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• Re: Norcold results (long)
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:36:20 -0700
  ...Most likly due to heat dissipation in the rear from the coils, even with a new fan inside and out. Yes many of you...
• Re: Brake problem
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 27 May 2003 23:37:07 -0700
  ...that I had put one the springs on upside down so they were not adjusting, the spring coil was holding the adjusting nut in...
• Changing Syncro front springs (was: Control arm bushings)
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 08:52:53 -0800
  ...Do not use a $29.95 coil spring compresser from J.C. Whipme, or Harbor Freight. Very dangerous energy is stored when compressed enough...
• Re: Swapping late sway bar links to '82?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:01:25 -0800
  ...I put rubber coil spacers in the springs, which *might* have rubbed against the end links, I can't be sure. I will try...
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:16:13 -0400
  ...I got the end piece out, cleaned up the cap and >put my old coil wire back on and now it's back to...
• Re: No Start after alternator failure and replacement.. Help requested
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:19:02 -0700
  ...Regards, Tom Hanlon Palm Springs, CA 84 Westfalia Cooper Jonathan wrote: > Make sure the little blue wire on the alternator. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas...
• RE: '71; brake vacuum hose substitute
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 06 Nov 1995 17:52:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...The stuff I got, not only has a coil-spring type insert molded in that keeps it from collapsing, but also a long, THICK...
• Re: Traction
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 07:23:53 -0400
  ...Clamped the coils and released > > the shock, then dropped > > >the A-arm, making some room at the top of the > > spring to add two...
• Re: stripped hole fixed/pushrod tube questions?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 07:29:05 -0500
  ...They look like a antenna with 2 sections with a spring inside. You wan new seals for sure and possibly new tubes. Are they...
• Re: Test stand running a wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 17:40:32 -0800
  ...This is going to be my spring >project >so I have some time to sort this issue out. Any ideas as to how i...
• Re: 82 with hot start problem (long saga)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:10:48 -0800
  ...For example, I found a coil to a gas heater on a VW bus was wired wrong and the coil drained the battery-the...
• Re: Getting parts numbers (& rumor of dealer parts departments)
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 01:11:57 -0800
  ...251 407 077, $25 ea. (4 per vehicle) Coil springs: are normally only available new from the dealer - you don't even WANT to...
• Re: Cleaning the engine bay...
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Zarse
  Wed, 7 May 2003 10:37:59 -0700
  ...Most importantly, cover the coil and distributor. I usually cover the coil, distributor and a couple of inches of the wires from it with...
• Re: Step up the idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:54:58 -0700
  ...Mark BenT Syncro wrote: > On 8/20/07, Kim Springer <kimspringer@rcn.com> wrote: > >>I recently got the AC runnig in my truck and...
• Re: vanagon off-road capable?
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:25:09 -0700
  ...I'm thinking that replacing the coil springs with air bags may help maintain constant pressure on the rear wheels. Ideas anyone? -Otmar- 72...
• Re: Koni or Bilsteins
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 08:45:16 -0500
  ...and if they're > coilovers, like their bike dampers... First of all, no, they're not coil-overs. Secondly, while user-adjustability without removal...
• Re: On Spring Supplements and Drunken Vanagon Tilts
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:58:33 +1200
  ...No such easy way out with the coil-sprung T3, unfortunately. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago...
• Re: Need oil ring for 2.1 standard bore
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 16:29:46 -0400
  ...I should have been using the long, smooth spring steel coil that you ratchet onto the piston. That would not allow the various openings...
• Re: Rear Springs and Bushings and Steering Rack
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:09:59 -0400
  ...GW Springs without any lifting or lowering "0" https://gowesty.com/products/gowesty-rear-coil-springs-2wd?variant=41253778522277 > Any thoughts or experience on...
• Re: Oil drain may be stripped? How fix?
  Historical mailing list - S_J_ WACKER
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 04:34:30 -0700
  ...Next the heli-coil, which looks like a small spring, is threaded into the new hole with a special tool, job done. Cost me...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 23:38:29 -0000
  ...These distributors had no vacuum advance and generally showed pretty accurate centrifugal advance curve, with a single kink, where the stiffer of two springs...
• Was: Re: Swage Bit ... Pop Top Cable. Now: more info
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:47:28 -0700
  ...Eyeballing things, assuming the spring is slightly compressed when top up, maybe. Also, one could cut a coil off the spring. But..... All that...
• Re: another brake saga...aha!
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:58:20 -0700
  ...that the last >>>pair of rear wheel cylinders I installed had coil springs inside to >>>keep the pistons out; the rubber boots kept the...
• Re: 12 volt timer
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:20:53 -0500
  ...On this kind of relay, when the coil is powered, 30 and 87 are connected. When the coil is not powered, 30 and 87a...
• Re: Vendors turning up wrong from caliper. Anyone know what's going on?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 8 Nov 2013 21:36:51 -0500
  ...Anything more, and you will hit the spring coils, period, or come so close that it would be unsafe to drive in that situation...
• Re: ride height adjustment? (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:49:31 -0700
  ...B) spring constant and > > compression of the coil spring, the most important > one > > c) spring forces of other suspension components > (sway > > bar torsion to...
• Re: vanagon speed
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:31:09 -0700
  ...The final "touch" was adding the Bilstein coil over fronts. Also having stiff sidewalls on properly rated and inflated tires is a big difference...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 11:55:52 -0400
  I just coiled a bit of bailing wire around a 1/2' pipe so that it would fit inside the hose. Make it long...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 22:50:58 -0600
  ...find weak counterweight springs that will cause too fast advance. Someone just mentioned that the point set and electronic ignition coils are the same...
• Re: Lifting Der Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Fri, 26 Apr 1996 17:34:15 -0400 (EDT)
  ...lifting fabrication project. >into custom springs and could only find 3 companies in the US who >wind auto coils custom, did you have someone...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 31 Dec 2017 to 1 Jan 2018 (#2018-2)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 14:00:04 -0500
  ...Check the wiring at the > coil. I have had the end of the wire that plugs on to the coil go bad. It > looked...
• Re: ride height adjustment? (long post)
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:34:00 -0700
  ...Many vehicles have > 'coil over' suspensions, where the springs sit around the shock body and > rest on a threaded spring perch, allowing you to...
• Re: Help! Weird noises after installing injectors...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Jul 2015 21:53:27 -0400
  ...Consider at this point that it is time for new springs. The rears tend to break at those reduced coils at the bottom and...
• Re: 1.9 aux air valve
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 19:26:51 -0700
  ...have a valve that is controlled by a > bimetallic spring heated by a 12V coil. It is supposed to start off cold > fully closed...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 19:23:42 -0600
  ...Everybody pretty much understood and explained the way a spark coil works. Nobody explained how you can expect perfection from goodly used 20 year...
• Re: installation of lower control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 07:31:02 EST
  ...a high quality old coil spring compressor. I took the shocks out, installed the spring compressor and compressed a spring, then took out the...
• Re: Lovin' my new GPS!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 20 Jun 2015 07:22:56 -0700
  ...I drilled into the dash just 'behind' (in front of?) the ash tray and put one outlet there...I plug a springy power lead...
• Re: MEXICO TRIP--BUS PREP
  Historical mailing list - Kirk van Druten
  20 Dec 1995 09:01:57 U
  ...Extra fanbelt(s), fuel pump, fuel filter, coil, heck anything you have could really come in handy. If you have a spare, take it...
• Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 13:37:34 -0700
  ...3) Igntion coil bad. Here is the procedure for checking these. 1) Carefully dismentle the distributor and visually check the rotor that is is...
• Re: Rear Brake Shoe Spring Clips
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 2 Oct 2010 15:08:28 -0700
  ...first - undo the round things on top of small coil springs in the middle of the shoes.. push the round thing in hold it...
• Re: Front tire wear
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:52:58 -0700
  ...in the rear, same thing - traiing arms and coil springs. that the vanagon has rack and pinion steering is quite a good thing too...
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:42:20 -0400
  ...I got the end piece out, cleaned up the cap and >>put my old coil wire back on and now it's back to...
• Re: Cleaning the engine bay...
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 7 May 2003 15:08:58 -0400
  ...I usually cover the coil, distributor and a couple of inches of the wires from it with a hand towel (one each side), wrapping...
• Idle control unit for 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 4 Dec 2023 21:48:45 -0500
  OK, I have now gone a second outing in my 84 after replacing the little ICU that connects by the coil. When I got...
• Re: Caliper resetting pliers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 18:19:46 -0600
  ...I've got crimpers for RF cables, Presses to set flat cable connectors, Freon Sniffers, about eight oil filter removal tools, spring compressors, large...
• Re: another brake saga...aha!
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:16:47 -0400
  ...that the last >>pair of rear wheel cylinders I installed had coil springs inside to >>keep the pistons out; the rubber boots kept the...
• Re: Got worse, now doesn't run..
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:48:56 -0400
  ...sounds like you have spark, so the coil is probably OK, if you performed your jumping wire trick on a plug wire (rather than...
• Re: Brake problem
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 28 May 2003 08:00:54 -0700
  ...that I had put one > the springs on upside down so they were not > adjusting, the spring coil was > holding the adjusting nut in...
• Re: Bucking and Stalling
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:49:36 -0500
  ...I once tried a stronger spring to close the throttle, but didnt work any better. I think maybe a weaker spring will help this...
• Re: Vanagon Dirvability
  Historical mailing list - bob tickle
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 20:23:46 -0400
  ...Ignition System Check to see if the ignition coil is leaking. Use green labeled coil Part #211 905 115D. Ground Studs If the vehicle...
• Re: A modern Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 08:48:21 -0500
  ...The rear suspension looked like Vanagon trailing arms, coil springs, etc. Wouldn't be too hard to throw a rear engine set up in...
• Re: Parting out advice
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:06:16 -0500
  ...I > > imagine I'll loose the trailing arm and the coil springs and > shocks, > > front and rear. What about that bearing box or gear...
• Re: stove help/advice needed
  Historical mailing list - kfilc
  Sun, 7 Dec 2003 22:32:45 -0000
  ...Beware of a coil spring > inside. Good luck finding a replacement shaft. Let me know if you find > two; I'm still looking for...
• temp II sensor turned red, plus other stuff...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Fri, 18 May 2007 20:36:03 -0400
  ...B) I hate spring clamps. By the way, for anyone who has yet to replace the thermostat housing, the two bolts that hold it...
• Re: Funky Idle Issues and a note on the shipping issue (long)
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 23:25:45 -0500
  ...is this the temp sender that's directly below the thermostat housing? 5) There's a coil spring on top of the throttle switch...
• Re: Baie Comeau to Labrador to Newfoundland-Seabreeze
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 23:05:13 -0500
  ...impression that the trail arms weren't the same, neither the coils :::spring or the shocks. ::: :::Plus last summer I've been on unpaved...
• Re: No Start after alternator failure and replacement.. Help requested
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:03:04 -0700
  ...REgards, Tom Hanlon Palm Springs, CA 84 Westfalia Ed DeBolt wrote: > the blank readings on the digitool are curious. perhaps a ecu problem. how...
• Step up the idle
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:45:43 -0700
  ...These two get connected for the A/C signal to > ICU. > > > > Mark > > > > BenT Syncro wrote: > > > > > On 8/20/07, Kim Springer <kimspringer@rcn.com...
• Re: clean & lube idle air control valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 May 2010 10:01:04 -0400
  ...The intermittent symptoms you describe can be caused by a bad coil or broken spring in the valve, a bad controller, or the controller...
• Re: Rear Springs and Bushings and Steering Rack
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 28 Oct 2022 16:30:23 -0400
  ...GW Springs without any lifting or lowering "0" https://gowesty.com/products/gowesty-rear-coil-springs-2wd?variant=41253778522277 >> Any thoughts or experience on...