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  • Re: Jetta fires and Mexico specials
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Tue, 20 May 2008 09:19:40 -0700
    ...Do Mexican Golfs have the > electrical problems like the Mexican Jettas?
  • Re: Electric door locks
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Thu, 4 Aug 2022 17:06:58 +0200
    ...I have the new green lock actuators but have not > been able t56o fi9nd the female electric connectors. I learned the > connectors are for...
  • Re: O2 sensor testing the wires...
    Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
    Tue, 3 Apr 2007 21:01:37 -0500
    ...Put one VOM probe to a prong in the harness side of the O2 sensor connector. Put the other VOM probe to the corresponding...
  • Re: [Syncro] Electrical issue - 1987 Syncro GL
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:35:28 -0400
    ...electrical diagrams on line for this? I am an electrician, but without the diagrams I'm just guessing...hand over handing the wiring harness...
  • Re: Electrical nightmare!
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:32:05 EST
    ...Be especially mindful of the mother nodes, G1 And G2, which are holding sway within the realm of the Digifant wiring harness. George
  • air-flow meter?
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 21 Jan 1997 09:22:56 -0500
    Rheu032 wrote: >>wiring harness for your airflow meter that costs $150 that will solve your >>problem, I found a way around this harness that...
  • hip-hip ---hooray!(not the AFM harnessam)
    Historical mailing list - S. Marie Arnold
    Thu, 14 Jun 2001 21:45:14 EDT
    Well thanks to you guys (I kiss the ground you walk on) I didn't replace the harness on that AFM. You guys were...
  • Progress report on my "R-TDI" Syncro conversion.
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:16:32 -0700
    ...fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to the large quantity of email we...
  • Re: Engine Bay Electrical Fire
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:28:49 -0500
    ...Engine Bay Electrical Fire > > >> I have begun pulling the burned wiring harness that is in the engine >> bay out of the vehicle. What a...
  • electrical problems...
    Historical mailing list - johnny89
    Tue, 2 Jan 1996 17:09:20 -0300
    ...I also had to construct a (wire) harness for the brake light system, as the previous one was burnt to a crisp. I made...
  • Re: High elevation adjustments
    Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
    Mon, 8 Jul 2002 21:44:38 -0700
    ...Being higher and colder...thus dryer...static electricity in my van built up extremely fast... Thus the harness fix (PS my van runs fine...
  • Re: AC cutting out momentarily
    Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
    Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:41:20 -0700
    ...That's more indicative of a electrical issue. 3 possibilities occur to me. Thermostat switch (that which turns on the AC and sets the...
  • Re: Horn problem
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:22:58 -0400
    ...Crazy! Drop,the steering column electrical harness and found no apparent problem there. Is there a fix for this?
  • Chrysler wheels on Vanagons?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:00:23 -0700
    ...sales@fastforward.ca Phone: (250) 992 7775 - Vanagon Engine Conversions and Accessories - Vanagon, Transporter and Iltis Sales and Importation - Electrical harness fabrication and customization...
  • Re: no vanagon content-monte carlo help
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:29:59 -0800
    ...It's not running at the moment, because of the wiring harness > melting and starting a minor electrical fire which probably fried the computer...
  • Re: 85 Digijet Help (Answer?)
    Historical mailing list - Rick Beecroft
    Mon, 1 Dec 1997 23:40:12 PST
    ...All conections were coated with that new electrical enhancer that VW is selling for harness problems. After each session, the van ran a wee...
  • Complete 1.9L wasserboxer engine for sale
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:18:36 -0800
    ...6Z3 � Internet http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization
  • Breadloaf Rear Wiring Harness replacement procedure (long)
    Historical mailing list - H. Steven Dolan
    Wed, 17 Apr 1996 15:31:48 -0400 (EDT)
    John, I just did a wiring harness swap as part of the engine swap I have been reporting. It was very easy, took about...
  • Re: oil temp gauge
    Historical mailing list - Arnold Schultz
    Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:26:55 -0700
    ...How do most members install them ie:electric transducers or plumbed all the way to the front? >> Hello all, >> Today I ordered the VDO...
  • 1984 Vanagon w 2.1 conversion for parts.
    Historical mailing list - jfg69
    Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:58:46 -0400
    ...I drove it for about 6 months when it developed some sort of electrical problem (harness, computer?). I didn't have time for it...
  • Re: Vanagon Syndrome TSB 92-02: Also Applies To Digijet ?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:00:44 -0700
    ...SERVICE To >> resolve this condition, wire harness Part No. 025 906 302, should be >> installed. This harness provides improved signal voltage >> stabilization. * remove electrical...
  • Liquid TAPE
    Historical mailing list - PAT
    Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:42:18 -0400
    ...I pulled the knock sensor harness out of it to use in the pickup. In two or three places VW joined 3-6 wires...
  • Who has the Dakar this year?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:47:49 -0800
    ...fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to the large quantity of email we...
  • Re: hiccups/hesitations-update-new AFM
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Tue, 2 Jan 2001 14:03:03 -0700
    I don't know for sure, but I doubt that a new harness will solve the problem since it is just a bunch of...
  • Re: O2 Sensor wire connection (wiring harness end - 2.1)
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:19:39 -0700
    ...O2 Sensor wire connection (wiring harness end - 2.1) > At 11:40 PM 9/10/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >>Here's an electrical...
  • Re: Since we're talking about electrical problems...
    Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
    Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:50:09 -0400
    I usually suspect the trailer harness box or the connections for the trailer harness when this type of strange stuff starts happening. Try unhooking...
  • Re: Wire leaked it's smoke
    Historical mailing list - Boroko
    Thu, 19 Jul 2001 03:07:08 -0700
    ...the harness from the switch back to the relay box in the engine compartment. Repair was accomplished with "Scotch Kote" and electrical tape. It...
  • <No subject>
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:04:29 -0700
    ...I checked electric circuits in the > van and they were ok. Ihen I checked the operator harnesses. Then I checked > the operators through the...
  • Re: Fried wiring harness from dash to 84 Westy camper relay
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 1 Jun 2015 12:42:13 -0700
    ...all other electrical off of the starting > battery, which is more important to moi. > I know I could make a harness from looking at...
  • Electrical question on van's 12V motors
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Wed, 12 Dec 2001 17:03:02 -0400
    ...I have had the same situation with my horn - 12 volts directly - no horn-beeb, install the horn through the van's wiring harness...
  • Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:58:44 -0700
    lol........'mysterious electrical device' ........... it's a heater element. Designed to prevent icing in the breather hose in very cold conditions I imagine. all...
  • Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
    Historical mailing list - Jerry
    Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:49:26 -0600
    ...I also have the harness installed between the AFM and original chassis harness. Thanks for any advice. JB 88 GL Guido New spark plugs...
  • Re: Digifant Electrical Experts: New Harness + 4 Pin Hella 53 Relay for ECU?
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Mon, 28 May 2012 18:15:27 -0700
    ...engine bay wiring harness likely replaced. ECU and fuel > pump relays are both 4 pin Hella 53. Relay diagram shows what may be a...
  • Re: Fuel System Missing
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 16 Jan 1997 23:39:58 -0500 (EST)
    ...a new wiring harness on the air cleaner that was supposed to take out the static electricity and the electric peaks. I have replaced...
  • FW: Vanagon Syndrome
    Historical mailing list - bueses
    Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:23:21 -0700
    ...reduce the injection > time. > > SERVICE Harness, Part No. 025 906 302, is available to resolve this > condition. * remove electrical connector from air flow sensor...
  • Re: Lost the post with the cute little vanagon trailers....
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:07:07 -0700
    ...Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR
  • How to replace voltage regulator?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Thu, 21 Jul 2005 07:15:54 -0700
    I just received one-a them adjustable voltage regulators from Barton Harness. It goes into the back of the alternator (1.9l WBX, Bosch...
  • Re: Riddle me this about Vanagon dash wiring gremlin
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sat, 2 Jan 2016 14:32:17 +0000
    I make a point to keep the connection clean and filled with electrical grease at the alternator after having a troublesome drive home on...
  • Re: Trip Report - Jackson, WY to Moab, UT (and Questions)
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Thu, 30 Apr 1998 11:11:41 -0400
    ...one to five or so plastic electrical connectors emanating from the door wiring harness. - disconnect all plastic electric connectors (matching up will be easy...
  • Re: knock sensor question
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 12 May 2001 09:16:06 -0400
    At 12:22 AM 5/12/2001, mike malkovich wrote: >resistance.Bentley says "disconnect the sensor harness connector......and >test for resistance between the...
  • a poor running in the rain story
    Historical mailing list - brian j
    Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:49:19 -0700
    ...the wire with electrical tape, covering the whole plastic connector to the point where the wire emerged from the harness. Problem solved. __________________________________ Do you...
  • Re: Water Tank pump wire connections?
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:04:33 -0700
    ...of the wiring harness. Apart from the conversion to unlubricated-safe operation, we have also changed the polarity of the electrical cables of the...
  • Re: headlight switch
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Sat, 1 Feb 2025 18:40:37 +0000
    ...dangling via gravity....and with time, the PVC insulation on the harnesses to Rockers seems to have taken "a set", in an uncooperative fashion...
  • Re: fuel management system
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:40:06 -0800
    ...electrical circuits are not any more complicated than doing say ..a complete and thorough brake job or a timing belt. The wiring harness for...
  • Re: Engine Bay Electrical Fire
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:19:57 -0700
    ...Engine Bay Electrical Fire | | I have begun pulling the burned wiring harness that is in |the engine bay out of the vehicle. What a...
  • Electrical Gremlin Back
    Historical mailing list - David Boan
    Sun, 24 Jun 2018 22:39:47 +0000
    ...Re: Electrical Gremlin Back OK, I hope this is helpful to others, it is helpful to me. ... I pulled the wiring harness off the...
  • Re: Subaru wiring harness
    Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
    Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:55:23 -0700
    On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Tim Smith wrote: > Hi All, > Got the ENTIRE electrical harness out of a '92, inc. all 4 computer boxes...
  • Diagnosis of Intermittent Power Loss or Misfire
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Fri, 25 Apr 2003 09:50:05 -0700
    ...Electrical Harness Check-- Check the connectors in the ECU Plug and at all the other fuel system components connections. ARe the connectors in good...
  • Plug n Play headlight harness with relays - almost done
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 30 Jan 2000 10:45:22 -0800
    Volks, I have been working on a plug and play wiring harness for the Vanagon that allows the use of fused relays to control...
  • Engine Conversion
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sat, 19 Mar 2022 04:47:21 -0500
    ...For the electrical harness conversion I went to Mick at Busaru.com. The man is a wizard. My engine came from a 2005 Outback...
  • Re: 84 vs 85 Digijet
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:44:21 -0300
    ...Electrically they're identical, so if an earlier throttle body isn't ready to hand you can adapt the harness connectors to work with...
  • Mystery (to me) wire
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
    Thu, 23 May 1996 11:35:40 -0500 (CDT)
    '84 1.9L Vanagon There is a brown wire leading from the wiring harness at the left of the engine (black wrapping) and going...
  • A bunch of new parts at Fast Forward!
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:22:22 -0800
    ...6Z3 Internet http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization
  • Re: hiccups/hesitations-update-new AFM
    Historical mailing list - Paolo
    Tue, 2 Jan 2001 00:56:18 -0800
    ...the harness was the patch for this >problem...... my best guess is to get the harness. once I got mine no more >bucking. >ed...
  • Re: Electric door lock
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
    Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:29:02 -0500
    ...You can get these > new for around $73.65 but you also have to buy a conversion harness for > another $25.25 (unless you...
  • Re: Radiator Installation in an Air Cooled Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
    Sun, 30 May 1999 17:02:38 -0700
    ...Standing on the bumper at 60 mph (tied in with a harness) I found > there was minimal airflow through the deck lid area with...
  • WANTED: Tachometer with foil and housing
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 8 Feb 2005 07:04:37 -0800
    ...Engine Conversions and Accessories - Vanagon, Transporter and Iltis Sales and Importation - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to the large volume of email we...
  • Dash Cigarette Lighter Removal
    Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
    Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:25:45 -0700
    ...s restrained from behind, apparently from the various electrical components and/or the wiring harness connector(s). Any advice on how to get this...
  • Re: Secret Hiding Place
    Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
    Fri, 13 Jul 2001 18:11:06 -0700
    ...access to the wiring harness. >Don't put any "metallic 'G' devices" in there if you fear a electrical short. > Same is true of...
  • Re: Updated photos of the R-TDI project Westfalia
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Wed, 7 Jun 2006 05:52:49 -0400
    ...fastforward.ca > > - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens > - Electrical harness fabrication and customization > > Due to the large quantity of email we...