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• Re: Original Battery Wire Gauge
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:09:01 -0800
  ...If you look in the table for amps/wire size you can see that stock 2/0 wire is only rated for 330 amps...
• Dometic troubleshooting continues . . .
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Jefferson Kitts
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:39:47 -0700
  ...1) The red and gray wire which connect to the three-way switch were transposed by somebody before me. This is according to the...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 16 Jun 2018 12:48:25 -0400
  ...Fat wire alone, vs skinny wire and relay is an engineering choice. Yrs, d
• Re: Free wireless in Phoenix?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:34:07 -0800
  ...Free wireless in Phoenix? > I'll be in Phoenix next week for some warm weather and want to keep > connected to my vanagon mail...
• Re: Electrical/starter problem??
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 11:49:51 EDT
  ...Also you could have corrosion up inside the wires that run from the battery to the starter. Sometimes they corrode inside the shielding. I...
• Power Inverter wired into 110 Voltage circuit
  Historical mailing list - lchase
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 08:22:59 -0800
  Folks, I would like to hard wire my 1000 watt DC-AC Power Inverter into the onboard 110 Volt system. The goal ..... so that...
• Re: I think my curtains are smarter than me...
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 13:58:23 -0400
  FWIW, my original VW Vanagon brochure shows the curtains with the bottoms tucked behind the plastic coated wire, not with the wire threaded through...
• Re: Question about where to get switched 12v under dash
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 14:59:29 -0700
  grey/blue wire is dimmer controlled power to gauge lights. Terminal designation 58b. alistair On 2012-07-02, at 1:58 PM, Jim Felder...
• Re: Blue wire to aux battery dead
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Mon, 7 May 2007 11:57:58 -0400
  >yes I have 0 volts at the blue wire to the isolator. I have a volt >meter. Often times you need to kick up...
• Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:35:25 -0700
  ...The 2 existing horn wires have female ends. The stock black/yellow wire plugs into the wire with a yellow end. The stock brownish...
• Re: Fwd: Greek Single Cab + alternator help...
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 9 Jul 2011 16:30:57 -0700
  If I unplug the blue wire at the fridge relay under the seat, the LED goes out. I rarely use 12V on the fridge...
• Re: Refrigerator wiring
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:39:40 -0700
  ...From what I can see this portion of yellow wire is not swtiched. From T6/4 pin of connector, (orange wire) there appears to...
• Re: wires?installing sliding door grab handle
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 22:24:22 -0700
  ...I don't remember seeing any wires when I cut the front off of my 82 westie so I don't think there are...
• Re: More On Mice: 110VAC Wire Damage? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 2 Mar 2013 10:59:01 -0800
  ...The other wires near dash were "cut" at more of an angle. image: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NkBv69pY0ds/UPosXvYf5eI/AAAAAAAAGoU/w_RavITpbug/s640/ya...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:43:03 -0700
  ...Injector firing signal >I swapped a igniter one time, van would not run for anything. > that one white wire going to the ignitor had...
• Re: Looking for an 86-up instrument cluster w/tach
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 2 Feb 2014 07:38:20 -0800
  ...The "simple" way is to run a wire from the coil to the tach. But, the coil's in the back of the bus...
• Wiring and Stan's 8 years of experience
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 01:31:46 -0400
  ...I checked the ground wire. Good connectivity. Since the fogs I wired together on one hot circuit and one side was working, I probably...
• Re: Tips on running Speaker Wire to the Back speakers of a 86 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Greg
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 23:46:33 -0800
  Thanks for all the advice, I ran the wires in the same place they were. After removing the vent/curtain holder I crimped the...
• Re: Which O2 sensor wrap-up
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:57:05 -0700
  ...I soldered the three wires and used some heat shrink tubing over each wire and also over all three wires together. The old aforementioned...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 09:05:10 -0700
  ...What are > they used for? Might one of these work for my wire. The wire connects > to the supply side of the relay - or...
• Re: Go Westy tune up kit
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:11:21 -0700
  ...Will work on 83.5-84 1.9 if 85-on Ignition Wires utilized) 03 214 86-Early 90 w/"205M" Distributor to vin...
• Re: Wiring rear speakers - 86 Weekender - long
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:30:09 -0700
  ...Single ended has one hot wire and a grounded one that is truly grounded to the metal chassis. For the differential type both wires...
• Re: [NVC] Wireless Internet Advise Needed
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:26:10 -0400
  ...Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:48 PM Subject: [NVC] Wireless Internet Advise Needed > Good Volks, > > I have a need to be able to operate...
• Re: Mystification
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 Sep 2011 15:00:27 -0500
  Turns out the mysterious brown wire with no connector or place to go was a ground wire - suspiciously related to the Hall Sender and...
• Re: Stereo wiring question
  Historical mailing list - caverat
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:00:35 -0500
  ...The yellow wire went to some always hot source near the fuse box. It works well for me. I originally wired it up like...
• Re: Spark Plug Wire Recs
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:10:44 -0400
  > like an opinion of German wire replacement from list vendors > or FLAPS version. Like to keep all parts OEM, but there have > been advances...
• Re: Dream guages
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 14:09:23 -0800
  ...The sender uses a shielded wire, and you need to extend it with similarly shielded wire. Cheap Tach, works good -- and it's that...
• More upper shelf info
  Historical mailing list - Richard Angelini
  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 09:42:51 -0800
  Heres more info as requested on upper bunk shelf; The shelf is made of standard 16" wide closet wire shelf rack. Its "L" shaped...
• Aux. Battery
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 18:34:42 -0600
  ...The wires go into the relay and then a pair of fairly heavy wires proceed under the seat. What are these wires? Are they...
• Free wireless in Phoenix?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:17:38 -0600
  ...What are good places to use (national or otherwise) for free wireless? Starbucks? Thanks Jeff
• Re: electrical experts: what do you think of this?
  Historical mailing list - William S. Brown Jr.
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:21:19 -0900
  How do you read the wire size? I thought wire came in sizes such as 20, 18, or 12. What is 2.5, 1...
• Re: Choice of Plug wires
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 13:17:49 EST
  In a message dated 3/7/04 10:20:55 AM, pnocean@EARTHLINK.NET writes: << Any opinions on the best Plug Wire set for...
• What's this wire for?
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 08:51:12 -0600
  ...At the left there is a loose wire, green and white with a single blade connector, male, yellow plastic housing. What is it? TIA
• Re: This week advice.....
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:25:42 -0400
  ...On my '85, that wire doesn't go directly from the starter to the alternator, it goes to a black plastic wire box on...
• Re: Re(2): Re(2): Rough running when Hot
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 23:07:15 -0500 (EST)
  ...6 weeks later after the snow was melting I fix it by replacing a wire. I simply traced out every wire in the engine...
• Re: What is the wire path for the tach signal?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:28:19 -0800
  At the coil, there is a white plastic dual wire connector with 2 green wires. One of those green wires goes to the tach...
• Re: 1.9 fuel injection / O2 problem
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Fri, 20 Jun 1997 21:09:48 -0400
  ...The wire is coax and was= >>kinked by something in the harness, giving the computer the full lean >>signal, so the computer responds with...
• Re: Starter hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 08:25:43 EDT
  <<<<...you should check all the ground wires and make sure they are not corroded. There was also a recall from Volkswagen to add a...
• Re: o2 sensor wire
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 13:00:56 -0500
  ...You are supposed to see infinite resistance as one of these pins is the signal wire to the oxygen sensor and the other is...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:21:17 -0700
  ...Then 85 is wired to the horn button wire and the >> horn button grounds 85 when pressed. So the button ground is the real...
• Re: 91 instrument cluster, oil pressure led
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 03:28:40 -0800
  Yes, with the key on there should be a voltage on the wire to the sender. Also a voltage on the wire to the...
• help powered trailer converter
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Sat, 11 Jul 2015 13:26:48 -0400
  ...I want to wire up a flat 4 plug pig tail for towing a trailer on my 85 Westy. Should I use a powered...
• Re: Help me read a wiring diagram
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:08:54 -0500
  At 09:39 PM 1/14/2013, John Reynolds wrote: >On the mystery ground, I took my meter across the Brown wire at the...
• Re: Overheated wire junction on 1.9
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:56:56 -0700
  ...Bentley 90.70 show early 2.1 wiring, then VW changed it to split the charging wire off of "21" and then VW increased...
• re: SPARK PLUG WIRES
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Jun 1995 16:06:09 GMT
  ...I need a set of spark plug wires that are good > performers, stand the heat, priced decently (unlike those $100 or so > sets), and...
• Re: wire size for headlight circuit
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Mon, 18 May 1998 11:12:03 -0700
  ...My questions is what gauge wire should I use? > I've got some 8 gauge--that should handle it right? I believe it's...
• Re: Vanagon Digest - 18 Jun 1998
  Historical mailing list - John Clavin
  Sat, 20 Jun 1998 11:32:49 -0500
  I've had this happen and it turned out the wire to the sender was worn through the insulation where it was lying against...
• Re: Intermittent ignition delay when turning key
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:12:46 -0400
  ...Mike 87 westy Per Lindgren wrote: > > S2 wrote: > > > Now may be a good time to check the electrical connections and condition of > > the wires...
• Re: Oil pressure sender wire
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 01:14:15 EST
  In a message dated 3/6/02 12:42:56 AM, bajaleo@COX.NET writes: << can anyone describe how this wire is routed so...
• Re: Runs great--for a minute or two ??
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:19:57 -0500
  That brown wire is the low oil pressure sender wire.... (pretty sure) Check the AFM connection, lately, 1 one of the 4 wires did...
• Re: headlights not working on an 84 ... funky - fixed!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 20:55:56 -0700
  ...the problem with the headlights was that one of the ground wires came off the 2 quarter sized "ground post terminal blocks" up behind...
• Re: Relay socket spade connectors
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 08:45:25 -0800
  ...It will have plenty of just what you are looking for and often with significant wire stubs already attached to which you can soldersplice...
• grounds: air cooled vs water cooled
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:54:08 -0500
  Hello, I am going through my 82 AC Westy and replacing the terminals on all the ground wires (well, at least the grounds in...
• Mystery wires, fried
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:30:25 -0500
  This weekend, replacing a heater cable, I had the glove box off and discovered a pair of completely fried wires, red and brown, that...
• Re: Hi-torque starter installation
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:30:19 -0800
  ...Then, I asssumed, the threaded/bolt connector next to it is > for the big red wire from the alternator, right? > > So what happens to...
• Re: proper dist cap for 85 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 May 2007 19:01:39 -0400
  You have the later which is much better wires. Get a later distributor cap, with the black plastic looking interference shield. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Damned Radiator fan again..(87 Westy Syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Transue
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 18:24:30 -0700
  ...I may be completely stupid here, but what I did was jumper two contacts in the female plug, then ran a wire from the...
• Re: aux battery to fuse panel mod.
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:03:13 -0700
  ...I capped and labeled the original power wire that went to the switch and thought that it might make a nice Switch On wire...
• Re: Fishing wire from courtesy light to behind dash
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 16 Apr 2018 13:40:47 -0400
  ...Fishing wire from courtesy light to behind dash > > Thank you all for your inputs and pearls of wisdom. I will let you know > if...
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:04:40 +0000
  ...When I got it home I found the exact same thing-one wire was burned through at the cap. I replaced everything. Sad thing...