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• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 29 Nov 2014 15:38:39 -0800
  ignition switch?
• Quick question, need answer fast!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 24 May 1999 23:00:06 +0200
  I have to replace the electrical part of the ignition switch ASAP (tomorrow) as my Vanagon is my only vehicle. Can anybody verify if...
• next question...Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - most david
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:46:05 -0700
  ...The pump not turning on when the ignition is switched on is not always a failure. It is an ignition pulse that operates it...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:52:22 -0700
  ...diagram out there which labels each of the spades on the > ignition switch? One of ours has nothing on it and we are curious...
• Re: replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:51:26 -0700
  The hole drilling procedure is for changing the lock, not the switch. Mark Blake Heinlein wrote: > > It's pretty easy to remove the ignition...
• Re: Rewiring parking lights to switch with ignition
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Thu, 9 May 2002 10:04:52 -0500
  ...like to rewire the parking lights so that they switch off with the ignition as well. Chris says: Nooooooo! Eric, don't do it...
• Re: Starting circuits in '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 19:51:50 -0400
  ...Does my Westy (stick) have any kind of circuit breaker between >the ignition switch and the solenoid?? I don't get anything now, not...
• Re: VANAGON digest 451
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 08 May 1995 17:38:20 EDT
  ...could be a bad ignition switch, the circuit must still be closed in order to run the starter. christian
• Now it's happened to me too.
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 24 May 1999 01:28:00 +0200
  ...So, I need to get a new ignition switch. What I need to know is, I noticed the FLAPS had Golf/Jetta 85-92...
• Re: Current Draw?
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Sun, 27 May 2007 08:35:29 -0400
  ...off something other than Ignition + power. I wire it hot, but I have seen other people put switches to switch between Ign + and hot...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:41:32 -0500
  ...I have voltage for 2 - 3 seconds when I turn ignition on. > > Can I conclude that my ignition switch is OK? > > Thanks, > > Skip > 84...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?-The bypass button.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:33:09 -0400
  ...Scott, I had my mechanic add a push button starter switch in the engine compartment. He replaced the ignition switch also, which had a...
• Re: vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 12:08:52 EDT
  ...No smell of gas after prolonged cranking of >the >starter.(Yes the tank is full ;+) ) Having just myself replaced an ignition switch for a...
• Re: Replaceing the Ignition lock cylinder ?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 05:43:43 -0400
  ...Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com TC wrote: >So now the key is random refusing to turn in the ignition switch >I...
• ignition switch or starter?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:34:36 -0500
  ...But now I'm wondering if my ignition switch is starting to go as well. Yesterday I tried to start it and it wouldn...
• Re(2): Re(2): Rough running when Hot
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 14:52:55 -0500
  ...I can then switch it off, and back on and the cycle will repeat. Like something is resetting when the ignition is switched off...
• Re: Help -Stranded & need advice...
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 26 Sep 1999 10:44:53 EDT
  ...First identify the cut-out switch. The back-up light switch should have 12V on one side(connection) whenever the ignition is switched "on...
• Re: Load Reduction Relay/X-Contact Info
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:09:37 -0500
  ...How could >you tell if the ignition switch was going or if is the relay? If it kills the headlights then it's the...
• Re: starter woes....anyone that can help?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 03:40:19 +0000
  ...Checked the ignition >switch.. It's working fine. >I am not getting power from the line that comes from the ignition >switch to the...
• Ignition Switch Replacement-Not Amused- Forgot
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:25:37 +0000
  Mine is an '85. Jeff Stewart
• newibie
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Engel
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 02:32:36 -0500
  Sounds a lot like a faulty ignition switch. Jeff 1984 Westy
• Re: Is it the ignition switch, or something else?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:14:19 -0600
  ...The ignition lock has a "tail" on it which engages the electrical switch and turns the switch to the various positions. If that "tail...
• Ignition switch -- bring out your Dead*
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:47:13 -0500
  ...I'd like to dismantle some dead ignition switches to see if there are systematic failure points and to compare different brands If you...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:23:53 -0700
  ...The only role the ignition switch plays in this is to provide power on a black wire from the key back to the ignition...
• RE: '87 Radio Power Source
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 18:40:05 -0400
  ...The wire is the only gray wire coming from the ignition switch plug. I removed the lower half of the steering column cover and...
• Re: Do I need a new coil????
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Sun, 9 Apr 1995 12:57:45 -0400 (EDT)
  ...that the ignition current has backtracked all the way thru the wires, arced across the relay and fried your ignition switch??? Or just fried...
• Re: Replace your ignition switch.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 05:53:24 EDT
  ...The ignitions switches are failing for two major reasons, overloaded headlight circuit and 5 lbs of keys dangling about. Old age may be a...
• Re: battery relay question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 15 May 2001 22:35:34 -0400
  ...The way >the relay switch works is it's triggered when the >ignition turns on (connects the two batteries) and >disengages when the ignition...
• Re: how to HOT-WIRE a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 00:11:06 EST
  ...of the > switch, but the method was not very obvious. > > dtill a small hole in the potmetal ignition housing and the ignition tumbler can...
• Re: Electric problem in 2.1l
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:41:55 -0700
  I don't think you'd be wasting money or time to replace the load reduction relay and ignition switch. that's not a...
• Re: Need instructions for replacing ignition swich on 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:59:02 -0500
  ...for removing the >ignition cylinder from the switch assembly. Ken's instructions at the >link above are for removing the switch assembly from the...
• Re: replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 16:46:51 -0700
  ...replacing ignition switch > >> > >> > >> >Has anyone out there had experience replacing an ignition switch? I > >> >started to following Ken's instructions on his website. But...
• Re: Vanagon DEAD- Starter relay- Manually Jump??? Help!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 16:53:28 EST
  ...This tells you if you have a starter problem or a ignition switch problem. If you have juice to the solenoid wire then your...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 18 Oct 2014 04:42:21 -0700
  ...The X contact in the ignition switch then turns ON the X relay so everything powered by the relay will work only when key...
• Re: Ignition Switch & CV question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 11 Nov 1999 11:07:37 -0800
  ...Get the KYB shocks from the Bus Depot along with the Haynes manual which will show you how to replace the ignition switch (you...
• Re: Out go the lights Yikes!
  Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 13:07:48 -0400
  ...Did you inadvertently bump the ignition key? As time passes, the springy-ness of the switch can fade making it easy to have the...
• Re: Light switches
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:49:03 EST
  Sounds to me that your ignition switch is actually going bad or has a loose connection. Ken Wilford http://www.vanagain.com John 3...
• Re: replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - mchan
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 00:30:18 -0700
  Tyrone You forgot charlie.:>) I replaced the switch once in 15 years. Maybe the switch is not German quality.And besides didn't I...
• Re: Hmm. Headlights don't ...
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Baker (Guido)
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:32:21 -0600
  Probably the ignition switch. If I remember correctly, power for that circuit comes from the ignition switch. JB On 11/14/10 5:50...
• Re: 1980 Vanagon Ignition
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 02 May 1996 16:33:41 -0700
  ...door buzzer, there only has to be a key in the ignition switch, this is a little harder than finding a live circut and...
• Re: electrical question - ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:56:09 -0600
  ...Florian Speier > <groups.florian@gmail.com> wrote: > ..... > > > next question, can i transfer the lock from a spare ignition switch > > into this one? > > > > thanks > > florian > > >
• Re: can't get ignition switch housing off steering column
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 08:00:50 -0700
  Back when I had an '84, I had to replace two ignition switches. This was five years ago, and my memory is foggy, but...
• switching switches
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sat, 9 Sep 2000 19:13:32 -0400
  ...old and sliding on the new? Also, how do I swap ignition switches? I do not see how to remove them from their white...
• Re: security
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 21:10:47 +1200
  ...lock >Hidden Fuel pump kill switch >Clutch/ Brake lock >Alarm >Door lock armored protection plates >Brake lock >Ignition lock (goes in like key) So...
• Re: Ignition Key Warning Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 14:28:44 EDT
  ...4) re-install switch. Personally I like the buzzer as it keeps me from leaving my keys in the ignition! :-) -- Sean Bartnik Fredericksburg, Virginia...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?-The bypass button.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:51:14 -0500
  ...He replaced the ignition switch also, which had a seam on the plastic housing that had spread open (how that would happen I do...
• Re: VANAGON FOR SALE? HELP Diagnosis needed STAT!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen T. KIRBY 610-454-3941
  Wed, 30 Apr 1997 07:43:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It is caused by the resistance of the wire and connectors from the ignition switch to the starter solenoid. The resistance gets higher as...
• Re: Wiring in a new Stereo Unit
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:01:44 -0500
  ...With the new switch leg, the main >power only >is switched, the memory power is constant at 10-20 mA. You have it backward...
• Re: signal to 85 Tach.
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 30 Sep 1997 08:10:28 +0300
  Brakerless ignition system means, that there are no physical switch in there. But there is an electronic device such as Transistor or Thyristor wich...
• Re: alternator to ignition coil???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:55:05 -0800
  ...Your ignition switch could be the culprit, but look first at the connection to the 86 pin of the ECU relay, coil. Robert 1982...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:31:12 -0500
  Today I tried a new ignition switch and changed out the transmission ground strap. Neither fixed the problem. I don't have any ideas...
• Re: Electrical issues
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 7 Jan 2016 22:37:02 -0800
  why not put in new ignition switch and go from there?
• Re: replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 29 Aug 1998 15:56:23 EDT
  ...remove the steering wheel and lock cylinder >housing to >replace the ignition switch in an '87 (just the electrical part, not >the >lock cylinder...
• Re: Smacked the steering wheel and the van died
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:12:56 -0600
  Hey, you have a very advanced warning system there.....your horn alerted you of the ignition switch's impending failure. Or, of course, the...
• Re: Van Dies, Relays clicking...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 08:23:59 -0800
  The ignition switch must be suspected in so many cases that now I "replace" it first thing. I don't actually put one in...
• ignition cylinder replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Jun 94 16:07:45 CDT
  ...In the meantime, I rigged my ignition using two light switches, like the kind one uses to turn on the lights inside of the...
• Re: Alternator light mystery
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 24 May 2010 18:09:55 -0700
  true, and you are likely right about the ignition switch. however ... they should always be considered. granted, if it turns on 4 things, you...
• Re: replacing the ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Wed, 2 Sep 1998 13:35:56 -0400
  Tyrone, Calm down! :-) I just like to have the lock cylinder off to replace the switch. In order to so so, the rubber ring...
• Sorta Scary Event
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:28:06 -0600
  ...It was like someone threw the "Off" switch - but the ignition switch was on of course. What might cause a blatant engine stoppage that...
• Re: Installing an after market radio?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:49:56 -0400
  ...The old radio was not connected to the ignition switch in any > that I can see. You had to turn off the radio separately...