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• o2 sensor wire splicing
  Historical mailing list - Gary
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 23:16:25 -0600
  Can I solder O2 sensor lead wires? Or should I use solderless crimp connectors? I know my pyrometer wire needs to be joined mechanically...
• Re: Adding a Deep Cycle Battery and heavy duty relay
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 06:43:40 -0800
  ...and that the fourth wire should be > wired to a hot wire... that is only hot when the ignition is on... So > since I...
• Re: wire size for headlight circuit
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 18 May 1998 10:55:13 -0700
  ...The wire I'm talking about here will supply power for ALL of my headlights, fog lights, and driving lights. The wire will run...
• here's How to Wire Headlights with Relays for Higher Wattage Bulbs
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:41:16 EST
  ...chris ----------------------------snip------------------------- How to Wire Headlights with Relays for Higher Wattage Bulbs Parts you need to do this: 2- 40 Amp Relays 4- Rolls...
• Starter wiring question
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:09:03 -0800
  ...My question is about the blue wire. My Bentley gives no info on the bluish wire. Anyone have a guess as to the blue...
• Wiring for tach and later instruments, what wire to use
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 02:05:20 -0400
  Volks, I have put an 87 instrument cluster into my 85 Wolfsburg Westy Weekender and intend to wire the tach. I know how and...
• Re: 1987 Oxygen Sensor Wiring 2.1 liter Digifant MV engine
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 24 Feb 2002 17:30:54 -0500
  At 04:09 PM 2/24/2002, Robert Steven Fish wrote: >The wire appears to me, to be a format typical to "shielded-type...
• Speaker wire repair and impressions of Vanagon door wiring in gen eral
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Mon, 22 May 2000 12:37:58 -0700
  ...Has anyone ever successfully re-wired their door in order to replace these broken (or breaking) wires? What needs to be done in order...
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:30:39 -0400
  ...This is the later style >wires, I always hated those early style ones for the reasons you >stated. The break in my wire seemed...
• Re: Dometic 182B wiring
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 24 Aug 2013 07:46:34 -0700
  ...I wired the new fridge fan (inside) > > switch to the black (+) wire and grounded the other fan wire end to the > > grounding block. Ran...
• Re: "87 Westy bunch of wires disconnected
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Oct 2010 17:26:34 -0700
  ...Your fuel sender wire will be there, not floating around somewhere. I can't think of any wires that go to/from the instrument...
• Re: Dometic 182B wiring
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 Aug 2013 21:25:19 -0700
  ...I wired the new fridge fan (inside) > switch to the black (+) wire and grounded the other fan wire end to the > grounding block. Ran...
• Re: List vendors needed (Plug wires)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:47:03 -0500
  << and need top quality wires at a reasonable cost.>> Any list vendor want to lose some money? Here is a set of plug wires...
• Re: Why am I not surprised? (charging wires)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 08:00:01 -0700
  ...the one where the charging wires from the alternator run > to a standoff ... and found that where the two wires from the alternator > are...
• Rear Foglight Wire?
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 12:41:50 -0800
  Hi Volks, Does the net.wisdom/vanagon know if there is a rear foglight wire in the loom to the rear lights. There is...
• Re: right side headlight wont power up ..new relay kit 2 mths ago ...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 28 May 2007 08:58:45 -0400
  I found those OEM style crimp on female spade "Latching" connectors for 12ga wires at http://www.vintageconnections.com/ . I bought 3 sizes ... 18...
• Re: Engine died, ecu quick look
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 15:49:06 -0700
  ...On the coil there is a white plastic connector with 2 green wires to separate pins. Each green wire has a female spade that...
• Re: Upgrading 1.9 to 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:07:54 -0600
  ...Just hook up the signal wire, and leave the heater wires disconnected. Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net
• Re: mystery ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:00:22 -0700
  ...I cannot, however figure out where the red wire is supposed to attach. It looks as though it must be a ground wire ... Blasphemy...
• Re: Blue Wire on alternator - replacement
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:15:00 -0500
  The blue wire goes to a terminal on your starter. It is used to excite your alternator when you start your van. Stan Wilder...
• O2 sensor - wire repair?
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:58:45 -0800
  Hi Volks, Some how the green 'imbedded' wire that connects to the O2 sensor on my 87 Syncro has ripped in half. What I...
• Re: aux headlights
  Historical mailing list - W Li
  Fri, 19 Dec 1997 17:41:37 -0800
  ...You risk overloading the existing relays and wires. A safer method, is to wire relays for each system (fog, driving) by running a new...
• Re: Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - Rich Blake
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 22:54:25 -0700
  Inspecting the wire gage table as defined throught the Bureau of Standards Handbook 100, one will find that as the wire sizes become smaller...
• Re: How do you hook up a stereo in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 10:05:33 -0700
  To trace down where you lost the wire, what you can do is buy one of those volt-ometers that are battery powered, and...
• Re: rear speaker wires, '83 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:56 -0700
  ...rear speaker wires, '83 Westy I imagine it's only a matter of time before wireless speakers are available? Or maybe they are already...
• Re: HOWTO: Installing aftermarket power door locks in an '85 vanagon westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Audin Malmin
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:37:44 -0700
  ...Any tricks for running the > wires to the sliding door? I tried to run speaker wires to the rear > speakers through there with no...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 19:04:12 -0500
  At 06:55 PM 1/9/2014, JRodgers wrote: >Ok - that is the supply side voltage to the coil? And the tach wire >attached...
• Re: Speaker wires ??
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:50:44 -0500
  The gray wire is a common ground to the rear speakers. If you are putting in a modern radio, require separate grounds for the...
• Re: Injector Wiring Order?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 6 Oct 1997 13:55:31 EDT
  ...Sean > > Hi All, > > Is there any specific order that the injectors must be wired > on an '84 digijet model? I would have thought that...
• Re: Cyl. Head Temp Gauge Sender?
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 20:43:08 -0400
  the temp sender and wires are actually a thermocouple. There are two wires to and in the sender that are not the same material...
• Re: fridge spark wire needed
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:07:32 -0800
  ...this is the fridge spark wire. anyone have one or know how much they are? TIA jason Be sure that the wire is not...
• Big black ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Sat, 22 May 2004 13:44:30 EDT
  ...new starter is in battery wire is in, battery wire is on main terminal, ign/start switch on number 50 but I can;t...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:08:08 -0500
  ...You either have to crack the heater box open in the van and undo the wired at the motor, discount the wire at the...
• Re: Wire routing
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 22 May 1998 13:32:38 -0700
  At 07:55 PM 5/21/98 -0700, Todd Last wrote: >I'm looking for anyone who has routed wires for fog lights (front...
• Re: Tach install from vanagon to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:58:04 -0500
  ...The connector opens up at the wire > edge and the pins slide out and in. You will need to combine the 2 brown > wires...
• Re: The rear speaker ground.
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:02:00 -0400
  Telephone wire is not nearly heavy enough to bother installing. Run some decent size wire back there. I ran 4 new wires underneath the...
• alternator question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:50:50 -0500
  ...In the process, I broke a black wire on the rear of the alternator. The broken wire leads to a little black box. Here...
• Re: audio tach
  Historical mailing list - Josh Poulson
  Sun, 09 Apr 1995 20:06:14 PDT
  ...Make sure that 1) the ground wire is of the same gauge as the power wire, and that both are of sufficient guage for...
• What are these wires, anyway?
  Historical mailing list - K. Taylor
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 00:25:06 -0700
  ...I have a photograph of these wires at this location: http://home1.gte.net/res07cqd/vanagon.jpg What are these wires? To what were...
• Re: Blue Wire on alternator - replacement
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 17 Jul 2005 05:19:38 -0400
  why replace the blue wire? why not just use a splice? On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:55:02 -0400, Shawn Luft <shawnagan@SYMPATICO...
• Factory aux. battery wiring diagram needed
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Wed, 30 May 2007 07:07:00 -0700
  ...I looked at the wiring while running a wire to the radio and I can see one wire running to the refrigerator socket on...
• Re: Using O2 sensor for fuel mix adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 13:34:59 -0700
  ...3-wire (I have no idea what the 4th wire in a 4-wire sensor does) since it uses 2 wires for heating and...
• stereo power - with the key or without.
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 03:44:16 -0400
  ...There is usually a thick brown wire with a red stripe - you don't want that or any other big wire for that matter...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:26:07 EST
  In a message dated 12/11/02 9:21:33 AM, drillock@earthlink.net writes: << George, he said to swap the 2 plug wires...
• The buzzer goes, oil sensor wires fixed ...
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:44:38 -0800
  ...Looked at the wires and found the high pressure sensor’s wire unhooked. Re-connected and the buzzer was still going. Then I found...
• Re: [Syncro] Syncro Differential Lock Switch Wire
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 8 Apr 2000 17:32:12 +0200
  Budd Premack wrote: > The wire is actually two wires in a black sleeve that end in a female > connector. One wire is brown, the...
• External Wireless Amplifier
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:20:33 -0400
  Hi All, Anyone got a wireless amplifier in thier van? I was thinking of getting one of these: http://www.radiolabs.com/products/wireless...
• Re: Tracking down alternator D+ circuit.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:40:35 -0700
  Subaru conversions are well known for problems with the blue wire for the fridge relay or aux battery relay. The answer is to connect...
• Oil pressure wire rubbed bare?
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:40:56 -0500
  Has anyone had their oil pressure light start to blink due to the sending unit wire rubbing through the insulation to bare wire? On...
• Re: '87 Westy Weekender owner needs help!!!!!! 2.1L wbx running rich??? ideas??
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:54:57 -0400
  I think Mark's suggestion about the ground wire will cure the problem: "Another possibility is the ground wire for the OX sensor. This...
• Radiator Fan B+ Wire Routing
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 13 Aug 2017 12:06:56 -0700
  ...VW (or Westfalia?) routed a positive wire from fuse panel, under the carpet to the kitchen, there's mention in the archives of doing...
• Re: Aren't all Vanagon spark plug wires the same?
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 09:38:01 -0500
  Watch out! I thought the same thing, only to then have to cut and splice the coil wire! AB Joe Romas wrote: > While getting...
• Re: Loose black wire near fuse box?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:23:31 -0800
  VW uses BROWN wire for grounds. Black is generally +12, key power on. Mark Brian Wasson wrote: > Hi all, > > While doing some work today...
• Re: O2 Sensor Woes
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 21 Oct 2001 09:37:28 -0400
  ...The signal wire from the sensor is co-axial, the actual signal wire at the center, surrounded by insulation, braided grounded shield more insulation...
• refrigerator help
  Historical mailing list - Johnny DeVilla
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:00:55 -0700
  ...I then wired the two wires coming from my fridge area to the battery, which makes my fan on the back of the fridge...
• '82 starter wiring
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 05:07:36 -0800
  82 air cooled When I removed my tranny this winter I failed to properly label the starter wires. Now that the tranny is back...
• Re: What component causes the fuel pump to come on for a second or two when I turn on the ignition to the first position (no cranking)?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 11 Jul 2016 06:34:02 -0700
  The connector behind the air cleaner is the fuel pump power wire from the pump relay to the pump. Up till mid 86 it...
• Re: O2 sensor, 2.1L
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Mar 1997 11:07:52 -0800
  I understand there are two basic types of three-wire sensors. One has two white wires and one black wire, the other has three...
• Re: Melted ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:24:35 -0700
  thank you Neil, *Did a wire come loose from a relay unrelated to the headlight circuits and upgrade parts? * - No, no loose wire on...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 18:32:16 -0500
  ...The thin wire off that connection is the tach wire I'm pretty certain. But with both wires made to fit that one connection...