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• Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:22:59 -0400
  ...Well, this was on the car when I bought it and, would you believe, when I replaced the battery all was well. The cables...
• Re: Overhead Westy light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:12:16 -0700
  ...the battery but instead to the starter, where the main starter cable then conducts charging current forward from there to the battery, and starting...
• Re: A Current Question of humor
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:07:45 -0800
  ...battery >>> and a >>> charged house battery and hope the start the engine I'll jump the two >>> batteries together with a jumper cable, sit...
• Battery FAQ ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 14 Apr 96 23:04:13 CDT
  ...After removing the old battery, be sure that the battery tray and cable connectors are clean. If the cables are corroded or damaged, replace...
• Re: Your method to fit grp 41 battery in box
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:11:17 +0100
  ...For years >>> I've always had a struggle when dropping the group 41 battery past the >>> pos-neg cables and have banged-up the...
• portable coolers and installing a auxillary battery
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 18:26:11 EDT
  ...jumper cable connected only to the positive terminal of each battery (they are both grounded). The relay simply keeps my spare (drivers side) battery...
• Re: How To Make New Battery To Starter Cable for 2.1 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:59:40 -0800
  ...When soldering battery cables I use a >propane torch with a slightly smaller tip. Hotter and faster (more energy per >unit time) means you...
• Velma awakened from her winter slumber
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:09:54 -0600
  ...I went to my local flaps for a battery and battery cable then installed them due to a missing battery hold down letting the...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Shawn MacDonald
  Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:14:34 -0400
  ...I have one run to the battery and screwed to the outside of the box on the Syncro where I can easily get to...
• Re: Checking output of alternator.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 18:12:25 -0700
  ...The alternator is charging the battery correctly. Apparently the GOWESTY starter has this long extending connecting arm of copper to the battery cable connector...
• cable that goes to the starter?
  Historical mailing list - Kriss De Jong
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 23:34:45 -0700
  Hi all- Have any of you had your cable fall off the starter? I've got a '91 vanagon GL & it has been running...
• Re: What fuse would you use for this application?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Apr 2015 09:26:17 -0400
  ...I wired in an external 12 connector using an Anderson Powerpole connector set and battery cables. I took the negative from the diesel exhaust...
• Re: Optima as 2nd battery.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Fri, 23 May 1997 08:11:41 -0800
  ...battery is on it's side. > > This configuration looks like it will work as long as you do not use regular > battery cables with...
• Second Battery for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tony Smith
  Mon, 1 Sep 1997 20:35:07 -0700
  I have a 1987 Westy GL USA model That big space under the driver's seat is calling to me to fit another battery...
• am I troubleshooting my starter correctly?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Demarest
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:46:27 -0700
  ...I took jumper cables connected them to my battery and touched them one to each of the large bolts coming out of the solenoid...
• Re: Convincing my wife...(famous last words)
  Historical mailing list - Mitch Hendrickson
  Fri, 15 Dec 95 16:43:23 PST
  ...Yeah, it's got no floor and the battery's hanging from its cables. Just lets you see through to its soul, I say...
• Re: Battery Compartment ground cable; Was: Dead (almost) in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Sean
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:54:41 -0700
  ...Battery Compartment ground cable; Was: Dead (almost) in the garage >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> >> I am sure on my 84 they used a...
• Re: Battery went dead
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:46:57 -0500
  ...No really, the easy way to do it is to get yourself a battery lifter strap. http://www.parts4carts.com/cgi-bin/links/search...
• Iraggi alternators (different than my question on the subaru vanagon list)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:45:52 -0400
  ...And also that they explicityly do NOT recommend the use of battery isolators or relays. After I've done some wiring cable runs I...
• Re: 1989 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 9 Aug 2000 15:57:22 -0700
  Check all your battery connections. With the long battery cables that the Vanagon uses, the slightest current drain can result in a BIG voltage...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 29 Jun 2016 08:29:19 -0600
  Hi, My first guess would be the positive cable from the battery to the starter. If there is corrosion or deterioriation of the wiring...
• Re: Some (Simple!) Diesel Question to do with Glow Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 19:39:03 +0200
  ...Remove the plug, and hook them up to the battery with jumper cables. They should be glowing red within 15 seconds. PerL 87 Syncro...
• Re: Where do jumper cables go on an 87 westy?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:38:58 EST
  http://community.webtv.net/VanStuff/VanagonWestfalia Terry has a neat little gadget installed above his battery box to plug in a pair of jumpers...
• Re: Another Burning Van!
  Historical mailing list - David O'Bryan
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:52:21 -0400
  ...http://www.longacreracing.com/catalog/item.asp?id=740&catid=14 I bought longer battery cables and ran the ground connection from the battery...
• Re: electric window cable
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 6 Jul 2007 14:37:17 -0400
  ...rewound the cable properly on drum, then tested it by 'jumping' it up and down with leads and a 12V battery. I then re...
• Re: proper battery fit
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:44:09 -0500
  ...I taped it to the front of the battery, made sure the cables and vent hoses were well clear of the corners of the...
• Re: Slow cranking with fully charged battery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:09:13 -0400
  ...The permanent magnet motor and the gear reduction require much less current to get the job done so eve with the earlier battery cables...
• Re: Friday Fishwrap: Catch FISH w/ your Vanagon's BATTERY
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:40:00 -0800
  ...Get your jumper cables. Take out your battery (aux. >> battery >>> preferred in Westies). Or just connect jumper cables if you can >> get close >>> enough...
• Battery and alternator - generic auto electric
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:09:10 -0400
  ...in cables or should I be concerned about the alternator still? Thanks one and all. I will test the alternator and battery at my...
• Re: Negative Terminal (Stupid Question)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:50:05 -0700
  ...the very, very dumbest thing a person could do is undo the other end of the hot battery cable...... like at the starter. I...
• Re: 1982 accelerator cable needs replacement-resend due to no replies
  Historical mailing list - Matt Price-Hutchinson
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:55:09 +0100
  ...Thanks, Paul _____ Some time ago, due apparently to arcing from the accelerator cable to my battery isolator terminals, that cable broke in mid-trip...
• Re: no start in 81 AC Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sun, 10 Sep 2017 20:58:12 -0400
  ...net> wrote: > > > > A Lot of "Bad Battery" Verdicts are not Bad Batteries @ All but > just Dirty Cable to Batt' connections ~ > > > > They can even Look...
• Re: Electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 27 May 2001 17:49:10 -0500
  ...I've cleaned > the battery terminals. The positive cable looks somewhat corroded. I'm > going out now to try to test the alternator. That...
• Re: Voltage Drop - Less than 3% - 15 feet, 2/0, 150 Amps is on target
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:02:23 -0500
  ...Last time that I used welding cable for battery connections I used a crimping tool with copper lugs for the starter end of the...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon 1.9l gas - starter type ?
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:17:50 -0600
  ...Volkswagens are very prone to voltage drops due to corrosion at cable connections, ground connections, etc. If the battery and charging system check good...
• Re: I could use a little help
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:16:12 -0700
  Srsly? By what indirect path did they route the wire? mark drillock wrote: > The stock wbx starter to battery cable is 12 feet long...
• Re: '85 Westfalia - 2nd battery ?????
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 17:24:31 -0700
  ...I don't see any battery cables, however, just the relay and some wiring. Can anyone confirm that this is the relay for isolating...
• Re: speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 08:39:38 -0400
  ...hence the availability of the full length cables. I've even thought of using the OXY LIGHT to do something different like indicate when...
• Aux. Battery
  Historical mailing list - Neal R. Hansen
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 08:46:11 -0700
  To put my two cents worth into the "auxiliary battery" discussion. Several years ago I got tired of waking up in the morning to...
• Re: Aux Battery in GL-Sure Power Instructions Needed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 22:45:55 -0700
  ...get around to it, and use jumper cables if I have starting issues. So a G48 battery also fits, but has higher capacity? Good...
• starter woes
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Wed, 25 Jun 1997 17:25:39 -0700
  ...The stud is so long in order to take the very fat connector on the battery cable, a hollow slug about 1/2" thick...
• Re: Alternators correction!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 18:49:04 -0400
  ...dbeierl@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>  >>>>> Alternator 14.39 >>>>> Battery 13.91 >>> >>> That's more drop than you want to see in the cable. >>> >>> Yrs, >>> d
• Re: 84 Vanagon dead!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 23:18:38 -0600
  ...If electrolyte is visible, clean your terminal posts on the battery until bright shiny metal showes. Do the same on the cable terminals, charge...
• Dual Battery charge current
  Historical mailing list - Ben Gabel
  21 May 1996 17:12:17 +0100
  ...deep cycle battery is used. >Very heavy battery cables are the order of the day, in addition to a >sealed battery box. > >Isn't...
• Re: Weak Starting
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:59:44 -0800
  ...Weak Starting > Cables from the battery. The ground strap is easy enough to replace as > it right there in the battery compartment. The positive...
• Re: Livin' in the USB fast lane--electrical intrigue
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Mon, 10 Aug 2015 19:54:20 -0700
  ...the cable, and no > > phone on that cable, plugged in. Unless it has some kind of internal > short. > > > > Heat = power = current = discharging battery. > > > > The...
• Battery Leak
  Historical mailing list - James Juniper
  Sat, 5 Jun 2004 17:35:49 -0600
  ...I discovered that the batter casing had cracked and some of the acid has leaked into the battery compartment in my 81 Vanagon. It...
• Re: quick disconnect for power....to save the battery when the van si tsmore than one week
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 09:03:45 -0500
  Lever style clamp on the negative cable. Easy and no tools needed. Jay "Smola, Tony" <TSmola@TRIBUNE.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 03/25...
• Re: 91 Westfalia ground points, battery charging amps
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Thu, 8 Sep 2011 06:13:04 +0000
  ...ground points: - Engine to chasis - Transmission to chasis - Fuse block - Battery negative cable (?) I intend to remove the ground connection (both ends, one end...
• Re: Alternators correction!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 16:13:14 -0700
  ...at body and stud) Battery 13.9 Maybe an improvement, but still I think the cable from starter to battery etc Alistair > On Apr...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:56:43 -0400
  ...mating cord with battery clips on the other end. Please please don't. You don't know where that cable will end up when...
• Re: Battery cable question
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:22:01 -0500
  Either that, or coat the whole termination with a thick layer of vaseline petroleum jelly after it's done. Excludes water; keeps them clean...
• Re: Adding a Deep Cycle Battery and heavy duty relay
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:51:53 -0800
  ...Battery cable is not 10 gauge. > > Mark > > listmember wrote: > > > hmm, honestly, I don't where the other end of this blue wire is > > supposed...
• hardwire jumping a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:21:37 -0700
  ...battery on my 1986 Westy while I was camping. Getting it restarted (jumped) was a piece of cake. I simply connected my jumper cables...
• Re: Ultimate Starter Fix--
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Mon, 12 May 2003 20:16:54 -0700
  ...day.. > >Check the starter primary ..The thick cable that goes from the starter to the > pos battery or (is it the other way around...
• Westy reefer relay wiring -- the Red wire?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:00:06 -0700
  ...where does the "TO BATTERY" wire go? There are two wires on the engine battery + terminal: the chubby starter cable, and a red wire...
• Re: What's wrong with GoWesty's auxiliary battery kit?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 5 Jul 2017 17:45:55 -0400
  ...It is possible to run a 6-ga cable (with appropriate fuse!) from the main battery, under the floor and into the aux battery...
• Re: Subwoofer power
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 20:10:09 -0500
  ...Either way you want the shortest run of proper guage cable as practical from your battery to relay to amp. A little tip...don...
• Re: Original positive battery terminal bolt with side bolt for red wires
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 12 Jul 2022 11:54:23 -0400
  ...wrote: > > Am on a probably quixotic quest for an original positive battery cable bolt with the little side bolt for the red wires. > Tom
• Re: HELP!!! Van won't start!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 19:41:51 -0700
  ...Short on the long battery-to-starter cable. Probably wouldn't have happened all of a sudden for you, but if you saw your...