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• Re: 91 Vanagon will not start..?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 30 May 2004 14:26:11 EDT
  ...Are you connecting both cables to the battery posts or is the negative jumper wire grounded to the body somewhere? If you are connecting...
• Turn the key, click, but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 16:01:57 -0700
  ...Ignition switch? Ground cable connections? Or something I never heard of? Zoltan [text/html]
• Re: Welding on Van - ECU consequences?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 2 Sep 2015 05:07:34 +0000
  ...If you connected a jumper cable to a battery , and the other pos-neg ends of the cable to the vehicle, the cables themselves...
• Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 21:03:33 -0600
  ...Use sheilded microphone cable if it worries you. Most (all that I've ever seen, but who knows?) of these are not hall effect...
• Dometic fire alert - errata
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 09 Jul 1997 09:10 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Ground the BLUE wire at one of the grounding terminals, and extend the RED wire to run to the second available "on" terminal on...
• Odd intermittent charging light problem (82 diesel)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 16 May 2000 09:33:43 -0700
  ...ground cable and messed up the alternator harness and starter positive cable. I had a VW dealership fab up a new set of cables...
• Re: Cause of weak spark?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:11:42 -0400
  ...It is fairly common for the cables ends to either short to the shell or open. Especially with aftermarket wires. Check spark from the...
• Re: relay starter solenoid fix=brake warning light!?!
  Historical mailing list - Adam Behle
  Wed, 28 May 2003 00:18:01 -0400
  ...tips in the archives) and 10 gauge cables were used for both hot leads and the ground. A 30 amp automotive fuse was used...
• Re: no cold start/hard start relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 19 Jan 2002 06:02:55 EST
  ...always wondered if the > >cable from battery to starter deteriorates and needs to be replaced? Check the ground cable from the transmission nose mount...
• Re: Dead 83.5 Westy (injector power)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:37:17 -0400
  ...The positive terminal on my coil is the lower one and I use a random bolt on the engine for the ground. If your...
• Likely Pop Top Spring Cable Solution (Long, with pic)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:29:27 -0700
  ...And even though the cable should be a straight pull through the spring, I will counter sink or chamfer hole where cable exits. I...
• '71 Bus rear brake backing plate
  Historical mailing list - Chris Chubb
  Mon, 13 Feb 1995 10:35:10 -0500
  ...E-brake cable? Do you think that would work, with some lube in the rusty guide? Help, cant have my Vroomhilde grounded! -- --- Chris Chubb...
• Re: battery explosions + a theory
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 01:05:37 +0100
  ...negative end of the jumper cable not to the > strong battery's negative post, but to its ground on the frame; and why > (and...
• Re: Fridge was Smoking!!!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:41:59 -0400
  ...If the flame blows out while driving and you were using it just in the camp ground, you may have a leaking box. If...
• Re: Dash lights. 89 westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Jansen
  Thu, 7 Oct 2010 21:57:57 -0500
  ...The lights that are there are wired to a 'hot' when head lights are on wire splice, and a ground to a screw on...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 2 Dec 2010 22:59:22 -0500
  ...Attach the other end of your ground cable to "something" on the frame. I used the Bostig engine carrier bar which mounts into the...
• was- a/c loads the system down and it stumbles and dies- now??
  Historical mailing list - A J
  Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:38:01 -0400
  ...The biggest problem at the idle >>> was core was loose dirty corroded ground cables Must have been 6 >>> different cables all on this one...
• Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:09:14 -0400
  ...cable coming from engine and >ground is 140K ohms. I have a spare FI cable assembly and get same >resistance from that cable when...
• Re: Seized Engine?
  Historical mailing list - David Gunning
  Sat, 20 May 2006 12:39:40 -0400
  ...could not > restore the original ground. > > In any event, my solution was to run a heavy duty battery cable directly > from the negative battery...
• Read before getting a new ECU for your vanagon!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 12:29:36 PDT
  ...resister problem and a few bad grounds for $100 and two weeks time, he even added a cable to add a Digifant tool later...
• Re: Battery and OXS light?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:03:32 -0800
  ...Remember, always disconnect the battery ground cable before working on your alternator (and most electrical items for that matter) >So here I am driving...
• hole in fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:34:59 -0400
  ...I was putting some more stereo stuff in my 87, and I put a ground cable in the floor with a self cutting screw...
• Re: Q: Battery Disconnect Sequence?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 23:01:01 -0400
  ...If the wrench touches the chassis while removing the ground, (Negative terminal), no big deal. Do the same when removing the positive terminal while...
• Re: Having trouble getting a good idle when cold and the computer functioning
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:35:52 -0500
  ...Second, separate the outside (ground) wire of the coax cable from the inside--even one strand will throw everything out of whack. Third, and...
• Re: Second Battery for Westy
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 00:16:02 -0700
  ...cables. > Tony, don't worry about the heavy duty cables. You only have to run one over to the main battery and ground the...
• Re: How To Make New Battery To Starter Cable for 2.1 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:53:15 -0500
  And don't forget the grounds! They are just as important as the power wires, the yin to their yang as it were. Although...
• Yikes, Crosswired Battery!
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:22:06 -0400
  ...to attach my positive cable to the negative terminal of the battery and then started to hook the ground cable to the positive terminal...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon 1.9l gas - starter type ?
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:17:50 -0600
  ...Clean and tighten all connections and grounds. Volkswagens are very prone to voltage drops due to corrosion at cable connections, ground connections, etc. If...
• Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:12:20 -0500
  ...the bonding strap you're talking about here different from the ground >cable from the transmission to the frame? Most of this stuff looks...
• Re: Alternators correction! - VOLTAGE monitoring
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 21:51:31 +0000
  ...Alternators correction! Yup On my old 82 westy I ran a new cable. And I have a good thick cable ready to go for...
• Re: oxygen sensor input wire
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:15:09 -0400
  ...I feel that my green >O2 sensor input wire (sending voltage to the ECU) is shorting to the >grounded shileding in places from deteriorating...
• 89' Wolfsy - Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Ed Hinchey
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:22:48 -0400
  ...It has the VW cable fix on the AFM, so I immediately pulled apart and cleaned contacts, pulled on the grounds and got nowhere...
• Re: starter interchange questions
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 11:34:45 -0400
  ...Main problem was a bad battery to ground cable. John Lauterbach Macon, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Jones" <SBWC919@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:44:13 -0500
  the old cables are not "useless" they are still providing some conductivity, so adding new cables to the old cables will be likely better...
• Re: starter problems / i'm a novice
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 08:40:21 -0800
  I've been wrestling with my own cold start problem on an '86 and have done the following: * replaced transmission to chassis ground cable...
• Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:01:00 -0700
  There are cables leftover from the conversion to water cooled. (Jetta) IIRC, the one I was going to use was for the heat flaps...
• Re: re:EV Fuel & Temp Gauges
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  27 May 97 21:41:29 EDT
  ...disconnect the ground cable from battery. 2. Remove the steering wheel. 3. Remove the cover from the instruments 4. from under the dash disconnect...
• Starter click, no cranking bulletin
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Sat, 31 Oct 1998 13:55:09 +0100
  ...ground into the streams and lakes. Back home I soon found out that I must remove the fuel-tank to replace the cable. Next...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:50:27 -0700
  ...Symptoms of a bad starter? >>> > >>> > the old cables are not "useless" they are still providing some >>> > conductivity, so adding new cables to the old...
• Re: odometer tires speed error
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 11:48:33 -0600
  ...The same number of revolutions as before, but now the van is covering more ground per revolution. Therefore, the actual speed will be higher...
• O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:39:13 -0500
  ...My thoughts are that the problem might be with the small guage coax type cable that sends the sensor signal to the ECU grounding...
• Re: Never Under Estimate Your Ground Straps!
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:35:52 -0500
  ...The cable is made of > very soft fluffy > copper strands, so I figured it would be just fine for a > ground... it is > insulated...
• Re: Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - John Koloski
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:28:59 -0500
  ...Throttle cable > > > > I did something stupid that broke my throttle cable. With the rpm's at > 2000 > > at a stop light I used my...
• Never Under Estimate Your Ground Straps!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 22:10:42 +0100
  ...The cable is made of very soft fluffy copper strands, so I figured it would be just fine for a ground... it is insulated...
• Re: Update: Re: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:34:32 -0700
  ...working on >>> replacing >>> all the ends of the ground wires and cleaning up the battery cables in >>> the >>> next couple of days . . . >>> >>> >>> Marc >>> >>> On...
• Re: Power window not working...
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:57:50 -0700
  ...And while you're down there make sure all the brown ground wires are still connected to the quarter sized ground tabs. If you...
• Re: Fuel pump stops.
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 2 Aug 2005 19:25:08 -0700
  I think, there is a ground cable that goes to the left bottom, which must be well maintained to keep juice going. Zoltan ----- Original...
• Having Vanagon electrical problems?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:18:57 EDT
  ...I have installed several dual battery systems for friends and have made up my own cables with expensive copper connectors and cable, which is...
• Re: 1984 Speedos
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:37:49 -0400
  ...My > cable is going bad? > > > > How would one check the possibility of poor Engine/transmission > ground? > >> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:20:20...
• High Idle Problems
  Historical mailing list - Mark G
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 01:08:48 -0500
  ...I wanted them to install new ground cables and clean all the grounds. I also wanted them to check a surging problem, and a...
• Re: '87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 14:53:21 +0000
  ...ran well for a while this way) Check/clean battery cables and ground strap. All this can be done for little cost, these are...
• Re: Old wiper motor parks, New doesn't
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Thu, 5 Apr 2007 21:38:22 -0500
  ...Make sure _all_ the wires are hooked up and that the motor housing is grounded to the van like it would be when it...
• Re: Charge battery but can't access it
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 15 Jul 2023 08:33:28 -0700
  hi Dennis, Alternatively could we use the Red cable at the alternator to charge the battery (with or without removing)? Because this is the...
• Re: [T2] setting up multimeter to check current draw
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:45:06 -0500
  ...But it's always better to disconnect the ground cable first so that you don't accidently short the hot terminal to the body...
• Re: Heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:48:05 -0600
  ...Injectors hooked up correctly? All sensors hooked up correctly? Plug wires hooked up correctly? Grounds to the head REALLY good? I spent two days...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:06:08 -0400
  ...I cleaned all grounds, battery cables and so on, with no effect. At this point I am ready to install a second power cable...
• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:12:07 -0700
  ...very possible to get a 2 volt loss due to bad cables, connections, or ground cable at front of trans. Sometimes I even put...
• OX sensor ground question
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:15:30 -0400
  ...is this the ground point for the OX sensor? do i need to run a grounding cable to the bolt locals for proper grounding...
• Re: Getting wires to...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 May 2003 13:50:07 -0700
  ...and tying > all the dash grounds to it, as well, since the ground path through the > body seems to be pretty lossy. (I have...
• Re: Vanagon AFM Problems
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 20:22:52 -0800
  ...The ground cable I attached from an un-used thread in the back side of the AFM, installed a bolt that would fit....attached...