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• Re: Oxygen sensor wiring question.
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:28:07 -0400
  The whites are for the OXS heater, the green is the signal wire to the ECU. If there is a short, take a look...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 07:50:10 -0700
  I think he meant to completely exchange the two wires -- in other words, to swap them on both ends. I'm sure he didn...
• Re: Blue wire to aux battery dead - fixed
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 14 May 2007 17:45:17 -0700
  Engine death on bumpy roads was a ground wire loose under the air distr. box on my air cooled. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregor...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:27:38 -0700
  ...So black wire Don saw is likely the O2 voltage output ("signal") wire? On 6/25/14, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote: > Pos...
• blue wire
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Fri, 3 Sep 2010 08:27:58 -0700
  ...so I think my fridge is not working on battery power, I also think that that blue wire may be the culprit... what do...
• Re: electrical experts: what ? -Wire Sizes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 07:39:25 -0800
  David, you are correct only if you have square cross section wire! The area of a circle (cross sectional area of the wire): A...
• Re: voltage question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 03:42:46 -0600
  ...The red wire on the multi-meter would go to the 02 sensor wire and the black wire to a ground. Mark Ingalls 85...
• Refrigerator FUBAR Followup
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Sun, 1 Sep 2002 15:14:14 -0500
  ...When i shoved the fridge into place i must have torqued the peizo wire something awful. Beware the piezo wire... for it is fragile...
• Am I in luck on wire harness?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 19:42:52 -1000
  Am I in luck on finding a wire harness under the driver's seat and now I can just hook it up the Bus...
• Re: Wire Leaked it's smoke
  Historical mailing list - Boroko
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 00:38:50 -0700
  Subject: Re: Wire Leaked it's smoke > Mark, > > Your link on www.loam.org doesn't compute. Please advise. > > Charles > '85 Westy Try again...
• proper dist cap for 85 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Thu, 24 May 2007 13:05:15 -0400
  hi, my cap has sockets for normal spark plug wire ends and the wires have threaded ends like spark plugs which is the right...
• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 15:09:42 -0700
  ...You may need to put in a longer wire there to enable you to do this safely. The wire would be just for this...
• Re: Swapping clock for Tach in an 84? a bit long.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:50:51 -0700
  ...Find the high pressure wire for it coming out of the > instrument cluster at T14 .........and just ground that wire. > The high pressure side...
• Re: Power source for fan on my Dometic fridge under AC power only
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 30 May 2015 11:48:38 -0700
  There should be a fused constant (B+) voltage at one of the fan wires. The fan thermal switch is on this + feed. With a...
• Re: Voltage Drop to Fuse Panel
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 19:15:33 EST
  ...2> 10 gauge wire, the length depends on how you route it from the positive battery post. 3>Some hook-up wire, about three...
• Re: cluster troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Wed, 6 Jun 2012 11:25:49 -0400
  ...Small holes through the flex circuit and a > couple sets of thin twisted wire to secure your working wire, about half an > inch apart...
• Re: where did that wire go?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:56:00 -0400
  ...where did that wire go? there's a brown wire with yellow connector that hangs right above the thermostat housing that i believe is...
• Re: '86 GL electrical (sound system) question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:29:04 -0500
  ...You could, for example, run a wire from the gray/black wire to pin 86 and ground pin 85. Then when you put the...
• Re: was: 91 Carat..... now: Fast Turn Signal Issues
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 12:12:48 -0700
  It is just 3 wires with 3 female spade ends on them. The bulb socket has 3 male spades. The brown wire is ground...
• Re: Idle Speed Adjustment - 1988 GL
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 08:49:06 -0700
  ...The wires are white. As to whether disconnecting the connector to the valve itself is as effective as disconnecting the single-wire connector, I...
• Re: Radio Speakers
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 25 Sep 1999 09:23:37 -0700
  ...What kind of radio? How are they wired? I had to rewire my rear speakers to include two ground wires (one for each speaker...
• love my new lights!
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Sun, 19 Sep 1999 20:46:41 -0400
  Just wired up my new bulbs & heavy duty wiring harness this morning and after a cruise at dark I can say I HAVE LIGHT...
• Re: need bad ECU/wire harness for 81
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 07:50:58 -0600
  ...You do have to solder the wires from the digitool cable to the ecu - but that's easy. IMHO, what you are proposing would...
• Re: NO Relay, what to do?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 18:28:03 -0600
  ...The wiring signals you will need are ground and the D+ signal wire. This is the wire that goes to the alt light in...
• Re: Wire Gauge Question? battery questions too!
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:41:33 -0500
  ...Jonce >> My quesiton is what is the 1.5 in the Bentley for wire size compared to standard gauge wire? >It's 1.5mm...
• Re: Wire harness grommet at Firewall
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 18:52:29 +0200
  ...I installed the new >> wire harness and added various additional wires such as the wires to the >> solar panels. The new ECU is located...
• Re: OE Spark Plug Wire Sets
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:23:44 -0700
  Do your wire sets have lifetime warranties like the Bosch units? Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On...
• Re: 2000 rpm buzzer of oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 7 Apr 2019 09:29:49 -0700
  ...Cleaning the connections at the 2 wire plugs did > not help. Replacing the remainder of that OE brown wire appeared to solve > the issue...
• Re: running problems, 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 00:06:58 -0500
  ...what i do is cut the wire back to were its supple, match the wire with wire in my junk collection, solder length of...
• 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:13:34 -0500
  ...In another related case on a different van, the wire from temp sensor II was badly corroded under the wire's insulation and finally...
• Re: Remote Starter Switch Wire-up for '88GL
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:30:38 -0400
  At 03:18 PM 6/22/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >And the wire on those crocodile clips is sufficiently skinny that >should the...
• Re: 64- 67 Westy Interior Lighting question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Jun 1996 13:12:22 -0400
  Anyone know how the lights that are situated between the louvered windows on the drivers side of a Westy are wired?? Are they wired...
• Re: Front turn signals
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:39:43 -0700
  Adam, try swapping the two power wires to the bulb holder. There are 3 wires in total, 1 ground, one to the running light...
• Wire Gauge & Bentley & AWG & mm
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:20:38 -0400
  I searched the archives and found a lot of discussion on wires, but my question is: when I look at a bentley wiring diagram...
• Re: Fridge sparker
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:59:38 -0500
  Well yeah, the spark that ignited the wire coating came from somewhere didnt it? I looked at my 2 dometics, and found cracks on...
• Re: Something wrong ...
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 19:23:32 -0600
  OOOOPS ~ many times ~ am I in trouble? I did notice not long ago that those charging wires from the alternator were extremely hot so...
• Re: spark plug upgrades.....3 electrode for 1.9L and 4 electrode for 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:25:41 -0600
  ...Stock Bosch plugs usually have the plug wires which have the tiny wire retainers that snap onto the screw tips of the plugs. A...
• Re: Overheating on '84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Fain
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 06:08:20 -0600
  ...The > red/white comes up from behind the radiator, the red/black and red/blue > come from four wire to two wire gray connectors...
• Westfalia Shore Power Ground Bonding Minutia: Breaker Box
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:13:06 -0800
  ...In that 110VAC breaker box, from the "factory", was the shore power ground wire bonded to the Loomex ground wire to outlet and that...
• Re: Larger tire front storage was fixing the missing posts
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 5 Jan 2020 16:17:36 -0800
  ...The wires are removed to install the Van Cafe version. > I actually have a special set of wires that work with it that a...
• Re: '84 Tach upgrade THANKS
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 17:03:49 -0800
  Yes, on the early dashes there are 2 brown wires going to 2 different pins on the 14 pin connector. The tach dashes have...
• Re: O2 Sensor Wire
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:29:11 -0500
  ...Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:16 AM Subject: [VANAGON] O2 Sensor Wire > Anybody got the VW part number for the shielded green wire for...
• Re: Swapping clock for Tach in an 84? a bit long.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:18:00 -0700
  ...Find the high pressure wire for it coming out of the instrument cluster at T14 .........and just ground that wire. The high pressure side...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade: New Circuit and Switch?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:57:11 -0800
  I never knew a red wire meant that. Always knew it was + just didn't know that it meant always live. But then I...
• Re: '97 VW Stereo Install
  Historical mailing list - Isaac Taylor
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:15:52 -0400
  ...Is has a large red/white wire, a large brown wire, a small grey/blue wire, a small brown/white and a small brown...
• High Pressure Oil Switch Wire; Tethered to Switch. OEM? PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:31 -0700
  ...https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c_Gkr6UXuYE/T620qI85PTI/AAAAAAAAFww/NNFqEKSq0j8/s720/Hi%2520Pressure%2520Oil%2520Switch%2520Wire%25201988%2520Westy.jpg I thought maybe wire was routed...
• re:air flap question
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 May 1996 22:08:52 -0700
  ...My therostat is toast and need to wire the >flaps until I get a new one. Don't wire them at all. They will...
• Re: Power window question...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 May 2000 11:47:23 EDT
  ...However your problem could be the switch ($35 from me) or you could have broken wires in the rubber boot that goes from the...
• Re: Rich mixture/excessive fuel use
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 12:27:01 -0400
  Check the voltage on the wire too, like I said. The short will be in the harness, not the actual sender lead. That bright...
• Re: High resistance causing no spark?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 17:25:17 -0400
  Doubtful if all plug wires would go bad at same time. How old are wires? What does inside of distributor cap look like? Is...
• Re: Fishing wire from courtesy light to behind dash
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:16:12 -0400
  ...I will let you know if/when I'm successful with my wire fishing expedition. Steven 91 Westy
• Re: PS pump switch, engine compartment wiring harness, ECU, starter
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:48:50 -0800
  ...the B+ post and the red thick wire and the red thin wire http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/855094.jpg
• Re: coolant temp send wire
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 17:24:52 -0700
  ...This is probably the wire that attaches to the bottom of the thermostat housing, just above the (no. 3?) exhaust pipe. Best viewed by...
• Re: Loose black wire near fuse box?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:13:03 -0600
  Could it be Brian that sometime in the Van's life that a PO added or subtracted an accessory and left the wire hanging...
• Re: Electrical question (Coil terminals)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:58:27 -0700
  ...The thing I keyed off was Neils >> pic with two wires coming from one terminal and only one from the other. I >> stuck my...
• Re: Mystery wiring
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 13 May 2022 16:14:09 -0400
  ...The wire was for a leveling system put in by the first owner and removed by the second. So, likely it is a hot...
• Re: 2nd battery relay question...
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 00:53:15 -0500
  ...The other red wire is a continuous hot for the water pump. Since you have one red wire not attached either you have the...
• Re: 90 instrument cluster into 83 -- wiring help?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:22:07 -0800
  ...The speedo wires would be for the cruise control so just ignore them. The 14 pin connector can be opened on one side and...
• Re: Battery Woahs Part II
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 11:36:19 -0700
  The description of the repurposing the red wire to the aux battery is spot on. Right down to the male spade connector on the...
• Re: no start/road trip--finis
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 May 1997 18:54:05 -0700
  ...The plastic elbow that comes out of the distributor contains three wires that send signal to the ECU for when the distributor should be...