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• Re: 88 GL - manual tranny - fail to start
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 3 Jun 2014 15:41:33 -0700
  ...Came back out, key in the ignition, ignition on - check idiot lights, listen for fuel pump to pressurize the fuel system, key to start...
• Re: 2.1L ignition/FI woes!!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:34:07 -0800
  ...The ignition coil is powered by the key switch and pulsed by the ECU when the ECU sees the hall pulses. It is common...
• Re: Help? test fuel injector, 78 Westy.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 10:39:22, -0500
  The Muir Idiot book says to pressurize the ring main (with injectors out) by just running fuel pump (few seconds of ignition on, turn...
• Re: Eurospec problems
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 10:49:31 -0700
  ...86 on the relay to 15 on the ignition coil. This assumes that your >> coil is getting 12V when the key is on... >> >> At...
• Re: 2.1wbx into 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 9 Dec 2007 10:47:54 -0800
  ...There is only one wire coming to the engine from the front, the black power wire to the coil from the ignition switch. You...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:02:09 -0700
  ...The fuel pump relay gets power from ignition coil terminal #15. So the ignition module is also responbible for the activation and deactivation of...
• Re: Just Say NO OK Vanagoners, Thanks to everyone who replid
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 23:45:40 -0400
  Stick with the Supers, the Platinums tend to foul and like splitfires are only of real gain on weak ignition systems. The best choice...
• Re: Fuel Pump Problem '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:56:22 -0800
  ...in a black box above the coil) is you likely culprit. If you turn on the ignition and don't hear the click->sigh...
• 86 hot temp gauge---was '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:14:25 -0500
  ...Also, realize that the green wires to/from the coil >> are for >> ignition pulses not power. >> >> Your use of a jumper wire to test...
• Re: Now: Jetta ECU-Coil Amp Draw Was: Ignition Switch "Su"...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:05:42 -0800
  ...UN-installed; DMM in series > between 30 and coil/ECU wire, effectively bypassing the ignition > switch. Same results. (btw. When I inserted the DMM...
• Re: more information on engine swap/fuel pump woes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:38:59 -0700
  ...sends 12 volts to one side of the ignition coil and that point on the coil acts as a wiring junction for a black...
• Re: Cause of weak spark?
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sat, 19 Sep 2015 22:29:22 -0400
  Doesn't the ECM control the dwell? Would bad solder joints affect the "on-time" of ignition driver? -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: Ignition Switch "Su" Power
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:22:19 -0800
  ...Haven't measured current draw of ECU and coil. Given the difference in wire gauge (#16 AWG vs Jetta coil wire of 2.5...
• Re: digijet tool testing
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 21:58:30 -0400
  ...I had wired the digijet tool coil LED the same as the > digifant tool coil LED. It turns out the transistorized ignition control > unit...
• Re: 1984 Emissions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:48:49 -0400
  ...sold There's a sticker on the relay box over the ignition coil unless my memory is sadly mistaken that says what it's...
• Re: Tach/Dwell Meter Usage Question?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 19:01:12 -0800
  Hey Jeff, check out the pertronix electronic ignition setup. replaces the points and condenser, fits entirely inside the distributor, costs about $75. You'll...
• 2.1 won't run when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:22:09 -0500
  ...the coil, but also told him I'd ask on this list. Of all the things I've done to a vanagon, ignition troubleshooting...
• Continuing saga of symptoms imitating vanagon syndrome--85 westy
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:04:18 -0700
  ...ground wire to the afm,swapped ecu,swapped coil,swapped hall control,wiggeled wires,wiggeled ignition switch,checked all over for vacuumn leaks, gapped...
• Plug for Tail Light & Sliding Door Handle on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 18:26:42 -0500
  ...For those with the Subaru EJ22 motor, I've got one ignition coil that hasn't been spoken for. It's $20.00, shipped...
• Re: '86 Vanagon Starts, Dies....Revisited (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - David Dustan
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 11:35:38 -0800
  ...replacing the ignition switch. >> >>Since I last wrote a note the following has been replaced: >> >>Ignition Switch >>Plugs >>Cap >>Rotor >>Wires >>Coil >>Fuel Pump...
• Re: 88GL - Intermittent Failure to Start Continues
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 8 Jun 2014 19:56:53 -1000
  ...the Hall sender - it was good. > > When I tested ignition control and the coil - both appeared good. > > Yet still it has times when it...
• Re: 91(bus) dead on the freeway tech expertise needed !
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:30:13 EST
  ...Hole number 4 is connected to the > ignition switch contact that turns on the ignition coil and ECU. Connect > a voltmeter probe between hole...
• Re: First ride of shame, fuel issue
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 27 Jul 2019 08:52:50 -0600
  ...With key on are you actually getting power to the ignition coil, which also goes to the ECU? Need a meter ensure it is...
• 1986 ignition problem
  Historical mailing list - Brigstocke John
  Thu, 4 Mar 1999 21:28:58 -0500
  ...If one terminal (the +ve I think) at the coil is removed momentarily and replaced (with ignition on, engine still not able to start...
• Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:43:49 -0400
  ...Obvious problem, the wire from the coil to distributor was bent off at an angle with burn marks all over the place. just touched...
• Re: replacing clock w/ tach
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 4 Dec 1999 16:16:22 -0800
  Terminal #1 on the ignition coil. At 11:48 AM 04/12/1999 -0500, Alexander Dallas wrote: >Where did you attach the signal wire...
• Re: ECU and starting question
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:55:57 -0400
  ...This pin >> also has a wire that connects itself to the ignition coil's terminal #15. On the >> diagram the wire that feeds the...
• '86 GLi problem...continued
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 11:49:26 EST
  ...The coil has been swapped out, so has the ignition module. The wires from the hall sensor do not go to the ignition module...
• Re: Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:50:10 -0800
  ...When did the tach stop working? The tach signal comes from the ignition coil, on the smaller of the 2 green wires that plug...
• Re: 84 don't smoke no more!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Apr 1997 09:40:51 +0100
  ...Put the ECU so far away from the ignition and coil as the cable is long. Btw. I must say the WBX is not...
• NVC - ...but HELP anyway
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 18:51:56 -0600
  ...My brother in Congress, AZ asks: "Has anybody had experience with electronic ignition such as Comp-u-fire, the one with a coil, and...
• Re: ECU and starting question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:02:07 -0700
  ...This pin > > also has a wire that connects itself to the ignition coil's terminal #15. On the > > diagram the wire that feeds the...
• Re: Ignition Switch "Su" Power
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:43:24 -0500
  ...by 15 so it would >carry power to the ECU and coil. But then there were times when the >engine wouldn't shut down...
• Re: Ignition Switch "Su" Power
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:50:08 -0800
  ...switch 15 to the Jetta coil and > ECU. In the A3 Bentley, a #10 wire runs to the Jetta coil and ECU. I > assume...
• Kelley Park
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 15:53:33 -0800
  ...On electronic ignition: I just spent some time rebuilding the ignition system on my '80. I would expect that the 1980-1985 Vanagon's...
• Re: VR6 ignition module
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 13:29:21 -0400
  ...Are head gaskets a problem? > >Are there problems with the ignition modules/coil packs? > Hey Mark, I have 2 VR6 engines but not in...
• Re: 91(bus) dead on the freeway tech expertise needed !
  Historical mailing list - mike twombley
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:33:19 -0800
  ...Hole number 4 is connected to the > ignition switch contact that turns on the ignition coil and ECU. Connect > a voltmeter probe between hole...
• Re: "Headlights On" Warning Chimes? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:27:24 -0400
  At 02:48 PM 9/26/2002, Matthew Pollard wrote: >relay off of the light swtich and ignition key switch thing would be the...
• Re: "yawn" Another (trivial) Jetta conversion Fuel Pump relay question.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:10:33 -0400
  ...to reduce the voltage spikes caused when the relay is de-energized, and the stored magnetic field collapses (like happens with an ignition coil).
• Re: Real time help needed
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:38:53 -0400
  ...on power > > Rotor in dist seems fine > > Power to coil. > > Sure seems like ignition with the no warning death. > > Alone here so can’t...
• ECU Chip Upgrade and Digifant Tool
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:30:29 -1000
  ...the Van So Control Unit goes out to wires -----> * Oxygen sensor * Ignition coil * Hall sender * Coolant temperature sensor * Fuel injectors * Throttle switch/ idle stabilizer...
• Re: Looking for an 86-up instrument cluster w/tach
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sun, 2 Feb 2014 10:46:19 -0800
  ...the only wire/s connected to the '1' terminal of the coil would be related to the ECU or Electronic Ignition system .. Ignitor and...
• Re: Another coil fire
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:55:16 -0700
  There are no points on a water cooled Vanagon - only a hall sender which will not present a constant "fire coil" state if left...
• Re: Running on 3 Cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:33:31 -0700
  ...marginal ignition comes to mind.. when ign coils are 25 yrs old, I like to replace them ... cause they gotta be due ....they don...
• Re: 91(bus) dead on the freeway tech expertise needed !
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:26:41 -0500
  ...an ignition relay of some kind? > > could be a dead coil. but check those two relays in the black box > above the coil first...
• Re: Ignition Switch Electrical Repair
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:34:09 -0500
  ...As I was getting my 12 volts from the > black wire to the coil, this caused the wire going to my ignition switch > to...
• Re: Consistent cutout at 3k rpm
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:04:39 -0400
  ...able to see the ignition > pulse from the new electronic ign. > good thinkin' ....could be possible I supposse. > > what coil does it have currently...
• Nachricht defekt, zurueck
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 05 Dec 1996 15:28:38 +0100
  ...from the dash by disconnecting the wire from the ignition switch to the coil (at the dash, careful, it's hot when engine running...
• Re: engine swaps... VR6
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 22:22:19 -0800
  ...As to the "ignition coil pack"...not all VR6 engines used it (it was introduced in 93, prior to that they used distributers.)
• Re: testing Hall sender
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:59:37 -0500
  When I turn it over by hand, (with my test light hooked to the center coil wire) and ground, is: -fuel pump runs for...
• Re: intermittent nostart/stalling disease
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 22 May 1998 09:22:31 -0500
  ...IMHO if you get a short in the hego, fuel pump, ignition coil, ecu, any fuel injector to ground you will get some warm...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 16:28:00 -0300
  ...nb.ca> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Centre ignition wire …. you mean from the coil to the distributor? >>>>>> >>>>>> Start working backwards … is the coil failing? When there is...
• Re: 88 GL - manual tranny - fail to start
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 3 Jun 2014 18:25:48 -0500
  ...Came back out, key in the ignition, ignition on - check idiot > lights, listen for fuel pump to pressurize the fuel system, key to start...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:56:02 -0500
  ...fuzzmeister@gmail.com> wrote: > I bypassed the ignition switch by connecting pin 15 of the coil to power, > activating the ECU relay and powering...
• Wiring harness to distributor plug
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Sun, 22 Sep 2013 23:40:30 -0700
  ...Bosch 1 234 485 024 Plug Sleeve, Ignition System. It's the connection from the coil to the distributor. The wires in my plug...
• Re: idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 May 2009 18:27:31 -0400
  ...wall of the engine compartment, between the igniter module and the ignition coil. Black or green box with two round plugs which can mate...
• Re: Ignition Wire Sets
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:22:54 -0500
  ...The coil to distributor wire is only about a > foot long and since most Vanagons I've seen have had the coil > mounted on...
• Re: Ignition Switch "Su" Power
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:50:29 -0500
  ...The first one is controlled by ignition switch circuit 15 to power the ECU, and the second one is commanded from inside the ECU...
• Re: Bosch relay
  Historical mailing list - Dr Andrea Berardelli
  Mon, 2 Jun 2003 12:56:24 -0700
  ...I had to add a ignition controlled service triggered by way of + side of the coil but I now I think I reduced the...
• Re: black box above coil
  Historical mailing list - Sylvie et Germain
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 20:52:22 -0400
  ...These realys are activated by the ignition switch. If one of these relays do not work, the motor will not be able to run...