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• Re: need dealer part # for coolant temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:56:43 -0400
  ...Its 2 pins are spades. On my Syncro the electrical connector is a FI type coupling. I have asked Ron, at the Bus Depot...
• Re: 1985 westphalia --- electric water pump failure
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:14:39 -0700
  ...The pump has two spade connectors connecting into a clearish connector. Carefully unhook the pump wires from the connector. Useing your voltmeter or test...
• Re: Switch circuit to Aux Battery ??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 7 Jun 2004 16:10:41 -0700
  ...Then put a male spade connector on the #12 wire you ran up to that area. Then plug that male spade into the BOTTOM...
• Re: Poll: Favorite anti-theft device?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 24 Jun 2014 08:50:45 -0500
  ...Use male and female spade > > wire connectors and its just unplug and plug in. >
• Re: blue plastic circuit board
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Thu, 31 May 2001 10:53:13 -0700
  ...there are six prongs and six connectors (like a spade connector, but tiny), and the connectors look like they're attached to the plastic...
• Re: are sensor wires polarity specific?--OOPS!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Feb 2006 20:08:16 -0500
  ...temp sensor (for dash gauge) and the connector was so corroded that I just put spades right on the wires to connect to the...
• Re: Fuse box manipulation
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:48:41 -0700
  ...Put a male .250 spade connector on the end of the wire coming from your aux batt. (use ~12 gauge wire and an inline...
• Re: Harbor Freight Circuit Tester was D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:47:00 -0800
  ...Harbor Freight Circuit Tester was D15 connector revealed > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < > scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote...
• Re: TIICO wiring Question.
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 6 Sep 2001 08:29:13 -0400
  ...what does the yellow insulated spade connector plug into? There is a picture of what I'm talking about at the URL below. http...
• Re: Generic O2 sensor installation
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 18:53:20 -0800
  ...The black wire goes on the remaining wire, with the single rubber booted spade connector on the end. That's all there is to...
• Terminal/connector source was Fridge on 12V
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 31 Aug 2014 17:24:24 -0400
  ...sae-connectors.html http://www.cycleterminal.com/motorcycle-connectors.html http://www.cycleterminal.com/flag-terminals.html http://www.cycleterminal.com/spade-terminals.html...
• Re: Switch circuit to Aux Battery ??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:19:15 -0700
  ...put a male spade connector on the #12 wire you ran up to that area. >>Then plug that male spade into the BOTTOM slot...
• Re: Wire crimp tool, find
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Fri, 28 Jun 2024 06:47:47 -0700
  ...the headlight a spade connector on a ground wire fell off. Big surprise. > > So I went to get my connectors, and He said Oh...
• Re: No Spark '90 2.1 UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:37:02 -0600
  ...things I > broke several wires at the connectors - so I now have many new spade > connectors in the engine bay. I'm guessing it...
• Re: Wobbly Still Won't Go... Gurus pleassssse heeellllllppppp...
  Historical mailing list - Scott and Norma
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 22:27:53 -0800
  ...I made a small jumper with alligator clip and spade connector and used the voltage from the stud inside the black conn. box to...
• Re: Idiot Lights?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 16:48:33 -0800
  ...When I went to check the alternator, lo and behold, a wire which has a spade connector which connects to the alternator had vibrated...
• rear heater thermostat
  Historical mailing list - db25
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 13:25:00 EST
  ...I interrupted the ground to the blower motor using standard 1/4 spade connectors, this way all three speeds are controlled, and it's...
• Re: Testing a Fuel Injection harness??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:57:22 -0700
  ...attached to the wire's spade connector >> at >> one end and terminal 1 of the big black ECU connector (as indicated in >> the >> wiring...
• Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:25:41 -0700
  ...Some were really bad, tried to clean some and replaced a few connectors. BTW whats a good replacement for better spade connectors, maybe ones...
• Re: Crimp On Terminals
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 06:45:05 EDT
  ...They are uninsulated 14 ~ 16 gauge female spade connectors. They should be available at NAPA as they are here in Canada. If you cannot...
• Re: Hot Starting (a) vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 10 Aug 94 8:09:56 PDT
  ...the little electrical connectors in and around the engine > area. you might be just getting some corrosion on the spade lugs. > > joel > A weak...
• Re: Doing a 1.9l to 2.1l swap
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 4 May 2000 08:46:43 -0700
  ...I cut the plug off the old harness from the 2.1 and cut > the four spade connectors off the harness in the 1...
• Re: coolant temp send wire
  Historical mailing list - S_J_ WACKER
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 19:40:02 -0700
  ...on a post", but I was looking for some kind of spade connector. Even tried to pull the wire to the back side of...
• Re: ring around the dizzy and other questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 03:12:27 EDT
  ...It has a ground wire coming off of it going to a spade connector. But where does it ground to? Also, the wire coming...
• rich running van SOLVED! thanks Gerry S.
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Wed, 3 Jun 1998 21:45:28 -0400
  ...Some long-ago mechanic had replaced the spade connector by simply crimping a new one on, and had both the grounded sheath and the...
• Re: Bench Testing switches
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 09:19:56 -0700
  ...You may have to put spade connectors in switch so meter probes can connect. Neil. On 4/9/07, Tim <h2oboxer@optonline.net> wrote...
• Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 12:57:44 -0700
  ...Every time I deal with some spade or barrel connector I do > the same. Light bulbs?...yes, same treatment. Worried about shorting > something out...
• Re: Instrument cluster/tachometer UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 18:55:19 EST
  ...I would get some green wire from Radio Shack in 25 ft roll, put a spade connector on one end and plug it to...
• 75 amp relay
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 19 Jul 1999 20:01:10 -0700
  ...screw terminals� perfect for #8 or #6 wire. (You just don't find spade connectors for these larger size wires.) Bill 90 Westy Syncro
• Re: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 10:36:19 -0700
  ...This may be complicated by the fact that on some alternators the blue wire must attach instead to a flat spade sticking out near...
• Re: O2 Wire splicing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:32:42 -0600
  ...green wire.&nbsp; At the spade connector, the shield is left open-ended about an inch above the connector.&nbsp; The sensor them plugs...
• Re: Air-cooled fuel pump ...
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:34:17 -0700
  ...Also similar is checking the donor wiring harness for fatigued material/loose spade connectors etc. On mine, I found at least 3 failing points...
• Re: starter dead? 88 GL Auto
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:25:22 -0500
  ...I pulled them off and pushed them back on the spade connectors and the van started right up. I did change the starter to...
• Re: Baja Shakedown
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:32:00 -0900
  ...We have also lost the male spade > connector from the solenoid. The connector actually fell out of the > solenoid housing and is very difficult...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 22:43:31 -0500
  ...having > >>>such difficulty with goes on the B+ spade connector, I also have > >>>strong evidence to say that it goes on the D+ connector. > >>>.................. > >>> > >>> > > >
• Re: Can't back up
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:53:57 -0800
  ...Pretty oily at the switch and one of the spade connectors was a little loose fitting too. Cheers, Neil. On Fri, Nov 14, 2008...
• Re: Ignition Switch? (Update)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:10:55 -0700
  ...Does your Vanagon have an automatic transmission? A long shot, but are all the spade connectors at plug to ign. switch properly in place...
• Re: Start problems need help on the road
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:00:08 -0300
  ...See http://gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=924 Sometimes, the spade connector going to the #50 terminal on the starter wears loose. If...
• Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Elliot Kane
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:02:36 -0700
  ...Some were really bad, tried to clean some and replaced a few connectors. BTW whats a good replacement for better spade connectors, maybe ones...
• Oil pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Moritz, Thomas W NWW
  Mon, 27 Aug 2001 16:02:29 -0700
  ...Then I made a short jumper with 1/4" spade connectors and connected the 0.9 bar switch back into the circuit. This kept...
• Re: interior lighting, or leaving the key on
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Mon, 20 May 1996 07:24:25 -0600
  ...free spade to slip the wire onto (once I extend it). Any suggestions on how to add one to the existing connectors? There's...
• ring around the dizzy and other questions
  Historical mailing list - Chip & Co.
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:04:40 -0500
  ...It has a ground wire coming off of it going to a spade connector. But where does it ground to? Also, the wire coming...
• Re: Running Rich, need help (and wierd fuel pressure)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 22:18:40 -0400
  ...Put male spade connectors on one end > of each of 2 short wires. Plug these into pins 30 and 87 of the fuel > pump...
• Re: Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Fri, 20 May 2011 23:24:43 -0200
  ...dash lights illuminating. > >The only electrical mod was to splice a spade connector for the > >blower motor itself. Otherwise it was clean up whatever...
• cooling switch probs
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Tue, 19 May 1998 15:25:28 -0300
  ...pipecleaner gauge OK?, solder a couple of male spade lugs on. Then plug into the connector. One pin is ground, one is low, one...
• Re: Hi-torque starter installation
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:33:09 +0000
  ...on the starter for the female spade connector, got >>that. Then, I asssumed, the threaded/bolt connector next to it is >>for the big...
• Re: Rear sidemarker lens issue
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:13:07 -0700
  ...I think I was able to swap in some bulb connectors from old Rabbit parts I had lying around. Perhaps some thin foam cut...
• Broken Ground?
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL D LINCICOME
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:22:52 -0500
  ...years, I had mentioned a wire with an attached, but broken spade connector, with no apparent home. Pictures were requested so it could be...
• Re: Third brake light
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 23:27:41 -0700
  ...I recommend you don't use their "professional" method of replacing the male spade connector in the plug, it's not heavy duty enough...
• Re: O2 sensor substitute
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:26:59 -0400
  ...I cut off the connector and spliced in the > VW female spade. Here's the one I got: > > http://www.oextrabrand.com/web_app...
• Re: dead ignition, need help
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:47:41 -0700
  ...Put male spade connectors on the ends of the wire and plug them into holes 2 and 4 of relay socket #2. If it...
• Re: Never mind! (Was Re: HELP! (mystery wire under cabinet))
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:03:43 -0400
  ...connector to go to the fridge, there is another single black wire >> > with a female spade connector that is not part of this connector...
• Re: Aux light install..sort of (long attempt)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:09:14 -0700
  ...of switch positions with current paths from and to the various spade connectors..I even think I figured out the little "pilot light"..It...
• Re: Syncro starter removal
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:38:17 -0700
  > Alistair wrote: >> Also make sure the >> spade connector from ign to solenoid is on there good and tight. If I >> had the chance, i...
• Re: Amber turn signal...more info
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 10:45:38 -0400
  The ground wire for the turn signal gets spliced into the ground wire for the headlight at the female spade connector for the headlight...
• Re: First cold day
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 15:45:35 -0400
  ...I recently did that and at the same > time did clean and/or replace a lot of the spade connectors so hopefully > it'll...
• Re: more x-refs for my 851.9L parts inventory
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:29:42 -0800
  ...The earlier model had a spade connector and the later had a small stud/nut to attach the blue wire. I have seen both...
• Re: Distributor Ground question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 May 2012 01:13:38 -0400
  ...Does anyone know the 'traditional' grounding point for that spade? > > > > > > John Meeks > > '91 Vanagon MV > > Northern Michigan > > > > Vanagon Rescue Squad > > www.vanagonauts.com > > > > -- > Neil...
• Re: Poll: Favorite anti-theft device?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:14:02 -0500
  ...Use male and female spade >> wire connectors and its just unplug and plug in. > . >
• Re: No start :-(
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Mon, 17 Aug 2015 22:17:45 -0400
  ...the wire with the spade connector on it. Is still connected. Bill On Aug 17, 2015 6:45 PM, "Harry Hoffman" <hhoffman@ip-solutions...