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• VW Solar Battery Charger Location - Westy Roof Vent
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:15:12 -0400
  ...I wanted to mount the charger on the roof somehow and run the cable down to the aux battery....and then it struck me...
• Re: 2nd battery installation question
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Mon, 3 Feb 1997 19:24:11 -0500 (EST)
  It would be much easier to install the 2nd battery under the driver's seat, running the cables under the carpet between the seats...
• Re: Microwave in the cabinet under the sink
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:07:16 -0700
  ...My own dual battery setup consists of a 200A continuous rated solenoid type relay fed via 6ga cable, but then again I'm a...
• Re: 85 Starter Woes
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Fri, 8 Nov 2002 21:25:52 -0800
  ...You can fix this problem by simply replacing the braided line with a thick battery cable. You will need to take the starter apart...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:30:41 -0500
  ...check the strap (likely a braided wire) between transmission and frame and cable or braided strap between negative post on battery and battery box...
• Re: A Current Question of humor
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:38:23 -0500
  ...battery and > a > >> charged house battery and hope the start the engine I'll jump the two > >> batteries together with a jumper cable, sit...
• Tinnerman nut was Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:24:39 -0500
  ...battery works just fine, but will check it on the voltmeter >> > tomorrow. >> >> Since it looks like you're up for some more cable rearrangement...
• Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:07:07 -0700
  ...Put the main > battery back in the van and hook up the positive cable, but don't hook > up the negative cable. Make sure...
• Re: '85 Vanagon woes...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 7 Aug 1996 07:41:51 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Check the battery, the cables, the connections, the starter switch, the starter and all the cables and relays in between those components. Make sure...
• need a starter for my diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 08:10:09 -0500
  ...Is there anything I should look out for? Plans are also to go to a number 2 cable for the positive battery cable which...
• Electric Problem Solved - I Hope
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:06:24 -0500
  ...I heard the 'snap' sound coming from the battery compartment. I removed the battery cables and wire-brushed them and the terminals, and re...
• Re: Easier battery jumping?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 11:59:49 -0700
  ...Westy battery than moving the captain's chair, unscrewing the covers and making sure I have a long enough set of jumper cables to...
• Re: jumper cable question...
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 16:28:46 -0400
  ...Works to trickle-charge from one battery to another, so over time, the two batteries would reach equilibrium (not a state of mind) So...
• Re: the first trip
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 8:45:15 PDT
  ...Especially the battery cables. Make sure there in good order and that the connection to the body is nice and shiney so that there...
• Re: 1982 Diesel Intermittent Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 08:52:23 -0700
  ...I take it to the dealer on Monday - they say it's bad cables to the battery and that the battery is bad. Had...
• Re: Battery and OXS light?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:03:32 -0800
  ...Remember, always disconnect the battery ground cable before working on your alternator (and most electrical items for that matter) >So here I am driving...
• Re: A Current Question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:17:46 -0800
  ...cable, or the hot cable, but > each has a big fat battery switch. > > you assign say, your right side battery as the Starting battery...
• Re: Aux battery tyro
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:08:53 -0800
  ...Keeping the spare battery in the rear places it closer to the starter, where with the use of battery size cables, avoids the voltage...
• Re: Electric Problem Solved - I Hope
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:36:13 -0800
  ...I heard the 'snap' sound coming from the battery compartment. I removed the battery cables and wire-brushed them and the terminals, and re...
• Needed EKTA p/n search: starter cable 1982 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:12:29 -0700
  ...up with a part number for the heavy electrical cable supplying power from the battery directly to the starter in a 1982 Vanagon DIESEL...
• Re: Battery connections
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 10:04:49 -0700
  ...Battery" in >those Bentley electrical diagrams? for "Auxilliary Battery" vehicles? Do >I need only a + cable to connect to the relay and a - cable...
• Re: RE: ODD Squeaking sound
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 01:04:09 -0500
  ...I pulled out the old stuff, and an indignant mouse ran out of it, through the hole the battery cable ran through to the...
• Re: Checking output of alternator.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 18:22:50 -0400
  ...The alternator is charging the battery correctly. Apparently the GOWESTY starter has this long extending connecting arm of copper to the battery cable connector...
• Re: Modification, Battery box, bottom
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 8 Feb 2017 16:47:30 -0800
  ...each side, tied together with 1-gauge cable so they acted as one large 200Ah battery bank. With the ease of starting the TDI...
• Re: no start in 81 AC Westy
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 10 Sep 2017 15:04:17 -0600
  A Lot of "Bad Battery" Verdicts are not Bad Batteries @ All but just Dirty Cable to Batt' connections ~ They can even Look Clean yet...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:12:02 -0400
  ...This will tell you if you have a battery or a cable problem. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Re: 91 Vanagon will not start..?
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Sun, 30 May 2004 23:40:34 -0600
  ...so I took the battery back and they gave me another one and > still > nothing.. the battery tests fine.. when I turn the key...
• Solar Panel
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:12:59 -0700
  ...Another cable goes to the main alternator wire. I have 2 deep cycle batteries from Arc Battery in Sausalito connected to a heavy duty...
• Re: '56 kombi - new security system
  Historical mailing list - john keith hopp
  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 14:19:21 -0600 (MDT)
  ...70, and it turned out to be a bad starter-battery cable--the cable had corroded out from within the plastic sheath, thus invisible...
• Re: Battery Compartment ground cable; Was: Dead (almost) in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:25:32 -0700
  ...Jim On Aug 28, 2011, at 9:29 AM, Phil Menchions wrote: > No spot welding at least inside the battery compartment. Is the > other...
• Re: Why do JC Whitney Battery isolators have this VW caveat?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 11:47:42 -0500
  ...these alternators are fine in cars with short battery cable runs and relatively small battery capacities. My Volvo's charging voltage stays nicely at...
• Re: Yikes, Crosswired Battery!
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:45:32 -0700
  ...to attach my > positive cable to the negative terminal of the battery and then started to > hook > the ground cable to the positive terminal...
• Re: solar charge controller
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Wed, 18 Sep 2013 07:58:13 -0700
  ...battery types, or with a special cable it can be programmed via computer to anything you want. It also has an optional remote battery...
• Re: 1991 digital clock
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 6 Mar 2013 15:40:57 -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: Battery went dead
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:38:03 -0500
  ...There is a battery clamp that holds the battery down. You have to loosen that. Then you need to get the battery out, once...
• Re: Where do jumper cables go on an 87 westy?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 00:59:44 EST
  ...The battery cable connector looks neat but I think I will put that on the list of things I pretend I am going to...
• Re: Battery cable question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:04:36 -0500
  ...I cleaned the battery connections as well as where the battery ground attaches to the body, cleaned the terminal ends where the wires attach...
• Re: Livin' in the USB fast lane--electrical intrigue
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 10 Aug 2015 06:47:06 -0700
  ...the cable, and no phone on that cable, plugged in. Unless it has some kind of internal short. Heat = power = current = discharging battery. The...
• Re: no start in 81 AC Westy
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 10 Sep 2017 20:04:44 -0400
  ...net> wrote: > > A Lot of "Bad Battery" Verdicts are not Bad Batteries @ All but just Dirty Cable to Batt' connections ~ > > They can even Look...
• Re: Slow Start - now Won't Start (L)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 08:28:54 EST
  ...The other thing that could be causing your problem is your positive cable from the battery to the starter. This is a long cable...
• Re: Cold Start
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 13:40:01 PDT
  ...Positive terminals connected first, then the negative of the recipiant car, finally the negative cable to the BODY, AWAY FROM THE BATTERY of the...
• Re: '85 Westfalia - 2nd battery ?????
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 21:41:04 -0400
  ...I don't see any >battery cables, however, just the relay and some wiring. > >Can anyone confirm that this is the relay for isolating...
• Re: Friday Fishwrap: Catch FISH w/ your Vanagon's BATTERY
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:26:06 -0600
  ...Get your jumper cables. Take out your battery (aux. > battery > > preferred in Westies). Or just connect jumper cables if you can > get close > > enough...
• Overnight Battery Drain
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:48:43 -0800
  The 'dead battery overnight' problem can get very elusive. Try this one (never solved). After an engine replacement in my '85 Westy I drove...
• Re: Optima as 2nd battery.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 May 1997 07:02:15 -0400 (EDT)
  ...This configuration looks like it will work as long as you do not use regular battery cables with the thick terminal ends as they...
• Re: Finding a slow battery drain
  Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:12:18 -0400
  It's easy to find, 1 Disconnect your negative lead on your battery 2 Put a cheap test light between the cable and the...
• Re: Interstate Battery + and - poll
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 14:53:40 -0400
  ...My second battery is not the Westy Aux set up but a separate battery with its own positive cable to the starter that can...
• Re: hardwire jumping a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 16:37:40 -0700
  ...battery on my 1986 Westy while I was camping. > Getting it restarted (jumped) was a piece of cake. I simply connected my > jumper cables...
• bunk of 3 batteries
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:02:07 +0100
  ...only one aux. battery under the rear seat. For 4 years it was connected to the alternator with 8 AWG cable with 30 Amp...
• Re: Portable Battery Charger
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:07:51 -0700
  ...17 AH sealed battery in it, built in charger (comes with a 110 VAC cord for charging) and beefy cables and clamps. Carried it...
• Re: Electrical gremlins...
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 17:48:57 EST
  Alan; I beefed up the cable between the alternator and the starter on our 85. I found an unacceptable voltage drop there when using...
• Re: 130Amp alternator upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 23:47:01 -0700
  ...Replacing the cable from the alternator to the battery with something beefier, cleaning contacts is the obvious first step. Alistair on 27/6/01...
• Fwd: Car Battery FAQ
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Jun 1995 20:23:32 -0400
  ...After removing the old battery, be sure that the battery tray and >cable connectors are clean. If the cables are corroded or damaged, >replace...
• Re: Electric Supercharger
  Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 12:10:53 EDT
  ...Auxilliary battery.... well insulated power feeder to the unit.... wide open throttle switch activation relay... thermosensitive cutoff switch (to watch that cable temp). It...
• Re: battery explosions + a theory
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:08:13 -0800
  ...in fact attached the negative end of the jumper cable not to the strong battery's negative post, but to its ground on the...
• Re: ground straps
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:36:25 +0200
  snipped ---- > > Is it ok to replace the braded ground straps with a batery like cable ? > >In perticular the one to the left of the...
• Re: Where do jumper cables go on an 87 westy?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:54:37 -0500
  ...The battery cable connector looks neat but I think I will put that on the list of things I pretend I am going to...
• Trying to re-fix my starter
  Historical mailing list - Nitaino
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:55:26 -0400
  ...T30 has two red cables, one comes directly from the battery but I don't know where the other goes. This brings me to...
• Re: proper battery fit
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:35:23 -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...
• Re: Charging Second Battery
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 May 2002 10:24:18 -0400
  ...Is there a way to hook up jumper cables while the van is >running in order to charge the second battery as well? Sure...