Date:         Tue, 24 Aug 1999 11:43:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Pete Cassidy <pcassidy@APPLE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Pete Cassidy <pcassidy@APPLE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dead Vanagon....please help!
Comments: To: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
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Marshall Ruskin said:

>(I am posting this pmail, without permission, to rapidly help a fellow
>Vanagoner-in-trouble, a "VIT")
>
>There sure are more grounds!
>
>There is a thick ground between the transmission and the body, and
>apparently there is also one from a head to the body too (I think it is to
>the body).
>
>In fact - there quite a few grounds.
>
>Now, my I have two Bentley's, but one is at work, and the other is 15
>stories beneath me in my van. All the ground locations are listed there -
>methinks.
>
>What I am asking from the group, is that a fellow listee please post all the
>common grounds, to help Chris solve his mysterious drivability problem.

Hi Marshall,

     The most troublesome which come to mind, and which can stop our vans
in their tracks are:

     - Ground strap from transmission to chassis. It's a really short one.
     - Ground strap from battery ground to chassis. The Vanagon one is
       woefully small - I upgraded mine to a heavy-duty one.
     - Ground strap from left-hand head to chassis, just beneath the coil
       on my '88. These can fray and/or work loose. They're kinda thin ..
     - Spade connector 'farm' behind fuse board. The connectors can get
       oxidised and can work loose.
     - Another spade connector 'colony' on the top rear of the left-hand
       head. There's a stud holding these to the head. On my '81
air-sucker,
       the stud had worked itself loose. Check the connectors are pressed
       on tightly & that the stud is tightened down.

That's all I can think of ....

Pete C

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Peter Cassidy,                     pcassidy@apple.com
'88 Wolfsburg "Muriel"           *not speaking for Apple*