground Strap At Hood
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 4 Nov 2015 15:26:54 -0800
...1993 Eurovan 2.5 Ground Strap At Hood Thanks! I get it. And here I thought it was for the Flux Capacitor < Kidding > It...
Re: Electrical Gremlins
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:43:08 -0700
...Start with the ground strap on the battery and make sure it's in good condition, then go under the dash where there is...
Re: Trouble coming my way? Starter delay
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sat, 1 Apr 2006 12:51:20 -0500
...the starter solenoid, and the ground strap at the transmission ... both ends ... the body as well as the strap. That was two years ago...
Re: Slow starter when hot
Historical mailing list - (Christopher j. Pierce)
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:30:04 EST
Try a new Ground strap from the Trans. to the Chassis. (is this an auto perchance, Ive seen it many times. ) Or get a...
Re: Distributor wire?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 19 May 2009 18:59:30 -0400
...Is it a ground strap? That ought to be the ground for the metal distributor cap shield. -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws...
Re: The wire harness becomes brittle
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 4 Feb 2007 14:50:35 -0500
There are a number of FI grounds on the body near the coil, and a few on the engine itself. The ground strap direct...
Ground strap from out of nowhere
Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
Tue, 11 Nov 1997 12:16:36 -0800
...Browsing through vanagon.com, I found a bulletin about installing an auxilliary transmission ground strap to alleviate a battery-draining problem much like mine...
Re: O2 sensor grounding?
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:02:32 -0500
...Remember that those pipes (and the rest of the engine) are in turn grounded by the transmission ground strap, and the strap from the...
Re: Strange broken ground strap on 86 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Sun, 17 Mar 2002 23:29:12 +0100
...Can anyone assist? end snipped -------- Hi, I just removed my Air Conditioner Compressor, and right beneath it was that braided ground strap... corroded and...
Re: ALTERNATOR LIGHT
Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
Tue, 29 Aug 2000 06:51:31 +0300
Kevin, first things you might want to look are the ground strap(s) (battery, tranny,waterpump). They could be corroded, cut etc. If your...
Re: St. Muir Solenoid Trick
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Fri, 14 Apr 1995 09:41:43 -0700 (PDT)
>>Quick question: >> >> Does the solenoid rely on contact with the body for its ground, or >>is it s'posed to have another ground wire...
Re: Subject: Starting question
Historical mailing list - mike riley
Sat, 26 May 2018 11:21:56 +0000
check the ground strap in the battery compartment where it connects to the body. Take it off and run a tap through it as...
Last word on tach going to zero?
Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
Thu, 3 May 2007 07:44:06 -0600
...A new ground strap and played with the ECU. The van is now running fine. I personally tested the old O2 sensor with a...
Re: 110VAC Wire Re-Routing
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 4 Mar 2013 17:01:31 -0800
No idea what the Canadian electrical code says, but be sure to use a heavy ground wire (8 guage stranded is the minimum) from...
Re: Never Under Estimate Your Ground Straps!
Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:35:52 -0500
...Never Under Estimate Your Ground Straps! > > > Hi all, > > I posted a week or so ago about my '87 2.1 lliter GL, > having all...
Re: Excessive Idle
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 23:27:48 +0200
Replace All Your Grounds!! Especially the block to chassis ground strap, on the drivers side. Without a good ground , even a brand new ECU...
Re: Battery ground
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Sat, 18 Apr 2015 10:20:14 -0700
...jack007@comcast.net> wrote: > The Ground on ALL Vanagons is negative. > Be sure to remove the ground strap from the chasse and clean well...
Engine craqnks too slowly or won't crank - battery cable
Historical mailing list - Subject: Engine craqnks too slowly or won't crank - battery cable
July 31, 1987
...If the conditon still exists: * Install a new starter cable or larger diameter, Part Number 251 971 228G. * Install an extra ground strap from...
the transmission ground
Historical mailing list - Brian Jarvinen
Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:07:11 -0700
How will I know if this ground is no longer connected? I had my battery disconnected to replace a starter and decided to clean...
Re: Starter hesitation
Historical mailing list - mike
Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:02:03 -0700
...There was also a recall from Volkswagen to > add a ground wire (for what years??).>>> > > I had this same problem. Crappy ground strap on...
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: Under Floor Battery Tray
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 07:15:08 -0700
Karl, in that photo, what's the keyed thingie? And where is the battery strap grounded when in use? On 6/9/2021 1...
Re: Therein, lies a tale.
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:44:11 -0500
...Loosen ground strap. Unlock doors, remove > >ground strap. Go add oil to engine. > > Sounds like your most important datum right now is the location...