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• Re: Power loss problem solved.... I think.
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 11 May 2000 13:06:23 -0700
  ...On looking at the >Bentley trouble shooting guide to starters, I came across the ground strap >that runs from the tranny to the frame...
• ammeter
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Feb 95 00:04:20 EST
  ...The battery ground strap -----------:+BATTERY-:--------/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\-----GROUND | | | | | --dash-ammeter-----------------GROUND The shunt has to be quite thick, and short, should not have resistance more than...
• Re: WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:57:28 -0700
  ...braided strap >> between engine and frame >> - battery negative clamp dis-connected, ECU dis-connected >> - VOM probe to new braided engine ground strap or various...
• Re: Engine Quits
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 08:29:23 EDT
  Bad grounds can play havock on a Vanagon engine. I would check the ground strap on the driver's side head for corrosion and...
• anyone have any comments on shipping an auto trans?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 17:57:54 -0500
  ...what is the best way to ship it? Ups Ground would probably not be so good as far as price. It will be strapped...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:44:49 -0400
  In light of there not being a complete ground, hadn't it be best to check the main ground strap from the engine/transmission...
• Goldie passed inspection . On The Road !!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Carrig
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 08:58:52 -0400
  ...Removed braided ground straps and replaced them w/ 4 awg insulated battery cables. Grounded left side head to chassis, as well as head to...
• Re: Missing engine ground strap
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:16:10 -0400
  ...Braided is also better because I'm pretty sure that's intended as an RF ground, which means that the surface area is the...
• Re: Starter: it's one or another
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:44:17 -0700
  ...I'm running double transmission ground straps and double engine ground straps since my Subaru conversion and the stock WBX starter spins the much...
• Re: is this a ground point?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:50:53 -0600
  Where did that ground strap lead to? I think I have that strap. Maybe about a foot long, about a centimeter wide? Was it...
• Re: ?On Which Side Is Ground Point 18?
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:17:07 -0500
  ...ground to the engine case I have found so far is the one on the driver's side with the just chassis ground strap...
• Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - rsf
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:14:28 -0500
  ...As far as I know, the critical grounds for starting are the battery ground strap, and the transmission to body ground strap. Replacing the...
• Re: hot start relay didn't work - now what?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:48:38 -0700
  ...I opened both battery compartments, cleaned the terminals and the > battery cables, pulled the ground straps loose and cleaned up around their > connections, replaced...
• Re: Weak Starting
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:59:44 -0800
  And once you've checked all those items out, check the Ground Strap running from the Trans Nosecone to the Chassis/Frame. If it...
• Re: Where's the other end of my broken ground strap?
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:55:41 +0000
  ...The other end of that ground strap is attached to > the cylinder head. This ground is extremely important as it helps to > provide a...
• Re: ground straps
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:36:25 +0200
  snipped ---- > > Is it ok to replace the braded ground straps with a batery like cable ? > >In perticular the one to the left of the...
• Re: Conductive grease for connections???
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:51:01 -0700
  How about tin coating on the contact surface of the ground strap? Just melt a small pot of tin and dip the end of...
• Mystery part - what is this thing?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Donahe
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:01:27 -0700
  ...If I disconnect the ground strap from the secondary battery everything in the van functions just as before. If I disconnect the ground strap...
• Re: Never Under Estimate Your Ground Straps!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 22:58:57 EST
  ...I replaced mine with the big fat copper ground wires they sell at Home depot for lightning rods. Then the bolt rotted, and I...
• Re: Rear suspension limiting straps
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:33:01 -0700
  David, Back when I was racing off-road, we attached the strap to the shock blots and used HD springs to keep the strap...
• Re: 88 WBX Towing Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:52:02 EST
  ...rear wheels strapped on a dolly, front wheels on the ground, rolling. you can only do this with a better quality dolly, like the...
• Re: Shocking seats!!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:19:06 -0500
  ...Buy heavy duty ground strap. Bolt one end to body of vehicle. Attach other end to a body piercing (ear, nose, etc.). Now you...
• Re: Where's the other end of my broken ground strap?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 25 Mar 2017 23:01:49 -0400
  ...Losing it should not make the van stop, it's a supplement to the big ground strap at the front of the transmission. I...
• Re: vanagon starter question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:03:41 -0500
  ...There can always be ground straps, corroded battery cables and such that cause the starter to draw too much current and overheat. However if...
• Re: Found my Syncro project.
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:40:47 -0700
  ...Sure enough, the braided ground strap was corroded and broken where it bolts to the body. Also, the handful of other grounds there and...
• Re: 85 1.9L Problems Persist
  Historical mailing list - olists
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 19:53:34 -0600
  ...A bad ground of these straps will cause all kinds of funk > in the Fuel Injection operation.
• Help locating Parts
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:18:08 -0600
  ...I need to replace the ground strap from starter to chassis(new starter and sometimes cranks slow), new ground from alt to battery, and...
• Re: Where's the other end of my broken ground strap?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Mar 2017 22:20:25 +0000
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• 80 vanagon CA emission"gremlins "
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 26 Jan 1997 11:40:18 -0800
  ...volt/ohm meter? also how do install another ground harnes/strap? what do I ground and where. It seems like I've replaced everything...
• 83 Vanagon Fuel Tank Sound Dampening Pads Necessary??
  Historical mailing list - John Clemens
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 17:42:00 -0800
  ...I didn't remember seeing anything when I took off the straps, but I did find, on the ground under the car, two identical...
• Re: rebuilding starter
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:49:37 -0500
  ...But what about the ground strap that goes from the solenoid to the starter. I think mine is in pretty bad shape. From what...
• Re: Gas tank removal question.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:02:27 -0700
  ...I had the van off the ground as far as I could get it and the tabs still wouldn't clear, so I'm...
• A good day for troubleshooting (cont)
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:21:33 -0800
  Thanks for the answer about the tranny ground strap. Could some one tell me where to find out how the terminals are number on...
• Re: Dead ly Serious Fun with Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Tue, 17 Jun 1997 21:58:32 -0400
  ...In addition to grounding the fuel truck, all pipes and components inside the fuel tanks are either bonded with a ground strap or= intrinsically...
• portable coolers and installing a auxillary battery
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 18:26:11 EDT
  ...I then put the still very good original battery under the drivers seat and connected a heavy ground strap to the body. I connected...
• 1.9 l bad ground
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 18 Jul 2003 21:31:39 -0400
  ...also, the formerly inoperative led for low coolant level may actually have been "fixed" by repairing the body to engine ground strap, rather than...
• grounds: air cooled vs water cooled
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:25:40 -0500
  ...Poked around on top and under my 81 and didn't see a ground strap any where. Roger On Feb 16, 2006, at 8...
• Re: Extra Grounds on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Dave C
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:45:45 -0400
  ...COM wrote: > Where exactly are the best places to run additional ground straps on my > 1.9l Digijet? The stock braids look to be...
• enabling flasher lights
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Oct 1994 19:14:49 -0500 (CDT)
  ...1) Disconnect the battery ground strap. 2) Remove light switch in dashboard. (Simply unscrew light switch knob and etcutcheon.) 3) Disconnect white and black...
• Green ground strap/ noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:50:55 -0400
  So I'm giving my engine the once over looking for any signs of trouble and I notice that the flat copper ground strap...
• Re: Under Floor Battery Tray
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:07:52 -0700
  ...photo, what's the keyed thingie?� And where is the battery > strap grounded when in use? > > On 6/9/2021 1:38 PM, Karl...
• 84 Westy - Refrig drained Aux and Main Battery.
  Historical mailing list - John Thomas
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:10:16 -0700
  ...5.Connect a ground strap to the aux battery. 6.Reconnect the ground strap on the primary battery. That's it. With this configuration...
• Re: Distributor wire?
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Tue, 19 May 2009 15:47:39 -0700
  there is a metal shroud that goes around the distributor; it has a soldered-on ground strap that connects to this little quick-disconnect...
• Re: Extra Grounds on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 23:34:19 -0400
  ...any ordinary voltmeter... >As an aside, I once braided my own grounding strap from stripped 14 AWG SO >cord. It was on a Sunday...
• Re: Biggest vanagon load
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:21:31 EDT
  ...The mpg went down to 12 :( Got home and found that the ground strap on the motor had broken (probably got hit with some...
• Fuel tank install tip
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:34:16 -0500
  ...The tank of course wants to slip off of that lip and fall to the ground. I found that a cheap trucker's strap...
• memory loss from unplugging battery?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Fri, 27 Jun 1997 17:14:30 +0000
  I know I'll lose the clock and radio station settings when removing the ground strap from the battery. Anything else I should be...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 17:51:43 +0000
  ...I ended up adding a second engine ground and a second transaxle ground, just because the straps were attached to the engine and trans...
• Re: vanagon starter question
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:40:07 -0700
  ...Could be the ground strap on the transmission. I fixed mine(1980 Westy)by rebuilding the starter and solenoid, plus cleaning all the wires...
• Re: grounds: air cooled vs water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:22:38 -0600
  ...Poked around on top and > under my 81 and didn't see a ground strap any where. > > Roger > > On Feb 16, 2006, at 8...
• Starter ?'s in '64 Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Oct 94 13:37 PDT
  ...Is there anything special I need to do this, or can I just drill a hole and bolt the new ground-strap to the...
• Oh was his face red!
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Thu, 7 Aug 1997 09:57:10 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Went to take the coil out and found the ground strap connected to the coil wound around behind the ECU and NOT connected to...
• Re: electrical dimming
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 01:00:16 +0000
  ...Check the ground strap at the battery, between the gearbox and the chassis and between the lefthand head and the engine bulkhead. Check also...
• Blinking lights after ground fix
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 30 Jul 2018 22:33:17 +0000
  This weekend I took all the ground wires off the wall, cleaned them and put them back on. The ground strap is a year...
• Re: Carrying Spare Gas Can and Filling
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 10:35:24 EDT
  Or you could always run a ground strap with an alligator clip from the tank to the pump (aircraft style). Gasoline is used by...
• Re: 1993 Eurovan 2.5 Ground Strap At Hood
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 4 Nov 2015 14:56:31 -0800
  ...one from Stealth_TDI... > > http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?6992015-Grounded-hood > -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988...
• Re: Cleaning engine compartment/Grounding Points - 91 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:45:00 -0700
  ...You might want to remove and clean that ground and the ground strap from the nose of the transaxle to the body. When I...
• Re: Of Vanagon Demons and other Ailments...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 17:02:11 -0400
  ...that was a factory crimp gone bad, and would have made the ground strap essentially useless. test was conducted with strap off the vehicle...
• Re: Billy's in the hospital
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Mark Shankland
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:33:34 -0700
  ...As far as how the engine runs, I did check the ground strap. In fact, I pulled the main ground strap off the left...
• Re: Missing engine ground strap
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:12:46 EDT
  ...Hey all, So I was poking through my engine (87 GL auto) and I think I may be missing the strap that is supposed...