Date:         Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:03:06 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Clean those ground connections!
Comments: To: Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net>
In-Reply-To:  <001d01c77ae6$822184d0$0201a8c0@kaos>
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Ken, do you have a picture of that bit of wiring?  I'm having a little
trouble seeing it in my mind.

Thanks, Jake

On 4/9/07, Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net> wrote:
>
> Gregor,
>
> For those who want to go that extra mile:
>    With all the electrical consumers switched to high,  somehow, I was
> losing almost one volt between the alternator body and the engine chassis!
>     Since I had several twelve inch, four gauge wires laying around with
> eyelets crimped to them; I tied all the grounds together. Alternator body
> to
> engine chassis, then to the heads and finally to the body sheet metal.
>     That extra volt made a noticeable difference at the headlights. They
> need all the help they can get.
> Ken Lewis
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregor Brandt" <gbrandt@MARIONETTE.CA>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 12:08 PM
> Subject: [VANAGON] Clean those ground connections!
>
>
> > '86 Westy
> >
> > I've been having troubles with the van lately.  Idle was high and
> > sometimes seeking.  While driving I would get occassional stumbles.  Van
> > would be hard to start, sometimes.etc etc.
> >
> > The mechanics tried all kinds of things, no fixes to be found.  Finally
> I
> > cleans the grounds in the engine compartment (not the tranny to frame
> > ground...yet).  All those issues seem to have disappeared, like magic!
> >
> > So.....CLEAN THOSE GROUNDS!
> >
> > Gregor
>



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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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