Gregor,

For those who want to go that extra mile:
   With all the electrical consumers switched to high,  somehow, I was
losing almost one volt between the alternator body and the engine chassis!
    Since I had several twelve inch, four gauge wires laying around with
eyelets crimped to them; I tied all the grounds together. Alternator body to
engine chassis, then to the heads and finally to the body sheet metal.
    That extra volt made a noticeable difference at the headlights. They
need all the help they can get.
Ken Lewis
http://neksiwel.20m.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregor Brandt" <gbrandt@MARIONETTE.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 12:08 PM
Subject: [VANAGON] Clean those ground connections!

> '86 Westy
>
> I've been having troubles with the van lately.  Idle was high and
> sometimes seeking.  While driving I would get occassional stumbles.  Van
> would be hard to start, sometimes.etc etc.
>
> The mechanics tried all kinds of things, no fixes to be found.  Finally I
> cleans the grounds in the engine compartment (not the tranny to frame
> ground...yet).  All those issues seem to have disappeared, like magic!
>
> So.....CLEAN THOSE GROUNDS!
>
> Gregor