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PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:57 am    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 11:11 am    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

What's the best thing to use to insulate a fibreglass high top before covering in the three way stretch carpet stuff?
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

Ok .. weirdness: started by pulling relays in the engine compartment so I could jump the fuel pump. I decided maybe I'd just swap the relays and see if that made any difference. Nope.

On to step 2: got the timing light out and hooked to #3 by the Hall sensor. Hooked to alt for + and found a ground. Went to see if it showed flashes, I was planning to go around to each spark wire and see if one was gone, etc.. But, instead, it started right up. So, narrowing down to the left front of engine bay. Some wire on or near the Hall sensor on #3 plug wire or some other wire nearby is in need of a better connection.

Gonna have a bite to eat and let the garage empty of monoxide.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 4:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

bobbyblack wrote:
Some wire on or near the Hall sensor on #3 plug wire or some other wire nearby is in need of a better connection.


The wires going to the plug for the Hall Sender are tiny and well known for breaking and then giving intermittent contact.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

I don't think this is stock.. ??? It goes around #3 plug wire.. Pesky!

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Edit. Nothing like this on my '86

Appears to be part of the aftermarket CC... Nothing to do with my problem I'll bet.

Edit:

Okay, so goose chase on #3 wire, as that has to do with the CC.. Looking around I also put the timing light on all the other spark plug wires, found that the best one was #1 to be "making things work" like some kind of magic. Here is what I eventually found..

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Alt + wire was toast.

Fixed that with a new lug, and it is solid now. starts perfect every time.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:26 pm    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

I had been searching for literally hours the past couple of days looking for cup holder and/or storage console solution for Sinka. I had a great, free dumpster option when I owned Vanagon back in the '90s. Alas, it had bucket seats; Sinka does not.

The stupid question I found on Amazon and other sites for certain products was "Does this fit a <insert year> <insert vehicle>?"

The freaking ad would give the dimensions. Even I have a tape measure and know how to use it. And, yet, there would be pages and pages of the same type of question over and over again with the same answer over and over again -- "The dimensions are blah x blah x blah."

Maybe when my gizmo arrives in a day or two, the joke will be on me, but the same question repeatedly asked has me wondering about the human condition sometimes.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 12:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

Okay, I have one of my own, although, "lazy" I'm not and perhaps it should be "ignorant person's question," but anyway ...

What is the little rubber doohickey that is just above VW-Volkswagen badge on the left rear, just above the Transporter badge on the right rear, and at the very top of both side gates facing the rear?

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I am missing one, and don't know what to search for in order to buy one.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 12:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

(Somewhat off-topic.)

Trying to decode VIN on a '69 Type 1 Bug.
Decoder sites request 17 digits. I see only 9: 119XXXXXX, on chassis and registration.

I think the longer sequences began on later model years, as on my Syncro which has a 17 digit alphanumeric VIN.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

The usual term to describe these is 'blind grommet'.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 5:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

BCE56 wrote:
Trying to decode VIN on a '69 Type 1 Bug.
Decoder sites request 17 digits. I see only 9: 119XXXXXX, on chassis and registration.

I think the longer sequences began on later model years, as on my Syncro which has a 17 digit alphanumeric VIN.


17-digit VINs started with the 1981 model year. The air-cooled section has a decoder somewhere.

fxr wrote:
The usual term to describe these is 'blind grommet'.


Okay. Thanks! If I can't find one specific for a single- or double-cab, I'll do a measure and search for something universal I can use.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

bobby black wrote:
.... Here is what I eventually found....

Alt + wire was toast.

Fixed that with a new lug, and it is solid now. starts perfect every time.


That's great your engine starts but am I missing something? How would a poor D+ connection at alternator affect starting? Or was this a charging issue?

I was officially lazy in not reading every single word of your posts. Wink

Is it possible that D+ wire was shorting to ground and that affected engine starting?

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

BCE56 wrote:
(Somewhat off-topic.)

Trying to decode VIN on a '69 Type 1 Bug.
Decoder sites request 17 digits. I see only 9: 119XXXXXX, on chassis and registration.

I think the longer sequences began on later model years, as on my Syncro which has a 17 digit alphanumeric VIN.


The first number being a 1 indicates you have a Beetle and the third digit being a 9 would indicate you have a 1969 model year vehicle.

The second digit will tell you something about your model (like sedan verse convertible) but I don't know what numbers mean what, while the XXX are sequential.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 2:38 am    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

bobbyblack wrote:
I don't think this is stock.. ??? It goes around #3 plug wire.. Pesky!

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


Edit. Nothing like this on my '86

Appears to be part of the aftermarket CC... Nothing to do with my problem I'll bet.

Edit:

Okay, so goose chase on #3 wire, as that has to do with the CC.. Looking around I also put the timing light on all the other spark plug wires, found that the best one was #1 to be "making things work" like some kind of magic. Here is what I eventually found..

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


Alt + wire was toast.

Fixed that with a new lug, and it is solid now. starts perfect every time.


Some sort of inductive pick up for a timing light, a tachometer, or cruise control even?
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 9:54 am    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

Hello, I am an electrical beginner. I have been having a few starting issues when the engine is hot and I run into the store for a second that I have been trying to solve (checking connections, and grounds)

What is this attached to my starter? Is it a relay? An aftermarket solenoid? Is there a stock piece that I can replace this with?

Thanks!

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:31 am    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

Jubbly Bug wrote:
What's the best thing to use to insulate a fibreglass high top before covering in the three way stretch carpet stuff?


Go to the high top topic. There are lots of good ideas there.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:53 am    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

ALstew wrote:
Hello, I am an electrical beginner. I have been having a few starting issues when the engine is hot and I run into the store for a second that I have been trying to solve (checking connections, and grounds)

What is this attached to my starter? Is it a relay? An aftermarket solenoid? Is there a stock piece that I can replace this with?


Assuming "attached" means "connected", yes. It's most likely a "hot start" relay and appears to be aftermarket.

The stock piece that would replace it would be a known good starter motor.

edit: .... and I don't mean that in a tongue in cheek way. Smile i.e. if starter is turning slow, issue could be starter, wiring, battery, etc. VW may have sold a Bosch "hot start" relay kit and may still? I see reference to a WR1 Bosch kit online. I'm sure our vendors sell similar or same hot start kits. That said, the blue part you show might be working fine.

Is starting issue due to starter motor turning slowly or not at all?

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:52 am    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

oasis wrote:
Okay, I have one of my own, although, "lazy" I'm not and perhaps it should be "ignorant person's question," but anyway ...

What is the little rubber doohickey that is just above VW-Volkswagen badge on the left rear, just above the Transporter badge on the right rear, and at the very top of both side gates facing the rear?

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


I am missing one, and don't know what to search for in order to buy one.


This is the part number.... looks like they may be a bay window part as well

211 813 395 cover cap
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 3:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

Vanagon Nut wrote:
ALstew wrote:
Hello, I am an electrical beginner. I have been having a few starting issues when the engine is hot and I run into the store for a second that I have been trying to solve (checking connections, and grounds)

What is this attached to my starter? Is it a relay? An aftermarket solenoid? Is there a stock piece that I can replace this with?


Assuming "attached" means "connected", yes. It's most likely a "hot start" relay and appears to be aftermarket.

The stock piece that would replace it would be a known good starter motor.

edit: .... and I don't mean that in a tongue in cheek way. Smile i.e. if starter is turning slow, issue could be starter, wiring, battery, etc. VW may have sold a Bosch "hot start" relay kit and may still? I see reference to a WR1 Bosch kit online. I'm sure our vendors sell similar or same hot start kits. That said, the blue part you show might be working fine.

Is starting issue due to starter motor turning slowly or not at all?

Neil.


Thanks for your help Neil! Attached means connected, correct. This only happens like 10% of the time, but the when it is hot the starter will not turn over. Going to have my starter rebuilt, but before I do I guess I will just remove this "relay kit" and see how it performs.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

Okay here’s three dumb questions.

1. My steering wheel makes a slight rubbing noise when turning. Is this normal?

2. I’m 6’ 2” and my steering wheel blocks the majority of the air coming out of the vents. Anyone have a good fix?
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:31 pm    Post subject: Re: Official lazy person's stupid question thread Reply with quote

ALstew wrote:
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ALstew wrote:
Hello, I am an electrical beginner. I have been having a few starting issues when the engine is hot and I run into the store for a second that


The stock piece that would replace it would be a known good starter motor.

edit: .... and I don't mean that in a tongue in cheek way. Smile i.e. if starter is turning slow, issue could be starter, wiring, battery, etc. VW may have sold a Bosch "hot start" relay kit and may still? I see reference to a WR1 Bosch kit online. I'm sure our vendors sell similar or same hot start kits. That said, the blue part you show might be working fine.

Is starting issue due to starter motor turning slowly or not at all?

Neil.


Thanks for your help Neil! Attached means connected, correct. This only happens like 10% of the time, but the when it is hot the starter will not turn over. Going to have my starter rebuilt, but before I do I guess I will just remove this "relay kit" and see how it performs.


You're welcome ALstew.

I had a Bosch starter rebuilt. After that it worked fine about 80% of the time. Replaced the long cable from battery to starter. (it was fairly corroded) No improvement seen at starter. I don't know if an AutoZone type place offers rebuilts. That might be a less costly gamble than hiring a specialty shop to rebuild your starter, it that's what you're planning.

I'd suggest searching here for the Karl Mullendore adaptor. It allows the use of a more modern new, not rebuilt, starter. I did this with zero regrets. I can get a new starter replacement off Amazon for less than 100 USD last I checked.

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