Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 5+: 60 results shown for wire.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Oil buzzer won't stop
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 17 Apr 2019 21:08:16 -0700
  ...I have renewed most of the two wires. The 0.8 bar sender’s wire goes to the yellow/black wire. Both wires have...
• Dometic 182B wiring
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 23 Aug 2013 22:24:09 -0500
  ...glitch.  I wired the new fridge fan (inside) switch to the black (+) wire and grounded the other fan wire end to the grounding...
• Headlight Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ross
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 21:53:31 -0600
  ...It had three wires going to it, a white wire, a white wire with a black stripe, and a yellow wire with a black...
• Re: [Syncro] spare wires in engine compartment box?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 3 Jun 2003 14:06:12 -0700
  ...In the wiring junction box at the left front area of the engine > compartment, there is a 3-wire plug with green/white, brown...
• Re: Post-waterpump replacement - wires and noises
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 26 May 2007 03:58:30 -0400
  ...Do I connect the black wire to the >wires running free inside the green wire in the harness, or to the >inner green wire...
• Generic O2 sensor installation
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:09:56 -0600
  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: Second battery in Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:45:53 -0700
  ...The factory aux battery gets charged from a shorter wire path between the two front boxes. The weak method tries to use a wire...
• Re: need coil wire 85GL
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:27:15 -0600
  ...Only 83 and below standard point set ignitions require a solid core coil wire. Many new wire sets of 80-83 wire sets come...
• spark plug wires...sort of long
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:57:23 -0500
  ...On the spark plug wire issue, I changed out a set that was two piece (wire connecting to a right angle wire and boot...
• Re: rear speaker wires, '83 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:57:02 -0700
  ...If you can get a four wire sheathed cable like the pros use that's the cleanest. The factory wires are inside the air...
• Re: Brocken wires
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 9 Oct 2009 10:10:58 -0400
  Checked the fuses? On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Arkady Mirvis wrote: > Fellow listees, > > How common is the problem with wires...
• Re: [Fwd: common speaker wire to rear Vanagon speakers]
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:17:46 -0700
  ...but then you should upgrade to a 14-16ga wire anyways. I've never had a problem splicing into a negative wire. I am...
• Re: Headlight relay setup not working in 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 7 May 2004 10:30:39 -0700
  The yellow and white wires are there on all 86 and newer models. If you spliced into any other colors you messed up. With...
• RE: Vanagon Alternator Wires
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sun, 30 Mar 1997 11:26:55 -0500
  I took Dennis' advice and added an additional #4 wire from the alternator down to the big 00 aught (spelling?) battery wire going to...
• Re: Blue Wire on alternator - replacement
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:31:07 -0700
  ...There is only one blue wire in that bundle. In later models the wire first passes through the black plastic wiring junction box and...
• Ground isolater for speaker wire
  Historical mailing list - Kent Tunks
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:41:02 -0700
  I was not aware that a ground isolater was available for a common speaker wire.What exactly does it do electronically?Also ,where can...
• Speaker wires ??
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:17:20 -0700
  Hi to all, I am connecting speaker wires to the plugs. RF and LF both have two wires. Simple. But the set going to...
• Heavy duty wiring for fusebox
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 18 May 1998 14:13:55 -0400
  Well, now that I think of it, I am the last person who should be discouraging you from using 8 gage wire for this...
• Re: 12V supply to Fridge and Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Babbitt, Timothy
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:35:55 -0500
  Hi Ed, In my 80 Westy the white and blue are directly connected to each other with wire connectors. As in your situation, the...
• Re: Single brown wire
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 13 May 2010 19:21:34 -0700
  ...Single brown wire > > There is only one wire I don't know where is supposed to connect. It is a > single brown wire, coming...
• Re: The rear speaker ground.
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 07:55:30 -0600
  ...Could I use the >> frame >> for one and the ground wire for the other? Do I need to pull another >> wire >> through the tube?
• Water Tank wiring
  Historical mailing list - Steve Young
  Thu, 3 Jul 2003 22:43:26 -0700
  ...A larger green wire, thinner green wire, a yellow wire, a black wire and a white wire. The spade connectors are pretty much in...
• Re: O2 sensor coax wire testing
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 05:35:58 EST
  ...If > you see this condition, unhook the sensor from the green wire and measure > the voltage at the green wire with engine running -- it...
• Re: Distributor Electrical Connections?
  Historical mailing list - HC Carter
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:16:33 -0700
  ...The sub-bundle contains one red/black wire, one green wire, and one brown/white wire - these wires go through the plug connector into...
• Re: WTB Knarly Spark Plug Wire Set
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 13:36:39 -0800
  vwmaster@VOLKS-MOTORSPORTS.COM wrote: > > Mark, > > On the Zip Tye deal, I use one Bigger tye then "Between" the wires I > run a small...
• Re: Ignition Wire Sets
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:30:01 -0800
  ...Ignition Wire Sets > In all fairness I can't say I've had a lot of Bosch sets come back, but > it is true...
• Injector Wiring Order?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 6 Oct 1997 13:22:27 -0400
  Hi All, Is there any specific order that the injectors must be wired on an '84 digijet model? I would have thought that they...
• Re: Red/wht wire from battery
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Sun, 13 Aug 2017 20:38:36 -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: replacing elec. hookup
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  18 Sep 96 12:14:26 EDT
  >The electrical hookup has three screws on the back, on the original the >black wire went to the brown screw the white wire to...
• Re: Oxygen sensor: is a shielded wire necessary?
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 14:48:02 -0500
  ...Routed the wire through the floor beneath the ECU, (this seemed the easiest way to get the wire to the outside, considering it is...
• Re: WTB Knarly Spark Plug Wire Set
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 07:34:03 -0700
  Mark, On the Zip Tye deal, I use one Bigger tye then "Between" the wires I run a small zip tye around the zip...
• Re: Electric door lock problems with '90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - mykarmann
  Tue, 7 Jan 2003 08:57:59 -0500
  First look for a bad wire and you do not even need to remove the door panels. Look at the pressure point where the...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 13 Jul 2007 to 14 Jul 2007 - Special issue (#2007-720)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:20:34 -0700
  If you already have a wire at the dash that runs to the back cabinet, why not cut that wire at the dash and...
• Re: head lamp relay upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:29:52 EST
  ...white and yellow wires leading to the switch. Follow these two wires back to the fuse block. Cut these two wires so that the...
• Re: gray/white wire behind fuse box
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:18:59 -0600
  CURSES!!! I pulled and zip-tied a wire for the rear fog down the length of the van JUST LAST NIGHT!! And yes, there...
• Re: Tach install from vanagon to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 16:28:34 -0700
  On Jan 2, 2007, at 4:13 PM, Mark Drillock wrote: > The simple way is to compare the wire colors in each hole of...
• Re: Stereo install-- prevent a fire please
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:39:47 EDT
  ...A friend did a blind test and "big wire" advocates could not tell the difference between the big wires with gold connectors and standard...
• 12 volt operation on my Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Johnny DeVilla
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:29:23 -0700
  ...I then wired the two wires coming from my fridge area to the battery, which makes my fan on the back of the fridge...
• Desperate For Immediate Wiring Help
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:37:48 -0500
  ...They come out of this same sheathing as the wires going to the round connectors. There are two wires in question. One is blue...
• Re: Sparkplug wire question
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:26:23 -0400
  ...how did wire fail? dan On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 01:55:50 -0400, John Lauterbach <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET> wrote: >Have any of you...
• Wire gauge: smaller to larger ok?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:16:09 -0700
  ...Vanagon Bentley (1981) shows a #16 wire from "15" on ignition switch to the coil. Jetta Bentley shows a #12 wire going to coil...
• Re: Starter Wire Connection
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 06:41:10 -0700
  ...The other wire has nothing to do with the fuel injection or fuel pump. The other wire is there because John has an automatic...
• Warning: Oxy Sensor wires exposed
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 9 May 2000 10:52:06 -0700
  just a warning and my 2cents Interestingly enough, I was under my van yesterday checking wires and for gigles, I followed the wires coming...
• Re: Sparkplug wire question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 23:18:25 -0400
  I don't know why, but the spark plug connectors shorting to ground or opening seems to be a common problem on replacement wire...
• Re: o2 Sensor on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:22:32 -0400
  That green wire is the shielded cable. The black wire on the sensor is a plain wire. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Gronski [mailto...
• C Pillar Wiring - is this possible?
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:09:42 -0700
  ...I can push the wire pretty deep towards that area, but then it stops. However, it looks like the speaker wire go back this...
• Puzzled by thesamba instructions: Convert 82D fan wiring to '86 fan.
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:42:51 +0000
  ...My wires are: Brown, Red, Red/white, Red/blue. Why are there four wires going to the fan assembly? Since I cut the wires...
• Starter Wires 91 Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:36:41 -0400
  ...The replacement starter only has one spade terminal, what do I do with the other wire? Also, strange thing, when I removed the wires...
• Re: Burnt Wires!!-Please look and advise
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:49:37 -0500
  Robert Stewart wrote: > Can anyone tell me what the wires that are suppose to connect to the > PS pump look like? Robert, that wire...
• Re: How do I wire up backup lights?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:55:32 -0700
  More important, regardless of wire colors, is do you want to run the power for through those lights directly through the stock back-up...
• Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:22:52 -0800
  ...The larger 4th wire goes to the starter motor where it shares the stud with the BIG wire from the battery. The mid86 and...
• Re: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 10:36:19 -0700
  You may have the blue wire attached to the wrong place. There are some other small studs that hold the case together but are...
• 3-to-2 trailer wire converter problem solved.
  Historical mailing list - VWRuss
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 03:56:34 -0500
  Hi All, With a little patience and my trusty VOM, I discovered that the little "stab-lock" on the right turn signal wire had...
• Re: Vanagon Spark Plug Wires
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:12:33 -0800
  Nology wires. $175 a set. With the right plugs and coil you can get an improvement over stock for sure. dylan ________________________________ From: Jerry <jbvelo...
• Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 16:29:18 -0800
  Yes, with an 84 like yours I would strongly consider upgrading the wire from the alternator to what VW did in later years. Starting...
• Re: Wire Gauge & Bentley & AWG & mm
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:10:33 -0800
  The gauge of the wire is listed with and above the color designation and on the wire's path. I don't know what...
• O2 sensor wire replacement, '85
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 1 May 2008 16:16:24 -0400
  ...And i recall reading that the single wire to the O2 sensor on my '85 is a coaxial wire, and that if its not...
• Re: Wire Gauge Question? battery questions too!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:02:03 -0800
  > My quesiton is what is the 1.5 in the Bentley for wire size compared to standard gauge wire? It's 1.5mm, which...
• Re: low idle when AC compressor is on
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Sun, 11 Jul 2021 20:46:41 -0700
  Mark, I followed your troubleshooting advice by connecting the positive terminal on the alternator and the W/G signal wire. The idle rpm increased...
• Installed add on back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:48:55 -0400
  ...Next was making a wire with one female spade and at the other end a male spade with an additional wire (two wires crimped...