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• Re: Question about Mass Air Flow Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:28:17 -0500
  ...Anyway the wiring harness has a four wire plug on the mass >>>air sensor. One of the wires is red with a blue stripe...
• Re: AC 3rd speed fan wiring
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:40:28 -0800
  ...The one wire is a small red/blue stripe and the 2 wire is a large red/black and small black/yellow. Mark Joe...
• Trailer wiring
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sun, 21 Jun 2020 16:18:10 -0400
  ...I quadruple checked everything as far as wire to wire that’s all good. I’m guessing the splice connectors aren’t working or...
• Re: Isolator, where to put it?
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sat, 23 Jan 1999 13:58:28 -0800
  ...The main wire to the relay from the dash is a 2.5 mm cross-section wire. On the page that you mentioned, pg...
• Re: Spark plug wire and rubber ring
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 17:33:47 -0700
  ...Spark plug wire and rubber ring hi all, there's a large rubber ring on the spark plug wire... that's that for? Should...
• Re: Vanagon Sparkplugs Wires
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Stivers
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 00:30:49 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Is there a special way to > get the sparkplug wires off? Just pulling like on the '72 doesn't seem to > work. Please help...
• Battery & OXS lights
  Historical mailing list - John Langowski
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 06:11:30 -0500
  ...I checked the archives and found that when these two lights come on together, it indicates that the blue wire connected to the back...
• Re: Z-Sticks
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Granito
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:31:12 EDT
  What if one was to "hang" a zinc rod or whatever in the coolant tank, using a piece of copper wire to hang it...
• Re: What does this wire go to?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 20:54:14 -0800
  I don't recall specifics but when I asked my VW mechanic about a hanging wire he said it was to diagnose something. He...
• Dome circuit wiring
  Historical mailing list - reiderikson
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:59:46 -0700
  ...I have replaced the wires from the fuse panel up through the "A" pillar and over the drivers door back to the galley lights...
• Re: fridge wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:27:24 -0700
  ...If the wire from the battery to the Norcold is nice and fat, then there's no reason why you can't hook an...
• Re: wiring harness restoration
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:45:01 -0700
  ...Broken wire can be crimped back together using insulated barrel connectors (sized per wire size) and/or you can crimp in replacement sections as...
• Re: New Twist on Billy Bones
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 21:34:47 -0600
  ...I just came in from outside looking for the brown ground wire off the Hall sender that Mike Boland told me to check. When...
• Re: [NVC] Wireless Internet Advise Needed
  Historical mailing list - Jason Brand
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:15:42 -0400
  ...I've yet to purchase > the laptop, but that is coming once I understand all this, But what > about the wireless part - the internet...
• Re: radio interference
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 22:40:57 -0800
  ...When I looked behind the glove box the speaker wire is bundled > with all the other wires. Speaker wires are unshielded. There doesn't...
• Re: Intermittent starting problem and temp II
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:07:16 -0800
  One white wire is for the ECU and the other is for the ICU. Both are needed. Page 97.105-(track 21) ECU and...
• Re: How to fix the digital clock?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:38:56 -0400
  ...Fat red wire proceeds from there to connector T2c (which feeds the inside lights with skinny red wires) and thence to fuse/relay panel...
• Re: Instrument cluster light issues
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Tue, 18 May 2021 10:09:36 -0400
  ...I just replaced the two wires. No fuses are popping > and no > >>>> wires are melting luckily. A couple wires were ever so slightly > damaged...
• Rough idle, then stalling and now the solution
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 21:48:24 -0700
  ...Unfortunately, when the plug and coil wires were replaced two years ago, I didn't keep the three seemingly good plug wires and coil...
• Re: Ground Stars
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 16:53:30 -0700
  ...That helps anyway. > > if I had too many wires on the back of the early style fuse box, which I > think you are talking...
• Re: Coolant temp gauge sender location - 90 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:56:45 -0700
  On a Syncro, the gauge temp sender is a small single wire type. Bentley shows the 2wd wiring with a 2 wire sender, not...
• Re: 88 Vanagon with Power Windows, No Power to Switches - HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:13:29 -0400
  ...How do I locate this wire that is supplying the power that is broken? > - I do have a volt meter and wire tester but...
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:16:13 -0400
  ...A reverse check is spraying WD40 on cap and wires to see if behavior improves. You can no doubt save the wire if it...
• Re: Checking output of alternator.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 18:12:25 -0700
  ...If yours is older than 1987 the red charging wire may have a junction inside the engine compartment wiring box where red power wires...
• Re: Speaker Wire Polarity?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:49:48 -0600
  The speaker terminals should be marked + and - right on the lug you connect your wire to. Many new radio require independent speaker grounding. You...
• Re: Choice of Plug wires
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 20:29:48 -0500
  > Any opinions on the best Plug Wire set for the 2.1 WBX? > Bosch or another supplier? Busdepot or "Volkscafe? > VW. Opinion based on...
• Re: 2.1l Spark plug wire routing
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 28 May 2010 12:34:01 -0400
  ...You can get wire separators- one example is here: http://tinyurl.com/33habhr The grey cover on your fuel lines is for abrasion resistance...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 07:59:53 -0500
  The wires have only been bare for a day... just so I could test. Chris On 12/26/05, Al and Sue Brase <albeeee...
• Re: aftermarket tach
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 17:11:40 -0400
  ...Tach wire goes to pin nine - use the extra terminal you got from combining the ground wires. Recommend green wire. Pin eleven (OXS, blue...
• Re: Aux Battery Wiring safe? - NEW TOPIC (I think)
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:56:28 -0700
  I would protect the wire with nylon spiral-wrap insulation, or slip it into some tough, abrasion-resistant tube wherever it is exposed to...
• Vanagon Double Relay wiring confusion
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:38:09 -0700
  ...The plug that connects on the right side has all white wires coming out of it and these wires all disappear into the wiring...
• Re: Loose coil wire
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 13:00:29 -0600
  ...air cooled needs a > solid > > core > > coil wire (sets are normally shipped with a resistance coil wire > even > > though the rest of the set...
• Tiico Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Jim Huskins
  Sat, 18 Aug 2001 08:30:18 -0400
  ...My car is an '85, and I have nothing connected to the ground wire which terminates in the same plug as the white wire...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 08:33:00 -0800
  ...Seems like a reasonable way to see if the ignition wires are causing my troubles. ~Eric~ > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Reverse Engineering
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 9 Jan 2007 14:25:13 -0800
  ...Where did you see it? A "Hot Wire", simplified, is a setup where a heated wire is measured for heat loss. Thus, it duplicates...
• Re: Temp Guage
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:04:45 -0400
  ...If you touch the wire to ground the needle should be pegged > hot. A 200ohm resistor between the wire and ground should result in...
• Re: Burnt Wires!!-Please look and advise
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:55:59 -0500
  ...tell me what the wires that are suppose to connect to the >>> PS pump look like? >>> >> >> Robert, that wire you found, if it's...
• Re: Horn works non stop
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Mon, 31 Dec 2018 07:38:55 -0800
  ...If the positive wire to the horn was grounding somewhere the horn would not be sounding; the current would run from the battery side...
• Which wire is stereo's power?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Larsen
  Sat, 7 Mar 1998 17:22:29 -0600
  ...It looks like I have successfully spliced the speaker-out wires and re-connected them to their rightful place to Pioneer... however, the only...
• Ignition Coil and Hall sender
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Fri, 28 May 2004 21:02:48 -0400
  ...Disconnect the coil wire on the distributor to see if the tachometer was moving when cranking ( I was just curious). Reconnect the coil wire...
• Re: are sensor wires polarity specific?--OOPS!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Feb 2006 20:08:16 -0500
  Sorry, The 2wd does have the 2 wire sensors. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of...
• Re: How to remove wires from headlight switch plug?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 6 Aug 2012 19:44:08 -0500
  ...JOhn On 8/6/2012 6:57 PM, Tabe Johnson wrote: > I need to pull the two big wires (switched hot and headlight) out...
• Re: Red and black wire
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sun, 2 Jan 2011 18:32:13 -0800
  ...The red and black wire is missing. >> Does >> it come from the starter? Or from the ignition switch? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Mark >>
• VWAG in WIRED Special Edition
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Oct 1995 16:39:37 -0700
  ...In an article of sorts relating to life in the future, WIRED suggests that VWAG will, in the year 2088, be in the business...
• Re: Vanagon oil pressure switches,or the lack thereof!!
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 8 Oct 1999 15:08:24 -0400
  Philip Menchions wrote: > > The wire to the oil pressure sender near the water pump comes with > special "L"-shaped connector to keep the wire...
• Re: OIL LIGHT wire protection...A better way 1200 degrees of protection W/no BURN
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:43:59 EDT
  ...I have put them on many of the exposed wires and also over the spark plug wires. I have also put them over some...
• Re: Bigger Problem than Coolent Sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 9 Jun 2001 22:21:29 -0400
  At 05:25 PM 6/9/2001, Rex Merriweather wrote: >the sensor itself and the green wire is coaxial and it looks like the...
• Re: Running rich and low mpg
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:36:41 -0700
  *"What is the condition of your spark plug wires?"* the spark plug wires were quite new, approx 500 miles ago... thanks... I will check...
• Re: Door Lock Harness Info For The Record
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 5 Mar 2012 20:21:35 -0500
  ...The red goes to a single conductor wire that goes > to a red wire, and the Brown Yellow and White wire go to a...
• Re: identifying wires at the fuse panel?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Christensen
  Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:56:28 -0700
  ...I think everything is back together, but� >> >> My front passenger parking light doesn't illuminate >> I have a gray wire with a red trace...
• Use of X signal to control fridge and/or aux battery relay
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 20:33:17 -0700
  ...Look for the black/white wire there. This wire has fused power whenever the key is turned on, except during starting. 86-91 models...
• Re: Spark Plug Wire Recs
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:21:06 -0500
  Spark plug wires, hoses and belts are three items I refuse to buy from FLAPS. Buy any of the three from your FLAPS and...
• Re: melted alternator wire
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 2 Apr 2000 19:36:59 EDT
  Gary; I believe that wire is undersized. I measured a significant voltage drop (loss) across it when I ran all the electrical consumers i...
• Re: Sirius antenna placement on westy??
  Historical mailing list - caverat
  Fri, 2 Apr 2004 21:20:15 -0500
  ...Just zip it open, run the wire, zip it closed. Leave a little slack for when the poptop is open. Roll the slack wire...
• Instrument Cluster Ribbon Repair
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:06:08 -0700
  ...solder wires directly from a new connector to the copper traces. I have a low wattage iron, can clean the traces, tin wires, have...
• Solenoid-to-starter wire replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:59:43 -0400
  ...The next day I found the short wire from the lower solenoid terminal to the starter to be corroded beyond repair; it just crumbled...
• corrections on capacitor fix air flow box (22MFD vs 10MFD?)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 13:50:41 -0600
  ...Solder the + side to wire #4 and the negative side to #2. wrap the bare wires in electrical tape, then slide the boot back...
• AC question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 7 May 2004 19:16:40 -0700
  In the top -front middle of my SD 709 compressor, there is a wire attached to the body by a screw. Mine is not...
• Re: Hot A/C Wire
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:12:22 -0500
  ...I think I have a new project to work on over the cooler season(upgrading the wires). I don't use the a/c...
• Re: Horn death by meddling
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 22 Sep 2013 09:58:47 -0600
  ...Also good when hooked up as you > suggest with the original 12v horn wire and separate ground. So > seems like grounding issue in the...