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• Re: no start in 81 AC Westy
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 10 Sep 2017 23:11:32 -0600
  ...net> wrote: >>> >>> A Lot of "Bad Battery" Verdicts are not Bad Batteries @ All but >> just Dirty Cable to Batt' connections ~ >>> >>> They can even Look...
• inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:32:03 -0500
  ...It came with two detachable cables, one for the lighter and one going straight to the battery. I called Xantrex (the company that makes...
• won't start-electrical....
  Historical mailing list - Austin Silvester
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 22:19:39 -0800 (PST)
  ...25 mile dirt road in NoWhere, Wyoming) - turned out the battery ground cable was snugged down but never tightened. The worst part was re...
• Re: Where do the Big Wires Go?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 00:54:31 -0800
  ...s probably easiest to come up through the battery box and piggyback onto the battery + cable or connect at the fuse/relay panel, Terminal...
• Re: Surepower 1315 Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:56:06 -0800
  ...Needed the jumper cables then to get started again and run to my destination on the aux battery.
• proper battery fit
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:49:36 -0500
  ...With the hoses for gas and the cables, the battery is almost squeezed into the box. Now, there is a clamp. My understanding was...
• Disclaimer found on a site
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 22 Jan 2005 05:37:20 -0700
  ...load on everything else is, the cable voltage drop is nothing in the total loading. Cleaning the battery terminals would have more effect. ���������������������������������������� jimt...
• Re: Rusty battery trays
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 08:42:58 -0500
  A couple years ago, just before sears stopped selling catalog, I bought one of their plastic marine battery cases, since I had very little...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:49:20 -0400
  So if you run a new cable, you just run it strait from the battery to the starter? Do you remove the old one...
• dead battery
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 09:47:05 -0500
  ...But more then likley the battery must have a drain on it. Check buy putting a 12V test lamp between the neg post and...
• Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Snyder
  Fri, 1 May 1998 16:31:06 -0400
  ...battery in it when I bought it) and I noticed in the battery box behind the passenger seat the positive and negative cables like...
• Re: alternator Qs?- 8 volt battery syndrome!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 00:14:20 -0400
  ...You might want to check either the battery ground cable, or the positive wiring from the alternator to the battery (I'm not authoritative...
• Re: Alternators correction! - VOLTAGE monitoring
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 21:51:31 +0000
  ...dbeierl@gmail.com> wrote: > >  >>> Alternator 14.39 >>> Battery 13.91  > > That's more drop than you want to see in the cable. > > Yrs, > d
• Re: Starter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:14:06 -0700
  ...when that happens I start looking at battery cables, ground cable, charging voltage, battery resting voltage, and battery condition. the times I've seen...
• Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:45:37 -0700
  ...battery works just fine, but will check it on the voltmeter > > tomorrow. > > Since it looks like you're up for some more cable rearrangement...
• Main battery tight fit
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Sat, 2 Jun 2007 12:15:51 -0700
  ...the battery box and bend the cables as far forward as possible). The battery is an Interstate MT-41. Since the battery is > 3...
• Psycho Bus, Witicisms, and other Hilarities
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 12:12:58 -0800 (PST)
  ...Got out to do the obligatory cable check, yanked on the battery cables, and the starter kicks in. And the bus is in gear...
• Re: A Current Question of humor
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:56:44 -0800
  ...battery >> and a >> charged house battery and hope the start the engine I'll jump the two >> batteries together with a jumper cable, sit...
• 1982 accelerator cable needs replacement-resend due to no replies
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 06:39:05 -0600
  ...Thanks, Paul _____ Some time ago, due apparently to arcing from the accelerator cable to my battery isolator terminals, that cable broke in mid-trip...
• Car Battery FAQ 2.0
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:31:04 -0300 (ADT)
  ...Connect the POSITIVE booster cable clamp (usually RED) to the >POSITIVE terminal on the dead battery. Connect the POSITIVE booster >cable clamp on the...
• Re: '56 kombi - new security system
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 14:02:38 -0700 (PDT)
  >I had the same problem in my '70, and it turned out to be a bad >starter-battery cable--the cable had corroded out...
• Re: your mail
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:35:16 -0400
  ...battery connected.) Also, if you only have one battery connected, don't switch to BOTH unless you're sure the loose positive cable won...
• Re: Power drain
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 13:08:35 EDT
  ...leaving it go to zero overcharges the battery. Also, beware of cheap steel battery cable connectors which are invading the market. Steel has 1...
• Re: "Leads" from main battery for jump start/charging?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 7 Mar 2012 10:26:11 -0800
  ...To attach to the wires (big) that you run to the battery or to attach to your jumper cables you will need a very...
• Yikes, Crosswired Battery!
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:22:06 -0400
  ...to attach my positive cable to the negative terminal of the battery and then started to hook the ground cable to the positive terminal...
• Climate Control Cable Meltdown - '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Russell
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 11:24:08 -0700
  Hi Volks, A few weeks ago I wrote in about a melted heater control cable which seemed to be linked to the lights on...
• auxiliary battery in NJ
  Historical mailing list - Rob Infante
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:20:26 EDT
  I picked up a sealed battery from walmart to install as an auxiliary battery. However when I went to install it I decided I...
• 91 Westfalia ground points, battery charging amps
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 23:11:52 -0600
  ...ground points: - Engine to chasis - Transmission to chasis - Fuse block - Battery negative cable (?) I intend to remove the ground connection (both ends, one end...
• Re: [T2] setting up multimeter to check current draw
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:34:00 -0700
  ...I remember doing this with my bug, and > putting the multimeter in between one battery terminal and it's cable. It > read the current...
• Re: How To Make New Battery To Starter Cable for 2.1 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:30:11 -0500
  ...When soldering battery cables I use a propane torch with a slightly smaller tip. Hotter and faster (more energy per unit time) means you...
• Re: '88 Westy - moving starting battery rearward
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:00:44 -0800
  ...My griddle didn't fit! If you are worried about current draw, put the biggest copper cable you have from the battery in it...
• electrical weirdness after 2nd battery install......
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sun, 11 May 2008 15:11:00 -0700
  ...the aux battery directly feeds the wire to the fridge that goes through the b pillar fuse box and a new cable that i...
• Re: Optima Battery Discussion
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 05:32:14 -0700
  ...None, the battery lays on its side with the posts facing toward the front of the van, reusing the stock battery cables and hold...
• Re: A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 15:38:27 -0500
  ...A starting battery to starter cable replacement story > > > > In a message dated 07/08/2010 3:18:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > > LISTSERV...
• Re: Help, fan wont shut off
  Historical mailing list - BenT .
  Wed, 4 Feb 2009 02:56:34 +0000
  ...For now he pulled the battery cable. Just spoke with him by phone. Didn't know he queried the List as well. BenT Sent...
• Re: 1991 digital clock
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Mar 2013 15:15:20 -0800
  ...it's got 13.8 at the alternator, only 13.4 at the battery. on m own 85 I added an extra battery cable...
• Re: charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:26:04 -0500
  ...on my own 85 Adventurewagon I got at least a half volt more to the battery with redundant batt cables added. I don't...
• Re: Was Stutter and Low Batt-Now Battery Drain
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 8 May 2010 07:47:15 -0700
  ...You check this by disconnecting one of the battery cables, preferably the ground, setting your multimeter to it's highest amperage setting (usually 10...
• Re: van won't go
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:34:42 -0500
  ...Those portable engine strt boxes work becuase the cables are short. Contanstly trying to strt the engine with a low battery is not good...
• Re: Auto conversion to Manual?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 18 May 2007 21:46:19 -0400
  ...Preferably, the aux battery would be hooked up via a Sure Power 1315 and 4 gauge cables so that the aux could provide a...
• Re: Hot Starting (a) vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 10 Aug 94 8:09:56 PDT
  ...you might be just getting some corrosion on the spade lugs. > > joel > A weak battery and/or bad/corroded cables will also make it...
• Re: I could use a little help
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:49:41 -0700
  ...Most of them are a 17ah battery inside. They will work with a battery that is just down to the point where it won...
• Re: Needed EKTA p/n search: starter cable 1982 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 20:44:55 -0500
  ...up > with a part number for the heavy electrical cable supplying > power from the battery directly to the starter in a 1982 Vanagon > DIESEL...
• Optima battery / jumpstart
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 20:28:16 +0000
  ...remove the pass seat, unscrew cover, somehow connect positive jump cable to battery without shorting out, Arrrghhh! Has anyone rigged up exterior jumpstart terminals...
• Battery or Charging System Help Please
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:22:48 -0700
  ...the battery. Bentley shows two parallel wires from the alternator that connect to a bus wire that runs from the heavy starter cable to...
• Battery Removal
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Oct 1996 08:57:38 +1000
  ...the battery I left the belt in place for next time. The only problem in lifting out is to keep the cable connectors out...
• Re: proper battery fit
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Sep 2011 08:40:40 -0400
  ...41 starting battery into the battery box today.� Wow, extremely tight fit.� With the hoses for gas and the cables, the battery is almost...
• Re: Testing the starter question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:12:05 -0400
  ...transmission housing, the ground cable at the transmission nose, the van body, and the ground cable going to the battery. Each junction is a...
• Re: heavy duty starter cables - UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Mladen, Zoran
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:51:09 -0700
  ...cables last year but this is an improvement. was there any mention of cost in the ad? i've often wondered why the battery...
• Re: Clean those ground connections!
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:07:02 -0700
  It will look a bit like a battery cable, but with eye terminals on BOTH ends. I did this sort of thing to mine...
• Electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Sonia Johnson
  Sun, 27 May 2001 14:23:30 -0700
  ...I've cleaned the battery terminals. The positive cable looks somewhat corroded. I'm going out now to try to test the alternator. That...
• Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:58:27 -0400
  ...If you purchase a new battery cable with crimped-on terminal, be sure to select the right size for the application; not just cable...
• Re: Your method to fit grp 41 battery in box
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:35:49 +0000
  ...For years I've always had a struggle when dropping the group 41 battery past the pos-neg cables and have banged-up the...
• Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:12:20 -0500
  ...to check true charging voltage, measure voltage across battery posts with engine running; if there is a contact resistance between cable clamp and battery...
• Optima batteries
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:54:49 -0500
  Hi all, A few years ago, I bought an Advance Auto Parts - labelled Optima red top battery for my Vanagon. I thought it was...
• Re: charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:09:53 -0700
  ...on my own 85 Adventurewagon I got at least a half volt more to the battery with redundant batt cables added. I don't...
• Re: Under Floor Battery Tray
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Thu, 10 Jun 2021 19:03:38 -0700
  ...The ground cable: ... I routed the > ground cable over to the other side to combine with the ground of that > battery, both of which...
• Re: Adding a Deep Cycle Battery and heavy duty relay
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 06:43:40 -0800
  ...Battery cable is not 10 gauge. Mark listmember wrote: > hmm, honestly, I don't where the other end of this blue wire is > supposed...
• Re: Advice-New Ignition Switch/Cig Lighter/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:38:06 -0500
  Michael, On a '91 I would expect the main cable from the battery to the starter to be of adequate diameter. VW upgraded it...
• RE...electrical problems
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Bartnicki
  Mon, 28 May 2001 23:22:55 -0400
  ...off the battery and connecting a test light to it? Connect it between the negative cable and the terminal on the battery. Then if...