I believe it changed in for the '87 model year - it is simple to check for with a VOM between speaker grounds if you have one hand. I had to run an auxiliary ground for one of the speakers in my '86. Justin Jensen SLC Utah -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of Houston Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 9:53 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Speaker Ground (was Re: Aiwa CD stereo option) I've been putting off connecting my back speakers, as I assumed they shared a ground. Anybody know what year this changed? Houston '84 Westy, "Morrison" PDX, USA --- Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET> wrote: > > One caution that is already found in the archives > regarding stereos: The > > Vanagon rear speakers use a common ground. This > is not acceptable for > most > > modern stereos. You will need to run a separate > ground wire; > > The late model Vanagons do not use a common ground. > I don't know what year > they changed from common ground, but my 90 has > separate ground wires. > > Bill
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