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• Re: Help! Appeal for data
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:22:23 -0500
  ...It has terminals 15 (+), 31 (Gnd), S (Sender), G (Gauge) -- at some point they shifted to numbered terminals instead of G and S. It...
• Q: Battery Disconnect Sequence?
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:54:16 -0600
  ...If you remove the neg terminal first, you remove all possibility of completing a circuit with your wrench because if you accidently touch the...
• Re: Is my auxillary barttery working correctly ?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 18:58:38 -0400
  ...Sparks when I then disconnected the >positive terminal of the cranking battery. Then I got sparks when I >disconnected the neg terminal of the...
• Re: Will this work for a rear bright light that works only in reverse?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 31 Jul 2013 20:10:52 -0400
  ...Rather than have the main 12v source to the light running >though the other two terminals, these terminals would take a trigger from >the...
• Re: alternator replacement help
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 21:45:56 -0400
  After some p-mail advice from a few listees, it seems the connections are all there, but some have changed from screw terminals to...
• aux batt. problem
  Historical mailing list - Jay Fitzgerald
  Sun, 29 Jun 1997 22:22:10 -0600
  ...So I took the top positive terminal off also. After installing it and checking voltages at the side terminals (12v), the LED indicator lights...
• Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Feb 2013 11:17:02 -0800
  ...The > first image clearly shows a large melt zone caused by arcing around > the terminal (delimited by the curved line midway between the > terminal...
• Low compression results accurate?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:38:13 -0500
  ...Each time I wanted to crank the engine, I held the terminal onto my positive battery terminal. I got readings of between 80 and...
• Re: Testing Vanagon Headlight Switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:20:28 -0400
  At 08:46 PM 4/25/2011, Chris S wrote: >Based on the schematic on page 97.56 of the Bentley manual, terminal 58...
• Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:10:36 -0700
  ...replaced. > The gentleman helping her told her very seriously that because terminal > clamps had been tightened so that the tabs were closed together between...
• Re: 91 GL won't start
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:02:10 -0500
  ...Try jumpering the starter control terminal to the alternator B+. If that's good, check the lockout switch at the transmission selector. Make sure...
• Re: Engine Temp Gauge has stopped working, what do I do to fix this?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:43:41 -0400
  ...If the 2.1l engines use a two-terminal sensor/connector for that, short the two terminals together. Be sure you have the gauge...
• Question about VDO oil pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:59:54 -0500
  ...Does the terminal labeled "G" connect to the VDO gauge or to the wire that used to go to the original pressure sender? The...
• right side headlight wont power up ..new relay kit 2 mths ago ...
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 27 May 2007 11:39:57 -0700
  ...from both relay terminals #85 with uninsulated spade connector goes to ground 12 gauge yellow wires from both relay terminals #30 goes to position...
• installing alternator
  Historical mailing list - Sonia Johnson
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 17:33:00 -0700
  ...D+ has a flat terminal on it. Theres also a flat terminal in the body of the alternator. Coming from the front of the...
• Headlight Problem Solved
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 22:45:41 -0500
  Following Ken Lewis' suggestion to clean the ground terminals behind the fuse panel, my Westy's headlights are now working again. Ken was right...
• Re: Becketts Tome on Dual Batt.s,Relays,Saftey,and charging (Very Long)
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 16:05:58 -0700
  ...This terminal is supposed to be connected to the regulator in the following manner: (if that is what you got) 2) Alternator does not...
• [Fwd: Re: help interpreting starter problem]
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 1 May 2005 16:18:40 -0400
  ...It's mounted on the passenger side firewall and one wire runs to the starter's BIG terminal with the other going to the...
• Re: led light panel at kitchen
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:02:23 -0500
  ...If it's bad at the terminal, see what is is in the wire an inch away from the terminal (use a sewing needle...
• Gas Heater Fuel Pump.....
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 04 Dec 1995 09:34:23 EST
  ...While it was out I tested it with a 12V batter by touching the connections to the battery terminals. Hook up the negative terminals...
• stereo wiring
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 02:18:03 -0400
  ...one for the "terminal always supplied with power regardless of ignition position" and one for the "terminal controlled by the ignition switch." I figured...
• Re: 1985 GL - Turn Signal's quite working
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 5 May 2010 11:51:03 -0400
  ...Temporarily jumper the 15 and 30 terminals on the 4-way switch and plug the connector back on. If the turn signals now work...
• Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:06:47 -0400
  ...The gentleman helping her told her very seriously that > because terminal clamps had been tightened so that the tabs were > closed together between the...
• Re: '87 Syncro rear window defrost
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 05 Nov 1996 17:11:29 -0500
  ...Put one end of your test light on one of the terminals on the window and the other end on the other terminal on...
• Re: "Relayed" Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:35:15 EST
  ...power at one relay terminal - bad switch, fuse, or wiring between switch and relay power at two relay terminals - bad relay power at three...
• Question on Surepower 1315 Install
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:08:44 -0700
  ...Has anyone found a good way to cover/protect the terminals on top where the two batteries connect? They are out in the open...
• Re: Idea for removable backup light wiring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:40:27 -0400
  ...Tap into the switched side of the backup lights for the 86 terminal and ground the 85 terminal. Extend your two-pin trailer plug...
• Re: Amateur questions: Wrong spark plugs? Coolant corrosion?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 03:54:20 -0600
  Hi take a close look at the tip of the terminal on the new plugs, the larger terminal may unscrew. I've used b6es...
• Speedometer/Odometer connections
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 10:00:15 -0700
  ...My '86 package has a connection for a ribbon cable with 6 terminals. Others I've seen, do not have these terminals. Would someone...
• Re: Alternator Troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:30:23 -0400
  ...with the engine running, I put my positive lead on terminal B and >>> the negative lead on terminal D. The voltage was 7.1V...
• Re: FW: '85 Defroster Switch Mojo
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:33:41 -0400
  ...I wrongly concluded three >of the terminals were common and the fourth switched. Upon further <slight sigh> Terminal 1/+ (could be either) goes to...
• Re: Vibration induced electrical failure
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:51:18 -0400
  ...That relay is driven from the X terminal of the ignition switch which also feeds the X terminal of the light switch -- double bk...
• re Aux. Battery Isolator Relay
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 01:15:38 -0700
  ...The relay I purchased has four terminals but the >diagram shows one switching terminal goes to ground and one to the igniti= >on >switch...
• Re: coolant sensor and starting
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:56:29 -0400
  ...This could be from wire to female terminal, female to male terminal, or internal in the sender. My guess would be wire to female...
• Re: Battery Circuit Breaker
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 14:09:23 EST
  ...main battery terminal and the fuse block, or between the + main battery terminal and the starter, or between the + main battery terminal and the...
• auxiliary terminal on alternator
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 16:36:15 -0500
  ...I now have this wonderful isolator that says if you have a Motorola alternator with "auxiliary terminal" that you basically take the output from...
• Re: Fw: AFM Tuning... Re: Me and our '88 are glad to be back
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 10:46:19 -0400
  They are tiny stainless clips that install over the individual wire terminals at the ends of wires. They are inside the plug that fits...
• Rad fan--2 or 3 wire???stumped
  Historical mailing list - populuxe
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:27:12 -0500
  ...Yes--the hi/loud speed terminal will turn on but the low terminal wont. I have checked at the motor. one brown ground. ok...
• Re: Testing Vanagon Headlight Switch
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:41:24 -0700
  ...Mark David Beierl wrote: > >> Based on the schematic on page 97.56 of the Bentley manual, terminal >> > > Look more closely at the drawing of...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 17:28:08 -0400
  ...At Alt, no load 14.15 vdc At Alt, loaded 14.03 vdc Alt to ground, same readings At vehicle battery, across terminals, no...
• Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 6 Feb 2013 16:00:32 -0500
  ...The ABA fuel pump relay has large >30-87 terminals and a small 85 terminal (ECU) so a generic relay block >was of no...
• Re: non-starting vanagon
  Historical mailing list - dgk1
  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 12:10:31 -0800
  ...Rather than try and return it I elected to cut off the huge terminal end and replace it with a smaller one. My worry...
• Re: Electrical "Locking" Terminal Info + Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 8 Feb 2013 23:07:51 -0500
  An example of a low cost crimper for those terminals. The real professional types have cam lock action to make sure the crimp is...
• Re: Re- corrections on capa
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  29 Jan 1997 12:43:29 -0800
  ...the "+" terminal goes to a wire whose voltage is higher than the wire that the "-" terminal goes to, it doesn't necessarily have to...
• Re: FI Weirdness -- please help
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:34:52 PDT
  ...From what you describe, it is >shorting out to terminal 88d or possibly 88c. > Quite possible. There is also power to terminal 88z on...
• jetta problems
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Thu, 21 Nov 1996 20:10:13 -0600
  ...It was connected to the terminal opposite the switch terminal, which fed the injector all the time. I wired it to the switch and...
• Re: 12V source in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:01:13 -0700
  ...It seems that connecting to the + terminal on the coil or the + terminal (big bolt) on the alternator and grounding to the body or...
• Re: Cranks but now, STARTS!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:10:52 -0700
  ...The other terminal will not have voltage on it. OTOH if > it's 5/15/87A that is energized, two things will happen. The...
• vanagon.com aux battery wiring intructions are NOT valid !!!!! (long)
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 22:32:40 -0000
  ...Run an 8 or 10 ga wire from the + terminal on the aux battery to terminal #30 on the relay. This terminal supplies current...
• Re: Elec. Questions. YES it's about Aux Batt. NO, please don't shoot me.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:08:56 -0400
  ...5mm blue trigger wire to terminal 86 on the fridge relay, which causes the relay to close (terminal 85 is grounded by means of...
• Re: Removing and Replacing Battery
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 9 Jun 2013 18:56:24 -0500
  Donna, the "red gunk" is likely a grease for terminal protection. With it there, the connection is less likely to corrode. Rather than the...
• ignition coil: mystery connector
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:30:23 -0400
  ...There's a big plastic female spade connector block (green wire) that was attached to two of the negative terminals. There's a non...
• Re: battery removal3-1026)
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 18:35:08 -0700
  ...angle the wrench (like a 6 or 12 point hole wrench) over the terminal, then yank it out, using the gravity of the battery...
• Re: Inverter/Aux Battery question
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:16:19 -0700
  Karl- I did cut off the terminals. I didn't solder the posts. What happens if the posts are not attached (I will attach...
• Aux Battery Relay/Selenoid
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 13:57:22 -0600
  ...The left connector is run to the + terminal of the primary battery. The center connector is grounded to the frame and runs also to...
• Re: VDO wiring help needed!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:50:41 -0700
  ...Connect "S" to sender terminal "G" (for "Gauge"). "WK" stands for "Warnlicht Kontact" (Warninglight Contact), and that terminal behaves just like the standard .3bar...
• Re: Junction box?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 4 Jul 2011 08:47:42 -0700
  ...My > familiarity with terminal blocks ends with old-school barrier > strips and > eurostyle terminal strips, and those usually don't have > covers. > > Suggestions? > > > -- > Rocky...
• Re: '85 Westy Wiring question about the S9 fuse
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:30:20 -0500
  ...two wires crimped into one terminal)? That would suggest, but not prove, it's a factory wire. Take a look at the 30 terminal...
• Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:38:54 -0400
  ...On that one, I simply split a short piece of thin walled copper pipe, which I slipped over the battery terminal before putting the...
• 6v - 12v wipers for dummies
  Historical mailing list - JUNOR STEVE
  Fri, 07 Jun 1996 10:20 +1000
  ...Power from the fuse-box goes to the - terminal, and the + terminal needs to be connected to your wiper switch. Magic, 6V wipers! Use...