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• Re: radio whine, need help
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 12:27:38 -0700
  ...I'll swap in a spare set of wires and see... My old Bosch plugs were needing replacement, but glad to see all were...
• Re: Hall Sender question
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 5 May 2007 19:53:06 -0400
  ...It's worth adding for future readers that you have to test the spark on the coil wire, not the spark plug wires, as...
• Checking hall sensor
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:18:24 -0600
  '86 Westy Can anyone tell me how to take the metal plate off the inside of the distributer to check the hall sensor wires...
• fixed but now another problem
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:49:59 -0800
  ...Cleaned the Idle stabilizer valve, new rotor, cap and wires (plugs too).. And today I found the throttle body idle wires were broken. I...
• Re: Definitive on the 87 not using a common ground for rear speakers
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:49:27 -0400
  > I just had my 89 Carat stereo system upgraded with new rear, front speakers > and new head, everything fit fine, with the existing wires...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:08:08 -0500
  ...The wires come from a connector plugged into the back of the heater fan switch. There is also a brown ground wire running over...
• Instrument Cluster Ribbon Repair
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:06:08 -0700
  ...solder wires directly from a new connector to the copper traces. I have a low wattage iron, can clean the traces, tin wires, have...
• Re: O2 Sensor wire connection (wiring harness end - 2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:57:05 -0400
  ...It would really help me out if someone could verify which wires on the harness go to which wires on the 3-wire sensor...
• Re: Splicing O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 27 May 1999 10:44:13 -0400
  ...The new Sensor has a more modern looking > connector, shaped like a ciggarette lighter > Both sensors have 3 wires each (2 white, one black...
• Re: Question RE wiring in trailer lights
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:33:34 -0700
  I ran the wires inside the wiring boot on each side and soldered them to the terminals for the existing wires. Good luck, Tim...
• NVC- Need Trailer Wiring Help!
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 16:23:54 -0400
  ...Have the lights mounted and wires run, but the colors on the instructions don't match what is provided. I used to know these...
• Ignition wires
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Feb 1997 18:26:30 -0500 (EST)
  I've been informed that a set of Bosch wires costs only 22 dollars. I had been told one person paid $80 and was...
• Ignition wires
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:21:21 -0400
  Testing my ignition wires for resistance reveals kOhms of over 6.5. The wire from the coil indicates 7.5. As per Bentley this...
• need an engine wiring harness? i have one cheap
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:37:18 EDT
  ...it includes all the wires in the engine bay and the wires and plugs for the taillights, etc. good if you have a engine...
• Re: 1.9 Running issues when wet out
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:04:29 -0800
  An 85 normally has the later 'pin' type plug wires, cap, and coil, which are better than the previously used type. I would only...
• Re: Digifant Electrical Experts: New Harness + 4 Pin Hella 53 Relay for ECU?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 28 May 2012 18:15:27 -0700
  ...Two brown wires. Confirmed ground to frame. > > 30: two red wires. Confirmed from B+ One goes to FP relay 30 > > 87: Red/White, White...
• New Style Spark Plug Wires
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 09:57:13 -0400
  Has anyone replaced their spark plug wires with ones having the new style connectors which require the distributor cap to have the little studs...
• Re: Induction type timing light
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 21 Jun 1998 12:42:04 EDT
  The voltage induced to the timing light is directly proportional to the current in the spark plug wires. Unless the wires have a braided...
• Re: [Syncro] Syncro Differential Lock Switch Wire
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 8 Apr 2000 17:32:12 +0200
  Budd Premack wrote: > The wire is actually two wires in a black sleeve that end in a female > connector. One wire is brown, the...
• Van stuff for sale...
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 16:52:33 -0700
  ...A set of plug wires for vanagon. The wires are not factory OEM, BOSCH wires. They are made by Autolite, a 7mm wire, it...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:53:38 -0500
  ...Part of this requires cutting some >> wires and these wires are clearly identified in the instructions. When I >> went to do this, and removed...
• Re: Dome circuit wiring
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 08:04:51 -0400
  ...Haven't figured out where to take power >from for that, but I digress... > >With the wires to the drivers dome light connected, and...
• Re: Spark plug wires
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:28:50 -0500
  ...Spark plug wires > >When you're standing aft of the engine looking at the distributor ... >the upper left wire goes to the upper left...
• revving idle --> 83 westy gasser
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:07:09 -0800
  ...I think it is the throttle body stuff- maybe the wires? Anybody have suggestions, other than tracing the wires back to the ecu, and...
• Re: Replacing driver's door wiring
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:18:39 EST
  ...concluded that the time has come to replace all of the wires running > through the > driver's door (windows, speaker, locks, and mirrors). Close...
• Spark Plugs and Milage
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:22:49 -0700
  When you check the spark plugs that have been in use for 30K and find them badly encrusted and check the plug wires that...
• O2 Sens. Replacement
  Historical mailing list - ZUMBRENNEN JOSEPH CORY
  Sat, 6 Apr 1996 21:41:53 -0700 (MST)
  ...There are 2 white wires and one black one. How do you make sure that the white wires are correctly matched? Or does it...
• Re: Speaker Wire Polarity?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:42:19 EST
  ...As stated earlier, if you get a new stereo you should run new wires. This avoids the common ground problem AND you aren't...
• Re: small stuff-
  Historical mailing list - Mike Stainbrook
  Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:01:55 -0500
  funny thing when I disconected the temp sending unit (the blue one)I found it has allready been replaced,wires are toast,(brown/black...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 18:32:16 -0500
  ...But with both wires made to fit that one connection there should be no issue. But there is. One of the 4 wires to...
• Re: Fixed: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 2 Dec 2014 21:04:06 -0800
  ...The black wires are the +. I believe you're referring to the two outer terminals on the coil. Image on GoWesty site: http://urlzr...
• Re: Radio interferance and Intermittant Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 11:39:50 -0400
  ...Replace your wires, and your cap/rotor and I can (almost) guarantee this problem will vanish. Bringing your ideas to life, G. Matthew Bulley...
• Re: Dome circuit wiring
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:18:59 -0700
  ...Haven't figured out where to take power from for that, but I digress... > > With the wires to the drivers dome light connected, and...
• Re: Re-wiring doors (power windows, etc)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 14:44:02 -0400
  ...You may have to play with getting the connectors through, but you can do them all without cutting any wires. 7.) Examine the wires...
• Re: ALTERNATIVE SPARK PLUG WIRES
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:23:13 -0800
  I keep hearing off and on from others that Bosch Ignition Wires aren't holding up on the Wasserboxer. But my luck has been...
• Re: Trying to install headlight relays but wire colors don't match
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:01:38 -0800
  ...However when the directions indicated that I needed to locate the Yellow and White wires coming from the dimmer switch I can't find...
• Re: No compression / fuel pump relay
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:25:27 -0800
  ...It must have twenty > wires in two sections. A bunch of white wires and then several colored > wires (almost like VW fused two relays...
• Re: Spark Plug & Wire problems
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 15:05:01 -0400
  ...there is simply no mechanism for 3 prong vs 1 prong plugs to damage plug wires or coil. dan On Sun, 11 Jul 2004...
• Blinking lights after ground fix
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 30 Jul 2018 22:33:17 +0000
  This weekend I took all the ground wires off the wall, cleaned them and put them back on. The ground strap is a year...
• Re: stereo speaker wire colors?
  Historical mailing list - Jesse Reynolds
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:40:35 -0700
  ...4 speakers = 8 wires. If the rear uses a common > ground, that is 7 wires. But there are 6 wires not including the loose...
• Re: mice and chewed wiring?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 14:50:56 EDT
  ...Unfortunately, wires are just the right size for the smaller rodents to fit in their mouths. Larger rodents, such as ground hogs can do...
• Re: red&white wires, green&black wires, refer madness!
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 22:05:16 -0700
  ...red&white wires, green&black wires, refer madness! > At 08:09 PM 4/6/2001, radish150 wrote: > >Howdy folks, I'm stickin in this...
• Re: Compression test on 1982 aircooled westy
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 16:02:08 -0400
  ...If #4 works after this swap than it is a break in one of the white wires (on the '86 all the wires are...
• Not overlooking the simple causes first
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sat, 23 Mar 2002 02:19:50 -0600
  ...Now, regarding the plug wires - mine were prolly original, (18 YO) and virtually fell off of the plugs. So, if you are concerned about...
• Re: Radio Wattage?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:34:07 -0500
  ...The wires run under the back seat where I have installed clip type speaker connections. The wires are long enough to set the speakers...
• Ignition Coil Wiring Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Snyder
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 22:09:52 -0500
  ...I think I have found a home for all wires except the ignition coil. My coil is a Bosch... has a 3 prong terminal...
• Re: Battery Fireworks after starter install!! Help!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:39:35 -0500
  ...Installation > exactly the same as removal, all the same wires. I reconnect the battery and > FIREWORKS from each post! looks like it melted one...
• Re: Speaker or rear brake light cables?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:04:11 -0700
  The rear speaker wires stay up in the ceiling along the right edge of the roof, and drop down at the side of the...
• Re: Battery Problems- Slow Cranking
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 12 May 2010 11:43:35 -0600
  ...cannabalize a jumper cable set, using one of the 4 gauge wires and run it directly from the alternator hot post to the battery...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  5 Dec 95 00:10:00 -0600
  ...My guess is that the wires are too small. would putting lower resistance wires fix the problem? or is it something else? Waiting in...
• Engine Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 18:13:13 -0400
  ...The old plugs that I replaced were the "proper colour." My gas mileage is crap eventhough I replaced the plugs, wires, fuel pressure regulator...
• mud flaps and wires.
  Historical mailing list - EARL J SMITH
  Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:46:17 -0800
  ...No ideas yet on my extra wires under the dash. Was hoping Ken Wilfey's experience might lead to a solution. Guess they are...
• Stereo wiring harness wire ID
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Wilma Quan
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 12:50:10 -0700
  Hello, Putting in a new stereo, etc., and discovered the PO has pretty well cut up most of the wires on the original VW...
• Re: Wiring questions
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:14:13 -0400
  Jeff, check the ends of the sensor wires. On my motor the one behind the pulley has a 90 degree female end. The one...
• Re: Exposed wiring
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 06:32:53 EDT
  John; It seems to me the engine heat would re-melt the glue, exposing the wires again. I recommend the old standby; JBWeld. Worked...
• Re: Power Window Wires
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 07:42:03 -0400
  If you are using the wires that go directly to the motor, up/down is determined by reversing plus and minus. No connection to...
• Re: backup light wiring
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:06:21 -0400
  I have had exactly this happen where reversing the wires made it work. No idea why. Glad it works! -craig On Jul 26, 2012...
• Re: where to find a one piece lower grille w/ fog lights?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 17 Feb 2001 11:12:25 +0100
  ...All wires are factory-prepared. Next to the headlights are the wires for the foglights. Just extend them down to the grille, connect the...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler - Shame on me
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:53:52 -0500
  ...What kind of wires did you get? I have purchased some from Advance that came with a lifetime warranty, which was a good thing...
• Power window switch, intermittent problem found, not yet fixed
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:38:32 -0800
  ...Essentially the wires running through the door are > flexing at the hinge. Over time, the wires can break due to the flexing. snip