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• are grommets for USA mudflaps available?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 19:25:40 EDT
  ...The grommets are similar to the rubber wire grommets you use when snaking wires through the body--but the mudflap grommet is sturdier. Turns...
• Re: Aux Battery Wiring safe? - NEW TOPIC (I think)
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 20:55:27 -0600
  Absolutely put grommets in, delaying abrasion of the wire is a very good thing. tom On 4 Jun 2004 at 8:56, Antaki wrote...
• RE: conduit for your bus?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 08 May 1995 11:50:19 EST
  ...there were two extra holes, with rubber grommets, so I didn't have to drill to get the wires from outside to inside. B.
• Re: Grommet for Roof?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:38:48 -0700
  ...so many strange wire runs to my Vanagon that I found I used them all the time. I bought my grommets from AutoBodyToolMart.com...
• Re: Headlight relays and wire routing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:25:58 -0800
  ...There are lots of >grommets there, my favorite being the speedo cable grommet--lots of room to >run stuff through. >Best, >bmc :) >Ben McCafferty...
• Re: Engine Bay Wiring Harness: Heat Damage? PIC
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:54:28 -0400
  ...Neil, if the wires had gotten hot you'd see melting, not browning. They're ordinary vinyl-covered wires and they'll melt and...
• Aux Oil temp gauge wiring
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:02:56 -0400
  I suggest routing your wires along side the heater hoses. They run up through grommets in the floor behind the plastic heater cover under...
• Rust Warning
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sat, 19 Aug 2000 13:19:41 -0700
  ...the rubber grommets are pressed against it. Water apparently gets trapped in there. I had to grind it off with a wire brush wheel...
• Re: Engine Bay Wiring Harness: Heat Damage? PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:46:15 -0700
  ...Grommet material must've leached past the grey cover and into a fuel injector wire casing. >> The wires to the B+ post inside the...
• Re: Which gauges?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 2 Jun 2000 13:12:51 -0700
  ...I put grommets in the holes and wires through the grommets to the gauges. Used velcro to attach the gauges to the top of...
• Re: Best way from bumper mounted lights to under dash?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:34:43 -0400
  I have run a few wires through the existing grommets like Dennis mentions. Not knowing what I would need for future upgrades or additions...
• Re: A/C Hose replacement
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sat, 29 Jul 2000 10:03:32 -0500
  ...grommets on the hose. I lubricated them with WD-40 and pushed them back into their original place in the frame. I used wire...
• Re: A/C Hose replacement
  Historical mailing list - kathy jacobs
  Sat, 29 Jul 2000 18:14:07 -0400
  ...grommets on the hose. I lubricated them with WD-40 and pushed them back into their original place in the frame. I used wire...
• Wire length, engine to dashboard is 26'
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:46:32 -0400
  ...drill; grommets available at Home Despot), and over to the instrument cluster. With a few feet of slop built in, the total wire length...
• Re: wet floor
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:26:18 -0400
  ...While you're checking out its water tight integrity, check all the grommets where wires run through the front to the headlight area, too...
• Re: Engine Bay Wiring Harness: Heat Damage? PIC
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:11:31 -0400
  ...Sure looks like a burn, but I suspect it's really interaction between the harness cover and the grommets. If it were hot wires...
• Re: Wire routing
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 22 May 1998 13:32:38 -0700
  ...When I get a new battery, I'll run the wire properly through one of the existing rubber grommets in the bottom of the...
• Re: Leaky windshield washer fluid reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 25 Apr 2021 16:33:00 -0700
  ...There is enough wire to drop the tank so you can disconnect the pump. Filler pipe stays in van, it just slips out of...
• rubber loom
  Historical mailing list - Tim & Kim Dayton
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:20:35 -0500
  ...The rubber wire loom for the rear window defroster in the upper left corner (facing the rear of the van) was shot (very brittle...
• Re: Westy screw caps
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 14 May 2003 12:38:15 -0400
  ...mechanism on the > wing windows, various stainless steel fittings, > grommets for passing electrical wires thru bodywork > bulkheads, etc.. > > Good reasons to shop local -- when...
• Re: gas tank leak - long
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Mon, 6 Dec 1999 11:29:22 -0500
  ...wire wheeled the tank and coated with extends then Kool PAtch (brass wheel), replaced every piece of rubber on the tank (got the grommets...
• Re: Gas tank leak
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 08:21:30 -0500
  ...The grommets are all the same size (about $3 from the dealer), the crossover tube is about $25 (dealer), and you might as well...
• Ryan - 2 Gas Tank - 1 (seal replacement)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:55:38 +0000
  ...insert the grommets in the tank and then pop the spit covered fittings into the grommet. I took the opportunity to wire brush the...
• Re: Aux Oil temp gauge wiring
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 20:39:44 -0500
  ...the back engine access lid and fed the wires though one of the AC hose grommets which fed directly to the engine compartment. From...
• Re: leaking gas update and question
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 16:59:58 -0800
  ...this doesn't work because the crossover tube actually straddles (goes above) all the hoses/wires running from the front of the van to...
• Re: Leaky windshield washer fluid reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 25 Apr 2021 19:53:11 -0400
  ...I don’t believe it’s holding any fluid so I suspect the entire tank is kaput not just grommets or hose. >> >> How hard...
• Re: Aux Oil temp gauge wiring
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:30:03 -0400
  Run the wires up behind the left side headlamps. Then you can sneak them through on of the grommets for the multiple wiring harnesses...
• front mudflap installation tip
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 08:17:22 -0700
  ...In frustration I tried what was suggested earlier, rubber grommets. Size: 1/8" wire, 1/4 chassis (ie the hole in the grommet is...
• 1991 vanagon - Auxiliary Battery wiring upgrade
  Historical mailing list - KevinPGilleran
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 10:10:31 -0700
  ...Drill holes on bottom side of both battery boxes and run wire over top of gas tank, add in rubber grommets and run flexible...
• Re: Aaaaargh! Brake failure (long)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 14:52:32 EDT
  ...I got some braided for a 71 T2 years ago and had to use rubber grommets and wire ties to secure it. I would...
• Re: Adding Aux Driving Lights Questions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:20:08 +1200
  ...John You ought to be able to run the wires in via the headlight wiring grommets. My Caravelle had drivinglights on the now-removed...
• Re: Wet Weather Leak
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 11 Oct 1998 01:41:26 -0700
  Don't forget the rubber grommets around the wiper axle mechanism, or the window washers. A friend of mine recently got a brand new...
• When little Jobs Go Wrong
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:56:40 +0000
  ...wire brittle and cracked in several spots. So, I decided to rewire both front speakers. Now the original wiring was run through rubber grommets...
• Re: Ryan - 2 Gas Tank - 1 (seal replacement)
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:08:30 -0500
  ...insert the grommets > in > > the tank and then pop the spit covered fittings into the grommet. > > > > > > > > I took the opportunity to wire brush the...
• Rear hatch grommet update
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 11 Jun 2017 11:38:00 -0400
  ...I found some round rubber pieces Grommets just for the holes no tube attached. I have some auto tubing from wires that fits the...
• Re: Anyone pulled a Wiring Harness?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:32:14 -0700
  ...The best way seems to be to remove the dash and pull everything down and out through the main grommets in the driver's...
• Re: Leaky windshield washer fluid reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 25 Apr 2021 23:41:28 +0000
  ...There is enough wire to drop the tank so you can disconnect the pump. Filler pipe stays in van, it just slips out of...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:35:36 -0700
  ...mount the switch under the rear seat and you'd only need a couple feet of wire, run through one of the bulkhead grommets...
• Re: Rear hatch grommet update
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 19:23:17 -0400
  ...I have rigged something up with two round grommets and bit of plastic hose. It was really hard getting the washer hose and wires...
• Re: 85 gas tank removal
  Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 22:00:44 EDT
  ...Replace ALL the rubber grommets (3 small, one large for the filler pipe.) It is not necessary to remove the overflow tanks (inside the...
• Re: Where is the dust coming from?
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Sun, 25 Jun 2023 08:50:08 -0400
  if you have decommissioned the back seat heater, put corks in the grommets where the heater hoses used to be. it's a good...
• Re: rubber loom
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 19:44:21 -0800
  ...The rubber wire loom for the rear window defroster in the upper left corner (facing the rear of the van) was shot (very brittle...
• Re: Fuel injector electrical terminal rubber grommet replacement
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:52:27 -0400
  ...rather put on the grommets. > >Thanks > >Pascal >1984 Westfalia I ended up bying the special tool to release the wires from the connector blocks...
• Re: Power mirror and lock maintenance?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:16:27 EDT
  ...Cut the two ends off of the boot and use them as grommets in the door and door jam receptacles, run the wires through...
• Installed add on back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:48:55 -0400
  ...All you see is where I ran wires out of the black box through the grommets at the bottom. Shrink tubing was used on...
• Re: Engine Bay Wiring Harness: Heat Damage? PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:44:24 -0700
  ...s really interaction between the > harness cover and the grommets. If it were hot wires the damage would be > worse on the inside. At...
• Re: When little Jobs Go Wrong
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:15:31 -0800
  ...wire brittle and cracked in several spots. So, I decided to > rewire both front speakers. Now the original wiring was run > through rubber grommets...
• Re: Leaky windshield washer fluid reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 25 Apr 2021 18:50:52 -0500
  ...I don’t believe it’s holding any fluid so I suspect the entire tank is kaput not just grommets or hose. >> >> How hard...
• Re: Ryan - 2 Gas Tank - 1 (seal replacement)
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:06:50 -0700
  ...insert the grommets in > the tank and then pop the spit covered fittings into the grommet. > > > > I took the opportunity to wire brush the...
• 82 Westy for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 19:20:32 -0700
  ...vacuum lines, fuel tank sender, vent lines & grommets, front brakes with hardware kits, fuel filter, plugs, wires, Pertronix, air filter. I have these & many...
• Re: Headlight relays and wire routing
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:16:17 -0700
  ...There are lots of grommets there, my favorite being the speedo cable grommet--lots of room to run stuff through. Best, bmc :) Ben McCafferty...
• Re: Rear hatch grommet update
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:13:41 -0400
  ...I found some round rubber pieces > Grommets just for the holes no tube attached. I have some auto tubing from > wires that fits the...
• Brazilian LED VW (rear hatch)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:55:19 -0500
  Okay, a few weeks ago there was a discussion about a VW emblem that the folks in Brazil make, that can be wired up...
• Re: 1991 vanagon - Auxiliary Battery wiring upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:40:17 -0700
  ...Drill holes on bottom side of both battery boxes and run wire over > top > of gas tank, add in rubber grommets and run flexible...
• Re: Infamous Vanagon Fuel Leak - No Fire!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 05:45:09 EST
  ...hose or wire or any such item susceptible to damage through a metal firewall or plate without using a rubber grommet. Grommets are available...
• Fuel gauge sending unit resistance
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:13:15 -0500
  ...I took the gas tank out of my "91 GL recently to replace the grommets and for future reference measured the resistance of the...
• Re: Problem with cental locking system
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 3 Sep 2008 05:58:49 EDT
  ...and cutting that wire loom boot between the door and the body so I have just the two end grommets and a 1 ~ 2...
• Westy screw caps
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Wed, 14 May 2003 06:30:48 -0700
  ...mechanism on the wing windows, various stainless steel fittings, grommets for passing electrical wires thru bodywork bulkheads, etc.. Good reasons to shop local -- when...
• Re: Aux Oil temp gauge wiring
  Historical mailing list - tp
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:10:34 +0100
  ...It's easy to find all these wires, sheaths and grommets from the outside of your Vanagon by removing the upper "radiator grille". I...
• Re: Leaky windshield washer fluid reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:41:30 -0700
  ...I don’t believe it’s holding any fluid so I suspect the entire tank is kaput not just grommets or hose. >>> >>> How hard...