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• Aircooled wireing...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:11:01 -0800
  I am supposed to figure out some wireing on an air cooled with Hall sender unit. My own van is without it and so...
• Re: gray/white wire behind fuse box
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:57:22 +0200
  In European Vanagons this is the wire for the rear foglight. The wire leads to the black box in the engine compartment. If you...
• More Ignition/ Stabilizer electonics ?'s(way long!)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 01:15:13 -0500
  ...I'm assuming that hooking up the gray wire to the Haltech sending wire for the coolant temp sender will replace that wire's...
• Re: Soldered Connections...Not!
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 09:58:38 -0800
  ...Your examples of failing solders are not from a wire to >wire connection but a wire to a component / circuit board connection. If >you...
• Re: 30amp relay
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:05:49 -0700
  ...Red with black stripe wire 3 o'clock: Fat red wire from kitchen unit 6 o'clock: Blue wire 9 o'clock: Red wire...
• Brown wire?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Kovach
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 21:37:40 -0700
  I'm just putting the heads back on my 88Vanagon and I came across a wire which was just dangling with no connector. It...
• Re: alternator question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:52:22 -0500
  Dennis, If I read this correctly, I can leave the wire as is and not worry about connecting it to anything. I don't...
• Re: Flasher Relay Mystery
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:48:10 -0800
  This sounds like a ground wire problem. If you look at the Bentley diagrams you will see that the dash items mostly ground to...
• Re: Radio Speakers
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Sat, 25 Sep 1999 22:00:18 EDT
  ...Find out what color the wires are at the rear speakers, then pull the radio out and find those color wires at the radio...
• splicing wires (was: van still dying)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:55:37 -0700
  ...So, I plan to cut open the suspect location and begin splicing new wires where I think there are now bad wires. So, I...
• Re: Burnt Wires!!-Please look and advise
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:34:04 -0500
  Can anyone tell me what the wires that are suppose to connect to the PS pump look like? My 88GL Wolfsburg had it removed...
• Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:31:59 -0500
  ...The larger 4th wire goes to the >starter motor where it shares the stud with the BIG wire from the battery. > >The mid86 and...
• Re: splicing wires (was: van still dying)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:57:37 -0700
  ...Blake On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Jay L Snyder wrote: > > I would start checking the wires at the ECU connection with a multimeter. > It...
• Re: Melted ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth O'Connor
  Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:00:47 -0700
  ...from the positive node of the battery, through the positive wire, to the load, then through the ground wire to the negative node of...
• Re: Electric door locks out of control!
  Historical mailing list - Bob Wing
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:46:22 -0400
  I think you have a broken wire where the wire bundle comes out the door on its way to under the dash. When you...
• Re: Trouble starting
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Dec 1996 20:32:10 -0500
  In a message dated 96-12-16 12:38:38 EST, emz@pgh.nauticom.net (ERIC ZENO) writes: << Check the spark plug wires first...
• Wires through the body
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Wed, 2 Mar 2022 00:08:18 +0000
  I'd like to bringsolar panel wires into the car from the roof, and wire up to the roof for aux lights, etc. Does...
• Re: Electrical ?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 30 Jun 2019 03:59:18 -0400
  ...When the second wire becomes hot the motor spins for another half-turn and switches back to the first wire. Neither lock interacts with...
• Re: Puzzled by thesamba instructions: Convert 82D fan wiring to '86 fan.
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 20 Jul 2016 04:02:51 +0000
  ...My wires are: Brown, Red, Red/white, Red/blue. Why are there four wires going to the fan assembly? Since I cut the wires...
• Re: Battery almost disaster
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 23 Aug 2014 16:51:30 -0400
  The smaller wire with the ring connector is not a addition but original as it has its own opening in the battery compartment and...
• Re: New Ground Wire for Rear Stereo - Part I
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 19:37:36 -0500
  Wouldn't it work to use the existing ground wire as the fish wire? Marshall Ruskin -----Original Message----- From: John-Reed Maffeo <rlpa80@EMAIL...
• Re: Door buzzer - how do I kill it?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 08:34:26 -0700
  ...If it does, that is the buzzer wire. Tape this wire (unconnected to the switch) to the door light wire (in case you ever...
• Re: rear speaker wires, '83 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Moyal
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:16:34 -0700
  ...Now, the wires won't move in whatever chase they're in, so fishing's not an option. But the bass are biting up...
• LVC. MIG welding tip for beginners
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:36:11 -0700
  ...Each I released wire tensioner I must have been decreasing (turning CCW) wire tension. I had a feeling it might be a wire feed...
• Re: splicing wires (was: van still dying)
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:26:52 -0800
  ...i would duplicate whatever wire gauge that the wires you are connecting together are made of. if the wire is touching/near hot parts...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 05:37:26 -0700
  ...My original heated plug, the one I just replaced with the single wire Bosch splice-in sensor, that original one had 4 wires from...
• Re: Go Westy tune up kit
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Dann
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:23:15 -0800
  I bought one of the Go Westy tune up kits a few months back and replaced the cap/wires/etc. two weeks ago when...
• Re: Mega-fuse? (between batteries)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:46:16 -0500
  A 6 gauge wire should probably be protected by a 100 amp fuse. For this application I do not see a need. Just make...
• Need help with O2 sersor install
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 14:34:38 -0700
  ...There are = 2 white wires and 1 black. Does it matter how I splice up the white = wires? TIA, Don Preston ~'87 ASI Wolfy...
• Re: High resistance causing no spark?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 16:32:13 -0500
  Mike Jeffrey wrote: >Hello all, > >I'm getting no spark at any of the plug wires... I tested the lead >from the coil to...
• orphaned wire in driver's side of engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 19:32:26 -0700
  In my '87, there's a single wire, white with a green stripe, in the driver's side of the engine compartment that is...
• Re: o2 sensor questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:03:02 -0400
  ...It is a universal design bosch with 1 wire. Now from above >I can see a bright green wire with a black male spade...
• Re: O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:08:57 -0700
  ...Is it possible/practicable to use a 1-wire to replace the 3-wire? > > 2. Will the slower warm up time of the sensor...
• Re: right side headlight wont power up ..new relay kit 2 mths ago ...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 28 May 2007 06:11:26 EDT
  ...The thing of it is VW supplies them with the wires already crimped on and the wires are YELLOW and Yellow and only Yellow...
• Re: Help! Pwr. Mirrors PITA!!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 02 Jan 97 21:23:55 CST
  ...Mirrors???? >I took off the glass, and that little motor, I took off the doorpanel, and >unplugged the wire connection, But The stupid wire...
• Re: FI harness help needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:53:06 -0400
  Thanks Mark, I hadn't realized that wire was coax; the outer shield was twisted around so that it looked like a heavier gauge...
• Single brown wire
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 13 May 2010 16:47:39 -0700
  There is only one wire I don't know where is supposed to connect. It is a single brown wire, coming from the left...
• Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long) Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:36:43 -0700
  On 6/9/2012 2:10 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > When I go to identify the Ground wire in the wiring to the plugs...
• Re: Battery venting, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 14:37:39 -0700
  At 04:52 PM 6/11/98 -0400, Lawrence Johnson wrote: >> Also, I'd like to know the size wire I should use to...
• Re: Neat Camper upgrade
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Tue, 14 May 1996 18:03:28 -0400
  ...In a > 3-wire household electrical system, the hot wire and the neutral wire > are the normal source and sink of the electricity (since...
• Re: WTB Knarly Spark Plug Wire Set
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Sun, 19 Oct 1997 01:26:29 EDT
  Mark - In my experience and in my opinion, Ignition Wires should be replaced on the average of every 5 years, because of wear from...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:58:12 -0800
  I did my father's '91 and used a trailer connector soldered and heatshrinked after I cut the wires. If it ever has to...
• Re: Tachometer
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 10:59:06 +0300
  On my '80 Camper there is no wire behind the dashboard on the flexible wiring board which will supply a tach. Originally it came...
• Re: cutting out and sparking coil
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:04:40 -0500
  while getting new plug wires why not add new cap & rotor and new plugs? At 08:17 PM 4/23/2003 -0700, Steve Delanty...
• Re: Looking for a ballast resistor (86+ Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 19:03:48 -0800
  ...Solder a big wire in place of the broken > wire and cover with epoxy. > I'm curious. Have you tried this? I mean the...
• '84 Oil pressure sender wire routing
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:16:03 -0400
  When I reinstalled the engine in my '84, I managed to get the wire to the oil pressure sender tangled up in the exhaust...
• Re: [Syncro] Syncro Differential Lock Switch Wire
  Historical mailing list - P&J Lander
  Sat, 8 Apr 2000 20:07:09 +1000
  It sounds to me like they are the wires for the low brake fluid warning light. Short them together and see what happens. Then...
• Re: O2 sensor splicing (was Re: Water-cooled VW parts?)
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 09:54:02 -0700
  ...Ok the wire is not coaxial but I still get the feeling that Vanagon owners are still having trouble splicing the wires. I read...
• Re: Hot A/C Wire
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:43:22 +0200
  ...What worries me most is how VW in the 80s/90s could afford to run the alternator wire to the A/C, the alternator...
• Re: orphaned wire in driver's side of engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Timothy O. Crooks
  Sat, 15 Aug 1998 01:27:27 -0400
  Is your O2 sensor hooked up? This sounds like the wire you disconect for the O2 sensor when you are making adjustments to your...
• O/2 sensor green wire repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:58:34 EST
  I have found the green wire to the O/2 sensor had one to many splices/ bad connections. I know that I have to...
• Oil pressure sensor wire ?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Carrig
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:09:57 -0400
  ...Question I have is that I've labled all my wires in the engine compartment prior to taking them off, and have everything re...
• Re: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:17:17 -0400
  ...So when I re-connected my new (reman) I know I didn't connect a blue wire to DIDDLY SQUAT. The blue wire had...
• Re: Starter wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:38:30 -0800
  Without resorting to the Bentley or crawling under the van, I think that wire powers the double relay for startup. Tom Young ----- Original Message...
• heat shielding and wires near radiator
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:49:51 -0600
  ...The harness that came with my kits have 16 or 18 gage wires, which will create a tight fit for eight wires, but I...
• Re: strange white wire...
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 06:15:35 +0200
  David Cooper wrote: > There is a white wire which is spliced into the wire coming off the 15 > terminal of my ignition coil. It...
• Re: E-Code Wiring
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:19:32 -0500
  ...Those connectors that press on to a wire with a place for a second wire is the thing to use. Just ground the other...
• Re: Battery almost disaster
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 23 Aug 2014 12:59:09 -0700
  I'm going from memory here, but a smaller wire from the battery positive post connects to the fuse panel. In part, it provides...
• Re: Switiching accessorys from main battery to auxilary battery?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:02:16 -0700
  ...Just be sure to properly fuse the wire that goes to lower leg of fuse socket #3. Also the wire end is female and...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems-Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 3 May 2013 08:59:14 -0400
  ...Scott seems to think that using the red/yellow wire of the two wire setup attached to the 1 wire sender will work just...