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• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's normal again.
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:40:12 -0500
  I think OP mentioned the problem happened when damp outside, so I would suspect plug wires, especially coil wire, or hall sender plug. -----Original...
• Re: Rear Coil Spring Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:30:30 -0500
  ...Rear Coil Spring Question Yesterday while attempting to do my CV joints, I noticed that thin plastic collar under the coil spring is cracked...
• Re: no spark (after timing/dwell checked?)
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:16:19 -0700
  ...checked voltage from negative coil to ground, 12V. > 2. cranked engine until points were open, then checked negative coil to > ground, still 12V when...
• Re: Another no start problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:41:57 -0400
  ...Could a bad connection here be my problem? >It spins over, but I have no spark from the coil, although sometimes I do >get...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:42:00 -0700
  I've been using single electrode bosh platium plugs for about 3 years (ever since they came out) and my coil is still fine...
• Re: Digitool
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 15:23:56 -0500
  ...With the LED attached to the coil minus we would know if the coil its self was being impulsed and if we had no...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Sun, 10 Jul 2016 18:17:32 -0700
  ...Installed a new coil, engine still dies like before (anyone needs a bran new Bosch coil?) Suggestion was that it might be a bad...
• Re: 88 GL - Resolved: Tach Inop after new coil install
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:13:59 -0400
  I also had an inoperable tach after replacing the coil. I never found anything so I eventually decided that I must've broken a...
• Re: High resistance causing no spark?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 26 Jun 2005 02:58:35 -0400
  ...So, we figure >> that power is getting to the coil, but no farther - bad coil? Is there >> any way to check (I tried the...
• Re: Lowering the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - MF
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 07:43:08 -0500
  ...Lowering the vanagon If you look at the design of the rear springs, you'll see that you really can't cut coils without...
• Vana Blue's hesitation fixed, I believe!
  Historical mailing list - prb
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 13:39:37 -0800
  ...It could have been the early problems with loose wire contact to coil that contributed to some uneven idle, because between new coil and...
• vanagon with hiccups
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Oct 1996 11:32:27 -0400
  ...After checking lots of stuff, it finally turned out to be my ignition coil... I used a radio shack multimeter and used the Bentley...
• Re: 2.1L coolant light problem
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 12:14:30 -0400
  ...When cold it is an open circuit, when hot it closes the circuit to one set of coils (low speed) in the fan motor...
• Re: Help with 12v Dometic wiring
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 18:36:56 -0700
  ...That is because the small "hard start relay" coil resistance closely matches the fridge or aux battery relay coil resistance. So when the extra...
• Re: What did I destroy now? (Ignition fail)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:24:36 -0500
  ...If you get no spark from the coil wire, check for +12 at the coil positive, then hook a neon-light circuit tester between...
• Re: Coil terminal "+ and -" leads switched by mistake!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 22:14:19 -0700
  ...I am a Vanagon sinner---I mistakenly switched the three leads on my coil on one of our '81's, tried to start the...
• Re: Wiring questions for tach/dash pod from 88-89 into 82 aircooled[LONG]
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 16:14:37 +0200
  ...KL.l (Tach wire from Coil??) Tach wire from coil > > #10: BLINKERKONTR (obviously turn signal) Turn signal > > #11: LADEKONTR (Alternator warning??) Alternator charging light...
• Re: dies when overheated
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 6 Aug 2012 15:44:48 -0700
  ...Got a Hall sender on Craigslist for $20, and the coil should be available anywhere. -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: dies when overheated I experienced...
• WTB Coil spring for Eurovan Camper
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:39:26 -0700
  I need one of these coil springs. They are a little more heavier duty than the normal vans'. I wonder if any of you...
• WTB: front syncro coil spring and a proportional valve
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:36:29 -0800
  Hi Volks I am looking for a front coil spring for a 1989 syncro. I only need one, but can buy a pair if...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:44:43 -0600
  ...1 of those 2 Spades on the Coil + Post is Not making > > connection to the Coil ~ Not quite sure how that can happen but...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 16:28:00 -0300
  ...you mean from the coil to the distributor? >>>>>> >>>>>> Start working backwards … is the coil failing? When there is no >> spark … >>>>>> do you have power...
• FW: More PANIC and Das Bot----tests done so far and results
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:55:08 -0600
  ...No spark observed from spark plug wire --disconnected coil wire from distributor, operated starter. No spark observed arcing from coil wire to ground. Did...
• Re: New coil leaking tar
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 3 Oct 2016 11:19:57 -0700
  ...New coil leaking tar Talk to whoever you bought it from. We offer 2 year warranty on all of our parts now. Ken www...
• Oil Drain Plug Question
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Swanson
  Sun, 14 Aug 2005 08:51:47 -0700
  ...Is this "coil" an old fix? And, how would I now fix that? I've heard of a Heli-coil, but never used one...
• Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:44:15 +0300
  ...I want to measure engine RPM without a strobe light, by connecting a frequency counter to the Hall control unit ignition coil drive output...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 12:35:51 -0700
  ...you mean from the coil to the distributor? >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Start working backwards … is the coil failing? When there is no >> >> spark … >> >>>>>> do you have power...
• Re: cutting out and sparking coil
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:14:00 -0700
  ...snip> >>> Looked over at the coil and saw ignition >>>sparks coming out of the rubber boot on the coil to distributor wire. This >>>morning...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 03:52:44 +0000
  ...Milage does. >Drive for a few hundred miles straight and the coil is dead. This >is only for the original coil. Replacements are not...
• Re: Fwd: STRANDED
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 2 Apr 2014 05:50:12 -0700
  The ECU fires the coil. The ECU controls the fuel pump relay. The ECU can't work if it isn't getting power. There...
• Ebberschlaber heater don't work...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 1 Feb 1997 11:24:12 -0500
  ...I can't tell if it has spark or if there is any juice going to the coil. I don't know anything about...
• Re: Digifant Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 16:05:01 EST
  ...The coil fired and the indicator on the digifant tool illuminated. For test purposes I could swap the distributors on the 84 and 87...
• Re: Vanagon rear wheel camber adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 5 Oct 1996 20:17:06 -0700
  ...the correct camber was achieved. > > I was led to believe the coil springs have weakened over time, >and this produces an increasing negative camber...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:44:00 -0500
  ...Since I've been informed that the circuit to the coil is unfused, and to save tracing this wire all the way back to...
• Re: rear coil springs question
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:30:17 -0800
  ...rear coil springs question > > Sounds like the "Westie sag" syndrome that many old Westfalias suffer. > It is a result of having so much extra...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's normal again.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:48:03 -0500
  At 08:38 PM 2/27/2009, Greg Potts wrote: >I suspect the coil or the hall sensor; though Mark Dearing at Salem >Import...
• Re: 88 GL Distributor Woes Continue - on and on --
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:44:35 -0500
  I scored a couple of coils at http://www.pullapart.com/ It's no at bus only piece, so shouldn't be too tough...
• Free distributor & coil
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 17:14:46 -0400
  ...Also, for the same price, a Bosch black coil (stock). E-mail to claim, I'm out of the office. G. Matthew Bulley Director...
• Re: questions of lifting saggy butt Vanagons,and coil spring spacers
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 22:12:33 -0500
  ...questions of lifting saggy butt Vanagons,and coil spring spacers > Brian, > Break down and pop for some air bags. > Variable height at will, good...
• Throttle/throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 07:42:53 -0700
  ...It appears that the other lever and cam do nothing except hold the other end of the coiled spring. The problem is that the...
• Re: Drove off a 9'' curb, and she just died
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:40:11 -0800
  Stuart, thanks for clarifying the coil thing. "You should be able to hear the fuel pump spin for a second or two when you...
• Re: Hot Water for Westy
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 08:03:52 -0500
  G M Bulley wrote; >Without the aid of a pipe-bender, one could easily 'massage' the coil into >a smaller coil, approximately the size...
• Re: Loose coil wire
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 13:00:29 -0600
  ...the air cooled needs a > solid > > core > > coil wire (sets are normally shipped with a resistance coil wire > even > > though the rest of the...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:31:20 -0700
  ...Is it possible to cut and shunt in (solder) a new section of wire before D15, then run to coil? I would test with...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:43:22 -0700
  ...There is a load of some kind being created when you plug wires you mentioned back onto coil. Could be a short. Unhook the...
• Re: testing Hall sender
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:19:52 -0500
  At 07:49 AM 2/25/2010, Raymond Paquette wrote: >Napa has an "Echlin" brand coil in stock. > >Any reason not to get it...
• How to test ignition coil?
  Historical mailing list - Riley Kettner
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:43:48 -0700
  ...I don't know much about cars, but i suspect the ignition coil because of the lack of spark. My fuel injection computer had...
• NONONONO was Re: Mystery Electrical Trouble
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 22:15:31 -0400
  ...channel on the hall >output and the other on the coil secondary? Coil *PRIMARY*!!!!! Unless you like letting the magic smoke out of your...
• Re: Electrical question re: Jetta conversion ign. coil supply
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:15:59 -0700
  ...15 on ign switch goes to back of S12 then to coil. S12 > supplys power to horn, back up lite etc. Should I tap...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:45:15 -0700
  ...The problem you describe is a high resistance in the power wiring to the coil. There could be a corroded connection along the way...
• Re: noise SOLVED. Now need to Helix-Coil?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:57:19 -0400
  That plate really is not a good candidate for a helix-coil, not thick enough. A solid insert such as a keen-sert would...
• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:13:56 -0700
  ...switch to the coil, is > a smaller gauge than what is used by the Jetta coil ( I installed a > 2.0 Jetta engine), I...
• Re: starting issue with '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 25 Dec 2014 12:43:35 -0500
  ...What is a ignition coil? Is that the same as the coil in the engine compartment or something different? thanks as I had a...
• Van cuts out
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Mon, 28 May 2001 15:30:12 -0600
  ...ignition coil and ECU. I'll probably give these a try this week. When I looked at Bus depot for an ignition coil, it...
• FW: Cold Starts
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:22:14 -0500
  ...A plug with a larger gap than specified will force the coil to produce greater than normal voltage to fire. Coil current in this...
• Re: Help!! in big trouble with Jetta GLi ignition system
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 10:59:32 -0800
  Hello- A sudden loss of ignition spark could be (loose or broken wires to coil, etc) A.- the coil B. the Hall control unit...
• Re: injector test...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:58:35 -0800
  re Pull the coil wire? NO !!! two reasons ... the coil will still be firing and sparks could jump around , and two , it's bad...
• GoWesty Spring Bonk
  Historical mailing list - Joe Novak
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:06:41 -0700
  ...I've noticed over the last couple months that the front coils have started to make a slight "ba-bong" when i get in...
• Re: Booster heater? was- idea?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 25 Oct 2013 04:23:26 -0500
  ...coil either underneath after removing the POS booster heater or >> in the area above or around the transaxle ? Will need fans for each coil. >> > > >
• sagging rear suspension
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Fri, 29 Mar 1996 09:51:43 -0800 (PST)
  Dear list, someone suggested recently a couple of coil spring adjusters as a cheap fix for the "sagging rear end" syndrome. Is that a...