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dieing battery/alternator
Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
Tue, 2 Jun 1998 11:30:04 -0300
...Check the alternator, find the fine blue wire with spade lug connector and give it a good tug. Mine have rusted/cracked through on...
Re: Diesel alternator
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Fri, 28 Jan 2000 17:15:15 -0500
...plastic connector that you use now on the alternator, and install ring terminals on the red wires, and a female spade connector on the...
Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:21:13 -0800
...just splice in the new connector rather than cutting the old one off. Another option is to put male spade connectors on the ends...
Solved: Headlight Warning Buzzer needed.
Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 09:08:00 -0700
...I purchased a 12 volt buzzer at Radio Shack and attached a spade connector to one end. This connector was plugged into the #7...
Re: headlight on, no turn signals; parking lights on, fast turn signals
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 7 Feb 2013 18:21:04 -0800
...I can imagine a wire pulled off a spade connector and then touching the wrong thing. your owners manual says which fuses are for...
Re: ring around the dizzy and other questions
Historical mailing list
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 07:44:35 EDT
...It has a ground wire coming off of it going to a spade connector. But where does it ground to? >> The metal ring around...
Re: auxiliary battery
Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
Wed, 22 Dec 1999 08:18:50 -0400
...15A) with a spade connector on the end. > -remove 15A fuse until you are finished wiring. > -plug the spade connector into the lower fuse...
Re: auxiliary battery
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 15:54:26 -0500
...15A) with a spade connector on the end. -remove 15A fuse until you are finished wiring. -plug the spade connector into the lower fuse...
Re: Poll: Favorite anti-theft device?
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Tue, 24 Jun 2014 09:37:26 -0400
...Use male and female spade > wire connectors and its just unplug and plug in.
Ignition wire slipping off?
Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
Mon, 7 Dec 1998 21:14:58 -0400
...The ignition wire had slipped off the spade connector. Most U.S. ignition harnesses use loop connectors and have a nut to hold them...
Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:24:02 -0700
...Some were really bad, tried to clean some and replaced a few connectors. BTW whats a good replacement for better spade connectors, maybe ones...
Re: "headlights on" warning chime success
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Sat, 15 May 2010 19:03:37 -0500
...socket, and a short length of 14 > gauge wire with female spade connectors at each end. I pulled the > single grey wire from the...
Re: Syncro starter removal
Historical mailing list - Richard Jones
Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:02:35 -0700
Alistair wrote: > Also make sure the > spade connector from ign to solenoid is on there good and tight. If I > had the chance, i...
Re: Idle problems on 85 westy
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 17 Apr 2001 22:33:51 -0400
...The wire from the ECU is shielded -- the shield stops an inch or so short of the spade connector. >Anyway, It used to idle...
Re: Quick, cheap and easy headlight relay
Historical mailing list - mike miller
Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:38:41 -0800
...gauge jumper about 18" long with female .250" spade > connector on each end. One connector plugs into the supply (Pin 87) of the > relay...
Wire crimp tool, find
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Fri, 28 Jun 2024 05:48:39 -0400
...While putting in the LED headlights, and setting up the blinking signal lights in the headlight a spade connector on a ground wire fell...
Re: stud size on ignition coil?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:59:46 -0400
...Eh? All the ones I've seen have Faston male spade terminals in pairs, and the connector shells hold two females each. If you...
Blinker weirdness ... FYI
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sat, 14 Jan 2006 09:29:47 -0500
...I reseated the female spade connectors on the back of the relay socket and now all is back to normal. A little corrosion goes...
Re: Bentley Wiring Diagrams, was other stuff.
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:06:44 -0700
...The wiring diagram was completely > wrong, and finally I found the spade connector had fallen off the fuse > panel, which is what I should...
Re: HELP ;)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:43:29 -0700
...Has about 8 to 10 push on spade connectors, all with brown ground wires on them. they are commonly corroded and weak from age...
1.9 Throttle Body
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Tue, 8 Jun 2004 21:32:28 -0400
...the limits simply have two spade connectors on each of the limits. any help you can supply for figuring out which of these goes...
Testing a Fuel Injection harness??
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Thu, 5 Oct 2006 15:09:51 -0700
...attached to the wire's spade connector at one end and terminal 1 of the big black ECU connector (as indicated in the wiring...
little bulbs
Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:42:28 -0500
...It has two little tabs onto which the spade connectors of the wires slide. The problem I've encountered is that all the other...
Broken wiring connectors on an '84
Historical mailing list - Pavneet Arora
Mon, 7 Oct 1996 12:43:27 -0400
Hello, I was poking around in the engine bay this weekend, and noticed a couple of broken wiring connectors that I hope I can...
Re: Stray wires around the fuse block Help!!
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:52:15 -0400
...One pair are set up as male spades in a T-2 type connector at >right angles to each other. The wires are red...
Re: Need assistance
Historical mailing list - David Bayer
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 11:17:12 -0700
...Please help!!!! Let's see, you did connect all the spark plug wires, you made sure the O2 sensor spade connector is attached and...
Re: Generic O2 sensor installation
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Wed, 9 Nov 2005 18:56:21 -0800
...It's possible to hook up a 1-wire to that single booted spade connector... but you shouldn't. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger...
Re: solderless connectors
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:55:31 -0400
...You'll do yourself no favor using cheap connectors. If you're not wincing at the price of crimp connectors then you're not...
Re: What is the wire path for the tach signal?
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:43:40 -0800
...That side of the coil has 2 male spades tied together on the threaded > stud they are mounted to. The 2 pin connector plugs...
Re: Turn signals Blinking Too fast?--bad connection probably
Historical mailing list - Weibel, Pius
Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:57:40 -0500
...Prior to the breakage, it flashed at a normal rate. [I wish I could say that I have replaced the spade connector and the...
Re: Doing a 1.9l to 2.1l swap
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 4 May 2000 08:24:40 -0700
...I cut the plug off the old harness from the 2.1 and cut the four spade connectors off the harness in the 1...
Re: 5/16" space connectots for the head lights
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Tue, 22 May 2007 21:59:26 -0500
...Vic BC have the 5/16" > female spade connectors with that tab that keeps the connector > in place You can usually find 3/8...
Re: Coolant temp gauge sender location - 90 Syncro
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:56:45 -0700
...It has a round "t" shaped connector sticking out of it. The single red/yellow wore has a female .250" inch spade connector on...
kill switch for pickle
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:36:35 -0500
...It's a black wire, on the bottom connector to the fuse box, and having a female spade connector, went happily into the relay...
Re: Occasional Rough Running '86
Historical mailing list
Fri, 11 Nov 94 20:10:02 MST
...with the connector. Took a razor and pried it up ever so slightly, just enough so that it would lock the spade clip when...
Re: oxy sensor ??
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sat, 6 Mar 2004 06:36:23 EST
...Only the black wire with the spade connector is sending information to the ECU. You need only to disconnect this wire to see if...
Oxygen Sensor Conversion Wiring
Historical mailing list - Larry Johnson
Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:03:54 -0500
...This goes to the single OXS spade plug. The other two are the heater wires (0v and 12v). These connect to the double OXS...
Re: Help! '87 Westy won't start...
Historical mailing list - Rob
Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:54:56 -0700
...to strand me. > >There's a red wire with female spade lug connector that connects to >the starter. It was disconnected. Duh... It was...
Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:43:15 -0700
...I suppose that for spade connectors you could try encapsulating them - say painting them with clear nail polish, or a blob of silicone caulk...
Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 09:13:01 -0800
...end of the wiring harness since the H4 bulb has different connector spade pattern... cut and splice 3 wires for each plug... not a...
Re: TIICO/OBD2 - Parts
Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
Tue, 11 Jun 2002 14:21:57 -0500
...I took the the 12V in part of the scan-tool and tapped off the wire with a male and female spade connector. Then...
Solved; OIL warning light up
Historical mailing list - The Westy man
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:51:04 -0700
...A pair of > long > angled needle nose pliers is used to remove the spade connector on the > end of > the wire. Pull on the...
Re: Little successes
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:01:53 -0700
...The spade connectors were rusted together. I cleaned them up, tightened and reinstalled. Now the prepaired light is slightly brighter then the other. > > After...
Re: Baja Shakedown
Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:27:16 -0700
...We have also lost the male spade connector from the solenoid. The connector actually fell out of the solenoid housing and is very difficult...
Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:50:38 -0800
...and spec'd for the Vanagon does not >> necessarily mean the spade connectors are the same. Did you check the >> connection numbers on the...
Re: # warning buzzer for turn signal and parking lights left on
Historical mailing list - T.M.
Fri, 3 Oct 2003 14:17:31 -0400
...female to double >male Fast-On spade connector. That's what I meant when I said "y connector". >That will work in the old...
Re: another spade terminal question - syncro temp gauge sender
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:19:49 -0500
...Shrink-wrap and bring the other end to a less exposed place where you can terminate it with connector of choice. Or just sand...
Re: How to turn the van over from the back?
Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:40:36 EDT
...The "Muldoon" way (For ref to Muldoon, see Muir's Idiot Manual) crimp a female spade connector (The kind that fits the flat blade...
Trying to understand starter stuff
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:03:35 -0500
...I discovered this fragile little wire with a spade lug connector that attached to the starter was very loose and kept falling off. This...
Re: Syncro starter removal
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:43:14 -0800
...Also make sure the spade connector from ign to solenoid is on there good and tight. If I had the chance, i'd replace...
Re: Battery posts (no appledos content)
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Thu, 24 Jul 2003 00:39:15 EDT
...saw em off and use a screw to attach a spade lug connector to the base. >> AL, Since you offered this suggestion, perhaps you...
Re: ... and onto the next thing ...
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Sat, 13 Sep 2014 11:07:08 -0300
...The connector is different - it is an >>> asymmetric plug rather than two spades. Within the plug would be >>> spades, but I think their are...
Re: Help! High Idle speed
Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:08:15 -0400
...It has a female spade bit connector on a thin brown wire. > There is a (12 guage?) green wire, about 4 inches long with...
Questions about wires, relay, H2 lamps, etc.
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 2 May 2013 15:01:59 -0500
...the same sizes? Where does one get the kind of female spade connectors with the little tang on the side that keeps them in...
Disconnecting the Oxygen Sensor
Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:38:33 -0400
...Green wire leading from the oxygen sensor (in the catalytic converter) has a spade connector in the engine bay. Undo this and you're...
Re: Wire connectors for relay blocks
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Mon, 9 May 2016 13:22:14 -0700
...On 5/9/16, email99@bellsouth.net <email99@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I'm looking original type wire spade type connectors that crimp onto > wires...
Re: 1991 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile water faucet fail
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Thu, 24 Apr 2014 16:28:21 -0700
...leading back to the pump.� I used a short wires with spade connectors crimped on but a bent paper clip would likely suffice.� You...
Repost: Broken wiring connectors on an '84
Historical mailing list - Pavneet Arora
Fri, 11 Oct 1996 15:33:15 -0400
...On the lower is a broken connector/sensor. Which sensor/connector is this? Both halves of the connector are broken. It appears that corrosion...
Re: Testing a Fuel Injection harness??
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Thu, 5 Oct 2006 18:55:48 -0400
...attached to the wire's spade connector at > one end and terminal 1 of the big black ECU connector (as indicated in the > wiring...
Re: Problems on the road
Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:38:53 -0400
...ground from battery, then disconnect,clean and re-connect every electrical connector, spade, multi-pin or otherwise you can find. Do this indiscriminately as...