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• Re: Hypothetical wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 15:58:22 -0400
  ...sense to dip wires > into Vaseline prior to inserting them into crimp connectors. > This might solve the corrosion problems and I can't think...
• Re: A/C panel melted
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:37:27 -0400
  ...The crimp on the ring terminal in the picture on the right is bad. Making a bad connection it got hot and did a...
• Killed my dash lights..
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sat, 22 Jul 2006 16:28:05 -0700
  ...I tightened the crimps.. too tight.. finally get it right.. but in the processes shorted something out... now none of the lights work, but...
• Re: Looking for parts
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:41:13 -0500
  ...I carefully ground down the line a little bit until it fit perfectly inside the union then tightened and crimped as normal. It worked...
• Re: Vanagon Tool Box
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:52:28 -0500
  ...Crimp on connectors and >crimping tool, 8 oz ball peen hammer with handle shortened to fit in the >30 cal GI ammo box. Shop...
• Re: Fuse Block Connectors
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Fri, 21 Mar 1997 23:12:27 -0500
  ...It's full of the nifty little connectors and crimping tools for making a harness look like it's from the factory. HTH Greetings...
• Another odometer fix
  Historical mailing list - Bill Hayeslip
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 09:07:47 -0400
  ...I was afraid of cutting, crimping and gluing the pot metal gear to the shaft (glue might also stick the case or first set...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - mike and shari
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:53:26 -0700
  Could you possibly have a crimped hose or tube somewhere that's causing undo pressure in the system? Maybe you should trace all the...
• Re: Westfalia Shore Power Ground Bonding Minutia: Breaker Box
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:03:49 -0800
  ...I'm guessing that a terminal designed for use on stranded wire won't properly crimp on to solid copper wire. Are there specific...
• Re: Fuel Line Clamps
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:12:56 -0700
  ...The clamps I sell are not worm drive, but are a band style clamp (like > the crimp clamps) that is merely tightened with a...
• Re: Vanagon Electric Door Lock Wiring Harness
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 19 Jul 2022 16:53:59 +0200
  ...357972754 Ready to cut out, crimp new Vanagon blade terminals, and good to go. I just cut out my second last week, and the...
• redoing ground connections on left cylinder head ('84 1.9L engine)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:55:44 -0500
  ...I plan on soldering connectors to wires instead of relying just on the crimp to hold each wire to its connector. Have plenty of...
• Re: Curtain questions...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 19 Jul 95 20:12:01 CDT
  ...thread or use a quicker copper or aluminum strip which is crimped over the strands. or even heat-shrink tubing, if you are creative...
• Re: O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:27:54 -0400
  ...Just be sure to follow the instructions to a T, and have the proper crimping tool available. :) On 7/11/05, Tom Miller <tmiller...
• Re: Intermittent miss on one cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Fri, 9 Apr 2004 19:20:07 -0400
  ...Continuity yes/no > > The negative wires from each of the injectors are crimped together to one. > This connection is in the main wiring harness...
• Re: video of burning Westy. sad
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:13:36 -0800
  ...it's the crimp type metal hose clamps installed at the factory .. *especially* one in particular... about 3 inches forward of the plastic firewall...
• Re: Hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 30 May 2011 19:59:17 -0400
  ...Copper tube with the end crimped and soldered also makes great hose plugs. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Re: stud size on ignition coil?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:59:46 -0400
  ...If you're making up a regular crimp-type terminal you'd have to use two separate ones. Last ignition coil I saw with...
• Re: throttle cable -patch
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 16:43:48 -0500
  ...Its best to put the crimped copper patch on the front end since it is a straight pull and the throttle body end has...
• Re: Headlights not working (?) --> FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 10 Dec 2000 17:00:08 -0800
  ...formed a one-inch melted 'Y' shape coming from the > ground crimp connector. Maybe... but I don't think fusing two ground wires would...
• Re: They needed new fuel lines..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:10:23 -0800
  ...It's the crimp-type original fuel hose clamps.. they don't squeeze hard enough eventually ..and then they leak. and mainly at that...
• Re: Reverse Lights not working - 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:42:35 -0400
  ...The crimp-on butt-splices sold at most FLAPS are not weather sealed, and will corrode internally. My '85 had a bad switch (verified...
• Re: poor running 84 1.9 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 19:36:36 -0400
  ...Crimp and SOLDER on a new connector for each (some are in groups) wire, this is a bit obnoxious as it's hard to...
• Re: Electrical connectors
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 11 Mar 2022 22:18:18 +0100
  "Spring contact terminal" VW mentions them as 000979102E a yellow repair wire with two crimped ends, but of course NLA. No single terminals to...
• Re: Hose clamps..
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:52:53 -0400
  ...first, is the screw also SS? Second, is the clamp housing folded/crimped onto the band, or spot welded? Spot welding destroys the rust...
• Re: Cigarette Lighter
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 9 Apr 2014 10:07:58 -0700
  ...On 4/9/14, vw woody <vwwoody@hotmail.com> wrote: > ....Well, the wires are barely long enough for > me to crimp on the connectors...
• Headlight Upgrade - troubles
  Historical mailing list - J \"Westy\"
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:23:07 -0600
  ...I retraced everything - finding a few loose crimps - including the power source at the 30 spade terminal on one relay itself. This direct connection...
• Re: Backup light puzzle anyone?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 12 Apr 2017 00:38:49 -0400
  ...From water getting in past the crimp. Yrs, d On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 11:28 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote: > Only...
• oxygen sensor replacement
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:48:48 -0800
  ...question is this, can i just cut the old wire, and crimp it into the new metal clasp? or should i send the sensor...
• Re: exhaust gasket question 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:55:44 -0400
  ...or > the metal side? > > Obviously I'm talking about the kind that's thin steel bonded or crimped to > a composite material. > > Thanks, > > Jim >
• Re: rich running van SOLVED! thanks Gerry S.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Ralphs
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 02:05:55 -0700
  ...Some >long-ago mechanic had replaced the spade connector by simply crimping a new >one on, and had both the grounded sheath and the...
• Liquid TAPE
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:42:18 -0400
  ...In two or three places VW joined 3-6 wires together using a crimp-on lug and liquid elect tape. This was then wrapped...
• Re: Misc. dumb questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 07:58:19 -0400
  ...Takes about 1/2 hour to install (you'll also need two crimp-on electrical connectors). Expect to spend more time cleaning the green...
• wire splicing
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:08:17 -0700
  ...I have some crimp-on butt connectors for 18-22AWG wire and some Scotch-lok splice connectors that look like they are for really...
• Re: Cigarette Lighter
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 9 Apr 2014 19:02:25 -0500
  ...No problem...easy as hell right....Well, the wires are barely long enough for me to crimp on the connectors needed to combine the...
• CV Joint installation on half shaft
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 04:25:06 -0800
  ...It included CKN joints, 80 gr of MOS2 grease, Lobro boots kit, w/hardware {12-point-bolts WITHOUT lock washers, crimping bands, circlips, and...
• Re: Power mirror tips (long)...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 02:44:19 EDT
  ...i just snipped off the connectors and crimped on some male/female push on connectors from radio shak, etc. when i mounted these on...
• Tiico problem with simple solution
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 15:59:27 EST
  ...You can use either fuel line clamps or crimp clamps it is up to you. If you do it this way you should never...
• Fridge Problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Jul 1997 07:42 -0600 (MDT)
  ...I could even imagine a scenario in which the tube is accidently crimped (dinged) during a removal/installation. -Blaine '91 Silver Westfalia "Super Chief"
• Re: westy stove grate modification
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:01:03 -0300
  ...Cut holes in the top and bottom, crimp over any sharp edges, that might stop the tipping of small pots. Not cute but FREE...
• Headlight Switches and Electrical Fires
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Dongilli
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 20:10:37 -0700
  ...If you are melting headlight switches, I would suggest checking/replacing the crimped terminals on the wires that lead to the switch. I suspect...
• Re: Does this look like a fuel leak?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:53:23 -0500
  ...It's possible that the fuel line clamps weren't crimped tight enough. Check to see if they move on the rail nipples. That...
• Re: Headlight Relay Kit Problems
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Mon, 2 Dec 2013 00:31:09 -0500
  ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD2feNyZwFw I recently started using a new set of ratcheting open barrel crimpers (I probably have about a...
• Re: Fuel Injectors
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:32:35 EDT
  ...I used an Exacto knife to slice length-wise down the tube and into the crimped ferrule. The split tube can now be pulled...
• Re: ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Mon, 13 May 2013 10:49:29 -0500
  ...tubing sleeve, and looped the loose end through, I soldered and crimped the sleeve. (no I don't wear a belt and suspenders, just...
• Re: fuel tank update
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:32:42 EDT
  ...Does anyone know of a source for the crimp-type hose clamps that are the original style? Are they worth using or should I...
• Re: Tools
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:26:17 -0800
  ...I going to pick up the crimper too. I 2nd scott on heat shrink tubing, bought lots of it at an automotive flea market...
• Re: vanagon passes emissions, YES!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Mar 1996 06:02:52 -0500
  ...W7DTC plugs, added Chevron >Techron FI cleaner, replaced the last few crimp on clamps that >where on the FI hoses with #24 hose clamps...
• 1985 GL Wing Window
  Historical mailing list - Andree Hurley
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:42:11 -0500
  While I'm still working on my power problem (did take off all spark plug wires, crimped the metal ends to fit tightly and...
• Help, removing fuel lines on expansion tanks
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:25:57 -0400
  ...tanks. >How do those factory clamps come off?? They are surely crimped, but there >is not place obvious to 'uncrimp' them. Too much pulling...
• Skylight flex arm
  Historical mailing list - Gurjeet Saund
  Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:21:27 -0800
  ...I have unsuccessfully tried to 'superglue' a couple of shirt buttons to the metal rivet holding the rollers in place, and tried crimping a...
• Re: Another Vanagon Stall?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Jan 95 14:42:42 PST
  ...the garage when all >that had to do was clean and crimp a loose connection. I guess the >tradition gets handed down. > Yeah, that...
• Problem with new Vanagon fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Wed, 18 Oct 2000 05:41:48 -0400
  ...and put the other original fuel line inside of that and crimped it and it is working for now. Does anyone know what size...
• Re: Friday topic: what is your favorite low (or no) dollar
  Historical mailing list - Otmar
  Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:10:58 -0700
  ...work. ($75 is for the reinforcing steel for the body, wire crimps for electrical, spray paint for the joint and hose clamps for the...
• Re: #8 Wire Terminal Crimp w/DIY Tools. Pass or fail? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:37:57 -0700
  ...http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/battery_cables Based upon just this one image, I'd say my crimp is a fail: http://www.pbase...
• Re: Idler Stabilizer Control Unit (ISCU)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Nov 1995 21:13:13 -0500
  ...Then I disassembled the valve (it is crimped but can be uncrimped) and found that the valve seat was carbon coated. This was cleaned...
• Re: Vanagon airconditioning hoses
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Aug 1997 03:29:32 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I went home and cut off the OEM crimp clamps (they cut off very easily with a hacksaw, but be careful not to damage...
• Re: AC hoses
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 15 May 2000 10:13:36 -0400
  ...The first one named "Parker Store" sells the hose and fittings, and the other, "Diesel Injection Service" has the hydraulic tool that crimps on...
• Re: wiring harness restoration
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:45:01 -0700
  ...Broken wire can be crimped back together using insulated barrel connectors (sized per wire size) and/or you can crimp in replacement sections as...
• Heater hose ball valve behind glove compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams (Contractor)
  Fri, 30 Jun 2023 15:52:35 -0600
  ...Either solder on (copper plumbing) or PEX crimp on. Any pointers are appreciated. Thanks, Steve Williams