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• Ignition Wiring, 1980 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bob Babcock
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:02:32 -0700
  I foolishly forgot to write down which wires connect to where on the coil of my 80 Vanagon.. Can anyone help, or direct me...
• HALF PRICE Ignition Wire Sets!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 16:20:39 -0400
  As promised last week, I can now happily announce that you no longer have to pay $60 for a set of good ignition wires...
• Re: Wiring questions
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:36:30 -0400
  ...I guess you don't have the original wires and connector. The cut wires you show by the license plate go to the other...
• Re: Stereo wires don't match up
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:23:09 -0400
  ...Thanks! -Craig On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 1:42 AM, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote: > Seems like the most important wires you want...
• Re: No spark, no hall juice, tech help request.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:05:25 -0700
  ...Check for +12 power at the ignition coil black wires with the key turned on. If a 2.1, the hall voltage comes from...
• Stereo Wiring Help
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Fri, 5 Sep 1997 16:39:20 -0600
  ...Looking at the stock VW stereo, there are three wires, that I can't quite identify, marked as follows: /--\ |--| (Circle with line through it...
• Re: Installing AMP in Vanagon..wiring SNAFU
  Historical mailing list - Babe Bones
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:10:53 -0700
  ...are >these VW brown wires supposed to be ground-wires for the various >accessories? I once pulled the instrument cluster harness from an '85...
• Blinkers, Flashers, and Brakes
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Thu, 11 May 2006 15:26:01 +0000
  ...loose wires, touching wires, etc. I've cleaned the flasher switch contacts and reconnected; didn't see any bad wires back there either. Any...
• here's How to Wire Headlights with Relays for Higher Wattage Bulbs
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:41:16 EST
  ...gauge feed wires from your battery to the fuse panel area. �Crimp a spade connector to each wire. �Hook the power wires to one...
• Re: Generic O2 sensor installation
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 18:53:20 -0800
  ...The two white wires on the new sensor are the heater. They connect to the two wires on the rectangular connector. Polarity doesn't...
• Re: Never Under Estimate Your Ground Straps!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 22:58:57 EST
  ...YOUR WIRES ARE ROTTEN!! I had a problem with this for a year or so, and it took a guy with a computer to...
• RE: Vanagon Manual Mirror Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 08 Nov 96 21:28:02 CST
  ...you have to remove the plastic connector from the wires coming out of the mirror otherwise the wires won't fit through the hole...
• Re: speaker wiring
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:44:02 -0300
  Even if the old wires are bad, could you use them as a fish to pull the new? On 30-Jul-2014, at 21...
• Re: Ultimate Fix #1 (twisted wires?)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 09:10:39 -0500
  ...Twisted TWX wires for signal light vehicle sensors are > required to have a twist every six or eight inches to generate a magnetic > pulse...
• Help with water tank wiring
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Hughes
  Sun, 19 Jan 2003 21:53:32 -0700
  ...There are also 2 wires (green and black) coming from the indicator panel. These wires were not hooked up when l bought the van...
• Re: VDO wire route
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:07:15 -0700
  hi, i ran all my aux wires under van, keeping them tucked up and safe. I had the idea of running them in a...
• Re: Wire routing
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 21 May 1998 23:08:25 CDT
  On Thu, 21 May 1998 19:55:31 -0700 you said: >I'm looking for anyone who has routed wires for fog lights (front...
• Re: Brocken wires
  Historical mailing list - Janne Ruohom�ki
  Fri, 9 Oct 2009 12:44:10 +0300
  On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Arkady Mirvis <arkmirvis@gmail.com> wrote: > Fellow listees, > > How common is the problem with wires...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:26:02 -0500
  ...metal usually works fine as long as the wires are top notch, but this is just asking for trouble. dlk On Thu, 12 Feb...
• pics needed for help with westy wiring
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 14:23:57 -0400
  hey all, anyone out there have a digi camera that could snap some pics of how their kitchenette stuff wires to the fuse box...
• Re: head lamp relay upgrade
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 15:36:03 -0800
  ...The switch with all the green/x wires to it is the windshield wiper switch. Those wires are also much smaller that the correct...
• Re: Engine Cooling Fan
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 6 Aug 2013 18:32:11 -0700
  ...The obvious difference is how the wires attach to the motor. On the smaller motor the 3 wires are part of the motor and...
• cruise question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:34:43 -0500
  ...I don't know which wires in the black box go to the brakelites. Color of wires might help. Thanks
• Re: Ground Stars
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 18:43:06 -0500
  ...That helps anyway. > > if I had too many wires on the back of the early style fuse box, which I > think you are talking...
• Re: Puzzled by thesamba instructions: Convert 82D fan wiring to '86 fan.
  Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
  Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:12:40 -0700
  ...There should be 4 > wires, 2 of a larger gauge and 2 of a smaller gauge. > With all 4 wires unplugged, test them each...
• Re: Passing through creek, engine misses badly
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 21:10:26 -0600
  ...Watch for > sparks between ignition wires, from the wires to ground, and across > the top of the distributor and coil. This can be quite...
• I think my curtains are smarter than me...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 15:08:45 -0700
  ...Do they just tuck behind the plastic covered wires that run along the sides, or do the wires get threaded through the bottoms of...
• Re: Removing Power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:17:00 -0700
  Take the door panel off and there is a connection for the wires that you can undo. If there isn't one, then snip...
• splicing wires (was: van still dying)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:55:37 -0700
  ...So, I plan to cut open the suspect location and begin splicing new wires where I think there are now bad wires. So, I...
• Re: Looking for spark plug wire recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 1 Nov 2012 13:21:08 -0700
  I get fine results with Bosch spark plug wires. yours are a bit advanced over 'regular' ones.. in all vanagons 85 and up there...
• Re: 83 temperature gauge goes berserk
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:28:37 -0400
  There are wires going to the top of the coolant resoviour(the one with the radiater cap).The plug at the end of the...
• Re: Ongoing saga: Dometic and Multimeter . . .
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Jefferson Kitts
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:35:33 -0700
  ...I'll disconnect the wires leading from the terminal block to the heater core and check the ohms by probing their ends. I really...
• time for Changing plugs/ wires ???
  Historical mailing list - Poor Richard
  Fri, 03 Nov 95 10:37:08 EST
  Just curious as to what the collective wisdom was as to the mileage interval suggested between changing the plug wires, as well as the...
• Re: Oxygen sensor-replace or unplug?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 09:00:32 EDT
  The Ox sensor I bought from one of our list vendors had (2) white wires. I was under the impression that the polarity of...
• Vanagon Spark Plug Wires
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:11:49 -0600
  Just wondering if anyone out there knows of a good source for "performance" spark plug wires for the Vanagon. I'm just curious if...
• spark plug wires...sort of long
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:57:23 -0500
  ...So when she started to complain (wife not van) that the van was lacking power I decided to put in those spark plug wires...
• Re: Starter Wires 91 Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 5 May 2007 21:12:32 -0400
  ...As for the heavy gage wires, to the Alternator and to the Battery, I cut the thick end one, and crimped on a thinner...
• Re: stereo speaker wire colors?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:43:30 -0700
  I wonder if your speaker wires aren't further downstream from the cables you describe... if nothing else there shouldn't be any bare...
• Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:29:07 -0700
  Don't forget to check the heavy wires at the starter. I recently had a van that a mechanic said "needs a new alternator...
• Re: 87 Syncro Westy poltergeist
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Dec 1996 10:35:50 -0400
  ...the wires wear and eventually break within their insulation. The problem starts as a stutter because the wires are only frayed giving occasionally bad...
• Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 07:53:32 -0800
  While investigating why my 85 runs poorly, I was making sure the spark plug wires were all seated properly, and I noticed that when...
• Re: 1.9 automatic vanagon syndrome ??
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 23:05:57 -0400
  Definitely not Vanagon syndrome -- that only effects 2.1 L engines Take a look at plug wires to front plugs #3 and #1 at...
• Re: Handle on Passenger side door pillar.
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 23:51:37 -0400
  ...Whatever the case, keep from catching those wires. While replacing the wires isn't that tough it is a PIA. Good luck Jeff 83...
• Re: acceleration flat spot
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 May 1995 17:31:24 -0700 (MST)
  ...How do I recognize possible "arcing of spark plug wires?" I read something about it on the purchased box when I replaced my plug...
• Need help with O2 sersor install
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 17:19:08 -0800
  ...There are 2 white wires and 1 black. Does it matter how I splice up the white wires? TIA, Don Preston ~'87 ASI Wolfy...
• Re: DITRIBUTOR/NO START
  Historical mailing list - Mike Stainbrook
  Sat, 6 Jan 2007 02:45:39 -0500
  I replaced all the parts because of carbon tracking in the distributor,wires seperating when removed,engine running like crap...if I reveresed the...
• turn signal wires, help.
  Historical mailing list - shawn clark
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 15:55:52 -0700
  My old turn signals were super rusted, so i cut back the wires and i lost the order. my question is: what is the...
• Eurovan owners?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 22:41:47 EDT
  ...I took the electrical plug off the switch and jumpered the wires. I got dash lights, wipers, fans, etc. but no headlights. The wires...
• 89 vanagon pwr mirror troubleshooting question
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:14:42 -0900
  ...I'm trying to avoid having to cut all the wires. As I mentioned previously, the wires inside the mirror are fine.I checked...
• Re: Headlight Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 00:29:04 -0800
  ...There are four wires for the dimmer. Red/Yellow - primary juice White/Black - juice from the light switch Yellow - low beam White - high beam...
• Re: Anyone have a write up for making a 86-91 door wiring diagram
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 16 Nov 2015 08:00:47 -0500
  ...One of the lock wires had broken for the second time, and six or seven others had insulation cracked across in the flex area...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler / Read Again
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:53:43 EST
  ...Unplug wires at cylinder #3 - idles much rougher, plug back in Unplug wires at cylinder #4 - no change to idle, plug back in Unplug...
• Re: Interior light switch
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 23:18:52 -0700
  One of the wires is for the door buzzer. The others are for the interior light switch. It should not be a fire hazard...
• Mystery wires
  Historical mailing list - dj
  Thu, 14 May 2009 16:00:17 -0700
  We are continuing our 86 AW to Westy interior conversion and have a few wires that we don't know where they go. Can...
• Re: Radio Retrofit
  Historical mailing list - Bernie Heins
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:06:25 -0500
  ...I wired both wires to the always hot wires. Buy holding the off button for 2 seconds it turns the light and clock display...
• ISV question
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 22:44:44 +0000
  has anyone ever heard of just not using the ISV green box and jumpering the wires together instead of plugging them into eachother. seems...
• Re: Running lights
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:25:37 EST
  ...Pull out the whole structure and check the sockets AND wires, then throw a voltmeter on to test the wires for power. Bill Marshall...
• Re: Running on 3 Cylinders
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:49:19 -0400
  The #1 and #3 plugs can suffer corrosion between the ends of the plug wires and the plugs. This phenomenon baffled me until it...
• Trying to install headlight relays but wire colors don't match
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:26:37 -0500
  ...However when the directions indicated that I needed to locate the Yellow and White wires coming from the dimmer switch I can't find...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 07:30:33 -0700
  ...Part of this requires cutting some > wires and these wires are clearly identified in the instructions. When I > went to do this, and removed...