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  • Re: two wire connectors...Proper polarity?
    Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
    Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:26:42 -0500
    I usually use SAE connectors since thats what my van had from the previous owner. I use the connector on the left of this...
  • Re: "magic stuff: (was Re: [VANAGON] Dielectric grease)
    Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
    Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:02:36 -0900
    ...It > > sounds like it's what the doctor ordered for aging Vanagon electrical > > connectors. > > > > cheers, > > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:14 PM...
  • Re: "magic stuff: (was Re: [VANAGON] Dielectric grease)
    Historical mailing list - mordo
    Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:00:38 -0500
    ...It > > sounds like it's what the doctor ordered for aging Vanagon electrical > > connectors. > > > > cheers, > > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:14 PM...
  • Solar Panel outdoor electrical connect
    Historical mailing list - Troy
    Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:51:55 -0800
    ...Maybe under the sink cabinet? My connectors and controller are currently behind the drivers seat. Most everything I've seen are cigarette lighter adapters...
  • Re: Electrical Connector dust boots
    Historical mailing list - pdooley
    Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:28:47 -0400
    ...You can get GM pigtails with weatherpack connectors new for cheap. The GM sensors are cheap too and supposedly more accurate than Bosch. Example...
  • Rear Heat Exchanger
    Historical mailing list - William David Abeyta
    Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:25:51 -0800
    ...I parked and checked it out and found the plastic near the electrical connectors leading to the blower had melted. (source of the smoke...
  • Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:00:53 -0700
    ...MrSquirrelSSolarRig02 ) I mounted a pair of those inexpensive push-in type connectors that you find on the back of speakers (Radio Shack, I think...
  • Re: fuse(y) box
    Historical mailing list - Robert Peterson
    Fri, 12 Apr 1996 10:00:11 -0400 (EDT)
    On Fri, 12 Apr 1996, Robert Peterson wrote: > those years has these little brass(?) connectors in teh fuse box. The Aack! copper, i meant...
  • Re: unplug '86 idle stabilizer?
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 22 May 1997 20:12:21 +0100
    Try cleaning the connectors, I've had success with that. ************************************************************ '62 Johan Nyberg, Sodertalje Sweden '86 Caravelle C Necessary Pest '62 Kerstin Wife '85...
  • heater blower runs intermittently
    Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
    Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:15:34 EST
    ...I've cleaned the multiple ground connectors on the left side of the fuses. Is there a way to get to the fan without...
  • Re: Re-wiring doors (power windows, etc)
    Historical mailing list - pensioner
    Wed, 5 Jun 2002 13:22:20 -0700
    ...Lotsa colors, lotsa guages, lotsa innersting bits attached. (inline circuit breakers, connectors, relay banks ) You probably have to bring your own cutters. pensioner
  • Re: OE Spark Plug Wire Sets
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:23:44 -0700
    ...mostly due to bad crimps, after I had > the wire pull out of the connectors on a couple of sets I started > inspecting crimps...
  • '82 starter wiring
    Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
    Tue, 23 Mar 2004 05:07:36 -0800
    ...wires with female spade style electrical connectors that connect to the two male spade style electrical connectors on the back of the solenoid, but...
  • Re: Extra tailight in spare socket?
    Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
    Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:46:47 -0500
    ...The wires won't have connectors on them; you have to splice them in or add your own connectors. Go to http://www.dormanproducts...
  • Re: Headlight upgrades
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:12:58 -0700
    ...Thus if the NA bulbs are the same as Euro, which I believe is the case, only the connectors need to change. Sent from...
  • Rear Heat Exchanger
    Historical mailing list - William David Abeyta
    Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:04:07 -0800
    ...I parked and checked it out and found the plastic near the electrical connectors leading to the blower had melted. (source of the smoke...
  • vacuum lines
    Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
    Thu, 28 Jun 2001 15:37:39 -0400
    ...Are they all the same? Where can I buy vacuum line and connectors in bulk? Any ideas Jonathan R. Cooper Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal 900...
  • Re: fuel cutout
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:45:11 -0800
    ...Seated properly? Are connections clean? wires/connectors from any engine sensors wires/connectors at fuel pump wires/connectors at fuel pump and/or power...
  • Intermittent poor running
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 21 Jan 1997 19:15:19 -0800
    ...1) we took van to dealer, and they found one of the spark plug connectors failed when hot. Seems that the resistor connectors have...
  • Re: [WetWesties] blinkin' buzzers!
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:31:06 -0800
    ...80% or more of failures in electrical/mechanical sytems will be mechanical! And connectors, battery terminals, etc. are mechanical.
  • Re: [T2] stabilant in Portland
    Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
    Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:21:30 -0800
    ...It protects, insulates connectors. Go to www.stabilant.com for more info. Pat Callaghan 87 Westy GL Portland, OR. www.patcal.com > You mean...
  • Terminal/connector source was Fridge on 12V
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 31 Aug 2014 17:24:24 -0400
    ...terminal-kits.html http://www.cycleterminal.com/sae-connectors.html http://www.cycleterminal.com/motorcycle-connectors.html http://www.cycleterminal.com/flag-terminals.html...
  • Re: source for solder-on quick disconnects
    Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
    Sun, 6 May 2012 21:55:24 -0400
    ...vw crimp on connectors they are different than the garbage they sell today. > these are called "open barrel crimp connectors" they take a special...
  • Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
    Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
    Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:33:26 -0700
    ...Some were really bad, tried to clean some and replaced a few connectors. BTW whats a good replacement for better spade connectors, maybe ones...
  • Re: fuel leak
    Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
    Tue, 26 Mar 2002 23:26:10 +0100
    ...It is the black hard plastic formed tube, which has 2 white "Y-connectors" on each end. On the top of the gas tank...
  • Testing a Fuel Injection harness??
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Thu, 5 Oct 2006 15:09:51 -0700
    ...I then went on to test the 4 fuel injection connectors and here's where I got stumped. Looking at the wiring diagram, one...
  • Re: Fuel pump question
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Wed, 28 Sep 2022 22:50:22 +0000
    I sourced a pump from one of our vendors more than a decade ago and it did not have the spade connectors.  I bent...
  • Removal of Electrical Connector Covers
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Rogers
    Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:05:38 -0500
    ...I am getting stymied by some of the covers - specifically the Yellow coloured single wire connectors - there must be a way to get these...
  • Re: Rear Hatch struts
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 2 Apr 1996 11:39:09 -0500
    ...Although none were listed for vanagon, I found two the same size, with similar connectors. I think they cost about $20 ea. Have worked...
  • Re: Vanagon oil pressure switches,or the lack thereof!!
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 7 Oct 1999 22:15:35 EDT
    I saw these "L" shaped connectors in a pack at Radio Shack the other day. Made a mental note. Hope this helps ya, Ken...
  • I lied, so sue me
    Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
    Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:06:30 -0800
    ...a switch on the firewall, but why? The pump has two connectors and one wire, is this normal? Thanks, Walter Evens Hesperia, CA, USA...
  • Re: Braided Flexible Tiico Exhaust Connection
    Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
    Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:23:17 -0400
    "Does anyone know where to get such a part" I've seen these braided flex connectors in the bins with all the other misc...
  • Re: turn signals suddenly out
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Thu, 5 May 2005 16:51:47 -0400
    ...Some connectors have two wires on them, which I cut off and crimp on individual ones. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
  • Depressing Fender bender Need right front passenger side tirn signal assembly with orange lens & other
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:12:54 -0700
    ...front bumper cap 1-right front turn signal assembly (3 spade connectors) with lens 1-bra I gonna cover it up for the summer :)
  • Re: Testing a Fuel Injection harness??
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Thu, 5 Oct 2006 21:31:55 -0400
    ...Anyway, after my initial post I went back to my testing and > discovered that I had continuity from the FI connectors to the resistor...
  • Re: calling all Headlight plugs
    Historical mailing list - Gene P
    Tue, 13 Dec 2016 18:09:58 -0700
    ...www.headlightplugs.com The quality of the ceramic and the connectors are both significantly better than anything being shipped in from overseas. For small...
  • Re: Electrical Connector dust boots
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:30:21 -0700
    ...and they might have individual connectors you can buy and rubber boots for them. What does Bostig use ? or Megasqirt, for example. ----- Original Message...
  • Re: Trip Report - Jackson, WY to Moab, UT (and Questions)
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Thu, 30 Apr 1998 11:11:41 -0400
    ...connectors emanating from the door wiring harness. - disconnect all plastic electric connectors (matching up will be easy, as they will each have unique connectors...
  • Re: Temperature sensor connector (name?)
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:27:07 -0400
    ...this sensor? I think they just take common "spade" (AKA "Faston") connectors, slid on perpendicular. http://media.digikey.com/Photos/Tyco%20Photos/160860-2...
  • Re: Electrical Connector dust boots
    Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
    Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:00:49 -0700
    Alistair Bell wrote: > Also, I smear silicon grease in the connectors when I can. I think it /SiliCONE,/ dagnabit, not siliCON! One's a...
  • Tired of Radio Shack
    Historical mailing list - John Brown
    Mon, 6 Nov 1995 12:35:45 -0800 (PST)
    ...Does anyone know of a mail order source for wire, connectors, and other electronic parts? Thanks, John Brown jlbrown@u.washington.edu
  • Re: clarification please, Temp sensor II
    Historical mailing list - JonR
    Wed, 26 Feb 1997 21:47:54 -0500
    ...Blue connectors= fuel related...
  • Re: Oxygen sensor questions...
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 19 Nov 1999 22:08:28 EST
    I have new Bosch Oxygen sensors with the three wire OE connectors (no splicing) for $110 (List special price). These are suggested to be...
  • radio wiring harness wanted
    Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
    Mon, 27 May 2002 16:52:07 -0400
    Hello, anybody parting out a vanagon that has a radio harness for a 86 or so Heidelberg VW radio? I need the connectors and...
  • FI and Temp II electrical connectors
    Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
    Wed, 3 Aug 2005 11:10:11 -0300
    Has anyone used the latter style 1985-91 electrical box connector for the FI and Temp II sender on an 1.9 waterboxer? I...
  • Re: Wire crimp tool, find
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:36:24 -0500
    ...They do get adjusted or they need to be matched to the wire and connectors being used. More importantly the quality of the connector...
  • Re: Universal inline plug?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:09:14 -0800
    Yup, the flat trailer connectors are four-pole versions. They come in many poles. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend...
  • Re: "Leads" from main battery for jump start/charging?
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:16:11 +0000
    If you know someone who works in telecommunications or IT, ask them save the connectors from a battery back up system (UPS). I change...
  • lower grill on 84/non-stock radiator?
    Historical mailing list - Root, Tim
    Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:55:00 -0500
    ...It turns out that the connectors are some kind of non-screw holding throw-away connectors that I got tired of messing with and...
  • Re: where to buy H4 connectors for lights (was RE: Ecode light report )
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:16:44 -0700
    ...Anyone know if you can buy the H4 connectors so you can cut off the old connectors and splice in the H4's? Andrew...
  • 1987 Vanagon Brake Light Warning Issue
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Sat, 18 May 2019 09:09:40 -0600
    ...Fluid Level are Good & from what can be seen of Brake Light Switches without removing Inst'Cluster the Connectors are in place ~ ORR ~ DeanB
  • Re: Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:56:21 -0800
    ...for grounds, besides putting eye connectors on the ends of the wires........ and screwing them to clean metal, is to get those 'star lock...
  • Re: Vanagon airconditioning hoses
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 9 Aug 1997 03:29:32 -0400 (EDT)
    ...I had to work hard pushing the old metal connectors into the new hose. But once I finished, I was really pleased. Kept A...
  • Re: Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
    Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
    Wed, 1 Jun 2016 13:23:42 -0400
    ...Both of these wires connect to the twin push connectors on the back of the starter.
  • Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:56:43 -0400
    At 07:24 PM 9/13/2011, Vanagon wrote: >I could make up a mating cord with battery clips on the other end. Please...
  • Ignition Switch Replacement-Not Amused-Even More!
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:34:02 +0000
    OK, the two connectors are marked "P" and "S", plus I just reread the procedure, I didn't have the key in the ignition...
  • Re: Blinking Reverse Lights
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Fri, 31 Dec 1999 01:46:06 +0100
    ...Also check the wire connectors, that they are tight on the spades of the switch. PerL 87 Syncro 112i
  • Need a Propane Tank Regulator Protector Plate
    Historical mailing list - Royston, Jerry
    Mon, 30 Apr 2001 17:00:40 -0400
    I'm having a real tough time finding the steel plate that bolts on the propane tank and protects the regulator and connectors. For...
  • FS - Heidelberg radio
    Historical mailing list - Antaki
    Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:42:05 -0700
    ...Complete with rear connectors. You'll have to graft wires onto them. Cheep - make me an offer. Engine carrier bar from an '87 Free...
  • Re: Intermittent no start - fuel pump/relay?
    Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
    Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:36:47 +0100
    Art, and list! I had this behaviour once, and in my case it was the connectors to the DLS that were corroded, which resulted...