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• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:34:14 -0400
  ...I cut the > spade terminals off, replaced with ring connector and attached under the > fuse block screws. > > Fourth: Buy some H-4 replacements, now...
• Re: stereo wiring
  Historical mailing list - Cooper Jonathan
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:14:06 -0400
  ...one for the "terminal always supplied > with power regardless of ignition position" and one for the "terminal > controlled by the ignition switch." I figured...
• Re: Headlight Failure-Check the ground connection!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:06:20 -0400
  ...A good fix is the connect the ground wires using a ring terminal and sheet metal screw right by each headlight assembly. Dennis ----- Original...
• AAA coverage...worth it?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 11 Mar 2021 01:25:13 +0000
  ...But, twice in my experience, bad things happen.  Once blown out front wheel bearings; another time was a snapped ring terminal on big red...
• Re: electrical testing proceedure question..Not van specific, but..
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:58:19 -0700
  ...So, the battery is 7 years old..Probably time for a new one, yes? After cleaning all the ground points and the terminals and...
• Battery and alternator - generic auto electric
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:14:15 -0400
  ...After replacing the bad ring terminal, I got the alt and the bat to read the same voltage. I am assuming that the fact...
• Re: Dielectric grease
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 13 Jan 2019 09:53:55 -0500
  ...This will not be very effective if the grease is just smeared on the outside after joining the terminals. Since dielectric grease is silicone...
• Re: Cold start 3 cylinder stalling and bucking idle insanity!!!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:55:29 -0500
  ...braid (8 ohm !!!!), and so i crimped and soldered a new ring terminal on each end the braid, and then also bundled all those...
• Battery and alternator - generic auto electric
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:02:14 -0400
  ...The battery is strong with > no > indication of weak cells. > > I replaced one of the large ring terminals on a red lead, not the...
• Auxiliary Battery Installation II: Hawker Odyssey battery, Hella relay, Chargetek AC charger (v. long)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Earl
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 22:14:38 -0400
  ...The Chargetek charger comes with 5/16" ring terminal connectors. For my setup I left both ground leads and one positive lead alone, but...
• Re: '86 Fried AC/switch-solutions??
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 20:30:47 -0700
  ...I have the wierd combo switch with the fan speed on the inside and the temp control ring on the outside. Turns out this...
• Re: Testing a Fuel Injection harness??
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 21:31:55 -0400
  ...In each case I registered continuity between one terminal of >>> the connector and the appropriate terminal in the ECU connector. But, >>> when >>> I went...
• Re: Real time help needed
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 28 Mar 2020 22:51:56 +0000
  The "turning into alley" part may be an important clue.  Hit a bump....a marginal ring terminal which was already cracked and just holding...
• Re: intermittent rich running problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 May 2009 22:59:37 -0400
  ...Check the ring terminal carefully. The crimp can look good but that corroded wire makes for a lousy connection. New ring terminals with the...
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:42:10 -0400
  ...and small sizes crimping tool with an assortment of spade and ring terminal connectors electrical tape, rescue tape, duct tape large, medium and small...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 09:00:55 -0500
  Check the ground connector spade terminal down near the floor and the ring/finger assembly on the back of the steering wheel and on...
• 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: 87 syncro water temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:17:00 -0400
  ...It >threads into the housing with pipe threads (no O'ring) and has one wire >only. It is not the one pictured on the...
• Re: Another Crank but No Start/No Spark
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:02:11 -0700
  ...With the battery negative unhooked, remove and closely inspect those red wires to make sure the ring terminals and crimps on the ends are...
• Re: Westfalia Shore Power Ground Bonding Minutia: Breaker Box
  Historical mailing list - Ben Eisenbraun
  Tue, 25 Feb 2020 17:13:55 -0500
  ...It’s fairly tight in the OEM box, so I crimped some ring terminals on the stranded cable to connect to the back of...
• Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:56:53 -0400
  ...deterioration of wire-to-terminal crimp, evidenced by melted insulation at crimp. Same can be caused by poor connection of push-on terminal, but...
• Re: headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 12:13:16 -0500
  ...Easy fix is to just connect the grounds at the lights using a ring terminal under one of the screws holding the light bracket...
• Re: [T2] Wont start update
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 12:59:26 -0500
  ...ring gear before it runs the starter motor. Jump from the battery post on the solenoid to the top right push-on terminal. 1...
• Re: Why am I not surprised? (charging wires)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 08:00:01 -0700
  ...and found that where the two wires from the alternator > are crimped to a single ring connector there was corrosion and the wires > showed...
• Re: Dual Battery Relay - Part 2 (long)
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:35:24 -0800
  ...to connect > them to the trigger terminals on the new cut-out relay. > > >4)Use the ring terminals to connect the #8 wire. > As...
• Re: Rough running, black smoke, running rich, no idle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Feb 2014 00:30:20 -0500
  ...Also, make sure that ring terminal is actually making a good connection to the wire. The black and oxidized wire itself is also a...
• Re: source for solder-on quick disconnects?
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Sun, 6 May 2012 19:43:14 -0400
  ...m feeling like soldering on something like a ring terminal, I take >> regular crimp on terminals and cut away the plastic. I slide a...
• Re: alternator questions/ just bought a reman.alt..
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:58:08 -0700
  ...I usually make an extension of the blue wire with a male spade on one end of a 3" wire and a small ring...
• 87 Syncro - Vanagon-type Syndrome and Questions
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:52:31 -0500
  ...This is the big red wire that is connected on a stud terminal with a 13mm wrench size nut and I believe it is...
• Re: Aux. Wire/Battery Install Pics/Notes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:12:38 -0700
  ...it may not work reliably unless you put a wire with ring terminal under one of it's bolts and ground the other end...
• Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:14:42 -0700
  ...I stopped at a NAPA and bought a pack of ring terminals, 5/16" for 6 gauge wire and an extra 8mm nut and...
• Toronto Vans
  Historical mailing list - Alain Pierre Hovasse
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 07:15:54 -0400
  ...Run a 10 gaige wire from the + terminal on the aux battery to terminal #30 on the relay. (Crimp on a ring connector to...
• Re: AAA coverage...worth it?
  Historical mailing list - Erin Daniels
  Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:02:39 -0800
  ...Once blown out front wheel bearings; another time was a snapped ring terminal on big red wire to starter motor. Okay, bummer. So then...
• Re: horn not working after replacing ignition switch?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:38:23 -0800
  ...Two terminals. One has power on it ( all the time I think too, not just with the key on, but full time ) ...you check...
• Re: Electrical Help nEEDED - 90' Carat
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Fri, 18 May 2007 12:30:36 -0500
  ...Originally, there should have been a gray-blue stripe wire coming from a splice just downstream of the light switch to terminal 6 of...
• Re: Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:02:07 -0800
  ...other end and plugged it into a > spare terminal on one of the circular ground rings above the fusebox. > > Plugged the cluster back in...
• Re: Tach schematics/repair hints?
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:59:47 -0600
  ...a reminder that the primary coil pulse is available at a terminal on the > back of the tach...ouch <g> > > Thanks, > david > > -- > David Beierl...
• Re: Alternator not charging/ solenoid meltdown
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:00:33 -0500
  At 07:43 PM 2/22/2000 , Steve Green wrote: >David, I think you are confusing the Vanagon alternator D+ terminal with >the field...
• Re: Flash Alert! Dual Battery Relay
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:48:18 -1000
  ...optional 12 volt 30 amp circuit breaker. >4) at least 4 ring terminals, for the #8 or #6 wire, to connect > the wire to...
• Re: alternator light staying on til high revs
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 11:01:59 -0500
  ...I cleaned up that connection and soldered it and added 2 10ga wires from the alternator directly to the terminal on the starter rather...
• Vanagon Specifications Sheet
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 16:20:52 -0400
  ...SENSOR SPECIFICATIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AIRFLOW SENSOR POTENTIOMETER Application Condition Ohms ----------------------------------------------------------- Resistance between terminals No. 14 and 17 Sensor At Rest Less Than 1000 Resistance between terminals...
• Re: 87 syncro water temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:44:48 -0400
  ...It > >threads into the housing with pipe threads (no O'ring) and has one wire > >only. It is not the one pictured on the...
• Re: O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:04:24 -0500
  ...Make sure the brown wire has a good ring terminal crimped on to it and is bolted down to clean metal on the engine...
• Re: Real time help needed
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Sat, 28 Mar 2020 19:03:47 -0400
  ...Hit a bump....a marginal ring terminal which was already cracked and just holding together barely got jostled loose. Happened to me once while...
• Re: Why am I not surprised? (charging wires)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 11:44:08 -0400
  ...and found that where the two wires from the alternator > > are crimped to a single ring connector there was corrosion and the wires > > showed...
• Re: stereo wiring
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 09:19:47 -0500
  ...one for the "terminal always > supplied > > with power regardless of ignition position" and one for the > "terminal > > controlled by the ignition switch." I figured...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:08:42 -0400
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > Check the ground connector spade terminal down near the floor and the > ring/finger assembly on the back of the steering...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:39:04 -0400
  ...gmail.com');>> wrote: > >> Check the ground connector spade terminal down near the floor and the >> ring/finger assembly on the back of the steering...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:32:17 -1000
  ...gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Check the ground connector spade terminal down near the floor and the >>>> ring/finger assembly on the back of the steering...
• Re: Starter: it's one or another
  Historical mailing list - Danny Bean
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:32:58 -0500
  ...I crawled underneath the van to find that the small wire going to the main terminal had broken from the terminal ring and the...
• Re: AAA coverage...worth it?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 11 Mar 2021 03:10:51 +0000
  ...But, twice in my experience, bad things happen.  Once blown out front wheel bearings; another time was a snapped ring terminal on big red...
• Update: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 07:36:33 -0400
  ...Where does this blue wire go from the alternator? Do I understand correctly this wire is connected by small ring terminal to one of...
• Re: electrical testing proceedure question..Not van specific, but..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:43:02 -0700
  hi don, the only way I ever test charging voltage ( which is what you are really interested in ) is at the battery terminals with...
• Re: Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 15:09:10 -0700
  ...I stopped at a NAPA and bought a pack of ring terminals, 5/16" > for 6 gauge wire and an extra 8mm nut and...
• Re: Fridge question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 5 Sep 2012 09:09:08 -0500
  ---- tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG> wrote: > Great stuff! Thanks to you and all the others that have given me lots of work > to do...
• Re: Refridgerator Relay Wiring Confusion
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 12:34:19 -0700
  ...I would suggest a minimum #8 wire and from that size up I could not find any spade terminals to fit typical terminals on...
• Re: Cleaning bad grounds
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:40:14 -0700
  ...Bright & clean bare metal. > Ideally, surface is plated or tinned. > Terminal (ring or spade). Bright & clean. Proper connection > to wire assumed (different set of...
• Re: Tail light upgrade question
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 20:51:03 -0500
  ...some 1/4" (6 mm) female push-ons, and maybe some ring terminals. With this stuff and some wire, you can make up a...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:45:23 -0400
  ...gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Check the ground connector spade terminal down near the floor and the >>> ring/finger assembly on the back of the steering...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 2 Dec 2010 22:59:22 -0500
  ...I went and purchased a few feet of 4guage copper wire at a marine store, as well as ring terminals for both ends (and...