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• Re: Prelim ecu plug test... interestin
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:42:59 -0700
  Forget that, shamefaced, read PinOut incorrectly Test one on 24.61 passed > On Mar 29, 2020, at 12:25 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw...
• Re: 1.9L Gutless when first started
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:05:26 -0400
  ...That can be easily done by removing the ECU plug and comparing the resistances of Pin 10 (TEMPII sensor) with pin 9 (TEMPI sensor...
• Re: Table leg hole?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 6 May 2021 21:41:37 -0500
  ...The added pin locks the table in certain set positions >>>>> with the pin. He didn’t discuss rattle or other things. ] >>>>> He gave some...
• The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:26:04 -0700
  ...They are wired in parallel and both connected through one single wire to Pin 4 of the ECU per Bentley's 97.55. Both...
• Re: OEM mudflap question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 27 Jul 2016 07:35:33 -0400
  ...I found a tiny plastic thing on the pin. It looks like part of a wall anchor for a screw going into sheet rock...
• Re: Bearing load on reverse driven transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 01:37:58 EST
  ...With a true Hypoid the cut of the ring and pinion is much more 'swirled' and the pinion intersects the ring gear more like...
• Re: Digitool reading and t-shooting (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 19:24:46 -0600
  ---------------------- Hi Nat, The digitool use ecu pin 13 for ground reference on all voltage measurements (stud near the left rear wheel well). The digifant...
• Re: X relay
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sat, 6 Jul 2002 17:42:49 -0700
  ...The relay that the local foreign parts >> dealer is a 4 pin relay and there's only a three pin relay behind 1-2...
• Re: Another pop top hinge repair
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:15:04 -0700
  ...If one loses a pin or two, a clevis pin and cotter pin work in place of the OEM pin and press on lock...
• Re: Vanagon.com pins
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Mon, 1 Jan 2001 17:52:36 -0800
  At 6:47 PM -0500 1/1/01, Pamela Browning wrote: >The last Spear pin catalog had Vanagon.com pins shown on the back...
• Re: 85 instrument cluster into 84
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:25:17 EST
  ...its the 80-84's that require swapping of the pins in the connector and youll have to run a wire up to your...
• Parts needed!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:19:06 -0500
  I need a set of the pinion, differential side gears for an automatic. Not the ring and pinion but the spider/side gears for...
• More light on the 84 "red light" mystery
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 17:42:46 -0400
  ...It also has two yellow/red wires attached to pin G. Pin 31 connects to ground. Pin 15 connects to +12v. Pin S goes...
• Re: Knock Knock ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:12:18 -0800
  ...It sounds a bit like ping, but the behavior is not always ping-like: * only happens under 1/2 to full throttle under load...
• Re: cooling switch probs, the correct way to diagnose
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Wed, 20 May 1998 02:15:16 EDT
  ...Now, out of the 3 pins, the pin on the left is HOT, bridge with a piece of wire, that left pin with the...
• Re: repairing arm rest
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 13:59:06 -0700
  ...I MAY not have the right name for this "pin", but in my vocabulary, a Westy arm-rest drift pin is a metal tube...
• Re: Wiring question 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:54:40 -0800
  ...The proper relay has 5 pins, 2 of which are labeled pin 87. An always hot wire goes from either the dash or aux...
• Urgently need STRIKER PIN for rear lock on sliding door -- '91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 22 Feb 2023 12:14:09 -0500
  The striker pin on my Vanagon has enough wear on that it will not hold the rear of the sliding door closed.  The striker...
• Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:22:28 +1200
  > On Aug 25, 2009, at 2:52 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > >> >> hot pink end caps . . . no end caps on black bumpers . . . hot pink...
• Re: The Adventure of the Thrown Rod
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 07:28:00 -0600
  ...There's the flat piston head, the wrist pin mounts, and a little skirting just around the latter. No skirting where there's no...
• VWs in hollywood...I forgot one...
  Historical mailing list - johnny89
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 12:40:30 -0300
  I forgot to mention Pretty in Pink, in which Molly Ringwald drives around in a pink Karmahn Ghia... J89 ! / ! ) <+) (") (.> ---Hey! Support your local scene...
• Re: best method/chemical/tool to remove very old pinstripe material
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:07:53 -0700
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=200912&highlight=removing+pin+striping Miguel I have not failed. I've just found 10...
• Re: tail gate hatch question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:15:26 -0800
  Rear Hatch Hinge pins......... I've bought, fixed throughout, and sold 40+ vanagons over the years. And worked on 150 others............or more. And...
• Re: Jetta Power Supply relay questions (Vanagon conversion) PIC of wiring diagram.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:48:14 -0700
  ...The other numbers, like 30, 85, 86, 87, etc are relay pin numbers so 5/87 says "socket pin 5 ,relay pin 87". Mark...
• Re: Best color to paint my GL - Group Results
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:24:27 -0600
  meant point, but, yeah, I had a pint. Next time u r in the area....you get one too. Miguel Pacheco will be here...
• Re: Tachometer Upgrade
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Dec 1998 02:20:03 EST
  ...some pins around in your 14 pt multipoint pin connector, and run a wire from the coil, under the van, to the pin for...
• Re: ECU POWER SUPPLY?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 16:00:36 EST
  Hi All, I'm not sure which ECU pin is # 14, but I'm guessing it is at one end or the other, on...
• Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:43:00 -0700
  ...is pin 25. >> Pin 25 is the ignition coil trigger from it's driver transistor. >> That check mark for the middle pin of the...
• Re: Pinned down
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 12:52:20 -0600
  ...If I resurfaced your flywheel and left that pin out you'd be on my doorstep with a six gun or an attorney to...
• Front door hinge pin update
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 21 May 2015 14:19:58 -0700
  A while back I posted how I detected some play in the, and I assumed upper, hinge pin in driver side door. This allowed...
• Re: Urgently need STRIKER PIN for rear lock on sliding door -- '91 Vanagon - FIXED
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 11 Mar 2023 07:34:44 -0500
  ...Urgently need STRIKER PIN for rear lock on sliding door -- '91 Vanagon > Date: 02/22/2023 12:14:09 PM > > The striker pin on...
• Re: Anza Borrego Desert Wildflowers
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:52:43 -0700
  On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Raymond Paquette <raymondpaquette@gmail.com> wrote: > Was that the road into Pinyon Mountain? Did you...
• castle nuts/tie rod ends?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 12:20:34 -0600
  ...The old ones had castle nuts and the bolt had a hole going thru it for a cotter pin. The new rack did not...
• Needed: split pin for adjustable armrests
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Tue, 6 Mar 2007 20:27:11 -0800
  ...Where can I find one of these pins? Anyone have one lying around? john
• Re: OEM mud flap question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 27 Jul 2016 08:01:34 -0700
  ...The pin in the mud flap I reinstalled had 1/2" sticking out of the mud flap with a tip with a flat bladed...
• Re: Knock & Ping?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 20:47:44 -0500
  ...This engine is designed to be knocking and ping resistant so it can remain floored and revved for extended periods without meltdown. That is...
• Re: Cigarette lighter wiring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 16 Nov 2021 22:56:48 -0500
  ...You can get easy access to the X ("load reduction" circuit at pin 2 of the empty relay socket #7 -- just stick a regular...
• Help stuck caliper slide pin
  Historical mailing list - Ryan
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:03:22 -0400
  ...Was attempting to remedy a sticking caliper on my 86 2wd, the lower caliper pin is all garbaged up and will not come nice...
• Re: help! It's pink!
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 1 May 2007 10:50:06 -0700
  ...There is > a large puddle of pink fluid on the floor just in front the back wheel on > the drivers side. Any ideas? I...
• Re: Wobbly Still Won't Go... Gurus pleassssse heeellllllppppp...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 03:35:26 -0400
  ...here's what I checked. > > ECU Connector: > > Jumped pin 3 - 13 No pump action even cranking starter This is inconsistent with next statement...if...
• Re: Curves (no Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:39:44 -0500
  On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Kim Brennan wrote: > I believe what you do is put the pins 22" apart (and level). Tie one > end...
• Re: Molassas To Fix Rust -- New Scientist Article
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 21:41:15 -0500
  ...uh, cause you forgot to PEEL the pineapple?? :) them leaves is sharp, ain't they!? :)
• Re: BBTD 2006
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:18:39 EDT
  In a message dated 10/15/06 8:28:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM writes: > Who's Volvo-powered, pink...
• Mangled pins.
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:02:02 -0700
  To help prevent futzing up the connectors, I have used small safety pins to probe wire for voltage measurements and test female connectors without...
• Need dowel pin for 2.1 crankcase.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 21:22:43 -0500
  I need a dowel pin for the only place it is used to locate a crank bearing in a 2.1 engine. If you...
• Ping in 1.9 Wasser Boxer
  Historical mailing list - Leslie Shiaman
  Sun, 6 May 2001 19:27:41 -0700
  ...The engine pings like clockwork. In 2nd gear at 30 mph, a rapid ping-- acceleration or deceleration makes it go away. similarly at 45...
• Re: dome light door pin switch-discovery
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:32:32 -0700
  ...dome light door pin switch-discovery > While tracing a dead battery issue with my 1989 WE jetta I discovered a > very handy item for...
• Re: burned out pin D15 ! switch to pin D23
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:26:29 -0700
  ...If small D15 burns out you can put a large pin in D23, splice > the black wire from D15 over to the new pin...
• Re: Eurospec problems
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 10:49:31 -0700
  ...Pin 85 >is switched 12v but not off the coil pin 15. Pin 86 goes >to the computer. Pin 86 gets pulled low to...
• digijet tool update
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 15:40:05 -0500
  ...The female 25 pin d shell cable connector mounted with the pins exposed upward providing meter / probe points pin for pin with all 25...
• Re: Aux. Battery Relay PIN #
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lumb
  Sun, 2 Feb 1997 07:56:34 +0200
  ...Battery Relay PIN # > Can anybody come up with the PIN # for the relay that is used with the aux. > battery hookup. I've been...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:09:47 -0500
  ...Sometimes the generics have a > 5th pin that isn't used for what I did. > > The 4 pin relay has pins labelled with numbers...
• Wiring question 84 westy -addendum
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 10:12:26 -0800
  The wire from relay pin 30 goes to the 16 amp fuse side of the 2 fuse holder and from there to the fridge...
• 1600 Rebuild Notes...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Mar 96 19:53 CST
  All the gudgeon pins I've had any experience with tended toward tight--I assume this is normally the case. When installing the pistons...
• Re: How to remover pistons from wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - David O. Bradshaw
  Fri, 20 Dec 1996 08:38:25 -0500 (EST)
  ...If this involves removing the piston > pins, what is the best way to get very dirty pins out? > > What is a good source for...
• Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Fri, 3 Apr 2020 12:16:35 -0700
  ...Marks on tape closest to pin > >>>>>> marks. Working ext was middle leg, and finally left leg. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I think, if I’ve rotated things in...
• Re: removing lower grill; thank you ALL VERY MUCH
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sullivan
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 20:30:24 -0800
  ...You will have to push this pin through to release the tension on the clip. If you have difficulty pushing the pin out just...
• Diesel Vanagon Tachometer-Yes!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 23 May 2000 19:36:51 -0700
  ...I had to change the wiring pin locations in the 14 pin harness to the cluster as for some reason VW changed all but...
• Re: Another pop top hinge repair
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:34:35 -0700
  ...You have to use a pin or wire, using a nut squeezes things and restricts motion of the joint. Same goes for the feet...
• Re: help! It's pink!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 1 May 2007 09:55:18 -0700
  ...There is > a large puddle of pink fluid on the floor just in front the back wheel on > the drivers side. Any ideas? I...