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• MYSTERY wires
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 11:54:54 -0300
  ...there is a wire with a small round four pronged (male) plug (larger round than a pencil, smaller that a dime) mounted on top...
• Re: Power loss still in '85
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 09:36:27 -0800
  ...so i switched the plug wire i was screwing with the other day to the best old plug wire i had( always keep the...
• Re: Bosch 4 wire O2 sensor PN
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:17:26 -0800
  2.1's have 3 wire O2 Sensors, not 4 wire. Try these two links (the number after the "=" is the Bosch Number): http...
• Re: The wire harness becomes brittle
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 20:05:40 -0800
  ...exposed ground wire on the engine seems brittle from engine heat & open to oxidation A single heavy guage say 8-10 wire covered in...
• enabling flasher lights
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Oct 1994 19:14:49 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Disconnect the short yellow wire from fuses 3 and 4. (the wire's other end goes to terminal 56b of the dimmer relay.) Insulate...
• Re: Headlight relay setup not working in 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Don in Phoenix
  Thu, 6 May 2004 18:53:42 -0700
  ...I > followed the instructions without problems until I got to the part where I > have to access wires exiting the ignition. Both the kit...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:18:59 -0800
  Anyone who tells you to use the B+ for the blue wire should be crossed off your list of reliable sources. Just look at...
• Re: alternator question
  Historical mailing list - syncro.carboncow
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:11:42 -0500
  ...In the process, I > broke a black wire on the rear of the > > alternator. The broken wire leads > to a little black box. Here...
• Air Box-Capacitor Fix?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Jan 1997 14:28:13 -0600
  ...Pull the rubber boot back to expose the >wires going into the connector. Find wires #2 and #4 (the numbers are >either on the...
• Re: antenna
  Historical mailing list - Oakland Westfalia
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 17:00:53 -0800
  ...Cut wire off of old antenna right where it connects to the antenna. (don't let this wire get pulled up into the body...
• Re: [WetWesties] O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Fri, 30 May 2003 10:55:30 -0700
  ...Re: [WetWesties] O2 sensor > the two wires that look the same are the heater wires. The odd-ball wire > is the signal wire. > > Matthew...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:11:50 -0500
  ...The 80-84 brake > switches have an extra wire lead for a total of 3 wires each so the > warning switch can work. Later...
• Re: Installing an alarm/keyless entry (91 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:19:02 -0700
  ...Would mean finding a pair of pin terminals to connect to your wire and installing the pins in the empty spots in the connector...
• Re: A Current Question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:43:37 -0800
  ...So if you suck all the starter current through the 6 gauge wire and them Powerpoles, you'd be putting thinner wire in the...
• Re: how to HOT-WIRE a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Ward Smith
  Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:28:28 -0800
  Run a "hot" jumper wire to the + side of the coil and then "arc" the starter. To do this, pull the single clip-on...
• Re: oh shit, here we go again
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 00:04:07 -0800
  ...You should be advised that the red wire in that connector is a known failure area. The wire gets burned spots inside the insulation...
• Re: Question about Mass Air Flow Sensor
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:34:57 -0800
  Ken, according to my Jetta Bentley for that year, the MAF sensor red/blue wire you refer to should have power whenever the fuel...
• running new wires in weird places, was: More light for rear interior
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 22:19:42 -0400
  ...Insert the mouse with thread attached into the start of your wire run. At the other end of your wire run, attach the hose...
• Re: higher power low beams
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 21:09:04 EST
  ...2> 10 gauge wire, the length depends on how you route it from the positive battery post. 3>Some wire, about three feet (and...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 18:04:19 -0800
  In short the more current you have the more voltage you will loose due to resistance in the wires.� Install fat wires with fat...
• Re: cooling, '91 camper
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:32:29 -0700
  It is very common for the ground wire from the fan to get intermittent or die completely at the end far from the motor...
• Re: Spark Plug Tester
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 2 Mar 2010 13:12:19 -0800
  ...with the engine idling, connect an inductive timing light to each spark plug wire, one plug wire at a time. . Observe the flashing of...
• Re: Lighting Upgrades - Relayed?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 15:25:47 -0400
  ...Adding larger wire on the hot side, while having small resistant wire on the ground side of the circuit won't give you much...
• Re: battery cables
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 00:10:24 -0400
  The alternator wires actually feed the fuse box. So do the the battery wires. You'll have to separate there. I would use a...
• Re: Gah. Inspections
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 13:24:40 -0400
  ...Wire your current fog light relay or switch to the normally-closed contact, then wire the relay coil to the high beam wire. The...
• Re: exhaust leak, header tubes to collector on 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 12:57:10 -0400
  ...It sets up rock hard. > Iron wire as in steel wool? I was thinking more like .050-.075 soft iron wire. I used to...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - PNC Allen
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:07:37 -0500
  green wire for heating the sensor? there is a two connect and a single connect. total three wires. one is green. -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 6 Mar 2018 14:13:25 -0800
  ...Some Vanagon owners have recently posted on the samba forum about wire damage due to the positive wire at power steering pump switch having...
• Re: headlight relays
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:22:17 -0700
  ...The fuse does nothing for those red wires. Also your added note in the later diagram about the red wire to term 30 of...
• Re: Aux battery wiring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 14:39:00 -0500
  ...From there it goes internally to the wire actually going to pin 50, as well as the wire going to the starter solenoid (both...
• AW Electric Question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:25:03 -0800
  ...A VW dealership replaced it but could not reattach one wire, said that when attached to the alternator the alternator 'reved out of control...
• Re: O2 sensor prices?
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Tue, 08 Jul 1997 08:36:20 -0500
  ...The only real difference between the $138 model and the $40 universal is the plug and the length of wire. All you have to...
• Re: O2 sensor coax wire testing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 10:30:45 -0500
  At 05:35 AM 1/23/2002, RAlanen@aol.com wrote: > Are we speaking of the Green wire coming from the harness which > then...
• Front Speaker Wires 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Sat, 21 Dec 2002 13:42:19 -0800
  Hi, I put some new Boston Acoustics front speakers in my van and I hooked them up to the two wires on each side...
• O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:48:14 -0800
  ...Anyone got a part number and wiring for this? I am guessing it will end up being a 2 or 3 wire assembly (rather...
• Re: Wire Damage from Rodent(s)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:59:37 -0800
  ...fridge vent and in the stove vent tubes. Stuart Subject: Re: Wire Damage from Rodent(s) Google;" peppermint oil as a mouse repellent". Ken
• ground wire gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 17:56:38 -0600
  ...My question is this; will a 10 gauge ground wire work? Thanks, robyn
• Wired News: TDIs Fuel Diesel Obsessions
  Historical mailing list - Duane Fahey
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 15:51:05 -0400
  http://www.wired.com/news/autotech/0,2554,60269,00.html -- Duane Fahey Visual Automation, Inc. http://www.VisualAutomation.com 517.622.1850 517...
• Re: Voltage Drop, 4 feet extra, 4 gauge wire
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 16:14:12 -0800
  ...Right now, the batteries I currently use under the rear seat, are wired with 4 gauge wire. I seem to remember the stock wire...
• Re: Electrical "Locking" Terminal Info + Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 8 Feb 2013 23:12:18 -0500
  ...If installing new wireing in damp or outside > areas tinned wire will resist the elements a lot better than copper. > Shrink tube sealing the...
• Re: What does this wire go to?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 07:45:59 -0500
  My '86 had an extra wire in that spot. I concluded it was for the AC that I didn't have. Do you have...
• Cured my hot cabin heater leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 2 Sep 2023 19:51:31 -0500
  ...Found that the wire cable that controls the heater valve had kinked the last time it was turned off of heat. This left the...
• Re: Battery Woahs Part II
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 11:13:12 -0700
  ...battery back to the fuse panel to feed loads or, installed a new wire to do same. Either way that wire should be fused...
• Re: Engine Bay Wiring Harness: Heat Damage? PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:46:15 -0700
  ...Grommet material must've leached past the grey cover and into a fuel injector wire casing. >> The wires to the B+ post inside the...
• Re: missing van/plug wire question/tri sport camp
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 14:03:19 -0700
  I put in some Bosch wires just now. Pricey and the lengths are not exactly right but the van doesn't miss on the...
• Re: New Starter - Works, but no start
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:43:43 -0500
  ...The fuel injection gets power from the > starter motor post, from a red wire that goes on the post along with the > big wire...
• Re: Slider won't open - update
  Historical mailing list - Dake Collins
  Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:27:49 -0400
  ...How much do you want for the wire & how available is it? Thanks , Dake Sent from my iPod On Jul 31, 2012, at 17...
• Re: 115V AC wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:39:22 -0400
  The end of the green wire in your photo goes to the boxes where all the AC stuff is. Outlets, circuit breaker, etc. The...
• installing a tach./dig. clock into a '83.5-'84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 May 2000 15:16:35 EDT
  these are the 14 pin multi point connectors.... '83.5 and '84 Vanagon waterboxers are below. (stock) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- pin | color of wire ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ 1 | skip ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- 2...
• Re: Introductions and electrical questions
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Ford
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:16:26 -0500
  ...Your radio/tape has what is called a "battery-backup" wire in the back of the unit. It is usually marked somehow (depends on...
• ignition troubles
  Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
  Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:41:35 -0400
  ...In the meantime I have run a wire from the positive feed to the wire feed going to lights etc. bypassing the ignition making...
• Re: Horn installation
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:44:45 -0700
  ...If using a new positive wire from a B+ source to relay 30 (power "in"), that wire should be fused. I'd guess the...
• Instrument light dimmer?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:55:43 -0800
  ...I took the power for the tach light off one of two wires that go into the dimmer part of the headlight switch. White...
• Re: How is the fog light switch supposed to be wired?
  Historical mailing list - "Dave Bayer (by way of TomC )"
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:23:19 -0400
  ...Here is how I ran the wires and the end result was > that I blew a fuse. > > * I connected the wire bringing power from...
• Re: Wire to house battery
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Fri, 4 Jun 2021 08:10:09 -0400
  ...I'd like to get a 6g > or 8g wire to it from the service battery, but the battery box is pretty > full. > The...
• Re: power steering switch
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 3 Feb 2015 19:11:38 -0800
  A switch just connects two wires together, it doesn't matter which terminal they are connected to. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: Electric Problem Solved - I Hope
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:26:35 -0500
  ...To make sure, ground the spark coil secondary (high-voltage) wire and get someone to crank while you wiggle the wires at the battery...
• elec. plug below right side of dash?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sat, 17 Feb 2001 10:58:42 -0600
  ...While replacingthe master cylinder the other day, I hadthe dash pod off and noticed a white multi wire plug with black tape taped to...
• Re: Wiring observations
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 09:24:21 EDT
  ...My dad would bring home a big ol' spool of black wire and say "Here ya go, rewire your car." A spool of black...
• Re: Power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Sat, 31 May 2003 22:41:36 EDT
  not pre wired nut easy to do. I have done it. it is easier to buy doors that have the correct brackets for the...