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• coil overs
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Dec 1995 10:10:35 -0500 (EST)
  Coil over shocks were available for the vanagon in europe. they were used for heavy duty applications and were usually only on trucks and...
• High voltage havoc from coil?
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:31:25 -0800
  Has anyone ever heard of high voltage from the secondary winding in the ignition coil, intermittently finding it's way over to the 12...
• Re: OT - soliciting Jetta TDI reviews
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 20:25:28 -0500
  ...VWoA > doesn't even consider this recent coil pack failure as a "safety" issue (tell According to VWVORTEX.COM VW will be replacing the...
• Strange No Start
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:56:52 -0600
  ...I have done the Bentley checks for coil, ecu, Hall sensor, etc. I have installed new plugs, new cap, and new rotor. I am...
• Re: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:58:26 -0800
  re "disable the ignition by pulling the coil wire from the distributor cap - then pull a fuel hose in the engine compartment and activate...
• 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: What did I destroy now? (Ignition fail)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:10:49 -0800
  ...It couldn't have been on there very well, and when I > looked at it later it and the coil were very gunked up...
• Re: stuttering
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:21:04 -0500
  ...What cured it for me was new sparkplug and coil wires along with cleaning out the end of the coil where the wire from...
• Burnt spark plug wire
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lapp
  Fri, 1 Jul 2011 07:50:54 -0500
  So, I noticed my plug wire from the ignition coil to the distributor seemed to be bulging right at the boot where it connects...
• Gathering consensus 2.1 won't run when hot: tests
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 07:41:48 -0500
  ...I assume he can test by pulling the coil wire and checking for spark to ground when the engine is hot. If anyone knows...
• 2.1 won't run when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:22:09 -0500
  ...I had a coil once that had a break in it. The coil would expand under the effects of heat and thus open the...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:57:29 -0700
  ...The power required > from the coil equals V^2/R where R is the impedance of the plug. > Scenario 2(quad tip). > To me...
• Re: What causes the ignition switch to get hot?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:10:32 -0500
  ...coil) or the 15 circuit (track 37 -- skinny wire to panel, fat wire to S12 on the fuse panel and then to ignition coil...
• Re: Starts then won't.... SOLVED...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 05:53:18 -0700
  Hey folks, Just wanted to let you all know the solution to this problem (see original complaint below) was a bad coil. Special thanks...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 19:25:22 -0500
  For the replacement coil it has to be the correct one, no universal stuff. You will get some sticker shock. For the connector for...
• RE: Driving in high winds
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 07 Nov 1994 10:17:11 EST
  ...Has anyone lowered a Vanagon? I look at the coil-spring brackets that JC Whitney has to as-if take one turn out of...
• RE: coil spring adjusters \ 73 bus
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Mon, 3 Jun 1996 12:51:59 -0500
  ...Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> From: Subject: Re: coil spring adjusters \ 73 bus Gregor writes: >I was wondering though if there...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 16:15:31 -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...
• Re: Engine died, Update ign
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 14:18:19 -0700
  ...If pulsing but still no spark bad coil or ECU. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
• Re: still cranks, won't start
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:09:37 -0800
  There is a black wire from the key switch that runs back to the engine compartment and stops first at the coil. From there...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 01:50:09 -0400
  ...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: High voltage havoc from coil?
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:44:11 -0800
  When coils go bad, could the high voltage built up in the secondary winding, intermittently short over to the 12 Volt primary winding and...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - brian adams
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 11:32:04 EDT
  ...How could this fire have started out of the clear blue? I will be replacing the coil and spark plug wire set, but could...
• Fw: 85 vanagon ignition problems
  Historical mailing list - Matt Schweitzer
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 21:26:45 -0400
  ...I checked the ignition coil resistances, according to Bentley the coil is fine. I tested the Hall sensor before I got the new ignition...
• Re: coil over springs for busses with sagging rear ends?
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 27 Dec 1995 10:29:19 -0800 (PST)
  Sami Dakhlia writes (re: coil-over shocks): > > So where did you find them and how much did they go for? Steve Maher told > me...
• Re: Vanagon rear suspension
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Nov 1996 20:50:47 -0700 (MST)
  For the problem of sagging rear coil springs causing increasing negative camber, resulting in excessive tread wear on the insides of the rear tires...
• 88 to 92 engine
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 13:46:48 -0400
  ...black wire that use to goto the coil .On the 92 motor I have a square coil. with just a green wire coming from...
• Tach/Dwell Meter Usage Question?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 18:55:39 -0500
  ...When I connect it to the coil on the vanagon, I cannot start the van. It seems to short or load down the signal...
• Re: 2.1L WBX - Turns well but no fire.
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 25 Mar 2017 10:34:23 -0700
  it could be a bad coil...
• Re: Vana's Blues
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:59:14 -0500
  ...Vana's Blues I got what I thought was a bosch coil from a FLAPS. Turns out Bosch makes generic ones for the local...
• Re: Okay READ the subject bar...Hall Effect SPEEDO question.
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 29 May 2008 15:51:14 -0700
  ...A Hall Effect sensor is just a coil, such as a coil of a solenoid. Make a small disk driven by the speedometer cable...
• Re: Electrical question (Coil terminals)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:52:35 -0700
  ...When the meter is connected meter-ground-to-coil-negative and >> meter-voltage-to-coil-positive, you should measure a positive voltage. >>
• Re: Spark Plug & Wire problems
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 15:05:01 -0400
  ...there is simply no mechanism for 3 prong vs 1 prong plugs to damage plug wires or coil. dan On Sun, 11 Jul 2004...
• Alternative Vanagon heaters - Zodi's, Tankless Water Heaters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 12:17:58 -0600
  ...Would not a circulating fan mounted behind a finned heat coil INSIDE the van - supplied with hot water from a source OUTSIDE the van...
• Re: I'm stumped! (misfire)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 23 May 1998 06:54:07 -0700
  ...I didn't see any mention of the coil. Try a matching coil from a junker (I figure at this point you've spent...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Suspension :~o
  Historical mailing list - Barry Armitage
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 07:52:41 -0400
  ...If it takes energy to compress the spring and insert a spacer, then that energy needs to go somewhere--is stored within the coils...
• Re: Wobbly Still Won't Go... Gurus pleassssse heeellllllppppp...
  Historical mailing list - Scott and Norma
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 23:11:05 -0800
  I have confirmed two black wires at input to coil...2 green out. Coil passes ohm checks out of circuit (3.5kohm secondary, <1ohm...
• Re: "yawn" Another (trivial) Jetta conversion Fuel Pump relay question.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:10:33 -0400
  ...It sounds like you're using a generic Bosch type relay (4 or 5 contacts, 2 for coil, 1 for relay arm, 1 or...
• VW relay #53, 141 951 253B
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 13:28:41 -0400
  ...The circuit diagram on printed on the case has an unusual component between pins 85 and 86, parallel to the energizing coil. The diagrams...
• Re: D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 2 Nov 2011 22:12:44 -0700
  yes, and key on power to "15" on coil is supplied by the notorious D15 (clear on wiring diagrams for vin G 055 690...
• EV Fan Resistor Update
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 21:18:59 -0500 (EST)
  ...The old ones had a very fine, multiple wire coil...the new ones have a heavy wire coil with about 1/2 the windings...
• Re: Rear coil springs for Westy
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 21 Oct 1996 23:08:27 -0400 (EDT)
  ...rear than the front. > I would like to replace the rear coil springs, are the springs the same > as a non westy Vanagon?? > > Joe...
• Re: Ignition Wiring, 1980 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 15:51:40 -0500
  Double black wire to bottom of coil. Thats terminal #15 Tach, Computer, Points to top. Thats Terminal #1 On Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12...
• Re: 85 instrument cluster into 84
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:25:17 EST
  ...And is the wire from coil to > tach the only one > necessary? Is there a source for the clock if I need > another? > > 85...
• Re: Audiovox ccs100 cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:28:23 -0400
  When I installed an Equus 9000-B on my '85 manual, I had the choice of magnets or a wire to the coil. At...
• Re: Kill switch installation
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 6 Jun 2016 10:38:14 -0700
  you could put a switch on one of the coil wire too...
• Re: New coil leaking tar
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 3 Oct 2016 13:51:13 -0400
  ...at 14:31, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > New Bosch coil, two years old, about 2000 miles on it and dripping oily > tar...
• Oil drain plug now with heli-coil
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 20:06:56 -0800
  ...I now have a heli-coil where I didn't usta have one, as a repair to an apparently "worn out" oil drain plug...
• Re: ECU: burned parts. PICS (Jetta Engine in Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 01:45:46 -0700
  ...I would guess that B202 is a inductor or coil. L usually stands for coil on U. S. schematics, but maybe VW uses B...
• Distributor Woes - One Lives - One Dies
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 17:06:19 -0600
  ...As circumstance would have it - the coil had failed. After some jockeying around - a replacement coil did the trick. starts and runs fine. Only...
• Re: Kelley Park
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 23:43:30 -0800
  ...You will need the distributor, coil and >"ignitor" module complete with the wiring, but it is all drop-in from there. >Most mid-80s...
• Re: Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:36:13 -0700
  ...I > know this same coil signal goes also to the dynamic oil pressure alert > system. > Any suggestion for a conditioning circuit? (RC + diode limiter...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:39:10 -0500
  ...Voila! The white >> plastic >> connector was burned black around the area where the wire to the coil >> connects--and there was little left of...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:51:58 -0700
  ...Basic ignition coil > >operation > > > even back to points. Points closed or ECU conducting, coil is charging, > > > magnetic field builds. Points open or ECU opens...
• =?Windows-1252?Q?Re:______Won=B4t_start?=
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 15:46:27 -0500
  ...The coil voltage comes from the ignition key being on. If it is twitching install a spark plug on the coil secondary (high voltage...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:49:28 -0500
  ...The energy bounces >back and forth between coil and capacitor, each time losing some into >another spark, until it's no longer enough to...
• stalling even after
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Nov 1996 10:50:13 -0700
  ...I have changed the coil, did the capacitor harness modification, changed fuel filters, sensor two. Problem still persists, but manifests itself slightly differently. For...
• Re: plugged cat? due to bad coil?
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:36:10 -0500 (EST)
  ...lost ignition coil last > week and cranked till battery dead. is this enuf raw gas to destroy cat? > been told cat has been clogged...
• Busted in the Bay (WestBay Village)
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:33:21 -0800
  ...Doesn't take long to figger out that the two-day-old brand new coil I just put in there is #$%^&* is toast. +12v...
• Re: starting issue with '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 25 Dec 2014 12:58:17 -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...