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• Mystery (to me) wire
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Thu, 23 May 1996 11:35:40 -0500 (CDT)
  '84 1.9L Vanagon There is a brown wire leading from the wiring harness at the left of the engine (black wrapping) and going...
• Re: Third Brake Light
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 02:44:01 EST
  ...I'm assuming I can tap into the existing brake electrical wiring without much trouble. >> use a 3rd brake light (roof mounted) from a...
• Canonical list of ECU/sensor ailments?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 15:19:23 -0700
  ...Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR
• [Fwd: Engine Conversion's Done (long)]
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 06:15:01 -0500
  ...a wiring diagram. > This kit comes with a brand new motor, wiring harness (made by Hella who is > OEM for VW electrical systems), exhaust...
• Re: Tach goes down, engine cuts out, then back again ...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:29:29 -0700
  ...the engine is > losing it's ignition electrically. > > It could be the Hall sender or the wiring in or where it exits the > distributor...
• Re: Puzzled by thesamba instructions: Convert 82D fan wiring to '86 fan.
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:09:48 -0700
  ...I have some questions on (1) Wiring the fan. (2) Making an upper mount. >>>> >>>> 1. Wiring the fan. I read the swap instruction on...
• Re: Sink water pump - 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 11:01:39 -0400
  ...If you don't have an in-tank pump (easy to check; look in the tank, or for evidence of wiring going into the...
• Engine fire-what next?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:45:56 -0500
  ...wiring and all all the plastic parts in the engine area, including wiring harness, overflow tank, crankcase vent tower, the left side electrical box...
• Re: Electrical questions. Radiator fan circuit from 85 Vanagon into 81 air cooled Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:42:11 -0800
  ...This wiring is all so simple to begin with I don't see why you wouldn't just go with the stock setup. Stock...
• Re: electrical systems
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 19 May 94 14:23:05 PDT
  ...system? > extra batteries, battery selector switches, > uprgraded wiring etc. No, but I'd like to install phasers and photon torpedo weaponry. ;) > > oh and btw...
• Re: Electrical Experts. Motronic Hall Reference Voltage?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:50:37 -0800
  ...So I dove in and yanked the engine portion of wiring harness. It seems that even though this harness might qualify as being old...
• Re: Battery/Starter/Wiring issue 1985 Westy w/ 2.1L & 4sp
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:22:54 -0400
  ...Due to the electrical load it is common for the battery voltage to drop and this can effect starting. Some wiring upgrades will help...
• Re: hard to start in the morning
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 7 Nov 2016 15:53:10 -0400
  Dan, Electrical or fuel …. turned out to be electrical. > On 07-Nov-2016, at 15:39, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > hard to...
• Re: Location of Electrical Connector T7
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 18:09:51 -0500
  ...Location of Electrical Connector T7 > > > I'm planning to wire in a wiring adapter for trailer lights > and was going > to wire it directly...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 4 Oct 2020 13:00:26 -0700
  ...besides electrical wiring, there are vacuum pump, vacuum switch under the pedals, switch on the steering column, vacuum diaphragm linked the throttle body at...
• FI Weirdness -- please help
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:31:58 PDT
  ...We presume at least part of the problem to be electrical and in the FI wiring. When we turn the key to start, the...
• Dash Cigarette Lighter Removal
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:25:45 -0700
  ...it's restrained from behind, apparently from the various electrical components and/or the wiring harness connector(s). Any advice on how to get...
• Re: Secret Hiding Place
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 18:11:06 -0700
  ...get access to the wiring harness. >Don't put any "metallic 'G' devices" in there if you fear a electrical short. > Same is true...
• Wiring for tach and later instruments, what wire to use
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 02:05:20 -0400
  ...My questions are about the wire I should use to get the signal from coil to the wiring connector behind the fuse box. What...
• Re: clarification on batteries and cig lighter hole
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 14:33:56 -0400
  ...I'm in the process of wiring an inverter to an auxilary battery, and have installed and electrical box with outlets in the top...
• Re: Electrical upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:57:09 -0500
  ...The factory wiring is terribly inadequate for the job at > hand. To fully utilize the capacity of the 90 amp alternator, you need a...
• Re: Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 22:44:43 -0400
  ...Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT > >I have a question about starter solenoid wiring on an '86 AT full >Westy. This has air conditioning...
• Re: Spray or paste to help clean, and keep clean, electrical connections?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:11:51 -0700
  ...a connector on end of engine portion of wiring harness to ECU portion of wiring harness on a VW Jetta ABA 2.0 engine...
• Re: Turn signals
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:58:29 -0700
  ...wiring in a new socket, make a mistake on the wiring of the 3 wires . wrong type bulb...can't tell you how many...
• troubleshooting no a/c
  Historical mailing list - jax harvell
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 15:00:41 -0400
  ...It seems as though the problem may be in the electrical/switch/wiring side, as turning the knobs has no effect at all ( ie...
• Re: Strange Electrical Problem - '56 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Henricks
  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 13:06:54 -0800 (PST)
  ...it basically bypasses all the wiring in the front of the bus so that all the cranking power from the battary will go directly...
• E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs?
  Historical mailing list - Townsend, Michael D
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:13:58 -0400
  Thanks to Fastforward's informative Vanagon halogen light wiring conversion info sheet, I see that the electrical socket for the European H4 bulbs is...
• Re: electrical aid request
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 14:09:27 -0400
  ...Is there a line fuse somewhere buried > in the spaghetti wiring in the dash? > > I'd like to put a better receiver in, and...
• 85 Starter Woes
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:42:00 -0600
  ...I could still smell the burnt wiring smell but nothing in the engine bay was abnormally hot. The electrical system was dead except for...
• Re: 91 Headlight switch...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 4 Jun 2005 08:47:13 -0700
  The dash wiring harness is slightly different for the different switches. The difference is mainly in the lighting for the dash, the lighting that...
• Re: ANSWERS!! Re: Engine electrical power requirements?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:22:27 -0700
  ...Measured at relay sockets and in > firewall wiring box. > > Fuel pump = 2.3 amps > Coil and relay triggers = 2.2 amps (varying) > ECU and...
• Re: wiring harness restoration
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:45:01 -0700
  ...i don't know too much about > electrical stuff, so i was wondering...is the wiring > the same as stuff i could get at...
• Re: Electrical short, need advice...
  Historical mailing list - Brian Kelly
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 21:38:21 EDT
  ...My > > electrical skills and knowledge are nill. > > > > Can one of you electricle gurus give me some pointers > > to finding out where the problem exists...
• Re: Enlarged closet; melted my A/C system!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 May 1997 01:03:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Does anybody have the opinion that these A/C lines/relays need to be ventilated? >> These electrical A/C components (fuses, relays, pressure switches...
• Re: '90 Westy water tank float
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 20 Jun 1997 09:19:19 -0400
  Harry Yates wrote: > snip > Removing the float assembly, and leaving it connected to the wiring > harness, I ran the float along the rod and...
• Re: German engineering vs British electrics
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 23:25:37 -0600
  ...The absolute weakest link in all of these bikes was the electrical system---bar none--- It's hell driving home from a night of...
• Re: Bentley page 97.63 HDLT/PRKG labels confusing
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 5 May 2015 08:45:20 -0700
  ...What I do with electrical parts in hand, well.... "zap". ha ha. ;) Though it took some prodding from others, getting into the habit of...
• Re: Looking for some Vanagon Radiator Parts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:33:13 EDT
  ...I am looking for the upper radiator mount, lower two radiator > mounts, and electrical plug with pig tail wiring for the fan switch. If...
• Re: rear defogger wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 3 Dec 2011 07:28:11 -0800
  ...rear defogger wiring question > > I'm trying to track down electrical fault in rear defogger, '86 syncro ( > early prod. before the vin change as...
• Re: A/C QUESTION ON 90 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 21:07:19 -0500
  ...to figure the electrical connections of 1 wire on the > [Sanden] 510 vs. 2 wires for the clutch on the wiring harness that's...
• Re: rad fan with hose fittings?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:30:59 -0700
  ...The electrical connection is for the front differential lock sensor. In one of the few cases of VW, not customizing wiring harnesses, all Syncros...
• Re: diesel vanagon radiator
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 17:35:54 -0700
  ...Splicing the electrical connector to the 1982 wiring harness is simple with the Bentley wiring diagrams. This all sounds like a bit of a...
• Mystery wiring
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 13 May 2022 12:20:00 -0400
  Hi folks, I will have a lot of wiring to figure out on the 84. First owners put in all kinds of lights all...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:44:29 -0700
  Makes sense electrically. Yup, that it does. And I reckon the designers thought that with individual feeds to the injectors they might, maybe, at...
• Re: Pillar letters and air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:33:59 -0700
  ...main electrical diagrams. It is interesting that the radiator cooling fan can be affected by the refrigerant pressure and thus has extra wiring that...
• Re: Standard wiring circuit numbers list
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:09:19 -0700
  ...Jean-Guy Savoie wrote: > > To all so enclined and interested: > > On electrical diagrams, relays etc, there are a number of apparently > standerdized numbers. I...
• Re: AC cutting out momentarily
  Historical mailing list - jaime forero
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:02:06 -0500
  ...That's more indicative of a electrical issue. 3 possibilities occur to me. Thermostat switch (that which turns on the AC and sets the...
• Re: Electrical Experts. Motronic Hall Reference Voltage?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:41:01 -0800
  ...to repair and modify the wiring harness for this engine swap. > > Bentley shows a difference in the + reference wiring to the hall. Most > model...
• Re: Engine electrical power requirements?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:26:20 -0700
  ...Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano Bend, OR KG6RCR On 8/20/2009 3:23 PM...
• Re: Electrical System Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 18:20:45 -0800
  ...You can attach a spare ignition switch to the wiring for a quick test. If it cures the problem then you can take the...
• Re: Just in Case: where to get a wiring harness
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:02:03 -0400
  ...The prime suspect: > the electrical connection, believed to be the aux air regulator wire > mis-connected. So to test this hypothesis I got out...
• 1991 Westy - Does Bentley describe relays on fuse panel?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 18 Oct 2020 21:52:04 -0600
  Hi, Recently I was troubleshooting some electrical issues (associated with daytime running lights wiring for Canadian vans) and pulled all the relays out along...
• used dealer done good
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jul 1995 14:56:10 -0500
  ...the A/C and found that the entire electrical setup (all of the A/C wiring) was defective. They are going to replace the...
• carb thing?
  Historical mailing list - Ben Gabel
  20 May 1996 13:36:34 +0100
  ...have electrical connections. that part is the same on these so I won't have any problem with that bit of wiring. However, the...
• Re: electrical experts: voltage drop and the fridge theory.
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:54:31 -0500
  ...I think the goal I'm going to look at is to beef up the wiring from the battery to the 12v punch down...
• Re: Westy reefer relay wiring -- the Red wire?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:23:12 -0400
  ...Westy reefer relay wiring -- the Red wire? In the battery box under the driver's seat lives a relay -- shown on 97.32b, labeled...
• FI harness wiring/quality Q
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 21:18:12 -0800
  Hello list, So i'm looking at making a new wiring harness for my van and the megasquirt, and am debating between going 2...
• Re: Front Heater wiring - Updated - and Merry Christmas!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:19:10 -0500
  ...Front Heater wiring - Updated - and Merry Christmas!!!!!!! > > >> WD 40 isn't a lubricant. I'd tend to use something like Triflow or 3 >> in...
• Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Tue, 25 May 2010 08:26:18 -0700
  I need to get four drive-on lift ramp thingies to elevate the Westy for some underbody wiring projects. Me no likee creeping under...
• Re: 3.6L Porsche hack job!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 22:24:03 +1300
  ...made must: Electrical connection, drive shafts, >schaltgestaenge, cross panel and soil increase note: All for these work >needed parts are present (wiring harness, drive...