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• Re: High beam short?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 10:51:17 -0700
  John, The low beam pigtails are new and those are larger and the relay and ground wires are larger but no, the stuff in...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome? ... please help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Fri, 25 May 2018 18:46:54 -0400
  ...muffler > > before the trip: > - new factory AFM (not a rebuilt) with pigtail filter > - new spark plugs > - new dist. cap and rotor > - new air filter...
• Re: Mud Flaps, Trailer Hitch, Diesel Exhaust, and other Parts For Sale!
  Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Co.
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:54:12 -1000
  ...Also headlight >buckets and wiring pigtails to convert from square to round headlites. > >Westy Items (brown/tan interior)-- > >Front windshield/windows privacy curtain >Rear...
• Re: Does anyone have this part for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 20:06:04 -0400
  ...It will have a pigtail that will need to be spliced. The dealer can also get you the later connector with a quick release...
• Re: Puzzled by thesamba instructions: Convert 82D fan wiring to '86 fan.
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:09:48 -0700
  ...blue of the new pigtail. >>>> The large live wire should go to the red/white of the new pigtail. >>>> The other large wire should...
• Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 21:13:41 -0400
  ...Peter Lapp driveway camped with us last weekend and was kind enough to give me one of the VW AFM pigtails. I removed my...
• Ref. for Mark Taylor - Euro parts VW Vortex
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 17:40:17 -0800
  ...So - euro bumpers with washers euro main beams Euro turn signals euro tail lights washer resevoir all rubber boots, bulbs and pigtailed wires All...
• Re: AFM upgrade using 16 volt tantalum capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 01:09:46 -0600
  ...You will be very happy that you > >made the effort. > > > >A choice between over $100 for a pigtail harness or less than $2 is...
• Re: PS pump switch, engine compartment wiring harness, ECU, starter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Feb 2016 20:41:13 -0500
  ...And KUDOS to JAY BROWN for his advice on the starter pigtail and sending me a new starter relay to replace the one that...
• 1988 Vanagon GL tintop
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 13 Feb 2016 00:32:39 -0600
  Today the new (to me) ECU with Shoebox Monitor pigtail, arrived. Took,it to the shop and the mechanic there installed it. The new...
• Re: Wire connectors for relay blocks
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 May 2016 22:32:36 -0400
  ...relay blocks will allow removing the relays without disrupting the wiring. Pigtails will not do what I would like. Are these connectors available at...
• Re: Blown fuse
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:35:02 -0700
  ...with a trailer pigtail that is grounding out the stop lights. | |Daryl of AA Transaxle |425-788-4070 |"On the cutting edge of Old...
• Re: Possible Vanagon Syndrome...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:43:57 +0000
  ...the factory with 025.906.302 which is the supposed fix for Vanagon Syndrome.   Is it possible that the little pigtail went bad? ...Markus
• Re: Headlight grounds
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:27:22 -0400
  ...Add a pigtail just behind the lights and connect to one of the screws that hold the headlight mounts. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 23:35:46 -0400
  ...directly by one of the retaining snaps that hold the cap on, no little braid pigtail. Do it, you'll love it. Cheers, d
• Re: AFM, throttle body needed
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:21:47 -0400
  ...My AFM has the Vanagon syndrome problem > still, even though I installed a pigtail fix (it is > better, but still acts up from time...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome? ... please help
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Fri, 25 May 2018 14:17:18 -0700
  ...muffler > > before the trip: > - new factory AFM (not a rebuilt) with pigtail filter > - new spark plugs > - new dist. cap and rotor > - new air filter...
• Parts For Sale!
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Fri, 26 May 2000 08:58:12 CDT
  ...Also headlight buckets and wiring pigtails to convert from square to round headlites. 4. Chrome front bumper 5. Good radiator and cooling fan 6...
• Idle problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 20:55:09 -0600
  ...AFM cable connectors both at the ACM and the "anti-bucking" pigtail halfway down the cable at what once was the original connector. That...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome? ... please help
  Historical mailing list - Jvk
  Tue, 29 May 2018 20:14:43 -0600
  ...muffler >> >> before the trip: >> - new factory AFM (not a rebuilt) with pigtail filter >> - new spark plugs >> - new dist. cap and rotor >> - new air filter...
• Re: Gastester(schon wieder!)
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 15 May 95 01:18:08 EDT
  ...but with sensor in hand I realized this won't work: pigtail end of sensor must be in outside air for it to work...
• A New Perspective on Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 7 Feb 2009 12:17:09 -0800
  ...Second, the VW 'pigtail' works. The one thing I didn't do that I should have, and will, is remove the pigtail and drive...
• Idea for removable backup light wiring
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:03:23 -0500
  ...I also thought about running a wire from the backup light switch, and having some kind of a pigtail available cable-tied to the...
• Re: 1986-91 wire harness
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:14:36 -0400
  ...This connector pigtail also works on the throttle switch and for the 1.9L engines the auxiliary air regulator. Going to air cooled it...
• Re: Does an alternator from a pre-86 vanagon work in post 86 vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:00:34 -0800
  ...I just made a small pigtail for my van, with both connectors on it, so whatever I get for an alternator, it can go...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome? ... please help
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Fri, 25 May 2018 15:41:35 -0700
  ...muffler before the trip: - new factory AFM (not a rebuilt) with pigtail filter - new spark plugs - new dist. cap and rotor - new air filter...
• Re: Starter
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 19 Mar 2016 21:42:55 -0500
  ...http://www.westyventures.com/parts.html This is a pigtail you will need http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1673971 John...
• Re: Resetting the ECU and hesitating
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:02:08 -0700
  ...My 86 2.1 2WD van has developed "The Vanagon Syndrome" but BEFORE anybody starts emailing me about capacitors and pigtails and other such...
• Re: Capacitor fix harnesses for sale
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:12:40 -0400
  ...pass filter built into a box in the middle of a pigtail with male and female plugs that fit the AFM and cable. I...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome? ... please help
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 25 May 2018 17:46:16 -0500
  ...muffler > > before the trip: > - new factory AFM (not a rebuilt) with pigtail filter > - new spark plugs > - new dist. cap and rotor > - new air filter...
• Re: 82 Diesel Radiator - Rare - Needed
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 7 Jun 2014 20:30:07 -0700
  ...Mostly a later fan shroud, the later lower radiator brackets, later radiator hose, later fan switch, and switch pigtail. You can use your existing...
• Parts For Sale!
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Sat, 6 May 2000 02:09:50 CDT
  ...Also headlight buckets and wiring pigtails to convert from square to round headlites. 5. Chrome front bumper 6. Good radiator and cooling fan 7...
• Re: Uninstalling SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:22:22 -0400
  ...I did have to fit the pigtails in for the high beams connectors. On Oct 25, 2012, at 9:29 PM, Kim Brennan wrote...
• Re: Dirty Fuel and Poor Performance
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:14:45 -0500
  ...a rechargeable tool battery 12-18 volts and jumpers(or injector pigtail) to manually "tap" the injectors until they all fire in a good...
• Re: So stuff even happens to me!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 3 Apr 2020 17:57:18 -0700
  Oh i like the pigtails. I had the solenoid trigger were come off, on a trip. We had stopped at head of small spur...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome TSB 92-02: Also Applies To Digijet ?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 21 Jun 2017 19:01:57 -0700
  ...Ironically, just before moving out of my previous rental garage, I unloaded a bunch of WBX stuff including an OEM AFM pigtail. Ain't...
• Re: Wire connectors for relay blocks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 May 2016 01:18:01 -0400
  ...Using the relay blocks will >allow removing the relays without disrupting the wiring. > >Pigtails will not do what I would like. Are these connectors...
• Re: http://members.aol.com/jmdavi/Headlights.html
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 18:55:03 -0800
  ...at the picture that was shown by >5) Install the new pigtails: > >It looks like there is a potential problem here because the >connector...
• Re: PS pump switch, engine compartment wiring harness
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:55:44 -0800
  ...Best to get a holder with 10 ga pigtails and use appropriate butt connectors."
• Red #8 B+ wire to dash (was: "No Start Scenario")
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:39:40 -0700
  ...I was lucky to have a good spare same connector/wire pigtail so cut and soldered that in. Neil. On 3/13/15, John...
• 2.1 idling @ 2200, stumbling, etc, where do I start?
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Wed, 7 Apr 2010 11:34:53 -0400
  ...I did get the VW "vanagon syndrome fix" pigtail along with my used ECU. Doesn't make any difference whether it's inline or...
• Re: PS pump switch, engine compartment wiring harness, ECU, starter
  Historical mailing list - James
  Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:46:02 -0500
  ...g:p8EAAOxyJX1TFmlY&vxp=mtr > > http://www.westyventures.com/parts.html > > Necessary pigtail: > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1673971 > > Kudos go...
• Re: replacing clock w/ tach
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 08:13:17 -0500
  ...I added pigtails to these terminals and ran the wire into the dash to pick up these three. SO when i take the instrument...
• Idle Control Whatzit
  Historical mailing list - Michael Edwards
  Sun, 1 Apr 2001 09:08:20 -0700
  ...long can i drive around with it bypassed? -Also, WTB elec. pigtails? i have several that are very brittle and cracked and need replacement...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome? ... please help
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Fri, 25 May 2018 13:58:40 -0700
  ...muffler > > before the trip: > - new factory AFM (not a rebuilt) with pigtail filter > - new spark plugs > - new dist. cap and rotor > - new air filter...
• Mud Flaps, Trailer Hitch, Diesel Exhaust, and other Parts For Sale!
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 07:04:17 CDT
  ...Also headlight buckets and wiring pigtails to convert from square to round headlites. Chrome front bumper Good radiator and cooling fan Late model 4...
• Intermittent dropouts cured
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 18:27:17 -0400
  ...The AFM has the factory pigtail and I monitor on the ECU side. The only thing I'm not monitoring is the fuel injector...
• Hard Starting
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:38:39 -0400
  ...Turns out my temp gauge sensor was just a broken wire at the pigtail. It starts OK first start of the day but after...
• Re: What about this specific actuator in an 89?
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Sun, 16 Nov 2003 19:23:53 +1100
  ...A pigtail adaptor does come with the unit. However this is to connect the newer type wiring harness to the existing wiring coming from...
• Re: Blown fuse
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mund
  Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:04:28 -0600
  ...with a trailer pigtail that is grounding out the stop lights. > | > |Daryl of AA Transaxle > |425-788-4070 > |"On the cutting edge of Old...
• Re: wiring trailer lights
  Historical mailing list - Dick & Janette Smith
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:40:47 -0400
  ...Then take a muti-meter or 12vdc bulb in a pigtail with clip leads and hook one lead to ground and then take a...
• Persistent running rich problem finally fixed. Here's how.
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 01:04:01 -0500
  ...Adding the AFM Vanagon Syndrome pigtail harness changes the Bentley test procedure for the AFM. A VW Technicial Service Bulletin mentions this. * Be methodical...
• Re: Charging the battery
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:56:29 -0700
  ...can't wait to > >start!) Is there any kind of a "pigtail or other type of > >easy connect gadget just in case the battery...
• Westy Center Single Seat, Trailer hitch, Mud flaps, Diesel exhaust system, etc. For Sale
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Sun, 18 Jun 2000 06:30:24 CDT
  ...Also headlight buckets and wiring pigtails to convert from square to round headlites. Chrome front bumper Good radiator and cooling fan Late model 4...
• Re: 85 Westy stumbling?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Smith
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:27:23 -0700
  ...I put one of those pigtails on a few years ago and decided to take it off just in case. No clear difference, might...
• Re: Wire size question.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:53:51 -0700
  ...be about 6-8' from > the fuse block up to the pigtail that comes right out of the light. �I plan > on crimping the...
• Re: 2.1 idling @ 2200, stumbling, etc, where do I start?
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Wed, 7 Apr 2010 14:04:22 -0400
  ...I did get > the VW "vanagon syndrome fix" pigtail along with my used ECU. Doesn't > make any difference whether it's inline or...
• Re: Aux coolant pump for Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 3 Feb 2000 19:39:01 -0800
  ...Don't forget to snip the terminal pigtail to splice into your wiring. T.P. Stephens aka Doktor Tim San Juan Island, WA
• Re: So stuff even happens to me!
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 5 Apr 2020 21:09:53 -0300
  ...57, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: > > Oh i like the pigtails. > > I had the solenoid trigger were come off, on a trip. We...
• Re: Intermittent dropouts cured
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:55:03 -0700
  ...The AFM has the factory pigtail and I monitor on the ECU > side. The only thing I'm not monitoring is the fuel injector...