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• Re: Battery cable
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:41:13 -0800
  Boy, I guess you wouldn't want to replace a hundred foot copper cable! Pricey. What do you do, leave your battery at home...
• Re: [Syncro] Hard starting when warm
  Historical mailing list - Dave Wolfanger
  Sat, 23 Dec 2000 10:55:19 -0500
  ...My personal preference is to change the primary battery cables ( hot and ground ) with welding cable in a larger size, and soldered cable lugs...
• Bad battery cable? 90 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:36:23 -0700
  Hello Vanagon land! I'm looking for a reason NOT to change the battery cable. 1990 Vanagon with a 91 Subaru 2.2 in...
• Battery cable
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:56:58 -0700
  The battery end of my battery cable has left the planet. It seems to have slowly dissolved. Since this cable is 100' long and...
• Re: Starters and batteries
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 1 Apr 2018 14:34:47 -0700
  borrow a 12V battery, or use a battery charger... connect it to the main battery cables (+ to + and - to -) using a jumper cable set...
• Starter/battery cable
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:32:45 -0700
  ...cable, which should be more than adequate, though possibly difficult to get around the corner beneath the battery box. I'll put a "hole...
• New battery cables, where? (diesel)
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 06:31:20 -0600
  I need new battery cables, who has 'em? http://home.earthlink.net/~gnarlodious/BatteryTerminal.jpg See how the existing (broken) terminal is the "skeleton...
• Battery cable question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Krautkremer
  Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:41:47 -0800
  ...My question is would the ground cable get quite warm to the touch during normal starting? Am I looking at replacing the battery cables...
• Need diesel positive battery cable
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 07:55:01 -0600
  I'm looking for a cable for my '83 diesel, the positive cable from the battery to the starter. Original only. Please advise where...
• Re: Second Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:29:34 -0400
  ...I put this connector on the +ve of my starter battery. I put the starter cable on this connector. I also connected a heavy...
• Jump starting without opening battery compartment?
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 16 Feb 2016 03:38:37 +0000
  ...If you buy the Cig-Lighter-Plug-Cable you can recharge your battery by plugging in the cable. Useful back up battery. http://www...
• Re: Help W/ Grounds - Bucking and High Idle
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:44:28 EDT
  I recently checked the condition of the battery terminals on my 87. The negative cable was loose in the lead cable end that attaches...
• Re: Weak Starting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:27:39 -0600
  ...Once the engine is >running, the battery gets charged, which in turn heats up the battery, >increasing it's capacity. Thanks Kim. Battery cables...
• Re: Need diesel positive battery cable
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 07:13:28 -0700
  ...wrote: > > I'm looking for a cable for my '83 diesel, the positive cable from the > battery to the starter. Original only. Please advise...
• Re: Jump starting without opening battery compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:35:30 -0800
  ...If you buy the Cig-Lighter-Plug-Cable you can recharge your battery by plugging in the cable. Useful back up battery. > > > > > > > > > > > http://www...
• Re: batt cable
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:26:52 -0500
  The 2.1L Vanagons got an upgraded battery cable. If making your own you need a #2 and the terminal ahs to be able...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:06:06 -0700
  I've had to work over the battery cables, ground cables and charging wires on my 85 .and other vans. a few points.. get...
• Re: Help W/ Grounds - Bucking and High Idle
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Wed, 1 May 2002 23:53:13 -0500
  Ok--- And then what happened? E-mail message ����I recently checked the condition of the battery terminals on my 87. The negative cable was...
• Re: Battery cable question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:47:29 -0600
  ...My question is would the > ground cable get quite warm to the touch during normal starting? Am I > looking at replacing the battery cables...
• AW: Electrical/starter problem?? 2nd
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kraewinkel
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 10:35:08 +0200
  Sorry i forgot to say check all plugs?? on the battery cables and the cables themselves and the engine to body cable. i�ve...
• Re: replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:05:23 -0700
  ...replacement battery ground cable for a 85 westy. > It is EXTREMELY tight in there and no room for a standard round rubber > cable. > I...
• Re: adding a second battery
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:58:40 -0400
  ...It is also a Group 41 battery--I have two matching Interstate batteries. On the (-) cable at the battery end, I used a lever...
• Re: Bad battery cable? 90 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:56:10 -0700
  ...Bad battery cable? 90 tintop > > > > Hello Vanagon land! > > > > I'm looking for a reason NOT to change the battery cable. > > > > 1990 Vanagon with a...
• Re: Bad battery cable? 90 tintop
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:04:02 -0400
  > > Are there resistance parameters for the batt-starter cable? > The cable resistance is in the low milliohms. Don't even try -- look at voltage...
• Re: Weak Starting
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:31:58 -0500
  On waterboxer engines the cable from the battery goes down from the box below the passenger seat, along side the frame member towards the...
• battery cable connector info.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:22:20 -0500
  I need to purchase one of those high current battery connectors, use to plug in jumper cables. Anyone know where I can find these...
• Re: battery cables
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:33:52 -0800
  ...battery cables To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Looked at all the usual online spots, I am looking for a positive battery > cable for an...
• Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:50:54 -0400
  ...Please please PLEASE disconnect the GROUND cable on the battery before fiddling with the positive cable. Ground is always the last thing to be...
• FW: [Syncro] Wiring And Amperage Tips For 2nd Battery & Winching
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 17:18:26 -0400
  ...I attached a ground cable permanently, then attached a positive cable to the battery and drilled a hole in the vertical base of the...
• Re: Bad battery cable? 90 tintop -FiXED-
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:53:32 -0700
  ...Bad battery cable? 90 tintop > > > > > > Hello Vanagon land! > > > > > > I'm looking for a reason NOT to change the battery cable. > > > > > > 1990 Vanagon with a...
• Battery cables
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 18:49:18 -0500
  ...The cable to the relay just comes from the positive terminal on the battery. The relay is activated by the ignition. And you're...
• Your method to fit grp 41 battery in box
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:49:00 -0500
  ...For years I've always had a struggle when dropping the group 41 battery past the pos-neg cables and have banged-up the...
• Re: Battery cable question
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:47:09 -0600
  ...My question is would the > > ground cable get quite warm to the touch during normal starting? Am I > > looking at replacing the battery cables...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:39:37 -0400
  ...I think there is still some life in that battery. I believe it was a grounding issue mostly. If I run a new cable...
• Re: battery explosion
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Mon, 10 May 1999 00:29:19 -0700
  ...Second, connect the negative cable to the battery in the car that is doing the jumping, not to the battery being jumped. Third, connect...
• A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sat, 7 Aug 2010 14:34:26 -0400
  ...I put off replacing the battery to starter cable until last because my cable showed no corrosion or deterioration and because changing the cable...
• Re: WARNING: Lighting upgrade hazard
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Wed, 25 Dec 2002 02:32:24 +0000
  ...The electrical cable diameter from the Vanagon Alternator to the battery is matched to the typical max 90A output. When switched-on consumer current...
• Re: A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 7 Aug 2010 13:09:08 -0600
  ...I put off replacing the battery to starter cable > until last because my cable showed no corrosion or deterioration and because > changing the cable...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:49:39 -0700
  On my '84 I added a ground cable from the battery lower bolt to the frame and that allowed the (VW 1.9) stock...
• Re: Bad battery cable? 90 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:00:32 -0700
  ...Bad battery cable? 90 tintop > > Hello Vanagon land! > > I'm looking for a reason NOT to change the battery cable. > > 1990 Vanagon with a...
• Battery Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:06:13 -0700
  ...When I put my DC voltmeter between the battery ground and the ground cable I show 12 volts. Starter cable shows no direct ground...
• Re: Charging the battery
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:15:12 -0700
  ...Aside from that I've always disconnected the negative battery cable before doing any kind of electrical work on a vehicle, just as SOP...
• Help installtion Aux.battery 1985 westy
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Jun 1996 12:23:55 -0400
  ...use a short battery cable from Aux.battery positive to terminal 87 of relay and a 3-4 foot cable ran from terminal 30...
• Re: 91 Vanagon will not start..?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 30 May 2004 14:26:11 EDT
  ...Ultimatley once the battery cables are cleaned or the corraded wiring replaced one battery--your battery-- will do the trick to start the bus...
• Re: Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:50:24 -0400
  ...It will then regulate the alternator to produce the correct results at the battery, automatically compensating for cable losses because the cable is now...
• Re: (another) Van Dies, Refuses to start in extreme hot weather.. (verylong)
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 16 Jul 2002 08:09:06 -0400
  I put a second Group 41 battery under the back seat in a plastic battery box. Run heavy gauge cables directly to the starter...
• Re: Aux Battery: Life span of charged battery?
  Historical mailing list - Brenda Zendzian
  Mon, 4 May 1998 18:55:39 -1000
  ...Aux Battery: Life span of charged battery? On the cable that goes to the main (starting) battery there are several things crimped together. The...
• Battery Under Rear Seat Install
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 14 May 2001 11:53:25 -0400
  ...The positive cable was 31" long and worked out perfectly. The ground cable was 36". I put the battery in a plastic battery box...
• Re: Aux Battery: Life span of charged battery?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Mon, 4 May 1998 15:54:50 +0000
  On the cable that goes to the main (starting) battery there are several things crimped together. The big fat one is no doubt the...
• Re: whats the quick fix for the starter cable?
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Sat, 25 Jan 2003 20:01:20 -0600
  ...the starter cable? What's the quick fix for the starter cable? The cable (the thick one that goes to the battery) tore at...
• Re: Something wrong ...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 14:25:21 -0700
  ...At the battery end the charging wire is the large battery cable from the starter to the battery. The large cable is the starting...
• Re: A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 7 Aug 2010 14:28:13 -0500
  ...I put off replacing the battery to starter cable > > until last because my cable showed no corrosion or deterioration and because > > changing the cable...
• Re: 91 Vanagon will not start..? FIXED
  Historical mailing list - Shannon Mitchell
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 05:56:02 -0400
  ...Ultimatley once the battery cables are cleaned or the corraded wiring replaced one battery--your battery-- will do the trick to start the bus...
• battery cable contact problem
  Historical mailing list - Duclos Darie
  Tue, 18 May 1999 10:11:08 +0200
  ...The assumption now is that there is something intermittently wrong with the long cable which connects the battery to the starter and runs right...
• Battery Disconnect
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 15 May 2001 11:50:49 -0400
  To completely isolate the second battery I put under the back seat, is disconnecting the (-) cable sufficient or should I disconnect both (+) and (-)? Both...
• Re: I could use a little help
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Fri, 28 May 2010 16:22:06 -0700
  I ran a very short 8 ga cable out of the battery box (+ only): http://members.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/Battery1.JPG Wire strands soldered...
• Re: A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 05:42:55 EDT
  ...I put off replacing the battery to starter cable until last because my cable showed no corrosion or deterioration and because changing the cable...
• Re: What's wrong with GoWesty's auxiliary battery kit?
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Fri, 7 Jul 2017 07:18:02 -0700
  ...That's easier than running another cable all the way to the front since the stock ('86-on) battery cable is already plenty large...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:06:08 -0400
  ...The current travels from the battery through the negative terminal to the chassis and from the starter to the battery through the cable from...
• Re: Your method to fit grp 41 battery in box
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:55:58 +0000
  ...For years I've always had a struggle when dropping the group 41 battery past the pos-neg cables and have banged-up the...