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• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:18:22 -0700
  ...14/12 is (I assume) ground supplied by the glow plug relay. Those paths connect to the spot where a diesel glow plug bulb...
• RE: Drain Plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Jan 1996 18:34:32 PST
  Mr Dworkin wrote: >All this discussion of drain plugs reminded me of an oddness I >encountered on the Wombat ('58 microbus, roughly a '71...
• Tune up time - which plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 1 Aug 2000 08:54:19 -0700
  Getting ready to do a Tune up on the Syncro, and I am curious about people's opinions of spark plugs. I have always...
• Re: Tapping oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 08:34:15 -0700
  ...You can get a plug from any hardware store. You will need a pipe plug. Since it is a pipe plug, it tightens the...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:44:08 -0700
  ...vanagon single electrode plugs > Sorry the message should read "if the plugs are NOT single > electrode" > > > > Eric 86-VW4x4 > vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS...
• Re: Plugs, what does the colour say?
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sun, 24 May 1998 20:21:47 -0700
  ...If it's white, the plug is too hot, the fuel mix too lean > and/or possibly timing is off. If it's dark...
• Re: changing the tranny fluid
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 10 May 2000 22:16:40 -0400
  There's a drain plug...it's actually easier to spot than the fill hole since it's at the bottom (of course). Make...
• Re: now i know how it happened!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:50:20 -0500
  Try removing the air filter to access the plugs. good luck! Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "sg" <sg@SUNSETWINONA.COM> Newsgroups: groupstudy.vanagon Sent: Thursday...
• Solar panel battery charger, where to plug in
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:23:39 -0400
  I am about to buy a simple solar panel charger that plugs into a cigarette lighter type socket. I will primarily use it in...
• Fwd: FYI.. oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:04:11 -0600
  ...oil drain plug > Reply-To: Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> > > Recently I did an oil change.. the plug came out good, threads are good...
• oil falls out of vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 05:40:43 -0400
  If the hole is below and to the right of the oil pump, it is a plug for the oil passage between the pickup...
• Spark plug gap
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 14:34:14 -0800
  ...In Bentley, it lists the spark plug gap for my 84 1.9L waterleaker as 0.28" + 0.004" Why the '+0.004"?' Does...
• Re: Trip Contingencies
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:11:16 -0700
  Illegal to plug a tire? Sidewalls, yes, but the tread area? That's news to me! What state? I've had several tires plugged...
• Re: Bosch Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:22:32 -0800
  I like the NGK BP6ET (3 prongs plugs) better than the Bosch...
• spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - jeff crane
  Sat, 13 May 2000 17:21:20 -0400
  In the first place, platinum is used as an inert and durable tip material in those high quality plugs that carry that designation, not...
• Re: Aluminum in the threads
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 27 May 2002 12:28:50 -0400
  I don't disagree with Bob and the others about pulling plugs on a hot motor, it can pull the threads. I will say...
• Re: Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 8 May 2009 03:37:12 -0500
  What about those hyper expensive Denso Iridium plugs? I smeal another second mortgage coming!! DM&FS At 10:50 PM 5/7/2009, David...
• Re: H-4 wiring plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:18:34 -0700
  ...H-4 wiring plugs? >H-4's use the standard 3-prong plug that your van already has. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID...
• Oil plug drain repair.
  Historical mailing list - mark keller
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 12:42:41 -0400
  ...A Piloted plug will greatly reduce this cross threading problem. The drain plug repair had three options for my situation. A stripped out drain...
• Oil Plug, Where get sleeve?
  Historical mailing list - Peg Piwonka
  Wed, 23 Jul 1997 09:59:22 -0700
  Rats! The new replacment plug won't work. The engine threads are stripped! So many list folks have advised the sleeve to be inserted...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:41:05 -0700
  ...More plug wire problems than spark plug wires. you welcome. lol. scott On 8/25/2012 12:55 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > That different...
• Re: Yes another stupid question:)
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Thu, 06 Feb 1997 12:55:51 -0800
  Tim Smith wrote: > > At 09:39 PM 2/5/97 -0600, mdstockr wrote: > >It's easy. > > > >You'll find a plug at the bottom...
• Re: Another horror picture... the worse one...
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 1 Jun 2006 22:07:09 -0400
  ...the old plug could be remove and a new one (tap) could be install, but the price is way higher. Hole plug are in...
• Re: Propane tank and fridge drain plug question
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 18:09:29 -0700
  Isn't the drain plug at the front bottom left of the fridge? Attached by a chain? That's what I was told it...
• Re: Manual transmission lesson request
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:06:52 -0700
  The mechanic recommended that I use a small wire brush to clean around the fill plug, spray some PB Blaster around it and let...
• fix the plug!!!
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  14 Jun 1995 11:51:42 -0800
  (my reply was bounced...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- get the plug taken care of if you have time and $$ now... unless your wife is accepting of fix-it...
• Re: Gearbox drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:54:49 +0100
  Hi Clive, The drain plug is located under and near the front of the gearbox. It faces forward and down at 45 degrees below...
• Re: Spark plug gap
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 23:27:03 -0800
  At 02:34 PM 3/7/2000 -0800, you wrote: >Stupid question, maybe. > >In Bentley, it lists the spark plug gap for my 84...
• Re: burred spark plug threads
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:30:35 -0500
  You know about anti-sieze compound for the new spark plug,right?
• Re: Oh Well... Stripped Oil Drain Plug...
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 21:50:57 +1000
  ...I always tighten the plug by hand at least four to six turns of the plug before I let a spanner ( wrench ) look at...
• Re: Camper question
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Mon, 30 Dec 2013 10:17:06 -0800
  ...On the Eurovan Westy (Canadian model) when it was plugged, lights , fridge, aux.heater fan, and all the camper equipment, would be running off...
• Spark plug failure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sun, 10 Apr 2016 23:36:00 -0700
  ...The threaded end, the electrical connection, of one of my NGK three electrode plugs broke off. It seems to have been the reason my...
• Re: Symptoms--84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 4 Jun 2005 16:25:23 -0400
  Just for laughs, try connecting the idle stabilizer plugs together,by passing the stabalizer, and see what you get.The stabilizer is near the...
• Re: Splicing O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 27 May 1999 10:55:59 -0400
  > I only sell the more pricey O2 sensor for the Digifant system because it > already has the plugs on it and you can just...
• Re: Triple Electrode Spark Plug Available For 1.9L Motor
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 19:51:48 -0800
  ...Triple Electrode Spark Plug Available For 1.9L Motor > > > I received a set of platinum 4 plugs from the local VW shop when I...
• Re: My poor MPG, compression tests results
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:43:52 -0700
  ...The testing continues. # 1 (right front) compression > 120, plug looks normal. # 2 (right rear) compression > 120, plug also looks normal. # 3 (left front) compression...
• Re: Spark plugs: Gap ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 21:55:28 -0800
  ...The normal plug replacement interval for these engines was 15,000 > miles. The proper gap is only part of proper spark plug set up...
• Oil drain plug for '85
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 13:44:11 -0400
  ...I went out to do it last weekend, but it looks like the PO buggered up the drain plug pretty well. I want to...
• Re: Oil plug
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:33:36 -0700
  But you don't use a torque wrench on vanagon drain plugs ..right ? No one does. not that I ever heard ofanyway. On 7...
• Re: Radio interferance and Intermittant Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 11:39:50 -0400
  ...Pick up a generic spark plug wire loom set, plastic thingys that hold 1, 2, or more spark plug wires apart. Attach the plastic...
• Trouble shooting tip? Fouled plugs
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:49:35 -0400
  ...I suspected fouled plugs but since it is such a pain to change plugs in this car I wanted to have some quantitative proof...
• Re: spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:24:56 -0400
  The best plugs I ever used in my WBX over the last 8 years are Bosch Platinum +4. Search for model 4477. Hershey der...
• Re: Propane Tank Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Giroux, Eric
  Thu, 11 May 2000 13:41:30 -0400
  ...They cost > something like $11 for the three of them, and I want others > to benefit from > them. > If you have these plugs in...
• Re: Spark Plug Wire Shock
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Sun, 17 May 2020 14:14:46 -0700
  Wait, you did what? Do you mean you grabbed a spark plug wire and removed it while the engine was running? I think that...
• Re: Drain Plug? What's a Drain Plug?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Jan 1996 09:18:02 -0800 (PST)
  And Dieter Dworkin Muller thus wrote: > > There's the usual round plate underneath the engine where you'd expect > to find a drain plug...
• Re: Plugs, what does the colour say?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sun, 24 May 1998 07:27:29 -0700
  ...Plugs ideally suited to engine, and engine is in good condition.," is the only reference to "brown" in the Champion Spark Plug brochure I...
• Re: Tranny Hex Drain Plug - What size??
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:24:34 -0800
  Fill plug??? on the differential??? Where is this??? >From: David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG> > >And take out the fill plug first, so you know...
• Tranny Hex Drain Plug - What size??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 16:38:25 -0600
  Anyone know offhand what the manual tranny drain plug Hex size is? Also, can anyone point me to a socket type tool to remove...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome??
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:40:32 -0500
  I vote plugged up catalytic convertor.Does it overheat too,or get hotter than normal? A plugged cat can sometimes be checked by looking...
• UPDATED: Stall on acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:03:45 -0700
  ...I pulled a plug and it is COATED in black carbon (my mixture must be way too rich). I got a wire brush and...
• Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:54:33 -0500
  On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Jay L Snyder wrote: > You should wait for the glow plugs to go out before cranking! On my '89...
• Oil drain problem
  Historical mailing list - Ed Wiebe
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:23:03 -0800
  ...The last few times I have changed the oil, when I remove the oil drain plug I get the plug left in a Helicoil...
• Re: Help! Stripped trans oil filler plug!
  Historical mailing list - Carlen, Gregg
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 09:42:35 -0400
  BEFORE you try to get the plug out any more, make sure you have a new drain plug to put back in. You could...
• Re: Gearbox drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 20:17:08 +0100
  ...Gearbox drain plug > Hi Clive, > > The drain plug is located under and near the front of the gearbox. It faces > forward and down at...
• Re: Ignorant glow plug question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Nov 1996 21:26:37 -0500
  ...I used to think that this lever actuated the glow plugs, but now I don't see how it could. What does it do...
• Re: Spark plug gap
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 16:08:00 -0700
  ...Spark plug gap > Stupid question, maybe. > > In Bentley, it lists the spark plug gap for my 84 1.9L waterleaker as 0.28" > + 0...
• List vendors needed (Plug wires)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:01:50 -0400
  I must a 5 sets of cheap plug wires that are all going in the trash soon. I'm thru with messing with junk...
• Re: Wire in engine compartment.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 23 Jan 1999 13:27:24 -0800
  ...It has three wires to > the plug. The plug is a cone shape rubber boot about 1 inch and a half > in length and...
• Re: oil plug woes
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 12:25:12 -0500
  ...oil plug woes Thanks for the info BUT the plug is a 1/2" or 3/4" steel pipe plug - what happens when I...
• Re: Proper gap for spark plug 85 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 07:19:09 -0500
  The Bosch manual says that their plugs for that MY are .044". This confuses me a lot. (Also: How important is it that the...