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Subject:Re: ECU Wiring Question
From:Tom Young
Date:Sat, 18 Apr 1998 10:15:16 -0700

Scott:

On mine, the blue connector goes to the cold start valve.  Can't really
see the connector for the thermo-time switch.  :-)

On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Scott Snyder wrote:

> I had to purchase a used wiring harness for my 81 Westy's ECU.
> Unfortunately none of the wires are marked.  Using Bentley's, I think I have
> all of them correctly identified except the wires to the thermo-time switch
> and cold start valve.  According to Bentleys (24.12) the thermo t switch
> wire is slightly longer than the wire for the cold start valve.  But, the
> color of the plastic cases that surround the wire dont match up if they are
> color coded. It only seems reasonable to me that the blue cased wire should
> go to the cold start valve (which is blue) and the brown cased wire should
> go to the thermotime switch (which is brown).  According to Bentley,
> however, this is not so.
>
> Could someone look at there cold start valve and help me out?

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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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