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Windows and spark plugs, 78
Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
Fri, 15 Mar 1996 10:10:10 -0500
...run into? Second, what are the most common causes of a spark plug that repeatedly works itself loose? This is a bus I just...
Re: 3 probe plugs
Historical mailing list - DaveC
Sat, 1 Jun 2002 10:53:32 -0700
>As near as I could tell, whichever electrode had the >highest conductance got the spark. When it wore to where another >electrode had more...
Re: The sad ending of a spark plug life
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:41:12 -0600
...When you're totally fed up with fuel loading up your engine oil and oil blowing out the tailpipe you just switch a spark...
Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 1 Aug 2015 09:39:50 -0500
...joint style extension and go...I've got to change the > sparkplugs on my poor man's syncro (GM Safari AWD) this weekend and...
Re: Accessing the #1 spark plug
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:56:23 -0400
...Accessing the #1 spark plug So I'm going to swap out the plugs on my 1.9 and it looks like the air...
Re: Amateur questions: Wrong spark plugs? Coolant corrosion?
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Mon, 1 Aug 2011 03:54:20 -0600
...I had previously ordered a tune up kit from one of our vendors and noticed that the number on the spark plug I was...
Re: Amateur questions: Wrong spark plugs? Coolant corrosion?
Historical mailing list - Tyler Dann
Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:36:21 -0800
...Wrong spark plugs? Coolant corrosion? > > Hi all, > > I had to replace my snapped accelerator cable and thought it was a good > time > to do...
Re: Actual Vanagon content!!
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:50:28 -0400
...If you replace the whole system (ECU, distributor, spark generator, injectors, coil, wiring harness as needed) it can work ok. People with 1.9l...
Re: 3 pronged spark plugs?
Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:11:56 -0400
Rob I've tried various kinds of fancy spark plugs (three tip, Splitfire....) and have concluded that stock works the best. As in the...
Re: High resistance causing no spark?
Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:03:56 -0700
...I tried Mark's trick of attaching a spark wire with spark plug attached, and grounding that to the block - no spark :( Tested the...
Re: Cause of weak spark?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 19 Sep 2015 17:55:18 -0700
...COM> wrote: >>> >>> '86 syncro >>> >>> I'm looking to solve a weak spark problem. Battery voltage is present at the coil (D15 power currently coming...
flashing to pass, spark plugs
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 25 Aug 94 11:57:57 CDT
...well, i am in the throes of trying some bosch triple-prong sparking plugs right now, and i THINK they are an improvement. the...
Re: Dave needs curtains, sparkplug.com
Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 02:09:46 EDT
In a message dated 98-07-10 14:42:14 EDT, Dave@SPARKPLUG.COM writes: << I own a 1988 Vanagon GL. I am looking...
Re: Battery is dead again
Historical mailing list - phil cain
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:31:17 -0700
...Take the positive terminal and check for a spark, getting that, start pulling the circuit's fuses untill you loose the spark, this will...
Re: Spark plug gap
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Fri, 9 Mar 2012 13:03:46 -0500
These never need cleaning! What's not to like? G.
Re: broken spark plug removal?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 01:20:00 EDT
Dave, I feel your pain :^( Since the spark plug was seized in there tight enough to shear itself in half on removal (attempt) its...
Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:24:58 -0400
...Why does the fuel pump cycle twice? If the FI fire everytime a spark fires, and there are four plugs sparking at different times...
Re: LOOSER,ZOINKS! Itsy bitsy Spark Plug pieces dancing in my e
Historical mailing list - Don Griffin
Fri, 3 Jul 1998 09:00:17 EDT
In a message dated 7/3/98 2:14:11 AM Central Daylight Time, Modl6971 writes: > > I'm offended by the term "Kraut spark...
Re: vanagon will not start when it rains
Historical mailing list - T Berk
Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:06:24 -0800
...It helps to seal the plug to boot surfaces- keeps spark in, keeps moisture out. It can be found at Kragen etc. Vaseline work...
Re: How to remove O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 15:04:42 -0400
...How to remove O2 sensor Dennis, The "tool" from NAPA -"Spark plug opening thread chaser" is marked on one end 18 MM other end...
Re: Sparking plugs - 2.1L - Which kind?
Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 08:08:35 -0400
...11, 2015 12:41 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Sparking plugs - 2.1L - Which kind? > > Need to install new plugs. Just wondering...
Re: Demons III
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:03:46 -0600
...a year with an arc welder� > > ed- just call me sparky > ----------- > > Dear Sparky ed�. > > Your story made my day�. > Arc welding and me never...
Industrial Motors/air compressors
Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
Mon, 3 Jun 1996 13:40:21 -0500 (CDT)
...I wonder if this might have been used to create a crude air compressor, with two cylinders getting no spark, instead returning air. While...
Re: Heads stuck to piston sleeve
Historical mailing list - PAT
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 21:25:14 -0400
...Heads stuck to piston sleeve >put oil in cylinders,replace spark plugs you now have a hydraulic press >to press the heads off, > >or...
Re: Power loss when engine wet and cold
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:01:46 -0400
...most obvious possibility is problem on high tension side of ignition, such as mositure and/or carbon tracks in distributor cap, arcing between spark...
Re: Engine died, Update ign
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 29 Mar 2020 14:18:19 -0700
...Thanks again, Ab > On Mar 29, 2020, at 2:06 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > > ECU can also fail causing no spark...
Help! Am I doing this right????
Historical mailing list - Paul Cavanaugh
Sat, 4 Aug 2001 13:19:06 -0400
...http://www.phonyexpress.com/images/sparkplugs.jpg The ceramic on Number 2 (at the far right in the picture) spark plug is very clean...
Re: burred spark plug threads: update
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:46:28 -0600
...burred spark plug threads > > Jake, > > Remember to put some heavy duty axle grease on the thread chaser also. > The grease will capture the shavings...
Finding TDC revisited
Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
Sat, 28 May 2005 19:40:32 -0700
...Most of them speak of finding the compression stroke on #1 by putting one's finger over #1 spark plug hole while rotating clockwise...
Re: Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 4 Dec 2010 19:24:59 -0600
...Under normal circumstances there aren't > any sparks available in the engine room, unless of course the > sparking inside the distributor or from the...
Re: #3 late timing + Minutiae: Timing
Historical mailing list
Wed, 15 Nov 95 13:38:30 +0100
...When there is a spark to come off the rotor it has to be able to jump over to the contact that has the...
resistor plugs vs resistor sparkplug caps
Historical mailing list - Sidney White
Fri, 7 Mar 2003 23:43:11 EST
are these mutually exclusive? or do they work together?
New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:23:50 -0700
...and that is helped by the side electrodes not "shading" the spark gap from the middle of the charge. The wbx has a very...
Problem solved. Was; '87 Coil changed, still no spark and spray
Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
Wed, 30 May 2012 01:02:24 -0700
...Re: '87 Coil changed, still no spark and spray > John, > I'm sorry, it is a 1987 Vanagon. > I might have a ECU trouble...
Re: Industrial Motors/air compressors
Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
Mon, 03 Jun 1996 15:08:30 -0700
...he takes out a spark plug, disconnects something on the ignition and then holds in the "start" button. he said he found it in...
Re: no spark no gas no start
Historical mailing list - George Wietor
Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:24:01 -0400
...no spark no gas no start Can anyone help Gregory? On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:47:34 -0400 (EDT) Gregory Hubbard <ghubbard@email...
Re: Spark plugs
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Mon, 16 May 2011 21:30:28 -0400
...running a stock 2.1 engine, what brand and type > of spark plugs are you using, and would you recommend them? > > Thanks, > Hector > 1990...
Re: 3-pronged spark plugs
Historical mailing list
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:35:02 EDT
...Anybody have the straight skinny on the Arian spark plug conspiricy? gmbulley cary, nc
Electrical problem with new engine
Historical mailing list - Chris Gkikas
Sun, 10 Dec 2000 16:30:28 -0500
...Been bridging the terminals on the starter with a socket drive and the engine spins nicely, but no spark. Tested for juice at positive...
Vanagon spark plug ignition wire set
Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
Mon, 18 Nov 2002 06:23:46 -0800
...The ends for the distributor and spark coil don't work for my system. I have the small post in the middle of the...
Re: 1.9 won't start
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:01:08 -0400
If you have fuel and spark; all that is left is timing. Seems like I had a no-start-after-stall problem on our...
Re: Bosch Spark Plugs Web Site
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Sat, 13 May 2000 18:24:35 -0700
...I >wonder part number 7598 is the W7CC0...must be. > >�ric > > > >Here are the Bosch Spark Plugs available for your 1984 VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON >CAMPMOBILE...
Re: Fixed: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 2 Dec 2014 23:36:27 -0500
...Helena, Napa County Distributor cap, rotor, and spark plugs should probably be replaced at 15k mile intervals. At least inspected. The Vanagon eats spark...
Re:No Spark in digifant
Historical mailing list - Kevin McCaig
Wed, 20 Aug 1997 19:18:40 -0300
...I found there was no spark. I replaced the spark > plugs, rotor, dist cap and one spark plug wire. then the was no fuel...
Re: Spark Plugs
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Thu, 7 May 2009 22:41:33 -0500
...Spark Plugs Hi Jst a stupid question, went to buy some spark plugs today and asked the salesman about BOSH plugs, as I believe...
Dometic 182 probs
Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
Tue, 25 Apr 2000 16:00:19 -0400
...I can see the spark when I press the ignitor, but no spark. Help!!! Adam
Re: poor idle update
Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
Sun, 3 Dec 2000 09:31:46 -0500
That vacuum line is the one that retards the spark at idle for emission purposes. Your spark was not retarded so it ran better...
Re: start - won't sart - solution
Historical mailing list - Joe Glisson
Sat, 23 Aug 2003 09:53:31 -0400
...I don't think this temp II sensor will help at all it you have no spark. Good luck, Joe G.
Re: Power of a 2.0L Air cooled vs 2.1L???
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:48:33 -0500
...I see a lot of people with missing or shrivelled-up spark plug wire seals, too. Since the spark plug wire holes are right...
Re: Use of timing light on 1985 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:01:32 -0700
...On 9/27/06, AAG - Larry Word <word_aag@comcast.net> wrote: > > My timing light has short wires - spark #1 + battery pos. & Neg. > > Any...
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...
Re: Engine overheats after spark plug change
Historical mailing list - Dave Katsuki
Sat, 28 Apr 2001 22:30:40 -0400
...bad spark plug wire (resistance was infinite).  I replaced the spark plug wire, and replaced the old worn-out Bosch spark plugs with...
Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
Historical mailing list
Fri, 12 May 2000 05:31:01 EDT
In a message dated 5/11/00 7:57:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: << Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs >> I...
Re: A fifth spark plug?
Historical mailing list - John Andrew
Sat, 8 Sep 2001 21:16:52 -0600
...A fifth spark plug? When changing the oil on my 86 Westy, I thought the drain plug seemed odd. It turns out that one...
Re: How to remove O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 17:48:01 -0400
Hi Dennis, My thread chaser has two ends the 14mm spark plug end and the 18mm end for the O2 threads. Sorry I didn...
Re: 85 Vanagon Morning Starting Issues...
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 5 Aug 2016 09:36:22 -0400
...She seems to be getting air, fuel and spark (although I have not pulled a plug to actually test for spark, I am basing...
Re: Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 5 Dec 2010 20:32:36 -0500
At 08:25 PM 12/5/2010, Mike wrote: >Bottom line; NEVER re-use a dropped sparkplug. These (in the story) were young kids...
Re: Thread size for Oxygen sensor
Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:24:09 -0700
Yes! I posted information that is WRONG! For shame :-( Vanagon spark plugs 14M x1.5 Vanagon O2 sensor 18M I thought I had all...
Re: AC compressor Gurus needed!!!
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:11:33 -0600
...Be warned that the spark plug valve gets very hot even if you put it in a cold engine. The kit saved me several...
Re: Help w/2.1 What am i missing?
Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:19:45 -0400
...So right now I need to revisit spark. thanks Darren > Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 05:29:38 -0400 > From: mbucchino@CHARTER.NET > Subject...