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• Re: Electric lock operator - replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Jul 2022 13:04:18 -0500
  ...it with a female plug to >>> match. Can't find them anywhere. I prefer NOT to solder the wires as >>> shown >>> in the video...
• Re: 1.9 ltr WBX O2 sensor question?
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:45:42 -0700
  ...I patched it with a new > connector. I > noticed that the green wire seem like 2 wires one inside another > sheet. Does > that seem...
• 88 GL Distributor Woes Continue - on and on --
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:47:54 -0600
  ...sender plug disconnected - the ignition key on - I ground the center pin connection on the connector - and checked the coil to distributor wire against...
• Re: Looking for spark plug wire recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 1 Nov 2012 13:21:08 -0700
  I get fine results with Bosch spark plug wires. yours are a bit advanced over 'regular' ones.. in all vanagons 85 and up there...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 9 Aug 2018 10:32:36 -0400
  ...well > new spark plugs, new plug wires, new fuel pressure regulator, new fuel > filter, new fuel pump, new belts, new dist. cap and rotor...
• Re: cooling switch probs, the correct way to diagnose
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Wed, 20 May 1998 02:15:16 EDT
  ...heavy wire, no I dunno how heavy, pipecleaner gauge OK?, solder a couple of male spade lugs on. Then plug into the connector. One...
• Re: Cyl 1 and 3 not getting gas.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:12:08 -0400
  ...Switch 1 & 2 and 3 & 4 injector connectors. If 1 and 3 start firing you know the problem is in the harness. Ken Lewis...
• Re: Aren't all Vanagon spark plug wires the same?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 22:25:09 -0400
  ...Aren't all Vanagon spark plug wires the same? Some use solid core copper wires. The ones without electronic ignition. Vanagons with electronic ignition...
• Re: I am stumped
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 12 May 2001 18:36:31 -0500
  There are two connectors on your coil. + and - the double black wire from the junction box goes to the + side. The wire to your...
• Re: On the road and need some help
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:46:52 -0800
  ...Install wire > harness, Part No. 025 906 302, between main harness connector and air > flow sensor connector. > > Part numbers are for reference only. Always...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons: connectors?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 18:04:47 -0800
  ...http://www.picocanada.com/en/product/1879.php I'd cut the OEM wires and if possible, locate the M/F plugs somewhere in...
• Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 15:34:11 -0700
  On those 2 wires plugging into the side of the relay box, the red wire is constant battery power for use by the fuel...
• installing a factory tach in my 85
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:27:09 -0700
  ...on that foil/connector OR if there is an existing wire somewhere in the engine compartment to just do a plug-n-play. This...
• Re: IDLE STABILIZER ???
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Sat, 10 Oct 1998 11:47:31 -0500
  ...wires..one comes out of the plugged cable and the other from the hard-wired cable. These two are bridged together with a connector...
• Re: Miss at idle?
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Sat, 14 May 2016 22:08:28 -0700
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > At 04:49 PM 5/13/2016, Scott wrote: > >while there, look for an insulated spark-plug wire pulling pliers...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:45:09 -0500
  Following the sage advice of our esteemed list members, I began tracing the black wire from the ignition switch to the to the connectors...
• Re: Tach install from vanagon to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 17:19:54 -0700
  ...Plug this spliced green/brown wire into the >> hole >> where the green wire is on the tach dash 14 pin connector. >> >> VW keeps the...
• Re: fuel cutout
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:43:58 -0800
  ...distributor to > plugs. Seated properly? Are connections clean? > wires/connectors from any engine sensors > wires/connectors at fuel pump > wires/connectors at fuel pump...
• Vanagon Stealth Solar Set-up
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Fri, 22 May 2020 19:22:16 -0400
  ...Rear cabinet plug(s): $15 https://tinyurl.com/y7tr4tq6 Wire 12 AGW 25ft: $17 https://tinyurl.com/y8lz8bp5 Solar Wire Connectors 10 pairs: $11...
• TOTALLY RESOLVED: Big problem with engine not running - please help now!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Mon, 27 May 2002 19:25:13 -0500
  ...I sprayed contact cleaner on the wiper surface, the commutator of the wiper (key step), sprayed the connectors and unkinked a wire inside the...
• Re: Looking for an 86-up instrument cluster w/tach
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 2 Feb 2014 07:00:36 -0800
  The wires only need to be moved around in 84 and older vans, to add a tach cluster. The 14 pin connector is easy...
• Re: AC help (1987 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:54:00 -0500
  ...Which wire does this plug into? > I don't see anything that looks like the correct connector. I've even > tried tracing wires back...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:11:07 -0800
  ...I fixed by cutting out the splices and bad wire section and re-splicing the 3 wires to the connector. The van starts as...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer 2nd check (regulator)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Mon, 7 Feb 2005 07:17:27 -0600
  ...The wires are >> gray in color with one gray wire going into the connector and 2 gray >> wires leaving it. There is another connector...
• Re: Houston, we have a problem.......!
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:51:25 -1000
  ...On 7/17/2015 3:40 PM, John Rodgers wrote: > Turn out it was the AFM connector. Cleaned it out really good, plugged it...
• Re: Temp 2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:23:17 -0700
  ...Geo H Kenneth Wilford wrote: >If you have a short piece of wire you can bridge the two connectors in the >temp II plug...
• Re: was: 91 Carat..... now: Fast Turn Signal Issues
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 12:12:48 -0700
  ...The 2 outer wires on the front socket may be >> plugged in reversed and this reverses which filament is for the blinkers. >
• Re: Random Compatibility Questions
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:17:33 -0800
  ...The dash 14 pin connector for the cluster will need to have all the wires moved around before plugging in the later cluster. At...
• Re: Temp wire problems
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:24:25 -0500
  ...there are two female connectors on it..? ( left side of engine ) It comes past the firewall, past the black junction box... a red wire...
• instrument panel short =?UTF-8?Q?=3D=20no=20start=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Thu, 6 Nov 2014 13:16:01 -0500
  ...After pulling the instrument panel, I can report the following symptoms: (1) when instrument panel multi-pin connector below the tach is plugged in...
• Re: I found a "Mystery Switch" ...
  Historical mailing list - Galleons Lap Photo
  Thu, 27 May 2004 10:52:55 -0700
  ...I have two bundles of wires that snake through the cabinet under the sink. Each bundle has a male-female plug connector aprox. half...
• Re: Universal inline plug?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:07:38 -0800
  ...SAE connectors. > > Mark > > Don Hanson wrote: > >> Those small 2 wire plugs that are found on Battery Tenders? They have 2 >> bullet plugs and opposed...
• '94 Jetta Tachometer in Vanagon. Tach Pinout? (pic)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:10:09 -0700
  ...I removed the connector from the Jetta PCB and soldered some 22 gauge wires to the connector and attached them to the proper location...
• Re: New 0xygen Sensor Alternative
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Sun, 31 Aug 2003 14:27:16 -0700
  ...You cut the VW connector off of your old one, and use the included parts to affix the old plug to your new sensor...
• Re: Zodi Tent Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:09:48 -0700
  ...On the end of the lighter plug wire, I'd put connectors to > match the wire to the fan motor. This way you can...
• Re: WTB: Dash Instrument Cluster for '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:55:47 EST
  ...pressure connector (those chips/pcb clipped on back of speedo) was plugged in there. anyway, simple solution is to just get the connector with...
• Re: instrument panel short = no start?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 6 Nov 2014 10:26:21 -0800
  ...On 11/6/14, Dan Barrett <dbx@pobox.com> wrote: > (1) when instrument panel multi-pin connector below > the tach is plugged in, the...
• Re: Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:30:10 -0800
  VW combined many instrument cluster items to a single ground wire on the 14 pin connector. Then they combined that single ground wire with...
• Distributor p/n #?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 2 May 2007 14:15:25 -0400
  ...I know there was a change made to the spark plug wire connectors in the cap, would that have something to do with it...
• Idea for removable backup light wiring
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:03:23 -0500
  ...That way I could wire the plug to the backup light and simply plug into the reflector part of the left rear lamp when...
• Re: Universal inline plug?
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:25:43 -0800
  ...Connector Good Luck. -Dick- On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > Those small 2 wire plugs...
• stereo stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 05 May 1996 23:08:29 -0400
  ...I just found the relay, popped it out, added a push in connector to the end of the stereo's power cord, plugged it...
• Re: Fuel Guage sender replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Jan 1997 09:44:19 -0800
  ...The electrical connector was > very coroded and making no connection. I simply cleaned it > well enough to solder new wires to what was left...
• Re: Vanagon Dirvability
  Historical mailing list - bob tickle
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 20:23:46 -0400
  ...In addition if you have Beru spark plug connectors, replace them. Check the resistance of all wires. Coil wire value is 2000 Ohms resistance...
• Strange dash light failure?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 8 Oct 2005 13:06:08 -0400
  ...connector that goes into the back of the dash, one wire is "missing". This plug installs vertically, and the top place on the plug...
• Re: Ongoing saga: Dometic and Multimeter . . .
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:53:42 -0700
  ...Just disconnect the heating element wires from the connector block and measure the ohms at the element itself. Double check wiring against the little...
• rear defroster wire hookup- 82 westy
  Historical mailing list - greg p
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 12:10:28 -0800
  ...15 inches of wire hanging down onto the shelves below before the plastic connector... I assume that that the wires plug together inside the...
• Re: cyl head temp gauge
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 15:55:21 EDT
  ...This in turn is connected to two (high heat I guess) wires which have a special nylon one way connector - do not reverse the...
• Re: Houston, we have a problem.......!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:40:18 -0500
  Turn out it was the AFM connector. Cleaned it out really good, plugged it back in and Voila! ACCELERATION was had! Thanks a bunch...
• Re: Reverse light madness
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:10:28 -0400
  ...If they're separate wires with unshielded connectors they can easily short together -- even if they *are* plugged onto and not between the lugs...
• Re: How to remove wires from headlight switch plug?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 6 Aug 2012 21:09:19 -0700
  ...coming in from the connector side. -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp '88 Slate Blue Westy to...
• Re: Wiring on power steering pump
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, IS Manager
  Mon, 10 Feb 1997 20:14:29 -0800
  > > While poking around at the engine on my '89 Westy I noticed a sort of > plug at the back of the power steering pump...
• Re: 87 2.1 loss power
  Historical mailing list - Amy Miner
  Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:20:14 -0400
  ...and taped the > connector for now. With the cover off the ground goes away. Checked the > wire > from the plug at the afm and...
• Power mirror tips (long)...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 11:29:36 -0700
  ...to cut the wires near their plug connector ends rather than at the point outside the van where the wires go through the door...
• Re: Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:04:28 -0600
  ...Just cut the brown wire to pin 3 of the 14 pin connector, > leaving a few inches. Splice some more wire to the cut...
• Looking for a couple of parts for my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Clifford P Gottschalk
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 20:50:07 -0700
  ...wire harnesses between the two mirrors, or maybe just the plug that plugs into the control switch. The mirrors have the wires and connectors...
• Re: 86 Vanagon wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:38:50 -0700
  ...Which of these should the black wire plug into? Another way of determining this: if you pull the connector and look at the end...
• mileage decrease after tuneup?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 09:47:22 -0700
  ...The new O2 sensor was the generic Bosch 3-wire sensor that I spliced onto the old connector. I'm at a loss to...
• Re: TIICO oxy sensor, torque converter, and misc questions
  Historical mailing list - selten2
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 13:02:51 -0500
  ...Double check and install the connector.Splice the new wire into the green one running to the O2 sensor. This is your signal wire...
• Re: Taking electric mirror's off the door
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:05:48 EDT
  ...condone cutting the wires.. ugh.. just take a small jewlers screwdriver and pop the terminals out of the plastic connector (mark their spot first...