On an '81 there is no ground strap in the engine compartment. There's a ground strap that runs from the transmission to the chassis. You'll have to crawl under the vehicle to find it.
On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Frayed1003 wrote: > I read a listmembers post about the difficulties he was having concerning the > ground strap. He was even kind enough, once he found the problem, to explain > where the strap is located. I have an 81 Westy and have been experiencing > similar problems, I went to look for the strap in the engine compartment and I > can't find one. Is it pretty easy to find? Is it possible mine is missing? > Could someone let me know where it should be? Thanks in advance for any info. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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