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• Re: Radiator fan switch
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Tue, 5 Sep 2017 19:14:00 -0700
  ...One is power from the fuse box. That wire jumped to the > middle will give you slow speed. The two outside wires jumped will...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:16:01 -0700
  ...I would >> check the connectors on the back of the fuse box. You can jump where >> the >> power goes in and then comes out...
• Eurovan blink codes
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Mon, 9 Jun 97 08:05:00 -0500
  ...There is a small wire harness with connectors that fit into the sockets above the fuse box. if the key is on OFF when...
• Aux Battery hookup
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:48:54 -0700
  ...Disconnect the 2 red wires leading from the fuse box behind the drivers seat from the relay terminals. These wires lead to your fridge...
• Re: odd headlight issue?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:29:32 -0400
  ...Both lights share the same ground connection at a cluster above the fuse box. It iwll be corroded or melted. Separate, use new crimps...
• Re: Pulling the Dash (fascia)
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:19:02 -0500
  ...Disconnect primary battery Remove ashtray Remove center defroster vents Remove fuse box cover Lower fuse block Remove glove compartment Remove outer defroster vents Now...
• Re: Engine (VanaJetta) won't shut off when hot.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:34:48 -0700
  ...a pic of relay box/exhaust: >> >> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/exhaust.jpg/exhaust-full;init:.jpg >> >> Maybe relay box is too close to exhaust...
• FOR SALE: Whole bunch of Vangon and other parts
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:38:37 -0800
  ...complete 2.1L wbx harness with ECU, relay box, coil and idle stabilizer relay – left overs from an engine conversion – everything works...
• Re: '85 vanagon fuse #14 - again
  Historical mailing list - Jerome A Perkins
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:23:08 +0100
  ...the part no from it over weekend. (It's in a box at the back of my shed!) Jerome Jeff Lincoln wrote: >> I didn...
• Headlights Grounded!
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Haskins
  Fri, 16 May 1997 14:37:37 -0500 (EST)
  ...It is located to the right of the fuse box, and back into the dash. There was two loose wires, and one that was...
• 85 vanvagon 1.9 electrical prob
  Historical mailing list - David Rack
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 21:17:04 -0700
  ...the coil, or a fuse, or what? any help would be great..thanks ===== Evergreen State College David Rack Tesc Box #60137 Olympia, WA. 98505...
• Re: Firestop where would you place these in the engine compartment ?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Myers
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:51:23 -0500
  From the video - it looks like gravity is helping out a bit - And they deploy with the help of a fuse. [ baking soda bomb...
• Re: Need paint color! Thanks
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:12:50 -0800
  ...mail me. > > The color code of your van is under the fuse box, well under the frame, > it's > a white sticker: > http://www...
• Re: Horn installation
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:00:23 -0700
  thanks Neil, the instructions on the horn box (Bus Depot) is not very clear, with no indication of what number on the relay for...
• Re: slight glow from oil press. light
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 18:35:59 -0700
  ...going (the DPO "fixed" the > > fuse box by adding a > > separate fuse for the wipers and a separate fuse for > > the defroster fan--from...
• Re: Need Help diagnosing a Non-starting '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:20:41 -0400
  ...and check for voltage at the fuse block and at the terminal >> in >> the engine compartment black box. Hopefully I will have access to...
• Re: VIN # meaning
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:19:45 -0800
  ...all US model 86's that I've ever seen have the upgraded fuse box too, another way to tell an 86. I have...
• Re: Attn: Electrical Gurus! (I searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:38:10 -0700
  ...Then put the meter probes in the fuse socket in place > of the fuse (the fan should start up again) and see what it...
• Fwd: Re: Re: Radiator thermo switch
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:29:27 -0500
  ...Low speed is on the fuse box. High speed is above the fuse box under the dash. It gets a fusible link and a...
• Re: Battery Woahs Part II
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 3 Jul 2015 15:55:15 -0700
  ...pop come from the fuse box. I looked, but did not see anything obvious and did not pull every fuse to see what shorted...
• Headlight Mystery (2 lamp/Halogen)
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:25:01 -0700
  ...Multimeter help UPDATE-77 Westy > > I would go to the fuse box area next. > You should also know that there are circuits that are...
• Re: Laugh...its Friday
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Thu, 31 Oct 1996 22:37:47 -0800
  ...As a replacement fuse was not available, > Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullet from his > pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next...
• Re: Electrical Fire in the Engine Bay
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:43:04 -0500
  ...electronics box on the >> left side of the engine bay that has the two relays in it. The >> insulation was melted and fused on...
• Re: Electronic Cleaner
  Historical mailing list - HP Authorized Customer
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 10:03:52 -0700
  ...items located on the firewall, spark plug wires, grounds, fuses in the fuse box, starter, battery contacts, ECU contacts, O2 sensor contact, AFM contacts...
• Re: Firestop where would you place these in the engine compartment ?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:01:15 -0800
  ...it does appear from the video that the fire actually ignites a fuse on the device. Presumably heat alone wouldn't trigger it, you...
• Re: AC 3rd speed fan wiring
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:53:20 -0500
  ...On the AC wiring diagram and in vans > wired for AC they call the one in the fuse box #53 the 2nd and > refer...
• Re: Free parts from 1985 Westy-you pay shipping
  Historical mailing list - C. Pius Weibel
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:17:19 -0500
  ...think I still have these but they are in an unmarked box. Window wiper motor 2 Brown tables with rotating leg Steering wheel, column...
• Re: Load Reduction Relay/X-Contact Info
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:09:37 -0500
  ...The Bentley is less clear for some reason for the '85 model year. >86+ have nice pictures of the fuse box and relays--'85...
• Re: Remove AC Cabinet 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Chris ALmida
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 07:46:03 -0700
  ...Early Westies >equipped with air have two additional fuses attached to the right side >of the fuse block which are better accessed after removing...
• Re: headlight switch mystery, help!
  Historical mailing list - Noto-Gaudette
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 00:05:09 -0400
  ...To find this piece, drop the fuse box under the driver's dashboard (this requires removing only two screws) and look above where the...
• Re: 91 dead on the freeway tech expertise needed !
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:43:19 -0800
  There is no such safety feature and no fuse or fusible link that can cause this. Here is something I posted a while back...
• Re: Front Heater wiring *REVISITED*
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:49:50 -0500
  ...What fuse should the power source to the front blower come from? 2. When I used a random power source to test things all...
• Re: Aux Battery Idea
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 15:59:52 -0700
  ...See my post on Auxiliary batteries, relays, fuses, wire sizes, etc. Bill 90 Westy Syncro -----Original Message----- From: Jason M. Yasment <vanagon@NYCAP.RR...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 23 Jun 2021 07:41:45 -0500
  ...On the Vanagon the high lever is > >> powered > >>> directly from the fuse box, battery connection. So operating the lever > >>> bypasses the ignition and headlight...
• Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 10:10:21 -0400
  Check the ground wire connection above the fuse box. Better yet add new ground points near the headlights. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Feb 2013 15:27:31 -0800
  ...I would really avoid the rabbit/jetta/golf practice of putting everything in the one fuse box. Vanagons are far better about that .. the...
• Re: radiator fan relay
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:20:13 -0400
  ...For some reason I thought that the relay was > located in the fuse box??? When I look there and > pull the relays one at...
• Re: Broken down, need some advise
  Historical mailing list - joe kallo
  Sun, 13 Nov 2016 16:47:18 +0000
  ...can be bridged inside the black box in the engine > > compartment´s front. > > The big metal fuse across the relay base is the one...
• Re: heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:08:55 -0500
  ...Briefly you need to remove the instrument cluster, the glove box, the dash and steering wheel to get to the heater box. (When you...
• Relay positions, 78
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 11:55:15 -0400
  ...I couldn't actually find any water on the fuse box anywhere. Also, are any of relays NOT fused, such that they could create...
• Re: Re; Lighting options
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sat, 30 Dec 2000 07:17:33 -0600
  ...dash panel. > It's wired to the hot side of the fuse box, to a relay, then to the > lights. > They offer beaucouix candle...
• Re: Syncro 16" Double-Cab
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 03:04:59 -0500
  ...If you can tell me the *Modellnumber* from the sticker near the fuse-box near the drivers-door or in your service booklet, I...
• Re: Spare-tire Pan Bolt Spec
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:55:22 -0700
  ...Spare-tire Pan Bolt Spec Just don't believe what ETKA says about Syncro Fuse Boxes ;-) I have Version 5.3, which one do...
• Re: [FIX]Wiring up your SA Grill (or just upgrading your wiring to use relays)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 12:34:00 -0700
  ...the battery box and add any wiring in a Vanagon, my plan is to use the battery connection to the fuse panel as my...
• Re: No Start Scenario, burned out pin D15 !
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:05:15 -0700
  ...The black wires have > no fuse protection! > > Mark > > John Goubeaux wrote: >> OK, So I pulled the main fuse panel and removed the "D" connector...
• Re: Water and Battery LEDs dead - fix
  Historical mailing list - Burdett, Jean-Pierre
  Mon, 28 May 2007 14:46:54 -0400
  ...so far... > > For some strange reason I can't locate the fuse box - it's supposed to > be under the belt retractor at the...
• fridged removed
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 22:05:00 -0500
  ...hopefully soon from the PO, but i do not have the fuse box isolator for it located behind the drivers seat, does any have...
• Re: Syncro 16" Double-Cab
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 03:12:24 -0500
  ...If you can tell me the *Modellnumber* from the sticker near the fuse-box near the drivers-door or in your service booklet, I...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:45:09 -0500
  ...I would > check the connectors on the back of the fuse box. You can jump where > the > power goes in and then comes out...
• Re: Horn/Rearlights
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 09 May 1996 12:33:41 -0400
  ...First trace the wires from the horn to the fuse box. Make sure they are complete. Second, take a VOM and check for +12V...
• Re: Aux driving lights question..best easy power source..?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:47:51 -0700
  ...wire feeding the fuse box or light > switch ......... > or even your own dedicated fat wire from the battery or whaever, fuse > protected of course...
• Re: AC 3rd speed fan wiring
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:56:57 -0800
  ...On the AC wiring diagram and in vans wired for AC >> they call the one in the fuse box #53 the 2nd and refer...
• On-board Charging.
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Mon, 4 Nov 1996 15:05:40 -0500 (EST)
  ...clamp bolts, > ran the leads outside the battery box thru an indentation in the box i'd > made for the battery blanket cord. plugged...
• Re: No headlights.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 31 Aug 2016 23:16:32 -0400
  ...The headlight grounds share a common terminal at the ground star above the fuse box. It is common for this connection to overheat, corrode...
• Re: battery charger for smaller AA, D, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:55:42 -0600
  ...mount behind the driver seat that I can > wire into my fuse box and keep there permanently. > > Suggestions on make and model? I'm...
• Re: Another D15 connector failure example- The fix!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 2 Mar 2022 01:01:03 +0000
  ...Same for all >> the >>> wiring up most of the switches and even after the switches to the fuse >> box. >>> >>> Dennis >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Vanagon...
• Re: Electrical Gurus help needed 88 van.kinda long
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 19:24:20 -0400
  ...Then I Chase wires from the ignition switch to the fuse box, Spray DeOxit on them, and hook it all up stock. Turns right...
• please help -- starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot (sean bartnik )
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 14:14:09 -0500
  ...a red wire comes from in front (front is front) of the fuse box and into one of the terminals of the relay. A...
• Re: A/C info on 85 front mount Update
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 00:04:28 -0700
  ...I have one in a box but don't want to ruin all the pretty wrapping. Makes sense to take the one apart in...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:57:05 +0200
  ...Just like all POWER circuits in our home connect right > to the fuse box, not one after the other in parallel on the same...