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  • Re: How do I remove lower grill on my '84?
    Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
    Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:55:37 -0800
    ...It looks > to me like plastic connectors holding it in. I tugged on it, but I don't > want to break it. Anybody have...
  • Re: Fuel hose - what kind do I need?
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:28:24 -0800
    ...Fuel hose - what kind do I need? > In tracing the problem on my '88 Westy's hesitation, I took the > connector off the distributor...
  • Rear Heat Exchanger
    Historical mailing list - William David Abeyta
    Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:25:51 -0800
    ...I parked and checked it out and found the plastic near the electrical connectors leading to the blower had melted. (source of the smoke...
  • Re: '87 Westy Weekender owner needs help!!!!!! 2.1L wbx running rich??? ideas??
    Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
    Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:54:57 -0400
    ...It is the lone brown wire in the small bundle that goes to the distributor connector but split off to a ring connector that...
  • Re: Van stalled out today.
    Historical mailing list - Barrett Willet
    Sat, 21 May 2005 12:30:05 -0700
    ...The ground wire had oxidized and frayed at the connector to the block. Put another crimp on style connector and haven't had the...
  • Re: Wiring headlight washer pumps
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:29:11 -0800
    ...The connector on the T3 are side-by-side connectors. The ones on the Audi version of the pump is in a 'T' or...
  • Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:00:53 -0700
    ...MrSquirrelSSolarRig02 ) I mounted a pair of those inexpensive push-in type connectors that you find on the back of speakers (Radio Shack, I think...
  • Re: Poor power until warm
    Historical mailing list - Jared Planter
    Fri, 17 Aug 2018 22:12:00 -0700
    ...On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 21:48 Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > then check the wiring/connector of the temp2 sensor... check...
  • Re: 84 WB Coolant Light... More(U)
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 18 Jul 96 07:26:44 CDT
    is the fuel gauge still acting odd?? if so, double check that pin #14 on the big connector to the printed circuit foil in...
  • Re: fuse(y) box
    Historical mailing list - Robert Peterson
    Fri, 12 Apr 1996 10:00:11 -0400 (EDT)
    On Fri, 12 Apr 1996, Robert Peterson wrote: > those years has these little brass(?) connectors in teh fuse box. The Aack! copper, i meant...
  • Re: unplug '86 idle stabilizer?
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 22 May 1997 20:12:21 +0100
    Try cleaning the connectors, I've had success with that. ************************************************************ '62 Johan Nyberg, Sodertalje Sweden '86 Caravelle C Necessary Pest '62 Kerstin Wife '85...
  • Wanted: used Blaupunkt AM-FM cassette radio
    Historical mailing list - Gary Meek
    Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:30:34 -0600
    Anyone have a used one for sale? Preferably has connector configuration on the rear which looks like this: http://www.blaupunktusa.com/cgi-bin...
  • Re: Wanted: used Blaupunkt AM-FM cassette radio
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Mon, 20 Sep 1999 18:33:49 +0200
    Gary Meek wrote: > Preferably has connector configuration on the > rear which looks like this: This connection is the ISO standard that almost all car...
  • heater blower runs intermittently
    Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
    Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:15:34 EST
    ...I've cleaned the multiple ground connectors on the left side of the fuses. Is there a way to get to the fan without...
  • Where to get pin tool?
    Historical mailing list - John Andrew
    Fri, 19 Oct 2001 09:21:58 -0600
    Hi, Does anyone know where you can get the tool to remove the wire , for example, from the connector that plugs into the ECU...
  • Re: Re-wiring doors (power windows, etc)
    Historical mailing list - pensioner
    Wed, 5 Jun 2002 13:22:20 -0700
    ...Lotsa colors, lotsa guages, lotsa innersting bits attached. (inline circuit breakers, connectors, relay banks ) You probably have to bring your own cutters. pensioner
  • Re: Correct use of Dielectric grease?
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:22:06 -0400
    ...push type connectors used in the vanagon system are of the same spring design. lets take the case of a normal 1/4" male...
  • Re: Trying to install headlight relays but wire colors don't match
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:31:00 -0800
    ...There are 7 wires > coming off the connector and none were Yellow or White. I looked > through the Bentley and confirmed that there should...
  • Light at the end of the tunnel....maybe not
    Historical mailing list - Willie T. Lafrades
    Sun, 24 Jan 1999 11:21:57 -0800
    ...Almost sheered the connector right off. Now the question, was the original female connector bent at 90 degrees to avoid the belt? What is...
  • Re: Dometic Wiring Question
    Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
    Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:47:04 -0700
    My guess is that connector provides a handy place to connect a battery or power supply's negative return terminal to when testing the...
  • Diagnosis of Intermittent Power Loss or Misfire
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Fri, 25 Apr 2003 09:50:05 -0700
    ...Electrical Harness Check-- Check the connectors in the ECU Plug and at all the other fuel system components connections. ARe the connectors in good...
  • Re: OE Spark Plug Wire Sets
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:23:44 -0700
    ...mostly due to bad crimps, after I had > the wire pull out of the connectors on a couple of sets I started > inspecting crimps...
  • Re: Baja Shakedown
    Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
    Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:27:16 -0700
    ...We have also lost the male spade connector from the solenoid. The connector actually fell out of the solenoid housing and is very difficult...
  • Re: Starting problem(flooded)
    Historical mailing list - Joe Beckham
    Mon, 23 Nov 1998 15:08:21 -0800
    ...My 85 Westy will do this about once every two months, try removing the connector cleaning the contacts and then putting the connector back...
  • Re: rear speaker wiring
    Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
    Tue, 6 Nov 2001 22:27:54 -0800
    ...There is a connector plug under the rear bench seat, under the carpet, on the drivers side that connects the rear speakers to the...
  • Blue Midget Lives!
    Historical mailing list - David Johnson
    Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:37:59 -0600
    ...Was able to work the loose connector pin forward and gently crimp it in to place with a hemostat. It's a tad Mickey...
  • exhaust nuts & bolts is 304, 308, 309, 316 or zinc plated etc
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:57:12 -0700
    ...So now when i do the connector pipe what grade of ss do i use 304 is out so 3XX or zinc plated ?? I...
  • Re: Another D15 connector failure example- The fix!
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sun, 27 Feb 2022 16:20:19 -0800
    ...Took a pic of the female side of the D connector. If you doubted before, this might sway :-) https://shufti.blog/2022/02/19...
  • Removed the front fan/heater core assembly.
    Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
    Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:46:57 -0600
    ...The new motor has a connector with 2 wires, the old motor had no connector just 2 terminals: one single wire went to one...
  • Re: Throttle Idle RPM question
    Historical mailing list - Ramon Hill
    Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:46:37 -0500
    ...that brass-colored cylinder in the middle right of the engine, with two black hoses going to it, and one electrical connector at one...
  • Wet weather power loss
    Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
    Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:32:50 -0400
    ...Ring out the O2 lead<Bentley 24.62 ECU connector pins 2+13 >, 2. check the throttle sensor<Bentley 24.62 ECU connector pins...
  • Re: Headlight upgrades
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:12:58 -0700
    ...Thus if the NA bulbs are the same as Euro, which I believe is the case, only the connectors need to change. Sent from...
  • Vanagon Intermittent Misfire
    Historical mailing list - Subject: Vanagon Intermittent Misfire
    February 29, 1992
    ...025 906 302, is available to resolve this condition. * remove electrical connector from air flow sensor (see Figure 24-174) * install converter assembly, Part...
  • Re: Summer's coming and my van is getting hotter than ever!!
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:19:13 -0400
    On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Andrew Fox wrote: > The electrical problems ive seen in the vanagon have been with troublesome > grounds, brittle plastic connectors...
  • Re: O2 Sensor Wire
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
    Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:49:32 -0600
    ...I ran it from the ECU > connector > along the outside of the loom to the engine bay. > > ��� Regardless of all my D.I.Y...
  • Re: Digitool diagnostics
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Wed, 15 Mar 2000 16:58:32 -0800
    ...I spliced (soldered) the DB > 25 cable at the point where the wire harness goes into the connector which > enters the ECU. Net result...
  • Re: Blinking coolant light...
    Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
    Fri, 5 May 2000 09:28:38 -0400
    Alan, Try to reseat the connector to the instrument cluster. My '85 used to do this regularly. What it worked out to be is...
  • Re: Heater Motor resistor?
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Sat, 9 Dec 2000 10:18:52 EST
    ...Pull the switch connector and use a jumper to check if that is the problem. The hot wire into the switch connector is either...
  • Rear Heat Exchanger
    Historical mailing list - William David Abeyta
    Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:04:07 -0800
    ...I parked and checked it out and found the plastic near the electrical connectors leading to the blower had melted. (source of the smoke...
  • Rekindling search for an elusive part ('85 Vanagon)
    Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
    Mon, 9 Apr 2001 18:27:00 -0500
    This is a vacuum hose connector. Plastic, or nylon, I guess. On the right side of the engine there are two switches: one that...
  • ECU or Harness or AFM plug Malfuction Question
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Thu, 7 Jun 2001 21:59:06 -0800
    ...The connectors on the harness point to the ecu, on some models didn't have strong clamping, subsequent harness connector had addition compression rings...
  • Re: Where do jumper cables go on an 87 westy?
    Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
    Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:54:37 -0500
    Terry Kay ---- one of our listees--- sells these cable connectors.............scroll down to the bottom of this page to see it http://community-2...
  • Re: Leaking starting battery
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:37:01 -0700
    ...First I've disconnected the negative connector. Then I'm > trying to measure the leak by putting an ammeter between to positive > post of...
  • Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:17:51 -0700
    ...There are two TPS > connectors on it. One sends info to the ECU, the other sends info to > the Jetta auto tranny computer. I...
  • vac hose, help!
    Historical mailing list - Lund
    Fri, 9 Aug 1996 00:06:47 -0700 (PDT)
    My favorite backyard mechanic broke off the connector for the vac hose to the power steering pump/ac idle booster valve. The dealer searched...
  • vacuum lines
    Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
    Thu, 28 Jun 2001 15:37:39 -0400
    ...Are they all the same? Where can I buy vacuum line and connectors in bulk? Any ideas Jonathan R. Cooper Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal 900...
  • Starting problem solved
    Historical mailing list - John Russ
    Sun, 19 Jan 2003 16:23:12 -0500
    ...Lifted up the shifter cover and found the wire going into the neutral safety switch had come off of the connector ( from a previous...
  • Re: leaking gas when filling
    Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
    Wed, 20 Mar 2002 10:23:59 +0100
    ...it is the line running over to the next "Y-connector" on the other side of the tank that is broken. The break is...
  • Re: that Minneapolis guy again..
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Sun, 17 Mar 2002 16:45:15 -0600
    ...Anybody heard this before? > Your high pressure sensor may be bad or the wire or connector may be broken. BTDT Another possibility is that...
  • Re: Partially burned rear wiper electrical connector. Motor Heat Damaged it?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 18 May 2016 21:50:23 -0400
    ...Partially burned rear wiper electrical connector. Motor Heat Damaged it? Hi all. Can the rear wiper motor get hot enough to melt plastic? Or...
  • Re: Purpose of the ports on this AC hose?
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:58:27 -0400
    ...on the lines going to the evaporator you have low pressure switch, high pressure switch and the high pressure connector (not all on the...
  • Re: rich running van SOLVED! thanks Gerry S.
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Ralphs
    Thu, 4 Jun 1998 02:05:55 -0700
    ...Some >long-ago mechanic had replaced the spade connector by simply crimping a new >one on, and had both the grounded sheath and the...
  • High Idle, Next step
    Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
    Sun, 23 Sep 2001 09:56:50 EDT
    ...There is a brown lead off the bottom connector of a switch that screws into the pressure line of the p/s pump., and...
  • Trying to understand starter stuff
    Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
    Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:03:35 -0500
    ...I discovered this fragile little wire with a spade lug connector that attached to the starter was very loose and kept falling off. This...
  • Re: Radio Install
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:55:43 -0400
    ...You may have wired up something to the CONNECTOR, but the connector isn't connected to anything. I had this same problem with I...
  • Re: OIL PRESSURE LIGHT
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:30:26 -0500
    ...test wire from high pressure sensor to connector in back of > dash for continuity > R&R sensor just in case. Cheap and not that...
  • Continuing Engine Troubles
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
    Fri, 10 May 1996 19:26:15 -0500 (CDT)
    ...The weirdest thing that I see is that there is no voltage at the connected Oxygen sensor connector. Nothing. If the sensor is disconnected...
  • Re: cooling system sending unit?
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 5 Apr 2000 14:55:20 -0700
    ...The gauge sender is the little one with a single connector on the thermostat housing, and the temp sender for the ECU is the...
  • Trouble with water connector, random? holes
    Historical mailing list - Alli Dahlin
    Fri, 19 May 2000 17:29:21 CDT
    Earlier today I was trying to take off the water tank connector so that I could have a key made. I unscrewed the 4...
  • Re: 50 cents to fix the AFM
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Sat, 7 Apr 2001 12:51:10 -0700
    ...But >when I did the job I just popped the connectors out of the plug using a >paper clip and soldered the capacitor onto...