Date:         Sat, 27 May 2006 19:18:20 -0700
Reply-To:     Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Ground wires, was- Dash wierdness, was-  Aux Battery.....
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At  5/27/2006 02:29 PM, David Gunning wrote:
>Saw my ace VW mechanic today (Reggie's VW Repair and Salvage, Waterford,
>Maine) and he pointed-out that a reworking of VW ground wires (cleaning,
>refurbishing, reconnecting, and adding extra [BIG WORD WARNING!] superfluous
>ground wires, etc.) has led to a scientifically proven bonafide 2% increase
>in overall performance of many VW automotive vehicles.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark Drillock" <mdrillock@COX.NET>
>
>
>>As I have pointed out before, one of the weaknesses of the Vanagon that
>>shows up more all the time is the dash grounds. VW connected a lot of
>>unrelated stuff in the dash to the same ground wire. When that ground
>>wire connection develops corrosion over time, strange things happen and
>>can drive us crazy.

Which leads me to the question, 'does anyone know of an easy way to
get access to that cluster of ground wires behind the fuse box'?



Rob
becida@comcast.net

With a '91 Subaru 2.2 in an '87 Vanagon in western Washington. It drives!