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• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 15:59:01 -0700
  Meant to say that the fridge relay would normally reside in the circuit on top of the 182A. I have a 182B in there...
• Re: Homemade fuel pump relay, (double relay)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:02:48 EDT
  ...made a relay or can some technical minded friend > explain the idea in the article further. > > Like how to choose what relays to use...
• Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 6 Feb 2013 14:19:25 -0800
  ...Energized ECU then sends - to power supply relay (109 relay). 109 relay sends + to main + buss in harness for fuel injectors, ECU, etc. Slightly...
• Where is fuel pump relay?? Urgent question!!
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:39:01 -0400
  Broken own in SC -- at a shop -- not getting fuel and not hearing fuel pump or the clicking of relay when turning key. Where...
• No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 5 Feb 2013 22:42:50 -0800
  ...on I heard a relay buzzing intermittently. Since this relay was mounted "loose", I could wiggle each relay wire til I found the culprit...
• Re: X relay
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 00:20:41 -0400
  ...The relay that is over warm is the x >relay. It's not on the fuse block because its position is melted/wrecked >so...
• Re: What is a Hard Start Relay Kit? Who sells them?
  Historical mailing list - Mad and Ed
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:15:09 -0700
  I think this may be a "slave" relay which is installed to overcome the voltage drop in the long wire from ignition switch to...
• Re: Isolator, where to put it?,Thanks
  Historical mailing list - Mitch A.Miller
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 06:43:05 -0800
  ...You had said, "There is a possibility that, if one is using > that > [relay] to also charge a second battery, that the relay or...
• Trailer 3 to 2 converter
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:10:31 +0200
  ...First measure impedance of your relay. If you have automotive relay its impedance might be 100 to 150 ohms and general relays could be...
• Re: part # for non-hella 2nd battery relay?
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 15:32:23 -0700
  ...part # for non-hella 2nd battery relay? > > Anyone know of a part number for a non-hella (cheaper) relay > > that can be used for...
• Relay socket spade connectors
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:09:22 -0500
  Anyone know of a source for female spade relay socket connectors? They're the ones with the little barb on the sides so the...
• Question about hard start relay
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 19 Jun 2021 12:35:59 -0500
  Years ago I installed a Jay Brown relay kit on my 82 diesel Westy. It worked fine. For some reason I can’t recall...
• Re: Headlight relay scheme - good or bad or just OK?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 19 Dec 2004 07:10:16 EST
  ...Would you agree? >> Alex, With the relays installed, overloading might be impossible, but there is always the opportunity for an accidental short and, more...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 18 Oct 2014 04:42:21 -0700
  No, the X relay works the other way around from how its name might lead you to believe. The relay is off unless the...
• Re: Questions about wires, relay, H2 lamps, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 2 May 2013 16:23:44 -0400
  ...Steve On May 2, 2013, at 4:01 PM, Jim Felder wrote: > I have a number of good 40A relays that I'd like...
• fuel pump relay problem still?!!!
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Thomas
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:30:24 EST
  Thanks to all that sent me their advice on my relay problem. I just have some more info. 1) Both of the relays in...
• Re: 91(bus) dead on the freeway tech expertise needed !
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:18:07 -0800
  Sorry, I screwed up when said that jumpering the fuel pump relay socket still requires the ECU to run the pump. It doesn't...
• a/c relay????
  Historical mailing list - Joe Lucca
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 13:09:23 EDT
  ...i'm pretty sure it's the a/c relay, but coming from the previous owner there's not cap on this bad relay...
• Re: Wiring headlight washer pumps
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:47:19 -0500
  At 01:42 AM 2/10/2013, Alistair Bell wrote: >Funny thing, that pump relay also gets a lead from G9 connector, >which is...
• Re: relay cost question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 09:29:32 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver TJ Hannink wrote: > The part number for a stock isolation relay in a Vanagon Camper should be P/N...
• Fuel pump relay problem solved!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 11:42:03 -0400
  Thanks again to all that sent me information about the fuel pump relay and its location. Well we spent a night with the Bently...
• Re: More turn signal indicator mystery
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 1 May 2014 05:33:22 -0700
  My intermittent wiper relay failed recently. (it truly became intermittent!) Two solder joints had cracked. Reheating the joint brought the relay back to life...
• Re: 'Fwd'86 Westy Turn Signal relay?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 6 Apr 2012 14:14:50 -0500
  Don't have a Westy, but on my '88GL that problem is always the relay up front on the fuse block. I don't...
• Headlight Relay Kits FS
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:51:55 -0500
  ...1980-1985 Vanagon Headlight Relay Kit: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=890332 1986-1991 Vanagon Headlight Relay Kit: http://www...
• Re: '85 Camper fridge relay wiring
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 12:02:35 -0700
  ...Friday, June 09, 2000 11:03 AM Subject: '85 Camper fridge relay wiring > Hi! > My '85 Westy needs a relay under the drivers > seat...
• Re: right side headlight wont power up ..new relay kit 2 mths ago ...
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 28 May 2007 12:02:13 -0700
  ...It looks like what you did was > put the relays after the fuses instead of ahead of them in the circuit. > That would move...
• Re: idle stabilizer valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Lockwood
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:26:53 EST
  Gang, What type of signal does the idle control relay send to the idle stabilizer valve? Is it a current signal? Is it a...
• Re: A/C 3rd Stage Relay? was lower front grill.... RESOLUTION
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 5 Jun 2010 14:30:09 -0500
  ...uggh! > > To try to get a look at the relay/fuse, I dropped the fuse block down and > could then see the relay sitting...
• Re: Buzzing from Fuse/Relay area after getting A/C fixed
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 16 Jul 2017 23:57:54 -0700
  ...The noise was from a relay and if I recall, it was the main power supply relay to the engine management. That relay used...
• Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 7 Feb 2013 08:44:02 -0800
  If a socket isn't available would encasing the relay and the wires in heat shrink work as well? Wouldn't fit in a...
• Re: Birthdays and Busses
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 4 Jul 2018 11:53:57 -0400
  If you understand relays you can build your own "system" which will be the best possible. Mount two relays behind the grill, as near...
• Re: A/C Relay
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 12:19:47 -0500
  Willie, Are you sure you had a bad A/C relay? More common problem is the bad (or burned) connections on the relay base...
• Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:53:20 -0700
  ...The relays are not the problem, it sounds like they are working. The ECU controls the fuel pump relay. The fuel pump relay also...
• Re: [T2] help with starter relay? (odd, see pics)
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:16:05 -0700
  ...Funny, as im going to clean up my own and consider doing this hard start relay, I come to find it already there. That...
• Need # for Bosch Relay with Arc Suppression
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:04:44 EST
  Does anyone know if there is a Bosch automotive relay with built-in arc suppression and what is its part number? I need a...
• Re: [Syncro] dual battery isolator - belay that
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 23:38:51 -0700
  ...He first tried the >> wimpy relay kit sold by TBD but switched to a REAL relay that costs >> about $20 and can handle 100...
• Re: Black Box Relay question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:44:07 -0700
  The 5 pin ECU power relay has nothing to do with the fan or AC, contrary to various parts venders listings. The extra relay...
• Re: Strange no start problem - still having issues
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:21:26 -0700
  Zoran, I wonder if you are working with the right relay. The fuel pump relay is the one with the fewest wires going to...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:38:34 -0500
  Likewise, I have too many high-quality german relays off of various VWs to ever buy one again, but where do you get the...
• wiring for a 2nd battery
  Historical mailing list - Travers Fenton
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:38:07 -0700
  ...I believe I have the relay that some articles said was usually included. I found a 5 connector relay under the drivers seat. Three...
• Re: wiper relay?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 12:45:46 -0400
  > The VW programmable front wiper relay number is 357-955-531 I've been through this before. The 357-955-531 supercedes to a...
• Re: cruise control w/ relay?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 16:54:35 +0200
  There is NO relay for the cruise control on manual Vanagons. On automatics the relay switches the cruise on and off, depending on gear...
• Re: No Start Scenario
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 11 Mar 2015 16:02:47 -0700
  ...In my experience only rarely is the cause the pump itself or the relay for the pump. Both relays have to be installed and...
• Re: bright lights stuck on -OOPs! never mind.
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:34:25 -0800
  Sorry James, I was thinking about my own set up which I wired a relay into the system for my aux lights. There is...
• Refridgerator Relay Wiring Confusion
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 14:52:56 -0400
  There apprears to be some confusion as to the wire sizes feeding the refridgerator relay. In my '85 Westy, the relay is fed by...
• Re: ANYBODY HEARD OF THIS ONE?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 10:21:39 -0600
  Anthony Smola wrote: > Has anyone ever heard of the EFI relay freaking out. This one is located in > the little black box near the...
• Re: NO Relay, what to do?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 9 Jul 2005 21:22:50 -0700
  ...I bought mine 1 1/2 years ago, as posted here at the time.The SurePower 1315 product is the Stancor relay I have...
• Re: VW relay #53, 141 951 253B
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 3 Jun 2016 10:09:54 -0700
  ...87 of the ecu relay supplying switched positive to 86 of fuel pump relay, is somewhat misleading. The fuel pump relay is energized via...
• HELP! F.I. re-conversion- double relay questions
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 14:28:09 -0500
  ...The relay had been replaced more than once; he claims a diode in the relays blows when the engine is started, suggesting something is...
• Hella Battery kit
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:33:57 -0700
  ...Do I just ignore the vehicles relay wire under the seat and use the one in the new relay then wire the new aux...
• Seat belt relay
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 30 May 1998 20:33:47 -0700
  ...The light on the dash stays on, the wiring diagram indicates that it is controlled by a relay. Does anyone know where the relay...
• Re: Relays and Radiator Fan '84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 09:07:23 -0100
  > Where do I find the relay that connects to the radiator fan and > the thermal switch in the radiator? The cooling fan relay is...
• RE: Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - Wiesner Craig
  26 Nov 1996 14:10:03 -0800
  ............................................Bentley Manual and used a 40 amp relay ($10.00). The relay is switched with the same wire connections used for the existing camping...
• Re: Fifth connection on relay
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:03:14 -0800
  ...The VW relay has 2 pins labeled > 87 and they are tied together permanently inside the relay. >> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 11...
• Re: Plug n Play headlight harness with relays - almost done
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 01:29:08 EST
  ...In them Volvo mounts a ratchet relay controlling the headlights in the engine compartment on the inner fender wing. This relay does not seem...
• Re: Fuel Pump Relay/Fuse
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 27 Jan 2018 14:34:06 -0800
  ...There should be an image in Bentley Digifant section showing which of the 2 relays is the fuel pump relay. That section should also...
• Re: 2nd battery relays & the Hella in particular
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 16:09:24 -0500
  At 03:40 PM 12/13/2001, Tim Hannink wrote: >wire installed between pin 30 of the relay and the positive terminal of >the...
• Fan Relay?
  Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 00:26:40 -0500
  ...Is there also a low speed relay on AC vans or is the connection directly through the thermoswitch? If there is such a relay...
• RE: Schematic Programmable Delay Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 21:58:47 -0500
  ...they have a relay ending in "955 531", but it's a standard >wiper relay. Has anyone located an alternate source for this (other...
• Re: Fifth connection on relay
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 19 Feb 2014 07:24:23 -0800
  This is a great resource to use when playing with icecubes http://www.the12volt.com/relays/relays.asp On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at...