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• Bad Battery Cable- Check the ground! Response was blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:44:38 +0000
  ...If you can measure voltage there you have a drop on the ground cable. It does happen where the factory transmission ground cable looks...
• Re: replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:05:23 -0700
  ...battery ground cable for a 85 westy. > It is EXTREMELY tight in there and no room for a standard round rubber > cable. > I need...
• replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - mike riley
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:38:58 -0400
  need a source for a replacement battery ground cable for a 85 westy. It is EXTREMELY tight in there and no room for 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: replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:05:14 -0700
  ...replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy need a source for a replacement battery ground cable for a 85 westy. It is EXTREMELY...
• Alternator Shot?
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 18:20:53 -0700
  ...I did look underneath and the ground cable from the tranny to frame is tight. All other cables seem tight. What would make my...
• Re: Bad battery cable? 90 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:00:32 -0700
  ...If you can measure voltage there you have a drop on the ground cable. It does happen where the factory transmission ground cable looks...
• Climate Control Cable Meltdown - '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Russell
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 11:24:08 -0700
  ...and replaced the melted cable. While in there I removed the grounds on the driver side and cleaned up the contacts and mounts. I...
• Re: Bad battery cable? 90 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:56:10 -0700
  ...If you can measure voltage there you have a drop on the ground cable. It does happen where the factory transmission ground cable looks...
• engine ground strap
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Chasteen
  Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:22:50 -0800
  replacing the ground strap from engine to body. which is better? braided strap like OE? or cable type insulated? i got a 4ga cable...
• Re: CARPET REPLACEMENT was replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:33:01 -0700
  ...replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy >> >> need a source for a replacement battery ground cable for a 85 westy. >> It is EXTREMELY...
• 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...
• Re: Bad battery cable? 90 tintop -FiXED-
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:53:32 -0700
  ...If you can > measure voltage there you have a drop on the ground cable. It does > happen where the factory transmission ground cable looks...
• Re: replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:10:47 -0500
  ...replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy > > need a source for a replacement battery ground cable for a 85 westy. > It is EXTREMELY...
• Re: CARPET REPLACEMENT was replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:08:03 -0500
  ...replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy >> >> need a source for a replacement battery ground cable for a 85 westy. >> It is EXTREMELY...
• Re: replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:33:05 -0700
  ...replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy > > need a source for a replacement battery ground cable for a 85 westy. > It is EXTREMELY...
• 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...
• Re: The rear speaker ground.
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 07:55:30 -0600
  I don't know if the telephone cable cable is big ennuf, nowadays they use that big hugeodious cable or is that just a...
• Re: O2 sensor wire replacement, '85
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 1 May 2008 16:47:21 -0400
  ...cable) that works essentially as two > wires, how can it operate with a simple spade connector? Wouldn't that alone > default it to ground...
• Re: engine ground strap
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:00:12 -0800
  ...the ground strap from engine to body. which is better? >braided strap like OE? or cable type insulated? i got a 4ga cable type...
• Re: 3 Questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 05:38:44 EST
  ...Poor grounds may weaken speedometer needle return spring by allowing battery current to flow through speedometer cable." IOW, you probably need to chase and...
• Re: Help W/ Grounds - Bucking and High Idle
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:44:28 EDT
  ...The negative cable was loose in the lead cable end that attaches to the battery post. I pulled the cable out and crimped and...
• Re: '85 Westy Cranks Slow During Wet Weather
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:03:32 EDT
  It is either a ground problem (probably) or the positive battery cable is corroding internally and getting wet. I have new ground straps for...
• Re: Need diesel positive battery cable
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 07:13:28 -0700
  ...positive cable from bat to starter, 251 971 228 E ground cable from bat to chassis, 251 971 235 A Mark Gnarlodious wrote: > > I...
• Re: The rear speaker ground.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 07:26:37 -0700
  ...The rear speaker ground. > I don't know if the telephone cable cable is big ennuf, nowadays they use > that big hugeodious cable or...
• Re: Stereo Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 03:01:16 UT
  Your problem is not that of a bad ground as much as it is a "ground loop" Radio Shack sells ground loop isolators. They...
• O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:46:31 -0400
  ...Am I in the ballpark? With O2-cable unplugged, resistance between connector and ground on cable to O2-sensor is infinite. Resistance between other...
• Re: engine ground strap
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:16:22 -0500
  ...the ground strap from engine to body. which is better? >braided strap like OE? or cable type insulated? i got a 4ga cable type...
• Re: Help W/ Grounds - Bucking and High Idle
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Wed, 1 May 2002 23:53:13 -0500
  ...The negative cable was loose in the lead cable end that attaches to the battery post. I pulled the cable out and crimped and...
• Re: alternator output question
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sat, 5 Feb 2011 16:53:41 -0800
  ...It's nice to know what the actual (measurable) effect can be! John "I had similar measurements, and changed out the ground cable from...
• Re: engine ground strap
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:26:46 -0800
  ...the ground strap from engine to body. which is better? >braided strap like OE? or cable type insulated? i got a 4ga cable type...
• New battery cables, where? (diesel)
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 06:31:20 -0600
  ...I want to change both ground and starter cable. Where can I get these type of cables? Are they original? Is diesel the same...
• Re: BUcking List ...
  Historical mailing list - David J. Bohannan
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 18:39:41 -0600
  I cleaned the AFM and I ran a thick ground cable (8 gauge) all the way from the negative terminal on the battery to...
• Re: ground straps
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:36:25 +0200
  snipped ---- > > Is it ok to replace the braded ground straps with a batery like cable ? > >In perticular the one to the left of the...
• List of grounds
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 19:01:04 -0700
  ...I put in a new battery today and was not happy with the ground where the negative battery cable connects to the battery box...
• Re: AC/BAttery indicator lighty
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 9 Aug 1996 19:41:25 CST6CDT
  On 9 Aug 96, Terry Tan wrote: > One thing the Ground cable on the battery terminal felt quite warm > indicating some heavy load somewhere...
• O2 sensor-testing the wires
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 22:13:11 -0500
  The sensor DOES ground through the exhaust. The wire does not ground at both ends, as it is an unbalanced shielded cable. If it...
• Re: Multi Conductor Shielded Automotive Wire Temperature Rating
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 12:48:35 -0800
  ...In my Vanagon I installed a ground farm from B&C under the driver's seat: http://www.bandc.aero/grounding-supplies-battery-cables...
• O2 sensor wire replacement, '85
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 1 May 2008 16:16:24 -0400
  ...cable) that works essentially as two wires, how can it operate with a simple spade connector? Wouldn't that alone default it to ground...
• Re: 3 Questions
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 23:26:50 -0800
  ...Poor grounds may weaken speedometer needle > return spring by allowing battery current to flow through speedometer > cable." > > IOW, you probably need to chase and...
• Re: Another nice trip with NO vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 20:47:53 -0700
  >Could you possibly post a few more details as to exactly where you installed the >capacitor and ground cable? Da Cable: One end of...
• Speedometer Cable End Repair-Update
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 05:06:57 -0400
  ...A small pair of vice grips held the cable end just in back of the squared end and the ground of the mig welder...
• Re: Under Floor Battery Tray
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:32:08 -0700
  ...The ground cable: this photo was an 'unfinished' photo, as shortly after I routed the ground cable over to the other side to combine...
• Re: CARPET REPLACEMENT was replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:10:59 +0000
  ...replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy > >> > >> need a source for a replacement battery ground cable for a 85 westy. > >> It is EXTREMELY...
• Re: ADBQ
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2003 11:25:51 -0700
  ...the auxiliary battery uses the >identical grounding method as the starting battery, >using the same battery ground cable assembly. > >Here is an old photo...
• Re: Starter/ground mystery-88 GL 4sp
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:02:23 -0800
  ...You put that under the ground cable ...like between cable and thing you're grounding it to. Those points dig in and really help...
• Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:50:35 -0500
  > > Please please PLEASE disconnect the GROUND > cable on the battery before fiddling with the positive cable. Ground > is always the last thing to be...
• Instrument Panel Interchange 81/85
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 16:27:46 -0600
  ...FWIW, the air cooled has two ground wires, only one of which is actually ground. The second one is ground only when the parking...
• Re: Multi Conductor Shielded Automotive Wire Temperature Rating
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 17:39:18 -0500
  ...Generally speaking "ground" currents in the chassis will follow the shortest straight path to the battery ground cable. Running grounds belonging to one system...
• Where's the other end of my broken ground strap?
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Sat, 25 Mar 2017 21:35:36 -0400
  Hello, A braided ground cable on my van fell apart, just like: https://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m144/Mikls63rag/Posting%20shit%20up/2010-09...
• Re: Having a problem with a starter
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 15:14:29 -0400
  Ken, Put a volt meter across the length of the cable. In other words, from ground on the battery to the ground point of...
• Re: battery explosion
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Mon, 10 May 1999 00:29:19 -0700
  ...Third, connect the other negative cable to a ground on the car being jumped. DON'T connect it to the battery. Connect it to...
• Re: O2 sensor wire replacement, '85
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Thu, 1 May 2008 17:28:50 -0500
  ...cable) that works essentially as two >wires, how can it operate with a simple spade connector? Wouldn't that alone >default it to ground...
• Re: Reprogramming the ECU.
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:45:01 -0800
  Perhaps if you disconnect the POSITIVE cable from the batteriy(ies) then short the disconnected cable to the ground cable the CMOS memory in...
• BUcking List ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:32:51 -0800
  ...Installing the magic VW cable or a capacitor between 2 and 4. 3. Change the AFM 4. Change fuel filter, 5. Clean ground cables...
• Re: Speedometer cable
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 18 Apr 97 18:01:05 CDT
  ...speedometer cable, removeing/installing work sequence *removing - disconnect battery ground strap - disconntect speedometer cable <from the speedometer, i guess> - remove spare tire - disconnect speedometer...
• Stereo Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 12:34:47 -0700
  ...There are two coax cables that come from the head unit. Cable A (Left Front Amp In) and Cable B (Right Front Amp In...
• Re: O2 Sensors need grounding? (was STILL BUCKING & KICKING!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 13:53:13 -0400
  Gary, I have installed a ground cable from the Catalytic Converter to a chassis ground, otherwise, the OXS grounding depends on some rather rusty...
• Re: removing ground strap bolt
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:56:49 -0500
  ...battery ground strap, too. That may have been good advice during the first 5 or 10 years, assuming no damage to the cables 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...