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• Re: 110VAC Wire Re-Routing
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 17:01:31 -0800
  No idea what the Canadian electrical code says, but be sure to use a heavy ground wire (8 guage stranded is the minimum) from...
• Re: Which wire is stereo's power?
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Sat, 7 Mar 1998 22:16:34 EST
  ...If you can't find the right wire then you can always tie into the full time hot wire in the back on the...
• strange white wire...
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:31:07 EDT
  There is a white wire which is spliced into the wire coming off the 15 terminal of my ignition coil. It leaves the engine...
• Re: Looking for an 86-up instrument cluster w/tach
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sun, 2 Feb 2014 10:46:19 -0800
  There is no reason for any wire with the tach signal on it to be in the front of a vanagon. In an 84...
• Re: O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 13:15:08 -0600
  ...Wire up the white and black wires as normal then take another wire from the gray o2 wire and connect it to the ecu...
• 02 sensor replacement question
  Historical mailing list - John N. Motlagh
  Sat, 8 Jan 2005 11:22:58 -0600
  Friends, I just, I mean just did plugs, wires, cap and rotor. In fact the engine is still warm. I pulled out the 02...
• Re: What's this wire for?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 08:22:35 -0700
  Sounds like the wire/connector used for the AC compressor signal that tells the idle controller when the AC is on so it can...
• Stereo Install - Replacing Speaker Wires
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 13:09:14 -0800
  ...So now the games began: #1 - pull the instrument cluster, follow the wires. Looked fine. #2 - drop the fuse box, follow the wires. Looked...
• Re: Spark Plug Wire Shock
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 17 May 2020 16:56:25 -0700
  Removing a spark plug wire while the engine is running is a very long standing practice to determine if a cylinder is miss firing...
• 87 w/ loose wire
  Historical mailing list - brad horner
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 19:08:07 -0500
  ...I think that is the same as the wire that I have that is disconnected. Could someone tell me what that wire is all...
• Re: Melted ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:42:49 -0700
  ...I'm not certain if those ratings apply *only* to ambient temps around the wire and how they might affect the wire casing but...
• Re: The rear speaker ground.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Grove
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 19:41:53 -0700
  Stan wrote: > You're going to have to run that extra wire. > Get some 4 conductor telephone cable and run a set of four...
• Re: Radiator Fan B+ Wire Routing
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 13 Aug 2017 21:13:06 +0200
  ...Every wire I have seen under a carpet unless factory done gets messed up from walking on it and the dirt and grime that...
• Engine Misses
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 07:19:36 -0800
  Greetings, I've recently done a spark plug wire maintenance on my van and came across a design change in the spark plug jacket...
• Re: Surepower 1315, auxiliary fuse block, Progressive Dynamics charger, and Vitrifrigo installation questions
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 1 May 2009 11:13:10 -0600
  ...You can just wire the new fridge red wire to the old Dometic red wire right at the cabinet wall that separates the fridge...
• Re: How do you hook up a stereo in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 13:53:17 -0400
  ...My problem is that there are only three wires >running to the rear speakers and I have four wires comming >out of my stereo...
• Re: Another Dometic Question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:45:49 -0700
  The wire from the temp switch on the fins is the hot wire. One thing to be aware of is that VW did not...
• Re: Engine Died
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 16:12:03 -0400
  ...If enough gets through to operate the solenoid I think it would be ok even on the skinny wire. Continuous ampacity at 30C is...
• Re: Looking for spark plug wire recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Thu, 1 Nov 2012 15:59:51 -0400
  OEM, a little more pricier, though http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/tune-up-parts-ignition-wire-set/ignition-wire-set-w-oe...
• Hot A/C Wire
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:59:47 -0500
  Can someone take a look at a couple of pics of this wire in the fuse block on the C pillar of my 91...
• adding a second battery
  Historical mailing list - mac stricklen
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 07:28:37 -0700
  ...In the little compartment there I found a red wire and a blue wire extending from the compartment wall that weren't connected to...
• Unknown wire Help!!
  Historical mailing list - Peter Pollard
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:09:46 -0500
  ...Just a wire question, have a green and white wire coming out of the same place as the the red and white injector wires...
• Re: update - Rocky's results - was Westy Karma, was stuck in Custer
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 20:29:29 -0400
  ...The ground wire in question is the brown wire that is included in the wire sheath that holds the wires that go to the...
• Re: Digifant II O2 sensor....My questions answered...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 6 Aug 2014 21:40:26 -0700
  Were you using the 4-wire O2 sensor that came with the ABA? The Motronic Mk3 O2 sensor is different� from the Digifant O2...
• Re: aux headlights
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 19 Dec 1997 19:47:57 CST
  ...this is so you'll have some ability, later on, to reroute or move the wires a little. wire is cheap .. don't try...
• Re: Single brown wire
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Fri, 14 May 2010 06:32:18 -0400
  ...Single brown wire >>> >>> There is only one wire I don't know where is supposed to connect. It is >>> a >>> single brown wire, coming...
• Re: Stereo wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:30:00 -0500
  Peter, Normally, the Red wire is for main radio power, and the Yellow wire is for the memory circuit. The Yellow wire should be...
• Re: Aren't all Vanagon spark plug wires the same?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 19:32:12 -0400
  While getting wires for my 84 I found out there are two different caps and wires. Some caps have a screw like thing in...
• Re: ADBQ
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2003 10:08:58 -0700
  The small wires can be very dangerous to use with a switch setup. The old discussion of their use was for relay setups where...
• Re: Rear fog lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 03:41:43 +0200
  ...According to the diagram in my German manual, this wire is for the rear light, the wire for the rear fog light is supposed...
• oil light help
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:29:14 -0400
  ...I took the wire going to the oil sensor off, got a wire, and took it to ground with the key on. No light...
• Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Eric Fournier
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:48:16 -0700
  ...What the fourth wire gets you is a ground wire. So, >> instead >> of relying on the thing grounding through your exhaust system as the...
• Driver side door wiring harness
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Mon, 18 May 1998 09:20:08 -0600
  Is there a source for a new wiring harness for the driver side door? I've had to run four new wires and now...
• Re: Burnt Wires!!-Please look and advise
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:01:12 -0500
  ...I saw that there was only one wire going to my PS pump. The other wire had broken off right at the harness. As...
• Large green wire
  Historical mailing list - Skip Emmert-Keaton
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:11:48 -0700
  I have a large green wire in the front left of my engine compartment in my 1980 CA Westy. It exits the wiring harness...
• Re: Anyone have a write up for making a 86-91 door wiring diagram
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 16 Nov 2015 08:00:47 -0500
  ...For the heavier wires Napa/Belden automotive wire was used. It has fewer strands than the original`and may not last as long in...
• RE: Vanagon Alternator Wires
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Mar 97 00:10:07 UT
  One larger wire would be stiff and increase the possibility of breakage at the connections. Especially with all the movement a Vanagon engine has...
• Re: ECU Wiring Question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 18 Apr 1998 10:15:16 -0700
  ...According to Bentleys (24.12) the thermo t switch > wire is slightly longer than the wire for the cold start valve. But, the > color...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:25:46 -0500
  Chris, Did you get the email I sent with the picture that clearly showed that the blue wire does NOT connect to the same...
• Re: Trying to install headlight relays but wire colors don't match
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:52:11 -0800
  ...The right wires are inside a black sleeve and are thicker wires of the exact right color. Mark Mark A Kippert wrote: > I purchased...
• Re: Spark Plug Wire Recs
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 12 May 2009 21:35:21 -0400
  On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Jerry <jbvelo@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I recently purchased and installed > Magnecor spark plug wire set...
• Re: Injector Wiring Order?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 6 Oct 1997 22:59:42 EDT
  ...Could they all be firing simultaneously, and >thus can the wires go any which way? > >-- > >Bill Knight >Raleigh, NC > >84 Westfalia Wolfsburg >85 Vanagon...
• Re: Digifant II O2 sensor....My questions answered...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 7 Aug 2014 06:37:05 -0700
  I don't know exactly what O2 sensor WAS in the system, but the wires and the plug, those were from the Digifant Cabriolet...
• Re: Starter wire question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 2 Jan 2023 17:25:29 -0500
  ...I don’t know my gages, wire sizes,but it has three wires one black and thick as my pinky finger. And two red...
• Re: heat shielding and wires near radiator
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:21:16 -0500
  My local flaps sells a flex tubing that is split down the middle so you can open it and put wires in and it...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:16:55 -0800
  For an 86 there are 2 whitish wires coming out of a harness that go to the PS switch on the rigid lines at...
• Re: Inexpensive O2 Sensors - A Suggestion
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 02:43:48 EST
  ...After determining the heater combination color code wire your adapter plug accordingly. Some other comments: 1. In my experience, the grounded shield wire has...
• Re: coolant temp send wire
  Historical mailing list - S_J_ WACKER
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 19:40:02 -0700
  ...So when I tried to pull the O2 wire it pulled the r/y wire AND moved the whole mess of wire towards the...
• Re: Why am I not surprised? (charging wires)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 11:44:08 -0400
  ...the one where the charging wires from the alternator run > > to a standoff ... and found that where the two wires from the alternator > > are...
• Radio Wiring Question
  Historical mailing list - Kevin J. Turinsky
  Wed, 12 May 1999 19:14:44 -0800
  ...I understand the speaker wiring, but I'm confused about the wires in the second clip; the one that holds the wires for power...
• Re: Another Dometic Question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:03:47 -0700
  I've connected a wire from the ground screw on top of the fridge unit [in back] to a body ground. I get voltage...
• Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 17:22:24 -0700
  I am planning out the wiring for my new e-code headlights, and I wanted to run a sanity check for the gauge wires...
• Re: hesitating when warm? - UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 2 May 2003 08:31:27 -0700
  ...The ECU must see reasonable readings on the O2 wire at the ECU connector even if the O2 sensor is unplugged. If that wire...
• Re: rear speaker wires, '83 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:25:05 -0500
  If I recall the wires run up the A pillar by the glove box, then travel over the passenger door and slider. Some partial...
• Re: Power mirror and lock maintenance?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:16:27 EDT
  ...There have been many posts discussing the likelihood of broken wires in the door jamb, but I've never seen anything posted or in...
• Wire size question.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:27:01 -0700
  ...What size wire should I run up to the light and won't that small wire pigtail that came on the Unity spotlight get...
• Re: o2 Sensor on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:43:47 -0400
  I had a really good look at the wire sheath, and it does not look like coaxil cable at all, simply a rubber cover...
• Water Pump Project - Again
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:38:49 -0500
  ...One is a green and white striped wire, the other a black and white striped wire. The black and white wire comes from the...
• wire splicing
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:08:17 -0700
  Good Friday evening, After much trial and error, I found the problem with my right side power mirror was a broken wire in the...
• Re: Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:15:19 -0700
  ...Running an additional wire like I did bypasses the likely flaw. You can run a charging wire from the alternator right to the separator...