Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 18:07:27 -0700
Reply-To: LarsP <olgreywoof@GMAIL.COM>
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From: LarsP <olgreywoof@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Foil Replacement - GW Kit
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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>As to presenting another failure source – that new connector is replaced by 26 new crimp connections, again made in an awkward tight space. I’d trade that in a second.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Deleting the connector to reduce cost I’d call false economy. For ease of installation and not altering the original harness, let me pay for that connector.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>About matching up the wires on some models – yes, and the original factory connector easily opens to allow swapping wire positions without cutting or permanently altering anything.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Again, the kit all works and was straight-forward enough, but I think they made a bad call on the one point.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:d23haynes57@hotmail.com">Dennis Haynes</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, January 4, 2024 10:33 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:olgreywoof@gmail.com">LarsP</a>; <a href="mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com">vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM</a><br><b>Subject: </b>RE: Foil Replacement - GW Kit</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Maybe the adapter to connect to the original harness was eliminated as it does present another failure source. Maybe to reduce cost, who knows? From experience some vans have had mods where the wires do not align, and the wires need to be matched up. An annoyance is that once the original harness is cut and modified it is no longer easy to just swap clusters for testing or worse, you are now a bit locked in to using the GW dash kit going forward. I have had 2 of their circuit bords fail. The circuit for the dynamic oil pressure switch failed. The diagnostic trick was when I noticed the oil pressure warning light was flashing to the ignition pulses. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As for splicing I use good quality shrink tube attached butt connectors. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dennis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html> | 
