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• Is the length of a Spark Plug wire critical?
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 11:10:19 -0500
  Spent $50+ on a set of Bosch spark Plug wires a few years ago. Last week the distributor side metal connector came off when...
• Re: oh shit, here we go again
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 00:04:07 -0800
  ...You should be advised that the red wire in that connector is a known failure area. The wire gets burned spots inside the insulation...
• Re: Will bus run without insturment pod connected?
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Wed, 3 Jan 2007 09:03:05 -0500
  ...there a > problem with the "live" tach wire running to plug connector, if that > plug/pin > connector is attached to nothing. > > Could the "spark...
• Re: Can anyone identify this plug?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:09:15 -0700
  Yah as Jake saw, I only see 2 wires to it. Originally thought maybe it was the cluster connector. So that connector normally resides...
• Random wire... Ugh.
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:51:30 +0000
  ...While I had the fuse panel pulled, I noticed a grey/white strip wire attached to a yellow connector (male plug) just dangling back...
• Re: '88 westy water temp light flashing..... what to check first
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Kuecker
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:13:37 -0500
  ...electrodes on the bottom of the plug. Check for a good connection at the connector, or broken wires around it. Chuck Kuecker '91 GL...
• Re: Sparkplug wire question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 23:18:25 -0400
  I don't know why, but the spark plug connectors shorting to ground or opening seems to be a common problem on replacement wire...
• Fridge wiring question
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:05:00 -0400
  ...Plugged in connector but did not know where to attach black ground wire with spade connector. Found on back of fridge a green wire...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:24:22 -0700
  ...They're waiting right now down at Ace Hardware for you. > either 'bulkhead or wall socket' and wire plug .. > or just female wire plug...
• 83 AC cali westy need idle stabilizer plugs on harness
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Mueller
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 23:12:14 -0800
  ...mine have gone bad, right now i have them bypassed with some trailer wire connectors but would like to get some new ones so...
• 1.9 loss of 1/3 power- Boggy Please HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Danny
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:38:51 -0700
  ...While I was doing�the #1 fuel injection electric plug, I noticed that the push-on wire that clips inside the plastic connector was...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Richard O'Halloran
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 23:03:30 -0800
  ...the plugs at the end of the wiring harness since the H4 bulb has different connector spade pattern... cut and splice 3 wires for...
• Re: New Temp 2 sensor don't fit ?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:13:09 -0500
  ...the wire leads and the new sensor plugs are >much > > bigger then the female end wires ? I checked both sensors and the >connectors > > are...
• Re: Removing Power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:00:39 EDT
  ...label wire color and position on plastic plugs use small jewlers sized flathead and remove crimped on wire connectors from plastic plugs (bend down...
• Re: Will bus run without insturment pod connected?
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:38:08 -0800
  ...there a > problem with the "live" tach wire running to plug connector, if that > plug/pin > connector is attached to nothing. > > Could the "spark...
• mystery connector coming off rear heater circuit on my '84
  Historical mailing list - tolga
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:06:36 -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...
• Tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd Perkins
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 19:43:08 -0700
  Perhaps most 85 up vans were wired for the tach but my 85 crew cab wasn't. You can plug in the dash for...
• Re: Connectors, where to find
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 1 Jan 2013 17:47:09 -0800
  ...locking connectors (they lock into connector housing) from headlight plugs on an old Vanagon harness then soldered/crimped them onto new #14 wires. Anyhow...
• Re: Sputtering still... new wires or dielectric grease or...
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Mon, 1 Sep 2003 11:36:28 -0400
  About a year after I had replaced the spark plug wires on my 89 Syncro because one of the actually broke near the plug...
• Trailer wiring
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sun, 21 Jun 2020 16:18:10 -0400
  ...I quadruple checked everything as far as wire to wire that’s all good. I’m guessing the splice connectors aren’t working or...
• Re: Trailer wiring
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sun, 21 Jun 2020 19:26:32 -0400
  ...I quadruple >> checked >> everything as far as wire to wire that’s all good. I’m guessing the splice >> connectors aren’t working or...
• Re: New Twist on Billy Bones
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 21:34:47 -0600
  ...I did notice one wire with a yellow connector on the end that is not plugged into anything. I recall when I installed the...
• Re: calling all Headlight plugs
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Tue, 13 Dec 2016 18:09:58 -0700
  ...For small orders, they also sell on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/9004-9007-Connector-Plug-with-14-GAUGE-USA-WIRE-/330391133304?pt...
• Coil Confusion
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:02:43 -0700
  ...Is it possible to buy just the connector/socket so i can convert my coil wire to the other type of plug? Thanks! steve
• Re: turn signal wires, help.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:37:00 -0700
  Are there no wires left on the connector you snipped? If there are, you should be able to use the connector as a reference...
• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 18:37:30 -0700
  ...plug wire for future use. On 8/21/17, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow, are all those wires from the cluster connector...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 05:37:26 -0700
  ...plug connection slots was blank,, and instead, the fourth wire from the O2 sensor went around the plug with a loop ring connector and...
• Re: Will bus run without insturment pod connected?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jan 2007 01:50:18 EST
  ...there a > problem with the "live" tach wire running to plug connector, if that > plug/pin > connector is attached to nothing. > > ive driven vanagons...
• One injector wire ...
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sun, 11 Dec 2016 16:32:22 -0800
  ...Checked the plug, no continuity. But all the others had continuity. Hmmm. Then I cut into the wires to see if I can find...
• Re: Quick, cheap and easy headlight relay
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:31:45 -0500
  ...This connector should have a large and a small white wire with a black stripe crimped in it. That connector gets plugged in to...
• Re: WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:08:13 -0700
  ...ECU connector pin 6 is the same as frame ground. It is FI sensor common, and may be "ground" when ECU is plugged in...
• Re: Plug & Unplug with Dielectric grease a bunch of times
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:09:45 -0600
  ...connectors were designed to be plugged into only a few times and unplugging & replugging may actually cause problems. Tom Sent from my Verizon Wireless...
• Replacing wiring into glow plug relay?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 14:17:24 -0700
  ...connecting wires out of the block the relay plugs in to without destroying the wires and/or the plug receptacle? The wiring connectors appear...
• Re: Headlights not working (?) --> FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:51:50 -0600
  ...The two ground wires coming from the headlights had fused together because they had been squeezed together into one connector at the ground under...
• Re: Running on 3 Cylinders
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:49:19 -0400
  ...Vendor of new plug wires, etc., suggested checking the connections at #1 and #3 plugs. I found heavy corrosion and ends of connectors at...
• Re: what is this wire...?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:03:57 -0500
  ...It has three wires, one regular, and >a >couple of prongs. It leads to a plug or sensor that is below the >intake >manifold...
• Re: USB power?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 08:08:28 -0700
  ...locking connector, something like DIN 4165 (BMW/Hella/Powerlet), but less expensive and using crimp or solder rather than screws to connect wire. At...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:21:13 -0800
  ...Another option is to put male spade connectors on the ends of the new H4 plug wires and push these into the 9004 female...
• Re: OE Spark Plug Wire Sets
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:23:44 -0700
  ...why, but the spark plug connectors shorting to > ground or opening seems to be a common problem on > replacement wire sets. I guess 1...
• Re: Tach install from vanagon to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 15:13:51 -0800
  ...Plug this spliced green/brown wire into the hole where the green wire is on the tach dash 14 pin connector. VW keeps the...
• Re: Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:12:07 -0800
  ...Just cut the brown wire to pin 3 of the 14 pin connector, >> leaving a few inches. Splice some more wire to the cut...
• 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...
• What fuse would you use for this application?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:37:27 -0500
  ...I wired in an external 12 connector using an Anderson Powerpole connector set and battery cables. I took the negative from the diesel exhaust...
• Re: Engine missing, wont start, now seems fine???
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:21:33 -0700
  ...Were any of the wires, plugs, cap replaced recently? In Bentley there's a resistance spec for the plug wire and connector itself. On...
• Re: Stupid wire question...really... (temp 2 wire)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:46:32 -0700
  ...Original wires ok at time of install. I even shrink wrapped them near >> the connector. But. I figure heat, unplugging/plugging in connector, > > The...
• Re: Wiring harness to distributor plug
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:22:27 -0700
  ...To repair the wires I usually get the metal connectors with about a 3 inch white pigtail attached from VW (again as a matter...
• Re: Gas heater wiring
  Historical mailing list - John Samuel
  Sat, 31 Oct 2015 01:05:43 -0400
  Is that the temperature regulating switch (411-963-107) ? multi connector plug is 8 prongs (1 X .250inch et 7 X .110 inch : connector...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor splice instructions?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 20:54:46 -0500
  ...Depot $39.95 sensor to the > Vanagan connector. There are one black and two white wires. The whites are interchangeable so it's easy...
• Plug & Unplug with Dielectric grease a bunch of times
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:20:42 -0800
  "...and now all the wires and connectors are 25 + years old...."� Scott Turbovans Volks, Does it makes sense as proactive maintenance to search around...
• Re: Where to get pin tool?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 21 Oct 2001 21:38:47 -0700
  ...you can get the tool to remove the wire , > for example, from the connector that plugs into the ECU. I think one > exists that...
• WTB: Healight connector (2) (they burned???)
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 14:46:51 -0800
  Looking for two white plastic main headlight connectors (they plug into the bulb) for my '87 Westy. Both of them seem to have melted...
• Re: Poll: Favorite anti-theft device?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Barkley
  Tue, 24 Jun 2014 08:43:44 -0400
  ...Use male and female spade wire connectors and its just unplug and plug in.
• Re: Stray wires around the fuse block Help!!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:44:13 -0400
  ...So if that wire comes from the bottom (pin 6) of connector H, it should go to pin one of the fan thermoswitch. The...
• I lost my temp sensor connector/wire :-(
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Klahn
  Sun, 2 Nov 2003 15:58:36 -0600
  ...Any way to defeat this? At this point I don't even know where the connector plugged into. Conrad
• Re: 1.9 ltr WBX O2 sensor question?
  Historical mailing list - Leonard Anthony
  Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:26:10 -0700
  Hi Tony, The green wire is a coax cable similar to an audio cable. The outer shield just dead ends before the connector. It...
• Re: Digitool diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:51:36 -0800
  ...unplug the ECU, plug in this shunt > >connector, and then plug the ECU connector into some kind of other connector > >(that might not exsist...
• Re: Spark plug wires
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 06 Jun 95 16:37:43 CDT
  On Tue, 6 Jun 95 16:36:13 CDT <POLLISMJ@ccit.arizona.edu> said: >What is a GOOD brand of spark plug wires that...
• Re: O2/ECU Coaxial wire...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 10:24:00 EST
  You could go to the connector at the ECU, pull the cover off and test the middle green wire and the outter ground wire...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Fri, 10 Jan 2014 01:14:18 -0800
  ...I've seen wire connectors get pushed back out of position in a plastic connector block .. you can have two pieces of metal that...
• Re: '90 Carat Runs Rough...the epic continues...help??!!
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 14:09:40 -0400
  ...A corroded / loose / cut OS sensor wire & connector. A loose wire in the left firewall junction box (plug of 6 wire, one was loose...