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Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:42:05 -0800
...It is strapped to the intake snorkel. ECU is in stock location, no parts needed. Somewhere buried in my first thread I mentioned that...
Re: Wow, disaster anytime now ...
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:43:17 -0800
Look at ground strap(s) tranny and engine. I have seen injectors stay open due to bad grounds alistair On 2013-02-26, at...
Re: 87 Syncro - Vanagon-type Syndrome and Questions
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:59:49 -0800
...There is one little green wire that > goes into a whole bunch of wires that go to the ground strap under the coil > that...
Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:56:35 -0400
...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: 3 Questions
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 8 Dec 1998 08:03:49 EST
...Could it have just been a bad connection on the transmission > ground strap? (The tranny was removed to install the new clutch) > > A coincidence...
Re: More rant on grounds and vanagon syndrome Friday
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:04:26 -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: Removing and Replacing Battery
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:21:52 -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: 3 Questions
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Mon, 7 Dec 1998 23:26:50 -0800
...Could it have just been a bad connection on the transmission ground strap? (The tranny was removed to install the new clutch) A coincidence...
Re: SURE POWER 1315
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:42:46 -0800
...The ground is grounded there and the hot goes to a large terminal post. The connection to the starting battery (attached to the 1315...
Re: Idiot lights
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Thu, 8 Jun 2006 20:49:49 -0400
...the battery ground, the engine compartment ground (from the middle to the left side of the engine compartment), and the ground strap from the...
Re: That "OLD" Hesitation AGAIN
Historical mailing list
Thu, 20 Feb 1997 00:19:49 -0500 (EST)
...Bought TWO, new ground straps and grounded both heads. 4. Replaced the throttle switch. 5. Took out the idle sensor and checked for corrosion...
Re: Battery draw
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 8 Jun 1998 10:43:30 -0700
...Check the first by disconnecting the ground strap from the battery and, with everything off, see if a lamp will light when you put...
Re: Starter Gone?
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:00:38 -0500
...Stopped and came in to email.....What do ya'll think? I will replace the main cable and the ground strap, but does this...
Re: Need Bike rack Suggestions ;-)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 21 Jul 1995 15:37:17 -0300
...ALL the weight is held by two tiedown straps if it's high up on rear hatch, bikes too low if it sits on...
batteries
Historical mailing list - Tom Goff
Tue, 7 Nov 2000 13:33:46 -0500
...bottom, then bungie the ground and positive clamps out of the way. You can then use a battery strap that fastens to the posts...
Re: '87 Syncro
Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
Fri, 7 Sep 2007 14:53:21 +0000
...well for a while this way) Check/clean battery cables and ground strap. All this can be done for little cost, these are the...
The Waveform is Different. Was: Extra Grounds on 1.9l
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:13:13 EDT
...The actual resistance across the block from connector to connector (or to the ground strap) can range from a few tenths of an ohm...
Re: Towing a Syncro?
Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:07:02 +0000
...the ground. Towing dollies are contraptions that slip under the wheels and have 2 wheels each. You can often seen them strapped to the...
Re: oil pressure gauge sensor.
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 2 Jun 2000 15:39:41 -0700
The sender body must be grounded, be sure it is attached with it's metal strap to something that is. You can check for...
Re: Best 4 spd Syncro starter replace solution?
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Tue, 22 Mar 2005 02:04:15 -0600
...area and higher pressure > made > much better ground connection.In fact i got 2 ground straps in back. > That spade terminal barely holding mating...
Re: High and Low High Beams
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:30:30 -0700
...natrually I think of a ground problem. I get a good grounds strap , put it on, problem gone. and i've seen weird feedback...
Re: More rant on grounds and vanagon syndrome
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 10 Apr 2003 13:12:55 -0600
...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: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:53:36 -0500
...No dice. >> >> >> -Wes >> >> Roger Sisler wrote: >> >>> ground straps, ignition switch plug,then take your new starter to an >>> advance auto parts store and have...
Re: Northern Starter Blues -Mystery # 2
Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:44:31 EST
...Next...check ...heck..CHANGE the ground strap between the tranny and the body.... after that? add a "ford solenoid" to the system like on...
Re: Vanagon Hitch/motorcycle trailer
Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
Thu, 11 Apr 2002 12:57:40 -0500
...I ordered a tow-hook mounted class 1 >hitch from Johnson's Foreign Parts (1-888-VW-PARTS) for $53 plus UPS ground. >The...
Re: Super fast idle
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:37:46 -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: Oxygen Sensor Ground
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:10:07 -0500
...On a newer-style, self-heated O2 sensor, is the ground only for the heating element, or does the sensor also use that same...
Re: size and pitch of grounding bolt in battery compartment and a FLAPS replacement for idle air elbow
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:24:57 +0000
...substitute. > > 025 133 606 A for '89 and I presume other years. > > Battery ground strap takes an M8 bolt 15 mm long > > Yrs, > d >
Re: Where's the other end of my broken ground strap?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:43:34 -0400
See if the wire has fallen off the 50 terminal on the starter solenoid. I've had that happen in my present van and...
Re: TERRIBLE GAS MILEAGE/Running Cold?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sun, 3 Feb 2013 16:41:16 -0800
...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_780_449/alternator_cable_upgrade.html Check the ground strap from the front of the transmission...
Re: anyone have any comments on shipping an auto trans?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:28:38 -0800
...what is the best way to ship it? Ups Ground would probably not be so good as far as price. It will be strapped...
Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:31:36 -0700
...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: Zerex phosphate-free coolant
Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 10:37:09 -0800
Jerry @ Con Rod Northwest in Seattle, who has specialized in rebuilding Wasserboxers for years, said to me that if you extend the ground strap...
Re: More rant on grounds and vanagon syndrome
Historical mailing list - Madsen, Ken
Thu, 10 Apr 2003 13:09:23 -0600
...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: Starter bendix not engaging
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 01 Feb 95 13:09:52 CST
...might not hurt to do that large mutha-wire from the battery ground strap bolt back to the starter mounting bolt ... to give the...
other Westies in South Jersey
Historical mailing list - Carol Sussman
Wed, 7 Jul 1999 14:04:15 EDT
...Contemplated projects include siliconing the poptop seal, sidescreen replacement, getting the LP system cleaned/checked, a general hose/wire harness/ground strap tour, basic...
Elec. Leak Draining My Battery!
Historical mailing list
Wed, 7 Jun 95 15:17:44 EDT
...I have disconnected the ground strap from the > battery and incerted an LED under the theory that the LED would be lit if > there...
Re: No turn over
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Fri, 15 Mar 2019 22:38:57 -0600
To Change Clutch, TransAxle & Starter Motor had to be Removed&ReInstalled, So Check All Connections @ Starter Motor & The Trany To Frame Ground Strap ~ On...
Re: Ignition lock fail - fix or replace?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:24:48 -0700
...consider all grounds ....especially battery and trans ground strap. I have seen the weirdest 'backwards doesn't make any sense' electrical craziness, and it...
starter / solenoid
Historical mailing list
Sun, 15 Oct 1995 16:51:39 -0400 (EDT)
...Pulled starter out of van and noticed braid (ground strap?) between starter and solenoid was corrrode away to nothing and brass (?) connector spade was...
Re: rebuilding starter
Historical mailing list - Rob
Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:04:05 -0800
...But what about >the ground strap that goes from the solenoid to the starter. I think >mine is in pretty bad shape. From what...
Re: poor running 84 1.9 vanagon
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Mon, 3 Apr 2000 19:36:36 -0400
...As the ground strap from body below the coil to that head gets old, cranking current begins to be carried by all those sensor...
Re: Advice please
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:25:32 -0400
...the battery ground meets the body as well as the connections at the starter you should also clean the ground strap connections from the...
Combi Relay
Historical mailing list - David Chasteen
Sun, 22 Mar 1998 21:09:55 -0600
...I have also checked and cleaned all ground straps from battery compartment and from the tranny. [text/html]
Re: mystery floor attatchment
Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
Wed, 2 Apr 2008 01:21:20 -0400
...strapping down a > 'utility' box > that came in European Vanagons. Many use/used the box to contain a > chemical > toilet. Oliver Mueller-Heubach groundhogging...
Re: Ignition Switches and Hot Start Relay and Starter Motors (long)
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Thu, 8 Sep 2016 13:45:42 -0600
...I also scraped away with a knife the painted surface of the body where the bolt holding the ground strap goes. > > The other end...
Re: O2 Sensor
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Wed, 1 Nov 2000 13:15:08 -0600
...Then clean the grounds on the transaxle nose, both ends of the strap from the left head to the vans body near the coil...
A&E 2500 awnings
Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
Mon, 10 Jun 1996 14:14:49 -0400
...This strap would go over the top of the awning from side to side and also be secured in the ground. It too is...
Re: On being well grounded
Historical mailing list - John Haddad
Sun, 10 Jun 2001 18:14:05 -0400
...Yesterday, I continued my quest to provide good grounds to the ECU. I renewed the tranny to body braided strap and the ground from...
Re: 85 VANAGON starters (lo
Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
Wed, 20 Aug 1997 11:24:00 -0600
...Sometimes it's poor grounds. Check all ground straps, especially the big fat ones. I seem to recall that my SyncroBeast has one strap...
FW: The dreaded mystery wire.
Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:59:46 -0400
...Ground wire connected where the ground strap connects to cylinder head. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Thu, 2 Dec 2010 21:17:38 -0800
...I ended up adding a second engine ground and a second transaxle ground, just because the straps were attached to the engine and trans...
Re: Main Positive battery Cable
Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:22:55 -0400
Just a side note, be sure to check the battery ground strap also...... Howard On 8/24/2010 22:40, Rocket J Squirrel wrote...
Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:05:38 +0000
...Engine ground strap - left/driver side of engine > > 10. ?? > > so do we want to identify the problem area and location, and then > state the...
hot start relay didn't work - now what?
Historical mailing list - John S. Cronin
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:54:06 -0400
...I opened both battery compartments, cleaned the terminals and the battery cables, pulled the ground straps loose and cleaned up around their connections, replaced...
Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:06:31 -0700
...It is strapped to the intake snorkel. ECU > is in stock location, no parts needed. > > Somewhere buried in my first thread I mentioned that...
Re: Grounds (was Quality Inverters)
Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:11:32 -0400
Well, I guess Dave, that you could attach a grounding strap beneath the chassis which would drag along the road surface, as some commercial...
Re: 87 Syncro - Vanagon-type Syndrome and Questions
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:14:20 -0500
...There is one little green wire that > goes into a whole bunch of wires that go to the ground strap under the coil > that...
Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:10:19 -0500
...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: A question about grounds...
Historical mailing list - JM/CO
Thu, 7 Nov 2002 01:15:47 -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...