Without resorting to the Bentley or crawling under the van, I think that
wire powers the double relay for startup.

Tom Young

----- Original Message -----
From: "zzyzx" <zzyzx9@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:09 AM
Subject: Starter wiring question

> 1980 Vanagon air cooled 2.0L, type 22 no options like A/C or BA-6 heater
> The starter has three connector points, the #1(30) wire bolt & two
> separate spades, one spade for the (50) the other spade has what appears
> to be a blue wire connected on it.
> Again, the two spades are not from a multi spade connector, they are not
> connected to each other electrically.
> My question is about the blue wire. My Bentley gives no info on the
> bluish wire.
>
> Anyone have a guess as to the blue wire purpose?
>
> TIA
>