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• Re: a REAL basic electronics question
  Historical mailing list
  29 Jul 96 08:15:45 PDT
  ...For example, my radio has one red wire for power > but when I look at the hot wire from the van it is three...
• Wire Gage for Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Joe Curro
  Fri, 3 May 2002 13:44:09 -0400
  ...I went to Radio Shack to pick some up, but I noticed that the wire gage is not printed on the wires for the...
• Re: Tach install from vanagon to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 15:13:51 -0800
  The simple way is to compare the wire colors in each hole of both 14 pin connectors. Move the wires on the clock dash...
• Re: Fishing wire from courtesy light to behind dash
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 15 Apr 2018 14:57:19 -0700
  .... or, it might be better to fish new wire from dash area to dome light opening. On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 2:38...
• Re: rear speaker wires, '83 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:10:54 -0400
  I beleive the 83 has only three wires going to the rea speakers, One is common for both. Most any modern steroe head unit...
• Re: Oxygen sensor-replace or unplug?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 20:09:26 -0700
  ...Does polarity matter on these wires?". If that is the case, the white wires are different ends of a coil of heater wire and...
• 12V supply to Fridge and Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLaughlin
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:06:12 -0600
  ...a red wire and a pale blue wire: the end of the blue wire is cut, the red wire ends with 1/2 a...
• Re: anyone added a tach/digi clock cluster to a '85 Non-GL or Transporter????
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:28:21 -0800
  ...so i > guess i just remove the green wire from #9 and add another green wire, > or splice into the existing green wire? id...
• Re: Syncro Differential Lock Switch Wire
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sat, 8 Apr 2000 07:37:29 -0700
  ...Syncro Differential Lock Switch Wire > In my continuing effort to identify an orphan wire on my 86 Syncro, I have > narrowed my search to...
• Re: Spark Plug Wire Shock
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Sun, 17 May 2020 14:14:46 -0700
  Wait, you did what? Do you mean you grabbed a spark plug wire and removed it while the engine was running? I think that...
• 2nd Battery setup questions
  Historical mailing list - RoadwarriorSF
  Mon, 9 Jan 2006 17:51:22 -0800
  This is for a 91' Multivan Has anyone setup their 2nd battery using a wirewerks kit? (this one) http://wirewerksperformance.com/index.php?main...
• Re: rear speaker wires, '83 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:45:44 -0500
  I imagine it's only a matter of time before wireless speakers are available? Or maybe they are already? Jeff > Date: Mon, 17 Jun...
• Re: Loose coil wire
  Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 02:03:37 +0100
  Joseph, Check that the connector on the end of the wire is the same as the connector on the coil. There are two kinds...
• Brocken wires
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:30:35 +0100
  Fellow listees, How common is the problem with wires breacking between the driver side door and the body? In my 1987 Westy the left...
• Re: Oil pressure sensor wire ?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Carrig
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:54:00 -0400
  ...So this might red wire be in relation to that. But I'm still mystified as to where the sensor wire would then hook...
• List vendors needed (Plug wires)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:01:50 -0400
  I must a 5 sets of cheap plug wires that are all going in the trash soon. I'm thru with messing with junk...
• Re: Generic O2 sensor installation
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 18:56:21 -0800
  > > I am ready to install a new O2 sensor in my van, and it is a Bosch > > > single wire type. > > > > Can anyone tell me...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 17:27:10 -0600
  OK - two wires got to a combination plug. No way to get that plug wrong - won't fit but one way on the blades...
• Re: Speaker wire repair and impressions of Vanagon door wiring in general
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 22 May 2000 20:27:13 -0700
  I ended up removing the fuse box to access the connectors that the door wires went to. With one end of the wires removed...
• Re: o2 Sensor on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:50:55 -0400
  ...Make sure only the center wire is connected to the wire on the sensor. The outer shield is only connected in the harness. Dennis...
• Re: Burnt Wires!!-Please look and advise
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:03:47 -0500
  It sounds like VW made several color changes to those wires. My '86 had two white wires. As I had explained in an earlier...
• Re: Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:03:17 -1000
  ...Wire gauge of > coaxial wire is small but should handle it. > > My only thought is heat-vibration possibly affecting the coax wire. > The centre...
• Re: O2 sensor - wire repair?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:24:33 -0500
  At 03:58 PM 11/29/2001, van man wrote: >My questions - how does one splice that type of wire >together properly (imbedded green...
• Ignition electrical question
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Sat, 28 Oct 2000 07:29:20 -0400
  Listees, When I had my dash out the other day, I discovered that the PO had rigged a wire from #15 on the ignition...
• Re: stereo speaker wire colors?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:46:16 -0700
  ...Inside it is a > > twist of copper strands, a red wire, a brown wire, and two cables with > > still more wires inside: there is...
• Re: Adding a Deep Cycle Battery and heavy duty relay
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:51:53 -0800
  I thought that you were saying to wire this blue wire to a hot while ignition is on wire... is there a wire that...
• Re: O2 Sensor - Low Prices 3-wire in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:05:30 -0700
  At 01:08 PM 7/15/2004, Shawn Luft wrote: >Hi > >Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced 3-wire O2 sensor available in >Canada...
• Re: o2 Sensor on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:42:42 -0400
  OK Dennis, but if the green wire is sheilded and grounded through that sheilding, then how do I get the ground to the o2...
• Re: Fridge wireing?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 09:28:47 -0700
  ...What year did the fridge come out of? The most common fridge setup has a 3 wire connector and a separate 1 wire. The...
• Headlight rewiring
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 10:34:42 -0500
  Morning everyone, Got a question for those of you who have run heavier gauge wire to your headlights. What do you do once you...
• Oxygen Sensor wires
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Tue, 4 Jul 2006 17:57:42 -0700
  ...Can I assume that the black wire is the sensor wire and the white ones are the heater and ground wires and thus interchangeable...
• Re: light above stove
  Historical mailing list - Tim Whynot
  Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:08:09 -0400
  On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:51:43 -0600, Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >On my '84 Westy I ran a fused wire from...
• Re: The wire harness becomes brittle
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 11:37:58 -0800
  > You want to keep all those ground wires on the body, not the engine. hmm that would change how vw had it I mean...
• Re: Wire size question.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:55:57 -0500
  ...And say that device is 100 feet from the battery, and I am running a wire to it, and a return wire back, so...
• Re: Removing Power mirrors, outside only method
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:52:54 -0700
  ...Then pull entire mirror away from body and carefully fish wires through mirror base one by one starting with smallest wires first ending with...
• extra wires
  Historical mailing list - EARL J SMITH
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:22:45 -0800
  ...Have three wires left over ;^{. Can't find anything to attach them to. One is same color as instrument light wires and the second...
• Re: low idle when AC compressor is on
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 11 Jul 2021 01:34:01 -0700
  ...One of the wires in that socket is the wire that connects to the A/C compressor clutch. Second, page 97.144 shows the...
• Re: Speaker wiring...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 24 Aug 2018 07:03:21 -0400
  Here are two sources that have made in USA wire: https://www.wiringproducts.com/automotive-wire https://www.wirebarn.com/ On Fri, Aug 24...
• Re: Spark plug wires
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:28:50 -0500
  ...Spark plug wires > >When you're standing aft of the engine looking at the distributor ... >the upper left wire goes to the upper left...
• Grey wire on '88
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:44:22 -0700
  I have one wire I have not been able to find a home for. This is a grey wire with a male spade end...
• Wire harness grommet at Firewall
  Historical mailing list - Bruno Walser
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:56:47 -0400
  ...I installed the new wire harness and added various additional wires such as the wires to the solar panels. The new ECU is located...
• Re: Single brown wire
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Thu, 13 May 2010 17:00:01 -0700
  Power steering?? Should be two wires too. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Zoltan Sent: Thursday...
• ECU Wiring Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Snyder
  Sat, 18 Apr 1998 11:41:09 -0400
  ...Unfortunately none of the wires are marked. Using Bentley's, I think I have all of them correctly identified except the wires to the...
• mystery wire.
  Historical mailing list - brad horner
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 15:08:11 -0500
  In section 13.34 of Bentley's is the mystery wire. If you look at the top forward section of the engine, there is...
• Re: Electrical Math Check Please? (Westy Solar Panel)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 9 Aug 2013 08:50:04 -0700
  ...Wire I used is similar to Romex in shape but is stranded albeit a coarse strand; wire with more strands would have been easier...
• Re: Fuel gauge sender on 60's split
  Historical mailing list
  29 Mar 96 24:19
  ...a ground wire which is screwed to the body and the wire which goes to the gauge. I guess the sender is earth separately...
• Re: Best way from bumper mounted lights to under dash?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:34:43 -0400
  I have run a few wires through the existing grommets like Dennis mentions. Not knowing what I would need for future upgrades or additions...
• Re: Aren't all Vanagon spark plug wires the same?
  Historical mailing list - Carlen, Gregg
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 12:10:03 -0400
  Andrew, How did you splice the wire? Anyone else done this? If so, how? Gregg 85 Westy (204k, all wires in place) -----Original Message...
• Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 06:27:46 EDT
  ...Is that the signal wire, or is it a ground wire?? > Secondly, does the wire have to be sheilded? > Brian, Two white wires are...
• Spark plug wire order
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Thu, 16 May 2013 16:52:39 -0200
  ...My question is how do I determine which wire to which plug? I believe each of the four wires is a different length, correct...
• Re: New ground wire for rear speakers
  Historical mailing list - Mark & Kate Sheflo
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:56:52 -0700
  As noted by Marshall, I used the original ground wire to pull two new wires to the rear of our Westy. Our set-up...
• Re: Generic O2 sensor installation
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 23:17:30 -0600
  ...I don't know where I got the notion that this single wire O2 sensor could be substituted for the 3 wire version, but...
• Re: shielded wire for oxygen sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 21 May 2008 23:39:01 +0000
  ...The black wire from the > sensor itself, up to the spade connector, isn't shielded. The green > wire, from the spade connector to the...
• Re: Cough, Choke, Splutter!
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:42:47 -0500
  ...If you look closely at the green wire spade connection (about 1" inwards) you will see the green wire goes from a small diameter...
• Re: Wiring Challenge -- Bentley page 97.68 -- Wire H6 (Rad. Cool Fan Thermoswitch)
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 29 Jul 2019 04:14:37 -0700
  That dangling wire is intended for the A/C. It is to control the middle speed rad fan relay from a pressure switch in...
• Re: Red/wht wire from battery
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Sun, 13 Aug 2017 20:23:33 -0500
  ...On the battery + terminal the red wire feeds the fuse panel but where does the red/wht wire go? I don't see it...
• Re: Second battery in Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 15:16:17 -0800
  Dave, the Vanagons that came with an aux battery have an stock wire running from the main battery compartment to the aux battery compartment...
• Re: Stupid wire question...really... (temp 2 wire)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:55:45 -0400
  At 03:46 PM 10/5/2009, T Collins wrote: >Say that I found a wire to the Temp 2 sensor stripped of its...
• Re: Wiring questions
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:36:30 -0400
  ...The wire from the pushrod sensor gets a male end. I guess you don't have the original wires and connector. The cut wires...
• Re: wire pulling greese?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 14:02:38 -0800
  ...wire pulling greese? >I have a #4 automotive wire to pull through about 4 feet of snug fitting >plastic tubing. >I don't want...