Date:         Thu, 26 May 2011 14:47:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: Where can this wire be found?
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <1306443065.23880.23.camel@TheJackUbuntuNetbook>
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I've only had one bad one in close to a million Vanagon miles.  Seems that
bad ones come in batches; I've heard folks complain about replacing a bad
one with a brand new bad one.

Karl Wolz



|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
|On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel
|Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 1:51 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: Where can this wire be found?
|
|Indeed it is brown. Wraps up the front of the L head, under
|the fuel rails, twists a couple times around that bunch of
|grounding wires that bolt to the head, then hits a little
|connector and turns into the blue/black wire.
|
|Thanks for the tip.
|
|Speaking of tips, ALL the wires look brown with a thin coating
|of central Oregon dust on them. A bit of Windex (all I had)
|washes them and the colors pop out.
|
|Well, THERE'S your problem. The oil pressure lamp on the dash
|does not come on because the op switch does not close with no
|oil pressure. Short that blue/black wire to frame and Hey
|Presto! the lamp comes on.
|
|I gotta pull the tin anyway, wonder what I'll find. Those
|pressure switches fail much?
|
|-- RJS
|
|On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 12:48 -0700, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
|
|> it might be brown where it's on the engine.
|> the left forward cylinder area ..cyl # 3.
|> Between bell housing and exhaust pipe there ..
|> you should see a single wire.
|> Brown there I believe.
|> turns to blue/black in the electrical junction box.
|>
|> scott
|> www.turbovans.com
|> ----- Original Message -----
|> From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
|> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
|> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 8:11 AM
|> Subject: Where can this wire be found?
|>
|>
|> > On the watercooled 1.9L ('83, 84) vanagon, can the oil pressure
|> > switch wire (blue with black stripe, bentley p. 97.56,
|current track
|> > number 29) be accessed from the top of the engine compartment, and
|> > if so, where the dickens is it?
|> >
|> >
|> > --
|> > Rocky J Squirrel
|> > (Whose sig could mention that he hates climbing under the van, but
|> > doesn't)
|>
|
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