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Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:52:09 -0500
...Terminal Definition ----------------------------------------------------------------------- IGNITION 1 Ignition coil, ignition distributor, low voltage ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (Ignition distributor with two separate electrical circuits) 1a to ignition contact breaker I 1b...
Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss (second update)
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Sun, 24 Nov 2013 13:26:57 -0600
...I have another distributor on another engine and I'm going to test that when I can get to it. Then I will know...
Re: Ignition Failures
Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
Mon, 3 Feb 2014 22:13:14 -0800
...A shop changed the > starter, but was unable to get the ignition to fire. I just had the van > taken home so I could...
Re: GAUGES
Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Tue, 21 Nov 2000 15:01:50 -0600
...GAUGES >Scott, > >Bosch makes a rev-limiting ignition rotor. At a preset RPM, it disconnects >the ignition path to the distributor cap. I'll...
buy and sell stuff
Historical mailing list - len alcamo
Mon, 3 Jun 1996 11:51:43 -0500
...009 distributor with a compu-fire electronic ignition If anyone is interested in any or all of the F.I. parts please contact me...
I am almost ready to shoot my vaagon!
Historical mailing list - gcarcher
Sat, 9 Dec 2000 17:31:26 -0800
...new Plugs, rotor and distributor cap. Recent fuel, air filter and pump. New Oxy sensor. My catalytic converter is empty of any catalyst and...
Re: Won't Start
Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:28:44 -0500
...If there is no spark, then you have an ignition problem. Coil, distributor pick up, bad cap, rotor, etc. If you have spark, them...
Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 21 Dec 2013 14:00:55 -0500
...Replaced the Distributor > with known good one. Set the timing mark on the large pulley to the > split in the case. Set the distributor...
Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
Historical mailing list - Mike
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:56:03 -0400
...You say they've checked fuel and ignition 3 times, but you never mentioned if they've checked the third thing; compression. How fast...
Re: Help Needed, On the Road
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:30:44 -0700
...Remove the distributor cap and all ignition wires from it. Then give it a thorough cleaning using a clean cloth towel. Remove the rotor...
Re: 84 Westy ECU woes & JC Whitney
Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 11:33:41 -0700
...electronic ignition including >84-85 Vanagon 1.9L" >$39.95 USD Errm. This device sounds more like the module that connects the distributor 'points...
Re: 2.1 won't run when hot
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:23:21 -0500
...Jim On Sep 30, 2004, at 9:49 AM, tabe johnson wrote: > A really easy way to tell if your problem is ignition or...
Re: 1.8 to 2.0 aba swap
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Wed, 30 May 2012 10:57:26 -0400
...One small detail of note is that your distributor needs to be matched up with the ignition system controlling it. A stock ABA distributor...
Re: What does terminal 15a do? (LVC)
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 18 Oct 2002 14:58:23 -0700
...IGNITION 1 Ignition coil, ignition distributor, low voltage ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (Ignition distributor with two separate electrical circuits) 1a to ignition contact breaker I 1b to ignition...
Re: engine cleaning do's and don'ts?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:17:47 -0700
...If I go to a coin-op wash, I figure I'll be > disconnecting the battery, and bagging the alternator, distributor, and > ignition coil...
Re: Real time help needed
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:36:42 -0700
...Was bad ECU. > > Turning could just be coincidence or the power steering switch wiring has an issue and something sorted out. > > The ignition switch...
Re: Timing vanagon without timing scale, only insturment ?'s
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:40:16 -0700
...If the distributor is shot..........all bets are off. I have retrofitted the electronic ignition from an 83 to 85 vanagon 1.9 waterrboxer...
Re: Compression test - cold engine or warm engine? PLUS USED CAR BUYERS TIP!
Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
Sun, 2 Jun 2013 06:58:38 -0700
...For electronic or conventional breaker point ignition systems: Remove the high tension (coil) wire from the distributor cap and connect to a known good...
Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:51:17 -0500
...1 - 4 - 3 - 2 >> distributor part number: Bosch 0 237 022 054 >> ignition timing: 10 +/- 1 BTDC @ 800 RPM without vacuum (see note) >> ignition...
Re: sudden failure to fire
Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:35:24 -0400
...Hall sender is inside distributor. It's a plate that is fitted around the distributor shaft but attached to the stationary part of the...
Re: NO spark 2.1L Digifant
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sat, 17 May 2003 05:49:50 EDT
...on the ignition coil were also so corroded I had to remove the ignition coil, remove the male terminals from the distributor, clean them...
Ignition problem?
Historical mailing list - Frank Assinck
Sat, 14 Oct 2000 23:24:42 -0400
...So it looks to me that the ignition is cut off randomly. This problem comes and goes but when it acts up its no...
Re: 1986 GL won't start
Historical mailing list - Marc Theune
Fri, 14 Apr 2000 19:47:55 -0400
...wires, distributor rotor, coil all pass the multimeter tests. > > Wierd clue: the "buzzer" that goes on when the key is in the ignition > and...
Re: Ignition and Carbs.
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sun, 5 Nov 2000 00:22:54 -0800
...Same for the distributor, I used an 050 with electronic points, or lack of them. Engine felt more powerful than the FI, just had...
Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:31:16 -0700
...Replaced the Distributor > with known good one. Set the timing mark on the large pulley to the > split in the case. Set the distributor...
Re: testing the ignition coil (85 1.9L)
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:26:51 -0400
...if no spark, pull off coil wire at distributor and again crank and look for a spark a few mm to ground. if no...
Re: Compu fire Question
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 1 Oct 2001 08:13:19 -0500
...Hello Everyone, Has anyone installed the compu-fire electronic ignition on a vacuum advanced distributor? The one that they sent me does not seem...
Re: Update, My vanagon won't start
Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
Mon, 9 Oct 2000 00:11:21 -0400
...clean. (2) Replace the transistorized ignition module, particularly if you have a lot of tracking inside the distributor cap. John Lauterbach Macon, GA '84...
84 Vanagon for sale in Florida
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:50:20 -0400
...hoses including heater hoses new ignition coil clutch master and slave cylinder and clutch fluid hose new ignition distributor new gas tank and hoses...
Re: electrical problem
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:28:47 -0500
I had similar intermittent problems with one of my 2.1 vans, eventually found it was the hall sensor in the distributor. Swapped distributor...
Re: HELP: Engine stopped
Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
Thu, 7 Jul 2016 16:57:24 -0700
...Nicholl" <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Centre ignition wire …. you mean from the coil to the >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> distributor? >>> >>>> Start working backwards … is the coil failing...
Re: no start but jump start!!
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 22 Feb 2000 11:51:37 -0500
...is....how does the ignition/starter work....what is the path from the >battery-->starter switch-->-->starter-->altenator-->distributor-->engine >start. I would like...
Re: Boston Bob? or GoWesty?
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:24:02 -0500
...There are some differences, of course -- for example, it uses a magneto instead of a conventional distributor and points ignition, and it has a...
Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss (second update)
Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:16:28 -0700
...hall sender out yesterday afternoon.  I used one from another distributor I got from a junkyard a few years ago, I think it...
Re: 85 Vangon revs drops, revs drops, revs drops, and then dies after a few minutes of this cycle
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:18:04 -0500
At 10:51 AM 1/24/2011, Mark Carrig wrote: >Before the trip I had a complete tune up, plugs, wires, distributor >cap and...
Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:26:32 -0700
...and ignition system ............though so far ......... the easy solution of where to have a camshaft position sensor is .........to keep the waterboxer distributor and...
Re: No injector spray pattern
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:39:49 -0700
a very useful test I find to do with the distributor, or 'a distributor' if you have one laying around.... and you really should...
Re: sudden failure to fire
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Mon, 4 Sep 2006 06:43:36 -0700
...Hall sender is inside distributor. It's a plate that is fitted around the distributor shaft but attached to the stationary part of the...
Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:43:03 -0700
...turning > over. > I believe it had ignition just fine, but since the ECU couldn't tell the > distributor and engine were turning, it wouldn...
Re: 91 dead on the freeway tech expertise needed !
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:08:19 -0800
...It is the solid state > equivalent of ignition points. Resides in the distributor. > Ken Lewis
Re: Dead Cylinder -91 Carat - 2.1 L WBX
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:15:57 -0500
...Using my ECU Monitor, the ignition path is good to the > distributor. From the distributor to the plugs checks good with a strobe > and...
Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 21 Dec 2013 20:24:04 -0500
...Distributor Woe's continue!!! Volks, On my '88 GL - I pilled the distributor - and found the Hall Sender connector that sticks out - to be...
Re: long-distance towing
Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:43:44 -0500
...W VA (distributor rotor disintegrated), 20 miles in MA (brake caliper bolt fell off), and 50 miles (at midnight) in UT (ignition switch). This...
Resistance of Coil Wire?
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:03:07 -0700
Page 28.31 of Bentley's says that the resistance of the wire between the ignition coil and the distributor should read 2000 ohm...
Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:53:38 -0800
...per cylinder, no > distributor to wear or get sloppy or fail, ECU controlled timing and timing > curve, knock sensor ignition, sequential fuel injection, AND...
Re: 81 Aircooled - Replacing Condenser
Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
Thu, 23 Jul 2020 17:13:33 -0400
...3D&reserved=0> > %2Fitm%2FPertronix-1847A-Ignitor-Electronic-Ignition-Module-Bo > > sch-VW-009-050-Distributor%2F380736127599%3Ffits%3DMake%253AVolkswagen > > %257CModel%253AVanagon&data...
HELP 1985 Westy Losing Power
Historical mailing list
Thu, 3 Oct 1996 21:13:33 -0700
...Lost ignition in Arizona, replaced Hall sender in distributor and Hall generator (control unit) Power problem reapeared in Nevada running north on 95. Seems...
Re: 88 GL Failure to start - the Saga Continues
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:51:19 -0400
...I tested the new one in place using the distributor wire - and found this. The new coil put out a vigorous blue-white spark...
Re: hot starting problem
Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 16:42:21 -0600
...Unplug coil wire at the distributor. Hold (or lean) open end 1/4 inch from engine block. Turn ignition key for a second or...
Nice folks, or half a dozen people who didn't rip my throat out
Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
Thu, 6 Mar 2003 22:35:19 -0800
...he pulled it off a shop distributor because you can't get any of the parts of a distributor individually, just in whole. There...
Re: Go Westy tune up kit
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:11:21 -0700
...Will work on 83.5-84 1.9 if 85-on Ignition Wires utilized) 03 214 86-Early 90 w/"205M" Distributor to vin...
Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss (second update)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:31:36 -0800
...you may find it interesting to find out there are two kinds of 'key on' power that come out of the ignition switch. '15...
Re: Consistent cutout at 3k rpm
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:41:43 -0700
...points for a pertronix electronic ignition module but it may also be related to the new plug wires, distributor cap, rotor, coil, plugs or...
Re: some notes from counterman mag
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Mon, 21 Oct 2002 23:31:48 +0100
...some notes from counterman mag > Years back when I worked for Borg Warner Ignition Division we had annual > obsolescence returns from each distributors stock...
Re: Won't spray gas, won't start
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:53:13 -0800
...known good ones, > changed distributor, to make sure Hall sender is working, > changed ECU, > fixed ground for ECU, > changed ignition switch, just in case...
Re: Ignition Failures
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 4 Feb 2014 08:51:12 -0600
...The immediate fix is to turn the ignition to off and remove the key from the switch. If you suspect this could have been...
Re: Emisson Control unit question
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:53:31 -0700
Actually, turning on the ignition only starts the ECU. The ECU then runs the pump for a few seconds to bring up the fuel...
Help! with misfire on 81 Westy
Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:04:42 -0500
...I also installed a Pertronics breakerless ignition module. The van is very sluggish and I have a lot of mis-firing, especially in the...
Parting Out 1980 Manual Westy
Historical mailing list - steve selin
Mon, 30 Jun 2003 18:05:58 -0400
...I drive a 1981 Automatic, so if anyone wants to trade parts I have manual parts to trade for automatic parts (distributor, ecu, starter...
Re: Fixed: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 2 Dec 2014 23:28:02 -0500
...And Now I have a new coil, ignition wires, distributor cap and rotor, too. The fellow at the shop felt the plugs were quite...