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• Re: Fuse Block Connectors
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Fri, 21 Mar 1997 23:12:27 -0500
  >I'm looking for a source for the round socket/pin type connectors used in >Vanagon wiring harness's that connect to the fuse...
• Re: Headlight Problem Solved....
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Sat, 29 Oct 2005 07:44:47 -0700
  ...Periodic maintenance might be as simple as removing the connector, shining up the bulb contacts (all three) and slipping the connector on and off...
• Re: The wire harness becomes brittle
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:18:34 -0800
  err ok try thos elonks again > Too bad! > Jake > > On 2/5/07, TC <trclark@shaw.ca> wrote: > > > > > -4 fi connectors > > > frank or ben...
• Re: Temperature sensor connector (name?)
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:28:30 -0500
  ...name of the connector that would >> properly fit >> this sensor? >> > > I think they just take common "spade" (AKA "Faston") connectors, slid > on perpendicular. > > http...
• need Temp2 Sensor connector (wiring harness side)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:00:15 -0700
  The temp2 sensor connector (the wiring harness side- female if you prefer) is cracked and being held on with the help of ducttape. I...
• Re: Cleaning corroded connectors
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 10:56:35 EDT
  ...Once done with the scraping, dip the connector in a solution of baking soda and water. Remove it from the bath once it stops...
• Re: unexplained power loss - help! & My EB Breakdown
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:38:25 -0400
  Jeff Stewart wrote: > Anyone else have a problem with these new & old sttle connectors? > Jeff My '84 7 passenger has the old style coil...
• Re: Is there such a too?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:57:28 -0500
  Here's a good source for both the crimper and the connectors: http://www.vintageconnections.com/ Mike Mike Collum wrote: > I replace the female...
• Re: Trailer wiring
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Tue, 23 Jun 2020 05:52:35 -0400
  ...I’m guessing the > splice > > connectors aren’t working or am I missing something? Before I go using > > regular butt connectors and cutting wires...
• Re: Electrical Connector dust boots
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:38:33 -0700
  ...Electrical Connector dust boots > Megasquirt is not proprietary. > It can function with any sensors- properly calibrated. > Default is GM sensors. You can get GM...
• Re: Big problem with engine not running - please help now!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 27 May 2002 19:27:41 -0500
  ...No change in the AFM voltage output as I vary the throttle. > > I pressed the connector on tightly - no joy. > > I removed the connector...
• Re: Strange clock display
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:58:48 -0800
  ...style connectors.� These connectors are round and each one can hold many wires.� Quite a few�ground wirres attach to these two connectors.� These...
• Cause of corroded fuel injection electrical connectors
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 21:51:01 -0400
  On my new '86 GL the rear fuel injection electrical connectors on the left and right side are extremely corroded. There is even some...
• Re: Headlight improvements ?
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 23:12:12 -0800
  ...The crimp connectors, while seemingly tacky, have a place. The thing to do is fill them with some type of dielectric grease or such...
• Re: Need Chrome Window Weatherstripping Connectors
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Nov 2004 00:08:48 EST
  ...HOTMAIL.COM writes: > Anyone parting the 1 1/2 inch chrome connectors on drivers/passenger > windows > that holds outside weatherstiping in place? > > yea i...
• Re: How to fix the digital clock?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:21:45 -0400
  >The digital clock is fed from pin 5 of the panel connector*, skinny >red wire which comes from a double connection to pin 7...
• Re: What fuse would you use for this application?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Apr 2015 09:26:17 -0400
  ...I wired in an external 12 connector using an Anderson Powerpole connector set and battery cables. I took the negative from the diesel exhaust...
• Contemplating H4 headlight upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:10:58 -0500
  ...I plan to solder the male 9004 connector to the H4 connector (provided in the headlight kit) and cover the connections with heat shrink...
• Re: WTB pair of good used round headlight buckets for Vanagon 80-85
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:18:55 -0400
  The round headlights use the same electrical connector as an H4 headlight (a pleasant surprise when I put my SA grill on.) H4 headlight...
• Re: Soldered Connections
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 01:57:06 -0600
  ...He replied back, that most connectors these days are copper coated with tin; not aluminum. Well..... I have a selection of connectors picked up...
• Re: www.vintageconnections.com RACHET crimper/ was Re: right side headlight wont power up ..new relay kit 2 mths ago ...
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 28 May 2007 18:44:27 -0700
  I bought a fancy crimper and assortment of connectors from Del at Vintageconnections (thanks to Mike Collum for pointing me to him). I'm...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 14:20:43 -0500
  ...OBDII Scanner Compatible Data Connector >> New Knock Control Unit >> New Knock Sensor >> Vehicle Connections and Fuses >> Coolant Temp Connector [Uses Original Coolant Sender] >> Engine...
• Re: ISO connector
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:11:53 -0700
  ...I thought connectors to lights. Alistair > On Aug 23, 2015, at 8:09 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: > > Jay brown sells them...
• Re: Igntion coil failure
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:18:53 EDT
  ...However, all the replacement coils I have been able to get from Bosch don't have these pins in the center of the connector...
• Re: Parts and or help needed
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 12:18:25 -0700
  ...m > Evan Mac Donald wrote: > > Hey anybody who may have a 1983.5 to 1985 WBX for parts - I need the two connectors on...
• Connectors for Fuel and Ignition wiring harness Digijet 83.5 - 85
  Historical mailing list - Bergin, Richard
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 13:18:27 -0800
  ...Are all or most of connectors available "new" ?
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:05:55 -0700
  ...High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors > > I have been looking for a suitable connector to mount on the aft bulkhead > of the engine...
• Re: two wire connectors...Proper polarity?
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:26:42 -0500
  I usually use SAE connectors since thats what my van had from the previous owner. I use the connector on the left of this...
• Re: Another D15 connector failure example
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 19 Feb 2022 14:32:59 -0500
  ...The corresponding white connector on the wiring loom was really badly burned. Appeared to me to be chronic heat via bad contact . > > Alistair
• Re: H-4 wiring plugs?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 08:49:03 EDT
  The H4 connectors are a three plug connector that all early Vanagons already have (80-85 round headlights). The later Vanagons (86-91 square...
• lucky leak
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 06:40:43 -0600
  Had a T connector in the coolant system replaced on Friday. On both sides of my 84 just below the rear heater (underneath the...
• Temp 2 sender connectors
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:22:55 -0700
  I must be using the wrong search protocol or something, but I get no hits from the archives about the connectors of the temp...
• Re: Electrical Connector dust boots
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:28:47 -0400
  ...You can get GM pigtails with weatherpack connectors new for cheap. The GM sensors are cheap too and supposedly more accurate than Bosch. Example...
• Re: Hard plastic fuel line between fuel pump and firewall connector
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:11:20 -0500
  ...Firewall connector is already out, but is in good shape: not brittle. I have a Van-Cafe replacement connector ready to replace it. The...
• Syncro fuel tank issues
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Sat, 28 Jun 2014 11:40:57 -0400
  ...Van-cafe�s tank reseal kit doesn�t appear to have this connector. Anybody got thoughts on a replacement for this connector? Or source...
• Re: parts source?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:21:32 -0700
  ...parts source? You replaced a three-connector relay with a two-connector? And your flashers don't work?
• Re: Trailer wiring
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 23 Jun 2020 15:34:23 -0600
  Hi, I just used the splice connectors that came with the adapter.� I don't really like them, but for now, it's quick...
• '82 starter wiring
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 05:07:36 -0800
  ...connectors that connect to the two male spade style electrical connectors on the back of the solenoid, but which wire to which connector? One...
• Re: Stupid wire question...really... (temp 2 wire)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:46:32 -0700
  ...I even shrink wrapped them near >> the connector. But. I figure heat, unplugging/plugging in connector, > > The shrink-wrap may have been a contributing...
• Re: Vanagon Dirvability
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Oct 1996 02:50:28 -0300 (ADT)
  ...Crimp on new > power timer connectors on the #2 and #4 > wires and reinsert them back into the > hardshell connector. >5) Reconnect the airflow...
• Great inventions of the world
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 3 May 2003 02:21:34 -0400
  ...Look at the circuit diagram figure the next connector is a 4 pin connector "in the air duct"...well in my Vanagon it is...
• Re: Wire to A/C compressor, '85 Westy (Ahah!)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 12 May 2004 11:48:47 -0400
  I do believe I found the connector for the red wire. Bentley shows the connection as basically being a "T", so, I looked for...
• Re: Wasserboxer Coolant Temp Guage Troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Wed, 26 May 1999 11:48:58 -0400
  ...Cleaned up the wire, installed a new crimp on connector, cleaned up the round sender terminal the connector pushes onto, and connected new connector...
• H-Shaped Coolant Connector
  Historical mailing list - Colin Stanfield
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 12:19:30 -0400
  Hello, Just off the phone with Ken at Vanagain who informs me that the "H-Shpaed Coolant Connector" which coonects to the expansion tank...
• Re: Mystery connector...I'm getting close
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:52:01 -0500
  ...Does anybody know what this connector is for? >> <http://kippert.com/vanagon/misc/mystery-connector.jpg> >> >> After studying Bentley as much as possible, I...
• Re: Solar Panel outdoor electrical connect
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 1 Jul 2011 11:12:15 -0800
  ...I don't believe their connectors are waterproof. I may opt to use a little bit of heat shrink tape where the wire enters...
• Re: intermittent running rich issue
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Tue, 6 Dec 2016 10:00:30 -0800
  Yes, that connector IS on and tight and is a pretty tight fitting one but maybe it is worn? The AFM was recently replaced...
• Re: Mystery wires/connector Canadian 83.5 wbx
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:13:46 -0700
  ...Long embarrassing story which I will > relate later. > > In the process I came across a mystery connector hanging freely behind > the engine, It is...
• wire splicing
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:08:17 -0700
  ...I have some crimp-on butt connectors for 18-22AWG wire and some Scotch-lok splice connectors that look like they are for really...
• Re: shielded wire for oxygen sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 21 May 2008 17:54:34 -0400
  ...The black wire from the sensor itself, up to the spade connector, isn't shielded. The green wire, from the spade connector to the...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:41:20 -0700
  ...High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors >> >> >> I have been looking for a suitable connector to mount on the aft bulkhead of the engine...
• Re: Foil Replacement - GW Kit
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 5 Jan 2024 19:04:53 -0800
  ...My biggest issue what the connector to van connector. Wasn’t a good tight fit. It would migrate apart. I used rubber bands to...
• Re: Dielectric grease
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:41:12 -0500
  ...It sounds like it's what the doctor ordered for aging Vanagon electrical connectors. cheers, On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:14 PM...
• Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:36:03 -0700
  ...Like most fancy connectors, you have to buy all the bits separately. For a Weatherpack, this includes the connector body, the pins, and the...
• Re: Canadian Westfalia Shore Power Cord Warning
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 18:02:50 -0500
  I find it a bit hard to believe that style of plug was used for an outside connector. You want molded weather resistant cord...
• RE: O2 sensor price.
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 8 Jul 97 10:01:00 -0500
  The generic O2 sensors (made by Bosch) are every bit as good as the exact part except that they do not have the connector...
• Re: Nonfunctioning temp gage
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 09:12:06 -0400
  Single spade connector on the thermostat housing. The double connector is the Temp II sender that talks to the ECU. d At 11:28...
• Re: Power mirror tips (long)...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 02:44:19 EDT
  ...i just snipped off the connectors and crimped on some male/female push on connectors from radio shak, etc. when i mounted these on...
• Re: Alternator with "W" connector
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 11:10:19 -0400
  ...My mechanic (who is >trustworthy & knowledgeable) has a replacement for me BUT without the "W" >connector. My current alternator has this "W" connector with...
• Re: [T2] stabilant in Portland
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:21:30 -0800
  Stabilant is a electrical connector dialectric substance that VW recommends for their cars. It protects, insulates connectors. Go to www.stabilant.com for more...