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• Re: relay problems
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:12:18 -0800
  ...Fuel pump relay switching constantly (buzzing). Remove fuel > pump relay buzzing stops (of course) plug back in, it comes back. Swapped > relays no change...
• relay problems
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Thomas
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:32:50 EST
  listees, Having a problem w/ the current supply relay and fuel pump relay. van wont start. Fuel pump relay switching constantly (buzzing). Remove fuel...
• Re: Do I have to rewire for programmable intermittent wipers?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 19 May 2002 10:09:17 -0700
  If it is like the one I have, the replacement relay simply replaces the original relay. No rewiring needed. If the new relay does...
• for sale: 99 relay - programmable wiper sweep relay
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 1 Jan 2017 02:50:12 -0500
  i have a #99 relay for sale. this relay allows you to custom set the wiper interval sweeps. fits all vanagons. pmail me if...
• Re: Cooling fan not coming on
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sat, 23 Apr 2016 14:25:35 -0700
  ...The 82-85 watercooled vans don't have a rad fan relay in the main relay panel. They have the high speed relay mounted...
• Re: Fuel Pump Relay/Fuse
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 27 Jan 2018 14:47:17 -0800
  I wrote: > Bentley should show location of relay in index at beginning of the diagrams ....... There should be an image in Bentley Digifant section...
• Re: part # for non-hella 2nd battery relay?
  Historical mailing list - Pedro
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:03:21 -0600
  ...http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062477&cp=&origkw=relay&kw=relay&parentPage=search hella lot cheaper too. pardon the pun. Peter...
• Re: Cooling fan not coming on
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Apr 2016 21:20:42 -0400
  ...The 82-85 watercooled vans don't have a rad fan relay in the main relay panel. They have the high speed relay mounted...
• Re: Install Details Please? "99" Intermittent Wiper Relay
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:16:24 -0400
  like i said in the original posting, you remove the #19 wiper relay and install the #99 one in its place. I received one...
• Re: Fifth connection on relay
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 19 Feb 2014 08:37:50 -0800
  That resource does not include the version of 5 pin relay that VW used for the fridge and aux battery relays. The VW relay...
• part # for non-hella 2nd battery relay?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:59:08 -0600
  Anyone know of a part number for a non-hella (cheaper) relay that can be used for 2nd battery setup in a van without...
• Re: Starting problems with 88 Vanagon, WIKI problems too
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:49:23 -0700
  ...BOTH relays are needed for the fuel pump to run. One relay turns on the ECU, controlled by the key switch. The other relay...
• Re: "yawn" Another (trivial) Jetta conversion Fuel Pump relay question.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:12:46 -0700
  ...Pics of fuel pump and power relay (click image for larger view): http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/relays Interestingly, the power management relay (pic in...
• Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:12:36 -0800
  The HO2S relay is not part of the relay panel anyway, though it clips to it externally. The Power relay and FP relays can...
• Re: Starting problems with 88 Vanagon, WIKI problems too
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:09:44 -0500
  These relays are a dime (or less) a dozen at pick and pull junkyards. No reason to not have spares. Larry A. On 9...
• Re: where is seatbelt warning relay
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:38:06 -0800
  This is an area of omission in the Bentley diagrams but a notation exists in places that says some relay locations can vary, referring...
• Re: Where does Hella relay go?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:51:11 -0700
  What I'm wondering is what is this 'hella relay' thing really about ? Like, is the orginal poster adding headlight or fog light relays...
• Re: Relay powers up when battery connected
  Historical mailing list - Tony Thompson
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 18:37:44 -0400
  ...I have been troubleshooting the fridge relay under the seat and adding a second relay to handle auxiliary battery charging. The blue wire is...
• Re: Install Details Please? "99" Intermittent Wiper Relay
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:37:24 -0500
  ...It depicts the "99" relay using a symbol > defined as a "solid-state relay" or something. Does the wiring > diagram label each pin of...
• <E28> '87 535 Fuel Deliver
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  12 Jul 1996 12:04:14 -0700
  If your fuel pump relay is getting flakey, then there is a good possibility that the main relay isn't far behind for the...
• Re: Fuel Pump ??????
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:01:36 -0400
  At 02:32 PM 3/23/2011, Kurt Grotz wrote: >I am assume perhaps incorrectly that this indicates that the fuel relay is >shot...
• Re: Where does Hella relay go?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:34:48 -0700
  On 8/22/09, Jeff Hartman <jeffreyleehartman@gmail.com> wrote: >.First, no > there are no numbers on that relay other than the ones I...
• Re: "Relayed" Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:35:15 EST
  But before you go and replace the switch (which might very well be the problem) make sure that the relay for the non-working...
• Re: Install Details Please? "99" Intermittent Wiper Relay
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:55:22 -0700
  All you do is pull out the relay labeled 19 and plug in the one labeled 99. Mark Steve Williams wrote: > I received one...
• radiator fan relay
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:07:36 -0700
  ...Having just replaced the temperature sensor switch I was going to replace the relay. For some reason I thought that the relay was located...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 8 Dec 2015 13:12:42 -0800
  That Samba beetle thread relay wiring isn't quite the way I would do it on a Vanagon. The starter motor has a large...
• Re: radiator fan relay
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:20:57 -0700
  Todd and Tim, that is the one relay I did not pull. I will try that next. big relay and hard to reach. New...
• Install Details Please? "99" Intermittent Wiper Relay
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:40:35 -0700
  I received one of the "99" programmable intermittent wiper relays from Chris Turner. (Thanks!) I looked up the relay in the Bentley manual, where...
• Re: Isolator, where to put it?
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sat, 23 Jan 1999 20:57:39 -0800
  Greetings, With regard to relays in "campers": "3-way refrigerator relay": The 2 vanagon full westfalia campers ('81 and '90) that I have owned...
• Re: A/C fan and burning smell
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 05:36:01 -0700
  There is no combined fan stage 3/4 relay. Stage 3 is part of the special A/C relay, 8 pins. Stage 4 is...
• Re: 79 Bus with 81 engine - Hot Start issue - Now Hard Start Relay Concerns
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:36:20 -0400
  The spring inside the relay used to make a standard VW hard start relay is rated at 100,000+ cycles at full amperage (as...
• Re: X relay and other relay
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sat, 6 Jul 2002 16:46:10 -0700
  I added relays for the headlights and some driving lights. One of these relays is always hot to the touch. The lights aren't...
• Re: Where does Hella relay go?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:14:08 -0700
  Oops, the unused output pin for empty relay socket 7 is B20 not A22. Relay socket 6 is unused as well, with none of...
• Re: Cooling fan not coming on
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Sat, 23 Apr 2016 15:17:37 -1000
  ...The 82-85 watercooled vans don't have a rad fan > relay in the main relay panel. They have the high speed relay mounted...
• Re: Help with Dometic 12v wiring
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:37:41 -0700
  ...If VW # 411915511B is the "fridge" relay, assuming fridge turned on to 12V setting, relay does this: engine running: relay energized (internal switch closed...
• load reduction relay for wipers/heater blowers
  Historical mailing list - Weibel, Pius
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:34:12 -0500
  ...My load reduction relay for the wipers and the heater blowers died recently. The relay is a generic 40 amp relay (part# 171-937...
• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:39:37 -0700
  ...The added starting relay can be triggered on by the voltage passing through the fridge relay and this will engage the starter motor while...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:03:15 -0700
  The horn relay is nothing special, just a generic "bosch style" 4 pin relay. Every VW has a couple and many other cars do...
• Re: "yawn" Another (trivial) Jetta conversion Fuel Pump relay question.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:10:33 -0400
  ...It sounds like you're using a generic Bosch type relay (4 or 5 contacts, 2 for coil, 1 for relay arm, 1 or...
• Re: Problem with Stancor 120-901 relay??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:33:17 -0700
  ...The actual voltage seen by the relay coil will depend on how you wire the control circuit for the relay coil. I agree that...
• Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
  Historical mailing list - Julian Burden
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:18:20 -0500
  In a previous email to the list Ron said that if the relay does fail it is likely to fail open, keeping the starter...
• Re: H4 headlights and relays
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:24:19 -0500
  Just about any 12v generic relay will work. Try a GM power seat relay. After all your light switch is just closing the relay...
• Do I have to rewire for programmable intermittent wipers?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 18 May 2002 17:03:13 -0400
  Hi, I just purchased one of those programmable wiper relays for my 87 Westy. I figured it would be a simple matter of pulling...
• "X" relay part numbers
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:58:06 -0800
  "X" relay 80-85 ,40 amp relay with .250" power legs, VW# 141 951 253B (type 53) "X" relay 86-91 ,40 amp relay...
• Re: Relay powers up when battery connected
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 16:29:36 -0700
  Tony, the wiring for the fridge relay is a little tricky because of the way VW chose to do it. The blue wire supplies...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 8 Dec 2015 15:50:45 -0800
  ...Relay pin #85 is the ground for the relay coil so a short wire from relay pin #85 with the other end screwed to...
• Mystery Missing Relay
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Fri, 23 May 2003 19:13:51 -0700
  Messing around today, pulled the fuse block getting ready to relay my headlights. Ran into a mystery, a missing relay. Pictures here: http://home...
• 4 pin fuel pump relay(s) question.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:16:06 -0700
  ...use '85 Vanagon relay block to mount relays needed for my Jetta/Vanagon conversion. 2 of 3 needed fit, but Jetta FP relay does...
• Re: 91 Camper - Factory Default Aux battery install help
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:54:43 -0700
  Either way works for the blue wire relay trigger hookup with 2 small relays. I prefer to let the blue wire control just the...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 8 Dec 2015 16:02:31 -0800
  ...Vanagon Starter relay kit > > That Samba beetle thread relay wiring isn't quite the way I would do it on a Vanagon. > > The starter...
• AC relay question
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:33:06 -0800
  ...So I pulled the 3 relays and tested them by putting 12 volts across terminals 85 & 86 to trigger the relay (on relays A...
• Re: Digifant Electrical Experts: New Harness + 4 Pin Hella 53 Relay for ECU?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 28 May 2012 18:27:06 -0700
  Sorry, I meant the ECU relay diode shown in the 88/89 Bentley diagram is not being used as for suppression. The most common...
• Headlamp Relays; Fuse the Relay Control Circuit?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 11:21:06 -0700
  I have two questions for the group regarding the use of relays to power the headlamps. As I understand it, the benefit of using...
• Re: NO Relay, what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 19:29:07 -0700
  ...Lighting relays in most cases are not designed for continuous duty. They're rated differently. Google 'continuous duty relay' and you'll learn the...
• Re: radiator fan relay
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:53:13 -0700
  If memory serves, the low and medium speeds do not use a relay, the high speed does, the relay is located in front of...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - 2 relays underneath the fuse panel
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:28:22 -0800
  One of them is the fan high speed relay and the other is the coolant level warning relay. The one with the thicker wires...
• Re: Adding Battery Relay
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 29 May 2006 08:29:57 -0700
  ...I am adding a relay and aux battery > to > my passenger van. The relay came from a weekender and I currently have my > 2...
• Re: Strange no start problem - still having issues
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:36:53 -0700
  Zoran, the ECU only provides ground for one of the relays, that is the fuel pump relay. If you manually provide ground to pin...
• Re: Install Details Please? "99" Intermittent Wiper Relay
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:04:14 -0600
  ...It depicts the "99" relay using a symbol >> defined as a "solid-state relay" or something. Does the wiring >> diagram label each pin of...
• Re: dual battery relay
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2003 14:44:09 -0700
  Harold has a good diagram for adding a second battery to a Westy using the light duty relay method. Here is the link. http...