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• Re: Electriclly FRIED WIRE HARNESS.
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sat, 18 Jan 1997 01:39:11 -0500 (EST)
  On Fri, 17 Jan 1997 jmatchet@iu.net wrote: > > The Power Steering Unit has a 2 wire connection to the electrical > harness that crosses...
• Re: Vanagon Spark Plug Wires
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:50:43 -0500
  Performance wires are available from list vendors and Autohausaz.com. BTW, "performance" = OE. Aftermarket wires = waste of money. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Dometic fire alert - errata
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 09 Jul 1997 09:10 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Solder the RED fan wires to the fridge's Yellow wire which comes from the thermo switch, and the BLUE fan wires to the...
• Re: wire pulling greese?
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone Greene
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 23:00:13 -0500
  Davidson wrote: > > I have a #4 automotive wire to pull through about 4 feet of snug fitting > plastic tubing. > I don't want to...
• 02 Wire Resistance Questions
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:56:42 -0600
  My 90 GL runs on a Haltech engine management system and it uses a pretty much standard 3 wire Oxygen sensor. Irt dawned on...
• Re: 02 Wire Resistance Questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:02:07 -0600
  The full ohm of resistance isn't across the wire, it's across the sensor. Should be no problem soldering on an extension. -----Original...
• update: melted oxygen sensor wires and no start fun
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 19:48:22 EDT
  To update my melted O2 sensor wires problem: I got the Vanagon home (towed) and started looking at the melted O2 sensor wires and...
• Re: [Fwd: common speaker wire to rear Vanagon speakers]
  Historical mailing list - Greg
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 18:22:04 -0700
  Rennie, On my 86 GL Full Camper the rear speaker wires run on the passenger side through the opening above the door into the...
• Re: O2 Sensor - 3-wire vs 1-wire
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:51:43 -0800
  ...The 3-wire has a heating element built into it to allow the sensor to be "in range" sooner, and allow lower emissions. The...
• Sparkplug wire question
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 01:55:50 -0400
  Have any of you had the situation where you needed to replace a set of wires only because the wire to the #3 plug...
• Re: wiring and fuses for 80/100w bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:10:20 -0500
  ...If either wire shorts to ground, the fuse will blow, which is OK; if one wire opens the other wire is probably enough to...
• Re: Broken Ground?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 10:20:55 -0800
  My thoughts are that it is a broken ground, as there > is nothing else close enough for it to connect to. > > The wire appears...
• Re: 1.9 engine HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:50:25 -0500
  ...You will see copper wires covering an inner green wire. You will then want to trim the outer shielding wires with some wire cutters...
• Re: headlight relay installation problems...
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:09:03 -0500
  ...Indeed, the white wire was what I wanted. I was quite confused. Neither this, nor the yellow-and-black wire, go to the dimmer...
• Re: Installing AMP in Vanagon..wiring SNAFU
  Historical mailing list - Babe Bones
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:10:53 -0700
  Tracey Estevez <boatshop@INTERCOM.NET> wrote: >right brown wire goes to the map light on the dash negative term.The left >wire *ends in...
• Re: Oxygen sensor-replace or unplug?
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:08:53 -0700
  Brian Doss wrote: > > The Ox sensor I bought from one of our list vendors had (2) white > wires. I > was under the impression that...
• GoWesty extra battery kit
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:35:15 -0600
  I'm installing a gowesty extra batter kit and running the wire to the fuse box. I can't pry off connector B as...
• Re: DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:04:43 -0600
  I've got a 3-wire ISV in my Vanagon... it came out of a Jetta. FWIW, I can't offer any nuggets of...
• Re: Removing Power mirrors
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:14:02 EDT
  ...snip wireties that hold power mirror harness to door. unplug power mirror wires from rest of hanrness. label wire color and position on plastic...
• Re: Brocken wires
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:22:32 -0400
  ...My pwn '87 Westy had a patch on every wire, due to some DPO/ mechanic deciding to splice every wire right at the flex...
• Re: Spark Plug Wire Resistance
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 08:18:16 -0700
  Blake, The OEM wire for Vanagons is a metallic stranded wire. The spark plug wire your buying is likely a carbon core type. I...
• spare wires in engine compartment box?
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Tue, 3 Jun 2003 15:03:18 -0700
  ...In the wiring junction box at the left front area of the engine compartment, there is a 3-wire plug with green/white, brown...
• Re: stereo speaker wire colors?
  Historical mailing list - Jesse Reynolds
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:40:35 -0700
  ...Inside it is a > twist of copper strands, a red wire, a brown wire, and two cables with > still more wires inside: there is...
• Re: Stupid wire question...really... (temp 2 wire)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:03:28 -0700
  On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:46 PM, T Collins <tonycollin@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello List, > > Say that I found a wire to...
• Wiring Challenge -- Bentley page 97.68 -- Wire H6 (Rad. Cool Fan Thermoswitch)
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:38:21 -0400
  ...The connector is a single-wire connector. The wire is about 8" long. Seems this wire should be connected somewhere, no? But I really...
• Re: Hesitation, Running Rich, Stalling
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 05:49:39 -0400
  ...The wire in question is the brown wire that is included in a small sheath that also carries the 3 wires that go to...
• Help! Pwr. Mirrors PITA!!
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  02 Jan 97 16:30:42 EST
  ...Mirrors???? I took off the glass, and that little motor, I took off the doorpanel, and unplugged the wire connection, But The stupid wire...
• Re: Loose black wire near fuse box?
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 15:23:15 -0800
  Solid wire? Not stranded? If solid, it's almost certainly added by someone other than VW as I don't think they ever use...
• Re: Fridge wiring?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:55:48 -0600
  > Still struggling to make sense of this. > When using a Westy kitchen in a non-westy van, can I just wire it directly = > to...
• Re: OXY sensor Help!!
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Sat, 11 Dec 1999 22:08:40 -0800
  The Oxy sensor is heated, and the two white wires connect to the heating circuit; it does not seem to matter which way they...
• Re: VDO wire route
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:07:15 -0700
  hi, i ran all my aux wires under van, keeping them tucked up and safe. I had the idea of running them in a...
• problem splicing O2 sensor wires
  Historical mailing list - John Fleming
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 13:25:21 -0400
  Message text written by Austin >Recently while splicing a generic 3-wire O2 sensor onto the stock loom I couldn't get the solder...
• Re: anyone added a tach/digi clock cluster to a '85 Non-GL or Transporter????
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:45:08 EST
  ...the other plug has no wire (where the smaller green tach wire would normally be) in the wiring junction box on the firewall there...
• Re: Brocken wires
  Historical mailing list - Janne Ruohom�ki
  Fri, 9 Oct 2009 12:44:10 +0300
  On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Arkady Mirvis <arkmirvis@gmail.com> wrote: > Fellow listees, > > How common is the problem with wires...
• Re: 1985 O2 sensor and idle
  Historical mailing list - John Haddad
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 10:39:43 -0400
  ...There is a braided shield of wire over the in- side wire. Some folks have accidentally allowed the braided wire to come in contact...
• FIXED Power passenger window intermiitent failure
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:27:24 -0800
  As suggested by a list member the intermittent power window problem was indeed a broken wire inside the driver door boot routing wires to...
• Wire to A/C compressor, '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 12 May 2004 10:59:42 -0400
  Sometime during the winter, the wire to the A/C compressor went "somewhere" ... I know not where. Currently, the black wire that exits from...
• Re: Wire size question.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:30:55 -0700
  The differences between your ampacity chart and the one I referred to might be what one can expect stranded wire (which has less copper...
• Re: Post-waterpump replacement - wires and noises
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Thu, 24 May 2007 21:49:36 -0500
  ...Do I connect the black wire to the > wires running free inside the green wire in the harness, or to the > inner green wire...
• Syncro Differential Lock Switch Wire
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Sat, 8 Apr 2000 01:18:03 -0500
  In my continuing effort to identify an orphan wire on my 86 Syncro, I have narrowed my search to to the differential lock switch...
• Re: How do I wire up backup lights?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:04:13 -0400
  Are you going to use a the wire in question to trigger a relay powered from some other source? Otherwise you might overpower the...
• Re: wire was:?? SA Engine Conversion ?? NVC
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:04:13 -0500
  Charles McGehee wrote: > Riiiiiiiiight -- he says as he reaches for the bailing wire and duct tape. > > c Since we're into proper usage recently...
• Oops. Where did the wire go?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Putt
  Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:48:39 -0700
  ...I've gotten carried away and removed to many wires and the labels I put on a couple of the wires fell off. My...
• tach wiring
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:07:42 -0500
  ...I have a red wire, a green wire (hey - seasonal) a brown wire and a grey wire with a red stripe. Anyone know where...
• Re: Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:23:29 -0700
  This wire on my vehicle looks about 16ga, quite small. It goes unshielded from the O2 sensor about 15", snaking up into the engine...
• Re: Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 20 Sep 2014 07:45:30 -0700
  ...Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal? > > Mobile CB coaxial wire? Image: > > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73...
• Re: ALTERNATIVE SPARK PLUG WIRES
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:17:21 -0400
  I had a Bosch plug wire set fail in a Jetta within a week of installation, the Vanagon set lasted a couple weeks more...
• Re: A/C HOT wires!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 18 Apr 1999 19:16:21 -0400
  These wires get hot simply because they are too small for the job! They can be replaced with larger wires or doubled up. Also...
• Re: 2000 rpm buzzer of oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 6 Apr 2019 19:06:03 -0700
  ...Beside the sensor the wire to it and connections in that 2 wire plug are often a problem. On my '88 Westy, while replacing...
• Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:29:07 -0700
  Don't forget to check the heavy wires at the starter. I recently had a van that a mechanic said "needs a new alternator...
• Re: wire pulling greese?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 07:33:53 -0600
  ...wire pulling greese? I have a #4 automotive wire to pull through about 4 feet of snug fitting plastic tubing. I don't want...
• Re: failed SMOG, cylinder misfiring?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 07:13:54 -0700
  ...If I'm remembering your post correctly, didn't you stop the engine each time before pulling off a wire? If so, then go...
• Re: Stereo Wiring Help
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Fri, 5 Sep 1997 23:08:39 UT
  Stephen, The Brown wire is ground, the red wire is UNSWITCHED power, and the blue wire is instrument backlight power for the VW radios...
• headlight relay installation problems...
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:55:12 -0500
  ...If I run just the high beam wires through one of the relays, but twist the low-beam (yellow-and-black) wires together, everything...
• O2 sensor wiring
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:38:00 -0800
  ...It has two white wires, and one black wire. I am preparing to crimp in the oxygen sensor. Question is: what white wire goes...
• Re: ignition wires
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Feb 1997 14:06:46 -0800
  Funny, I just bought a new set of Bosch, even though I have a fairly good set of wires on the beast now. The...
• Re: Removing Power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:30:49 -0700
  ...snip wireties that hold power mirror harness to door. unplug power mirror wires from rest of hanrness. label wire color and position on plastic...
• Re: 2.1 fuel injection problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:21:25 -0400
  ...To locate this wire, you can trace it - it is a brown wire that comes out of the small wire sheath that contains the...
• Re: Ground wire woes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 9 Aug 2004 08:34:18 -0500
  ...In the wireloom there are two white wire sets (SETS) one has only one wire and the other has two wires, these push onto...
• Re: [Fwd: common speaker wire to rear Vanagon speakers]
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:09:23 -0700
  Early ones do, later have two wires. I don't know the break point year, you will have to see how many wire there...