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Fri Dec 12, 2025 2:51 pm

kamzcab86 wrote: If it's for your personal van, or for a van that's been modified with additional non-factory grounds, then specify that in the illustration. Otherwise, it's just going to add to confusion for those electrical neophytes who are your target audience. :wink:

yeah....but notice only ONE member even asked a SINGLE question.
I put huge time into trying to be correct as possible even though
it doesn't appear that anyone (or neophytes) were reading anything.
Cant get every detail.

It takes time and "a lotta harping".
....tides may be turning.
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Voltage drop test was not invented yesterday.

Learning the Voltage drop test is "the super-power" for owners of 40-year old outdoor vans.
Once you know the voltage drop test.....
.....YOUR van....
will crank fast from here on out.

And your friends' vans will crank fast too.

Fri Dec 12, 2025 3:14 pm

Sodo wrote: kamzcab86 wrote: If it's for your personal van, or for a van that's been modified with additional non-factory grounds, then specify that in the illustration. Otherwise, it's just going to add to confusion for those electrical neophytes who are your target audience. :wink:

yeah....but notice only ONE member even asked a SINGLE question.
I put huge time into trying to be correct as possible even though
it doesn't appear that anyone (or neophytes) were reading anything.
Cant get every detail.

It takes time and "a lotta harping".
....tides may be turning.
==============

Voltage drop test was not invented yesterday.

Learning the Voltage drop test is "the super-power" for owners of 40-year old outdoor vans.
Once you know the voltage drop test.....
.....YOUR van....
will crank fast from here on out.

And your friends' vans will crank fast too. The problem with teaching Practical and Theory of Automotive Electrical to newbies, is that they may not KNOW what they DON'T KNOW, even though they THINK they know= so, don't get discouraged that you're not getting questions-
The other thing is that someone might be mulling over all the info you've given, but hasn't had time to try it out on THEIR vehicle- So, once they do that, THEN you might start seeing questions as they start to realize what they don't understand, and now need help on.

Fri Dec 12, 2025 3:22 pm

Sodo wrote: ...but notice only ONE member even asked a SINGLE question.
I put huge time into trying to be correct as possible even though
it doesn't appear that anyone (or neophytes) were reading anything.
Cant get every detail.

It takes time and "a lotta harping".
....tides may be turning.

I asked two, no reply.

Don’t blame the readers, they just don’t understand.

Appreciate the effort, as said over and over… but this topic’s been repeated on Samba for years, still with no clear results (and why I offered to help).

I always have several donated projects going. On this one, Sorry, I am out.

Best of Luck, I really hope you get it done — and maybe there’s another very experienced publishing type here that’s willing to do this.

Otherwise someone’s gonna get hurt — especially now that this is no longer a standardized test applying to all Vanagons, as I’d thought.

Fri Dec 12, 2025 9:37 pm

Sodo wrote: yeah....but notice only ONE member even asked a SINGLE question.
I put huge time into trying to be correct as possible even though
it doesn't appear that anyone (or neophytes) were reading anything.

Cabby-Info.com = hundreds of thousands of hours over the last 24 years. To this day, I still receive emails from people who clearly haven't bothered to actually read those pages. I still maintain the site, still add to the site, still answer those aforementioned emails.

Just because you're not receiving feedback and/or questions, doesn't mean people aren't interested in your content.

I started an illustration last night, but finishing it will take awhile... too many other projects going on.

Sodo wrote: Voltage drop test was not invented yesterday.

Learning the Voltage drop test is "the super-power" for owners of 40-year old outdoor vans.

It's a "super-power" for any vehicle. The procedure is in countless books, it's on countless websites, it's taught in countless automotive courses, and it's demonstrated on numerous YouTube channels.

Sodo wrote: Once you know the voltage drop test.....
.....YOUR van will crank fast from here on out.

And your friends' vans will crank fast too.

My van has always cranked fast... but my van doesn't have crap wiring, nor does it have filthy components that said wires attach to. I did Vdrop tests just to see if there happened to be a wiring issue causing my totally random no start earlier this year. All the tests were passed, which meant, as Rob Siegel eloquently stated, "End of the line. Suck it up. Pull [the decade-old starter] out."