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• Re: 1.9L Hiccup Remedy?
  Historical mailing list - David Gunning
  Wed, 24 May 2006 06:26:52 -0400
  ...Proceeding cautiously, doing the simplier things first. . . .beginning with a new chassis ground strap, if I can order one from one of the list...
• Re: Fuse box manipulation
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 08:11:15 -0600
  ...who are fuse box savvy have any cautions, insights, or tips besides >> ground strap disconnections in advance of the work? Thanks in advance. >> Al >
• Re: Cracked exhaust manifold questions, and plee for used one for sale, '86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:55:53 -0700
  ...Make sure to disconnect the battery ground strap before any arc welding is done to prevent damage to the ECU etc.
• Re: Subject: Starter Help!
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:28:16 -0800
  ...The ground strap�to the engine may be broken. When I spent 3 hours swapping in a known good starter and having same results...
• Re: '56 kombi - new security system
  Historical mailing list - john keith hopp
  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 14:19:21 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Replaced it as well as both ground straps. Archetypal old-guy mechanic told me the headlights "heated up" the wires, allowing for greater conceptual...
• Re: Help! It's raining & my bus won't accelerate.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 09:29:19 EST
  ...If you have cleaned all your grounds and made sure they are all secure and there (is the main ground strap between the driver...
• Re: Last word on tach going to zero?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 3 May 2007 09:56:42 -0400
  ...It could be due to the ground strap. I'd wiggle the pin connector to the ECU around and if you can get it...
• Re: Super fast idle
  Historical mailing list - KD
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 21:31:51 -0600
  ...Especially ground straps. Same thing happened to me (panic time) Also make sure no vacuum leaks or corrosion on wire connections and ground to...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 14:32:49 -0500
  ...ground reference. It will only be included in the current path of the starter if there's something wrong with the heavy strap at...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon 1.9l gas - starter type ?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 01:39:24 -0500
  ...battery ground, engine compartment ground (goes to the left of the the compartment), and the transmission ground strap, from the front of the tranny...
• Re: Help! No ground to the fuel injectors???
  Historical mailing list - Bess's Buddies
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:13:32 -0800
  Did you remember to put the ground strap from the body to the cylinder heads? At 01:15 PM 12/17/2001 -0800, you...
• Re: Removing and Replacing Battery
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 09:26:35 -0700
  Thanks everyone; I thought that I should remove negative/ ground first but thanks for reminder. I think my dad had a battery removal strap...
• [Fwd: Hwy Hesitation] : almost solved
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:13:45 -0800
  ...Checked the ground strap at the tranny. A very pretty verdigris. I took it off and dropped in a jewelry and silverware cleaning solution...
• Re: Extra Grounds on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:11:58 EDT
  ...What do you think? As an aside, I once braided my own grounding strap from stripped 14 AWG SO cord. It was on a...
• Re: Blinking lights after ground fix
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 30 Jul 2018 22:56:52 +0000
  ...This weekend I took all the ground wires off the wall, cleaned them and put them back on. The ground strap is a year...
• RE: Water Pumper Head Corrosion
  Historical mailing list - Dwight Mattix (Dwight Mattix)
  Wed, 8 May 1996 11:23:42 -0700 (PDT)
  ...dwight At 5:55 PM 5/8/96, Maher, Steve (SD-MS) wrote: >>> I propose a ground strap at least, from head to cylinder...
• Re: starter motor remaining on?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 May 2005 10:02:38 -0400
  ...After about 3 minutes of the very unpleasant sound, I disconnected the grounding strap of battery. * Connecting the grounding strap instantly activated it * Went...
• Re: Bigger Problem than Coolent Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 17:11:51 +0100
  ...Check the ground straps as well as the usual ground connectors. Maybe buzz out the wiring back to the ECU. This would be an...
• Re: Re(2): Rough running when Hot
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Tue, 07 Jan 1997 16:57:25 -0800
  ...Adding grounding straps can stabilize the ground to where everything has an equal one. Wow, was that long winded or what? If you can...
• Re: 83 Vanagon Fuel Tank Sound Dampening Pads Necessary??
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 20:58:54 -0800
  ...I didn't remember seeing anything > when I took off the straps, but I did find, on the ground under the car, two > identical...
• Re: Something is draining my battery...
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:03:56 -0700
  ...In the process I measured the current draw (removed ground strap and connected a multimeter between the battery and ground to measure the current...
• Re: Starter relay
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 04 Dec 94 15:15:48 CST
  ...one thing i did on my old 80 bus was to run a BIG ground wire from the battery ground strap-body connection back...
• Re: flickering oil light
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Jun 1996 01:16:15 -0400
  ...Also, clean your grounding terminals from the battary to the chasis and the grounding strap from the engine to the chasis. This should help...
• Re: Engine cut off- 90' Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 09:16:23 EST
  ...Nothing like getting a brain transplant! Of course, clean all electrical connections first, including the ground straps on the engine and tranny. Bill Marshall...
• Re: ring around the dizzy and other questions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 07:44:35 EDT
  ...The grounding strap on it should plug int a wee-little spade on the side of the distributor. The ring does fit on just...
• 87 Syncro - Vanagon-type Syndrome and Questions
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:18:05 -0800
  ...Can someone please give me a list of where all the ground points are? I did was able to check the ground strap that...
• Re: Starter Solenoid?
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Tue, 6 May 2003 19:48:30 -0400
  ...Sun, 04 May 2003 13:28:27 -0500 >>> >>>Marla, >>>totally green? that corrision, which result in bad ground , no ground.. >>>I'll have to...
• Update: Re: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:35:48 -0400
  ...The ground contacts on each end of the ground strap from the engine to just below the coil had been cleaned, but I cleaned...
• Re: cold solder and other maladies
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 17:03:19 -0500
  ...brain box, >etc, I'd STRONGLY recomend getting a ground strap and conductive, grounded >workplace for this kind of thing. VWs are obviously more...
• Re: Electric noise in radio
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 15:39:55 EST
  ...Check the ground connection on the: 1>engine straps 2>radio 3>shield in the antenna cable You might also have a resistor end...
• Re: New awning project with pix
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:50:00 +0000
  ...Held up in some strong gusts for me, but I did stake outboard edge down to the ground as opposed to using expanding poles...
• Re: 91 Vanagon will not start..?
  Historical mailing list - Dan
  Sun, 30 May 2004 12:13:10 -0400
  you have bad grounds or your starter needs to be replaced. clean your barrery terminals check the ground strap at the trans mount, check...
• Re: Engine Bay Negative Strap Questions. 1988 Westy. PICS.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 May 2012 04:44:49 -0400
  At 11:38 PM 5/6/2012, neil n wrote: >https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy#5739625339124636370 > >That corroded strap doesn't appear to...
• Re: Cold Idle Problem and warm Surging--let me know if I'm confusing
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 04:47:51 -0600
  ...Also the transaxle has a ground strap on it that people say to keep clean. Also the upper bleed screw is the one to...
• Re: alternator blues
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Tue, 04 Feb 1997 21:34:35 -0800
  ...Before removing or checking the wire harness at the alternator (or the alternator itself) disconnect the battery ground strap to prevent sparks and shorts...
• Re: Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:53:25 -0700
  ...It was suggested that a separate ground strap be installed between the AFM and the body, or perhaps it was the engine block (which...
• Re: 110VAC Wire Re-Routing
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:35:11 -0800
  Important points! Indeed the Westy ground to frame wire is present. Ironically, in opening up the OEM rear outlet, aside from finding NO way...
• Re: Starter Solenoid?
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Thu, 8 May 2003 11:59:08 -0400
  ...engine mount bolt and the body >attachment bolt of the battery ground strap. The engine subsequently ran >fine and continued to for eight years...
• Re: Odd Engine Performance
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:46:06 -0800
  ...restart the car. � If so clean/replace all your grounds on the head, ground strap body to head/engine, and clean all the connection...
• Battery Compartment ground cable; Was: Dead (almost) in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:30:52 -0200
  ...Removed the battery (with considerable difficulty) and found the bolt that fastens the lower end of the ground strap loose. The thing is it...
• Re: alternator
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Nov 1996 09:27:22 PST
  ...With engine off disconnect the battery ground clamp. Inspect the following: 1>Alternator/battery connection at starter. 2>Ground straps at transmission and engine...
• More rant on grounds and vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:58:11 -0700
  ...Only in this way can all error voltages caused by charging current passing through imperfect engine to body ground straps be eliminated Since our...
• Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:16:59 -0600
  ...Engine ground strap - left/driver side of engine > > 10. ?? > > so do we want to identify the problem area and location, and then > state the...
• Re: Removing and Replacing Battery
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:13:25 -0700
  ...I should remove negative/ ground first but > thanks for reminder. I think my dad had a battery removal strap but no idea > what happened...
• Re: Cleaning bad grounds
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 12:10:44 -0600
  ...Battery posts for power and ground strap. Had to be cleaned down to bright siney metal. The inside of the connector on the straps...
• Re: Blinking lights after ground fix
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 31 Jul 2018 08:58:47 -0600
  ...The ground strap is a year old an still looks fine. The van seems be running smoother and the idle is better. Problem is...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon intermittent no start
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 8 Mar 2007 15:48:42 -0500
  ...Remove and clean the connections for the ground strap at the forward transmission mount. 3. Possible failing starter solenoid. I would first clean all...
• Re: A question about grounds...
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 20:57:13 -0500
  ...I recently removed the transmission ground strap > and cleaned > everything until it shined. I swear the idle is smoother, > there is virtually > no more...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 06:56:54 -0800
  ...They also replaced the engine ground strap and > he recommended that I run a 6 ga wire from each head to the case, and...
• Re: Replacing the grommet, sleeve, washer and nut
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 May 2013 09:47:07 -0700
  ...A ratchet type cargo strap can be arranged to pull things closer, and having the wheel on the ground (careful to guide things when...
• strange cut off problem with wbx vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 Dec 2004 12:03:06 EST
  ...i replaced a corroded ground strap from the head to the coil and that didnt help either.. no strange idle or warning lights precede...
• Cleaning engine compartment/Grounding Points - 91 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:01:26 -0600
  ...Does anyone see anything wrong with this approach? Anything faster? There is a flat braided grounding strap (presumably) running from the block over to...
• Re: Warm engine missing 87 Westy GL
  Historical mailing list - Adrian Bertarelli
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:58:02 -0600
  ...I also ran a ground strap from the body to one of the bolts on the exhaust system to better ground the sensor. I...
• 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
  ...I've >replaced the ground strap on the battery. > >I had the battery tested at an Autozone today (where I hope it's on...
• help! my new tent
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Tue, 27 Jun 1995 19:39:03 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Anyway, the tent has grommets at all four corners on a little strap on the ground, a little strap with a snap to hold...
• Re: Fried radio, dash clock, and map light
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:09:23 -0500
  ...most of the time anyway) be sure and remove the battery ground strap first- It's ridiculously easy to demonstrate the big bang theory...
• Re: VW Necessity...
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:06:17 +0000
  I think the original ground strap (at least on mine) was a 10mm to the battery terminal. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Batt is 100% - no crank/starter doesn't turn
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:11:23 -0500
  ...wire is used.Maybe just a grounding problem.Corrosion is an issue on the wires and grounding straps.Wiggle each terminal on the battery...
• Re: Another Vanagon Stall?
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Sat, 7 Jan 1995 09:37:46 -0800 (PST)
  ...In both cases, removing the ground straps (there are several) and cleaning the connections fixed the problem. I did on one other occasion have...
• Re: Starter: it's one or another
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:05:56 -0700
  ...Like you, I've got all new wiring and cleaned connections re; ground straps etc. Last thing I can figger is either battery or...