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• Re: Intermittent dropouts cured
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 7 Oct 2012 09:53:07 -0700
  Yup, I had a broken hall sender connector that contributed to intermittent cut out issues. I swapped in the guts from a junkyard Volvo...
• Re: D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:53:37 -0700
  are you implying/inferring that there is excess oxidation on my van? :) When it comes to oxidation, I take a Jerry Jeff Walker song...
• Re: 85 stereo wiring
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 2 Jan 2010 19:56:04 -0500
  Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET> writes: > I have a brain fade, my 85gl has a main connector for the stereo, red and brown > is...
• PS: Re: Rad. fan test
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 4 Nov 2005 09:41:22 EST
  ...jumper from the red/white to the red/black and then from the red/white to the red/blue at the thermoswitch connector. Forget...
• Digitool-type devices
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:54:20 -0700
  Looking around for a Digifant interposer connector I ran across this interesting site with pics of all sorts of "historical" Bosch Jetronic ECU diagnostic...
• Re: Digitool Installed, totally Excellent!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 16 May 1999 17:08:48 +0200
  ...The other end of the short cable is a 25 pin female > connector. > > This connector mates to a male connector, on the long cable...
• Re: 1986 dash/speedo/housing in a 1983?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 20:12:51 -0700
  ...The main difference I see is > that on the 14 connector plug the wires are in different spots(ie...the wire > for the fuel...
• Re: No Clock & No Temp Gauge?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 Mar 2011 07:17:13 -0500
  ...Back probe the panel connector to see, pin 6 yellow/red. Clock gets its power at pin 5 of the panel connector, red wire...
• Re: O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:34:50 -0800
  ...just connect the single 1 wire to the 1 wire spade connector. btw, the heater is always the two wires that are the same...
• Re: Idle (Air?) Control Valve VW part #035133455F
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 10 Mar 2016 10:05:33 -0800
  ...If I recall, the electrical connector for this part on the Vanagon had 3 terminal positions; some have 3 wires to the connector, some...
• Re: looking for a dash cluster
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:30:52 -0400
  I did a major rebuild on mine and eliminated the troublesome connector which seems to be the part that usually goes bad on the...
• good FI books?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Nov 94 13:57:40 PST
  ...FLAPS and bought the $65 three-wire O2 sensor (with the wrong connector, the VW connector equipped sensor was $120). So I removed the...
• Re: Blinking Termperature Light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:11:21 -0400
  ...2) If you unplug the connector to the level probe in the expansion tank and jumper across it, then turn the ignition on, does...
• Re: Spray or paste to help clean, and keep clean, electrical connections?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:07:04 -0700
  ...Start well back on the cable away from the > connector, and wrap overlapping by 1/2 (stretch it well), until well past > the connector...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 19:25:22 -0500
  ...Remove and reseat the connector. Likewise, that connector is a bit hard to access. I'd rather try to coil before I go disassembling...
• Re: AFM wire harness...
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 1 Dec 2016 11:06:10 -0800
  You may find another VW connector, with better condition wires, that will fit. Or, your FLAPS or VW specific parts shop may stock ~ 8...
• Re: Hall Unit
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 9 Apr 2000 21:08:17 -0400
  ...I tested for voltage at the Hall unit > connector as directed. 10.5 volts, fine. I tested for fluctuating > voltage between the center connector...
• Re: Newly operational AC just died...
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:55:30 -0700
  ...You can remove the electrical connector from the low > pressure cut off switch9see Bentley) One little "gotcha" in the Bentley is that it shows...
• HELP: stuck in Cape May
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Thu, 4 Jul 2013 08:58:46 -0400
  ...How do I get that blue connector plug off the injector? please text or call my cell. 610 299 4288 or 6102994288@vtext.com
• OE Used Westfalia Faucet
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 22 May 2012 10:33:49 -0600
  ...I just cut the female spade connectors off to take the rubber wire protector off, to use on my new faucet applilcation. Otherwise in...
• Re: Soldered Connections
  Historical mailing list - Steve Green
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:43:53 GMT
  Most garden-variety crimp connectors are made of a copper-zinc alloy plated with tin or tin-lead. It doesn't look like copper...
• Re: where is the 02 sensor on an '85 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 13:12:22 EST
  ...writes: << s the sensor located on the part of the exhaust connector pipe on the drivers side of the van??? >> Yep... steve "Hey! nice...
• Re: battery cable connector info.
  Historical mailing list - Harold Harper
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 20:34:58 -0500
  The wire that I bought at the welding supply store is more like 16 GA. rather than # 16. I am not in my shop...
• Re: Update Re: MORE info Re: headlights not working after towing? (still not working)
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Sat, 2 Aug 2003 16:14:10 -0600
  ...Do both connectors. Write it down. > > 2 - Check the voltage at the high and low beam connections with high beam > selected. Do both connectors...
• Re: 87 GL Intermittantly Not Starting
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Mon, 12 May 2003 15:04:45 -0400
  ...Then unplug > the connector from the ignition switch and plug it into the new one. Use > a screwdriver to operate the new switch. You...
• Re: Wiring harness to distributor plug
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Mon, 23 Sep 2013 05:34:05 -0700
  ...Thanx, Paul Home » EFI Hardware Products » Electronics » TPS Sensors Kits and Parts » connector TPS 3 pin plug Bosch connector TPS 3 pin plug Bosch...
• syncro
  Historical mailing list - syncro
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:36:22 -0400
  ...A 3 wire connector 3. A larger white multi connector My guess is with the 3 wire connector as it would solve the need...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:34:11 -0500
  ...They also carry the two-conductor Anderson connectors. They do have a $25 minimum order, and the minimum lengths on some of their cable...
• Re: Tach for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 18:14:12 -0700
  ...Tach for Vanagon >> >> >> >Check your cluster connector. It should be connected to the >> >wiring harness with about a 25 wire connector. (I'm not...
• Re: Anyone have experience with the F.A.S./GTA Auto trans cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:46:18 -0800
  ...Anyone have experience with the F.A.S./GTA Auto trans cooler? The plastic coolant bleeder/connector on my '85 automatic has failed, and...
• Re: Cause of weak spark?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 19 Sep 2015 17:53:44 -0700
  ...birdworks@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have cut the wires back - new connectors. Forgot to mention. > > > > >> On Sep 19, 2015, at 5:21 PM, Alistair...
• Re: Third brake light
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:41:39 -0700
  ...I recommend you don't use their "professional" method of replacing the male spade connector in the plug, it's not heavy duty enough...
• Re: ELECTRICAL: need help diagnosing non-working brake/backup lights
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sat, 11 Oct 2014 07:45:49 -0700
  ...Don't > know how long the problem has been going on. > > I have 12 between the center (crosswise) terminal on the connectors to the...
• Re: Cigar Lighter Wiring Question.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 18 Aug 2013 21:39:19 -0700
  ...If you have the option between solderless connectors and solder, go the latter route with heat shrink tube. I've never regretted soldering any...
• Re: Start Issue with Hard Start Relay
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 6 Mar 2011 21:40:49 -0500
  ...That is an awful lot thru a 1/4 inch push-on >connector as well as the ignition switch. If the crimp of that...
• Re: queston on H4 55/60w bulb to fit stock bulb socket
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:01:48 -0900
  ...The bulb to the light housing and the connector to the bulb. The wiring issue is the easiest you either cut and splice the...
• HOT COIL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:20:12 -0600
  ...Connecting the center terminal of the electrical connector for the distributor to ground actuates the fuel pump and causes the voltage to jump to...
• More Digifant testing, "Das Boot"
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:09:23 -0600
  ...Pin 25 on the ECU connector 3.5 volts I should have gotten 12.5 volts according to the Bentley. My theory: Having the...
• Re: Brake Pressure Regulator for an 88/Other parts
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Thu, 9 Mar 2006 10:49:12 -0500
  ...So when the went to remove the brake line connections they could not as the connectors on the Pressure Regulator were way to rusty...
• Re: Help! '87 Westy won't start...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:42:36 -0400
  ...There's a red wire with female spade lug connector that connects to the starter. It was disconnected. Duh... It was so loose, that...
• Re: AC help (1987 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ellis
  Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:11:19 -0600
  ...The original set up had a two pin connector for the > compressor clutch. One was for ground and the other with two wires connected...
• Re: Head lights
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:10:46 -0500
  ...The extra highbeam you'll have to switch the electrical > connector for the highbeam. > > If you go and of the above routes you'll...
• Re: LED Backup Light Bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:53:16 -0700
  ...box out of old/spare connectors- so NO wires > get tapped into/cut, or a simple "vampire connector" on the reverse light > wire. It...
• Re: Coolant temp gauge not working
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:45:51 -0700
  In the engine compartment wiring box there are 2 round 7 pin connectors. One of those has a connection for the yellow/red wire...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 7 Nov 2012 15:53:53 -0500
  ...It must be stressed of > course that a cheap crimp connector is useless, and insufficient > crimping force likewise. A good, gas-tight crimp has...
• Re: Mystification
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 3 Sep 2011 16:00:05 -0700
  ...It comes out of the bundle just before the connector for the Hall > sender. This wire has no connector on it. Can't tell...
• Warm engine missing 87 Westy GL
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:20:09 -0700
  ...A new connector and back to normal. Gregory Smith '88 Vanagon Smith Design Studio Small Building Company Olympia, WA 360-239-0429 gregoryfsmith.com
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:31:14 -0800
  ...The light shells, the weather boots, >park light holders, 55/60W Hella UV Free H4 bulbs, 5W park light, H4 >connector and installation instructions...
• Re: Headlights and Grounds
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:37:48 -0500
  ...VW in their wisdom has the ground wires for all the headlights (in the late model that's four) going to a connector that...
• Re: I broke my tach
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:08:27 -0400
  ...The big white connector still looks good and > all the connections to it look undamaged. Anybody got any ideas??? I > only pulled the instrument...
• Re: Starter question
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Wed, 7 Jul 2021 13:06:39 -0700
  > I did this at the small spade connector located next to the red black wire. Alex, is that the correct location? Yes, that should...
• Re: Engine died, ecu quick look
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 21:44:21 -0400
  ...d On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 9:42 PM David Beierl <dbeierl@gmail.com> wrote: > You mean the hall sensor connector on dist...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 9 Aug 2018 13:32:58 -0700
  on a Syncro there's only one wire for the coolant sensor with a slide-in connector (which I replaced) because the sensor (a...
• Re: No ignition on restart after 5 to 10 mile drive in 90+F weather
  Historical mailing list - john
  Thu, 6 Aug 2015 14:39:07 -0400
  ...Cleaned both sides of FI connector with CRC-626 along with both sides of connection to T2 and let stand for over an hour...
• Re: bumper trim snapon connectors
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 21:55:40 +0000
  Bus Depot sells both kinds. I doubt you could get them at a FLAPS. Jim On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 4:47 PM...
• Re: D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:28:11 -0400
  At 10:27 PM 11/2/2011, Phil Zimmerman wrote: >When observing burnt positive connections on anything Vanagon related; >I wonder what ground(s...
• FOLLOW-UP no power: running lean (i think)
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Wed, 8 Jul 1998 12:04:07 -0600
  repairs were made to the fuel system (new filter and a new connector in the fuel lines up stream of the fuel rails), but...
• Re: gray/white wire behind fuse box
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:11:59 -0400
  On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Robert Steven Fish wrote: > could you please tell us what we should label that gray/white yellow > connector wire...
• Hall senders
  Historical mailing list - pronks
  Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:37:25 +1200
  ...Comes with pig tail leads for you to connect your connector to. US$30.00 plus US$5.00 freight. E-mail me if...
• No, not the silver socket
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:20:38 -0700
  But the little capped electrical connector bolted to the right rear corner of the alternator. Pop off the cap and there are two prongs...