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• Re: starting problem (#2005-1009)]
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:26:25 -0500
  ...Once the "switch" operates, the bigger cable from the battery to the starter turns the motor just fine. When I cleaned up the connectors...
• Re: Solar Power Parts papsolar.ca (MCA Batteries, etc.)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 7 Oct 2012 23:52:02 -0400
  ...Solar Power Parts papsolar.ca (MCA Batteries, etc.) Anyone considered building a battery pack out of a couple of sets of these? http://www...
• Re: Odd-Ball Vanagon Parts Sale
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 10:25:32 -0500
  ...assembly- > $150. > Vanagon Radiator Fan- $99 each. > Vanagon Positive battery cable from starter to battery (86-91)- $40 each. > Brand new skid bars for...
• Re: Driving Lights - If not Project Twzo, what's the answer?
  Historical mailing list - William Manley
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:53:31 -0700
  ...3 12-gauge power cables with fuses from the battery to behind the grill a 10-gauge neg cable run the same way little...
• Re: Switiching accessorys from main battery to auxilary battery?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:42:14 -0700
  ...You will be working with wires that are live all the time unless the battery ground cable is unhooked. Idiots should not do any...
• Re: Wrecker find today, 2wd tin top made in Austria
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Fri, 15 Apr 2016 19:20:18 -0700
  ...We always had a 5-lb jar of petroleum jelly (aka Vaseline) and everything electric - connectors, lightbulbs, fuses, battery cables, plugs, etc. received a...
• We're Back!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:18:01 EDT
  ...With the Digitool showing 9.0, to restart the van I had to jump from the auxiliary battery and kept the jumper cables attached...
• Re: Rodents
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 23 May 2020 22:22:45 -0400
  ...used plumbers >> putty around a hole where the ground cable from the house battery passes >> through the floor, and sealed around the lines from...
• Re: [WetWesties] Mechanical Lesson Learned On the Road (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:14:30 -0800
  ...After > having to move a bunch of stuff I got the jumper cables out and jumped the > aux battery to the starting battery. Started...
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:58:09 -0700
  ...He pointed to a battery at the PS rear as the traction battery. It must have been for the accessories. This was on an...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:14:44 -0500
  Yes your alt is broken, if you drive it, you may overcharge your battery and kill it. Or you may just drain the batt...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:07:33 -0700
  ...I bought once....in the end it was a matter of battery cable > sizes. quite odd, but that was it. ) > > > > > > On 11/29/2014...
• '85 Radio Concern
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:43:22 -0400
  ...If I removed and reconnected the (-) battery cable while the radio was on, would this have spiked it? Is the Blaupunkt guy feeding me...
• Electrical genuis-es here is one for you..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:09:34 -0800
  ...Another data point is that I installed a second battery, wiring it direct to the other battery with a solenoid in line. The solenoid...
• Re: No Start & Sliding door handle'
  Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:30:00 -0400
  ...If automatic the neutral switch is also suspect. > >> > > > Battery and ground cables. They can look good and not be! Again, > >> > testing > >> > > under load. > >> > > > Horror...
• Re: Multi Conductor Shielded Automotive Wire Temperature Rating
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:55:57 -0800
  ...Generally speaking "ground" > currents in the chassis will follow the shortest straight path to the > battery ground cable. Running grounds belonging to one system...
• Re: Dead 83.5
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 21:20:42 -0500
  ...The relay next to the one you mention for the fuel pump supplies 12v battery power to most all the fuel injection system including...
• Re: 1987 Westy engine starter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:25:15 -0700
  ...disconnect battery. remove battery cable and starter trigger wire from starter solenoid. ( 13mm wrench and yer grimmy finners for the trigger wire ) after that...
• Re: An AC idea for driving and camping
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 23:04:51 -0500
  ...V; you'd need a couple of 6 gauge or better battery cables to carry 100 A at 12 V. Another option, not as...
• Re: Checking output of alternator.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 16:25:08 -0400
  ...I thought >> the 5 years old battery was DOD so,I changed it. All cables and wire >> are tight on battery and alternator. All...
• Re: secret stash uncovered
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 11:33:13 -0800
  ...You will also have to reroute the hole through > the sheet metal in the front for the DIN cable and aux battery wiring. > 7...
• Re: Inverter Questions
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:12:31 -0600
  ...I have run 10awg >> cables >> behind the cabinetry to the auxiliary battery (Optima D34/78 run with the >> "stock relay" setup). >> > > If they want...
• Re: Weird radio problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 07:23:25 -0700
  ...you can wrap around the charger cable at the plug end to block from going down the cable and radiating all over the place...
• Re: High resistance causing no spark?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 16:32:13 -0500
  ...Works sort of like a battery terminal and terminal cable. You can get some corrosion on/in the connections and the resistane will go...
• questions
  Historical mailing list - Animal
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 20:54:23 -0500
  ...My alternator was shot, my battery didn't seem to be holding a charge, the new battery worked fine for two days, but yesterday...
• Re: Subject: Starter Help!
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Plichta
  Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:35:28 -0500
  ...The last thing I added was an extra ground from the bottom nut on the starter to the negative post of the battery and...
• Re: Starter: it's one or another
  Historical mailing list - Danny Bean
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:32:58 -0500
  ...high resistance in the starter motor >>>>> main current path, or weak starter battery. >>>>> >>>>> I am in agreement with David Beierl that fat copper cables...
• Re: Why I tell people they should purchase a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Mon, 4 Jul 2016 19:11:16 -0500
  ...I now > have no worries of loosing my start battery when using my power for > extended camping. > > In my turn I’ve every now...
• Re: vanagon fire
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:25:40 -0500
  ...fuses to the battery circuits. You need to know what you're doing. You can't easily fuse the starter cable. #3 Fix lose...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:08:24 -0500
  ...Is it quality > rebuild?who knows? but it's quiet and putting out 14.2V at the > battery, so I'm not complaining. > > > On...
• Re: optima batteries that fit under the driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 29 Jul 2018 16:21:22 -0500
  ...only superficially cleaned the cable end clamps. I redid it myself at home. Now, this accounts for two battery purchases over the 18 years...
• Re: 85' won't start :-( any clues??
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:42:38 -0600
  ...You may have "power" at the battery but it could be low enough (left the radio on?) that it won't start. Take the...
• Re: Riddle me this about Vanagon dash wiring gremlin
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 1 Jan 2016 07:12:20 -0800
  ...The > earlier harness is longer with more connections and is more prone to > damage and failure as well as less charging at the battery...
• Re: automatic aux battery charger + inverter setup
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Aug 2015 22:05:32 -0400
  ...with 25 extension cable for remote system monitoring Ignition lockout feature helps to minimize battery drain Automatic three-stage battery charger Designed to be...
• Re: Alternator & EGR lights flashing?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 3 Feb 97 14:10:26 EST
  ...The EGR light is otherwise controlled by a mileage counter in line with the speedometer cable. Every 15,000 miles the mileage counter closes...
• Dual Battery Relay - Part 2 (long)
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 12:41:51 -0800
  ...Route the #8 wire under the car to the main battery box. Use cable ties to secure it, and make sure there are no...
• Re: Sad story
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:26:54 -0700
  ...but for electrical shorting out, like a wedding ring and battery cables etc. I hate to think about the person maybe leaning in to...
• Help, GL wont start!
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 23:44:33 -0800
  ...I continued to crank on it till the battery went flat. Thinking I ran the fuel tank dry and my gas gauge was lying...
• Re: Optima Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, David R FOR:EX
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:57:27 -0800
  ...Optima battery as a second starting battery, even in a emergency. If I do need it, I'll just use jumper cables instead of...
• Re: Power loss problem solved.... I think.
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 11 May 2000 13:06:23 -0700
  ...Always when you have starter or charging or battery probs, check that ground strap and both ends of both (all) battery terminals and cables...
• charging woes/charging joy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 21:44:23 -0800
  ...Come back with a fully charged battery, set it in the van, hook it up with jumper cables and VROOooom... starts right up. Drive...
• article: Alternator Charging Systems (long)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 14 Jun 95 10:30:51 CDT
  ...Some stock ammeters use one of the battery cables as an external shunt. If this cable eventually gets shortened or replaced with a non...
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:16:52 -0700
  ...Note the red battery cable in Squirrel's pic. Probably passenger side. BenT sent from my electronic leash On Jul 10, 2011, at 6...
• Engine stalls
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Jan 1995 11:32:10 -0500
  ...I figure it must be on the speedo cable but I don't see it. TIA for any advice. Scott Kucera '77 Campmobile Beaufort...
• Re: Solar Charging?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Highland
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:27:56 -0700
  ...You can plug it into the cigarette lighter or clamp it on to a battery. It's a ~3 watt panel. I don't...
• Re: holes in front wall of battery box.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:47:52 -0300
  ...in the lower right-hand corner (next to where the battery ground cable bolts to the chassis. This hole looks like there may have...
• Re: Multimeter help for the idiot
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:14:26 -0700
  ...I put my MM between the + terminal on my new battery and the + cable. I then set my RadioShack MM to the notch marked...
• Re: Interesting things in glovebox
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:06:40 -0500
  ...battery compartment to run my Digitool cable thru and found a soft bag full of about $100 worth of tools. Cool! Not as good...
• Re: High idle issues
  Historical mailing list - Rene Ditton
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:30:31 -0700
  ...I just found a string that suggested changing out the main cable going to the battery. Should that be my next step? Are there...
• Re: Starter: it's one or another
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:44:17 -0700
  ...high resistance in the starter motor > main current path, or weak starter battery. > > I am in agreement with David Beierl that fat copper cables...
• Re: Start Issue with Hard Start Relay
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 6 Mar 2011 19:24:32 -0800
  ...I have seen many cables from solenoid to starter motor .. it's a small cable ..I've seen lots of those that looked overheated...
• Aux. battery & accessories installation report (long)
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 21:59:30 EDT
  ...1" thick styrofoam to put the battery on, free from the scrap bin. Battery ground cable, I think about 12", a few dollars from...
• Re: battery in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 22:27:08 -0500
  ...well all of the Diesel vans put the battery on a shelf in the engine compartment for a shorter battery supply cable. so it...
• Re: Checking output of alternator.
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 20:17:50 +0000
  ...I thought > the 5 years old battery was DOD so,I changed it. All cables and wire > are tight on battery and alternator. All...
• Re: Rodents
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 24 May 2020 19:58:36 -0400
  ...used plumbers > >> putty around a hole where the ground cable from the house battery passes > >> through the floor, and sealed around the lines from...
• Re: Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 21:20:07 -0400
  ...Also, It not about the battery cable or the large (6.0) Red wire connecting to the B+ alternator terminal. Thanks, Ed
• '80 vanagon fire!!
  Historical mailing list - Troy Crivellone
  Sat, 6 Nov 1999 21:35:42 PST
  ...Well it seems as if i had attached the neon knob power cable to an one exposed end of the headlight wiring harness. The...
• Re: funky electric
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 14:13:54 -0400
  ...My battery reads strong voltage > and my alternator > is only a few months old. I checked all battery and related wire > connections, but still...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:31:02 -1000
  ...I bought once....in the end it was a matter of battery cable > sizes. quite odd, but that was it. ) > > > > > On 11/29/2014...
• Re: Stuffing away stuff in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:42:34 -0500
  ...Stuffing away stuff in a Vanagon Jumper cables, long bicycle/boat cable and lock and 2000 lb come-along in the space under the...