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Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:47:36 -0500
...Scott, I had my mechanic add a push button starter switch in the engine compartment. He replaced the ignition switch also, which had a...
Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Thu, 14 May 2015 16:04:49 -0400
...Speaking of these ignition switches, we currently have the OEM German ones on sale for $14.95: http://www.busdepot.com/171905865 > Regardless of...
Re: '86 GL electrical (sound system) question
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:12:09 -0500
...What would > be ideal would be if just having the key in the ignition switch closed > a circuit that was supposed to trigger an...
Re: SA Grill and Headlights Out!!!
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:56:18 -0600
I'll put my $$ on your ignition switch, not the ignition lock, but switch. bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Zappe" <Zapvw@AOL.COM> To...
Re: Alternator light mystery-High bean switch!
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 25 May 2010 18:41:27 -0400
...or does >the same type of thing ..applies 'ignition level' power to the light >switch and load reduction relay. X is everything they don...
Re: Stuck Solenoid????
Historical mailing list - Jack
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:46:45 -0800
Tony, You seem to have accurately diagnosed an ignition switch problem, yet I see no indication you replaced it ($10?). You did add a...
Re: Ignition Switch Electrical Repair
Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
Tue, 30 Dec 2003 00:30:12 -0500
...phil cain wrote: > Jeff, You just fried the electrical portion of the > switch, It is plastic and easy to remove, don't pull > the...
Re: 86 syncro doesnt start
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:15:10 -0700
...btw, the electrical part of the ignition switch is a common failure item in Vanagons - a somewhat underbuilt part. On some of my quite...
Re: Wiring in a new Stereo Unit
Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:54:40 -0600
...With the new switch leg, the main power >> only >> is switched, the memory power is constant at 10-20 mA. >> > > You have it backward...
RE; intermittent lights
Historical mailing list - John McLean
Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:29:48 -0800
...As it turned out it was the ignition switch that was bad. My mechanic had to put three of them in before the problem...
Re: Idle stabilizer
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:31:57 -0500
...whether the throttle switch is > > closed or not, it's connected between the Hall generator at the > > distributor and the ignition module on the...
Ignition wire slipping off?
Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
Mon, 7 Dec 1998 21:14:58 -0400
...After replacing the starter/solenoid and electrical side of the ignition switch it turned out the the mechanical part of the switch and the...
Cutting out....fuel pump acting strange
Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:46:00 -0500
...This continues until I turn the ignition off. Today I let it run for a good 30 seconds. I switched the ignition off, and...
Re: headlights on '87
Historical mailing list - Dan Beatty
Sat, 18 Nov 1995 11:28:04 -0600 (CST)
...Well you can start at the fuse panel and start tracing the current though the varios switches. Headlight switch, ignition switch, dimmer switch, various...
Re: Archives (& Dennis Haynes) solves headlight problem
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:24:52 -0400
...I had not used the headlights this year, so I can't >say they were working before the ignition switch replacement. > >Several Archive posts...
Electrical weirdness
Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
Tue, 20 Jul 1999 23:27:32 -0400
...All the fuses are fine, but all the interior electircs that depend on the ignition switch (blower fans, AC, wipers, but not the radio...
Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:32:55 -0800
Everyone, Thank you for all your input. I'll look into the ignition switch more closely. Blake Heinlein http://blakeheinlein.googlepages.com/
Re: Electrical question (non-starting)
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 22 May 2009 22:11:23 -0400
At 09:00 PM 5/22/2009, Robert Fisher wrote: >Voltage at the red wire into the ignition switch is equal to the battery...
Re: Head light mystery
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 15 Jun 2022 22:55:10 -0500
...Based on the described failure when the > lights do not work,try lightly moving the ignition switch, and then the > headlight switch. There could...
Re: Stereo Wiring Help
Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
Fri, 5 Sep 1997 23:08:39 UT
...The '87 has no radio wire switched by the ignition, but you can jumper one from the fuse/relay panel. Some of the empty...
Re: No start, no click.
Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
Sun, 4 Mar 2012 22:59:30 -0500
...the key to on. > > Mark > > mark drillock wrote: >> The "ignition switch" has 4 switches inside that power different things. >> One or more can still...
Re: ignition switch or starter?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:00:02 -0800
...ignition switch or starter? My '87 stock 2.1 Wolfsburg Vanagon has had (on top of many other problems- some solved, some not) some...
Re: won't start
Historical mailing list - Jason
Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:33:05 -0500
Sounds like your ignition switch to me. Don't buy a cheap one either. Jason 84 Westy 90 LT Florida On Sun, Nov 11...
Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:35:34 -0700
re So if the ignition is off, the headlight switch on, lifting the lever will allow a back feed that will operate the wipers...
A Mystery
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Sat, 31 Aug 2013 19:06:10 -0500
...loose when home.) Key in the ignition - Tranny to neutral, turn switch - system hot, pause - turn switch to engage starter. Starter engages and turns...
Re: Random Instant Shutdown
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:29:47 -0700
...The ignition switch will be used for cranking the starter but turning the key off won't stop the engine with the bypass tool...
Re: Turn signal stalk and wiper madness (aka: Bosch meets Lucas electrics)
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 1 Oct 2013 19:10:02 -0700
Your symptoms match a bad ignition switch X contact. The ignition switch has 4 switches inside that do different things. The X contact is...
Re: Sorta Scary Event
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:09:44 -0600
...It was like someone threw the "Off" switch - but > the ignition switch was on of course. What might cause a blatant > engine > stoppage that...
Re: Electrical System Mystery
Historical mailing list - Bryan Belman
Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:14:26 -0500
Yes, the systems that you say are not working sound much like the systems that would be cut out by the ignition switch during...
Re: Starting issues
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:34:51 -0700
David Ignition Switch is for sure a good place to start (no pun intended) especially if it is old or actually even if it...
Help!!!!Key WON"T WORK
Historical mailing list - Chad
Thu, 7 Dec 2000 21:42:42 -0400
the key to start my van will not turn in the ignition switch, its never done this before....what do I do???? Chad [text...
Re: Dense Between the Ears
Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:26:54 -0500
...not got the BUGS worked out yet..lol..? I have my ignition switch off, and lo and behold they broke the metal part that...
ignition switch-- how to article
Historical mailing list - Troy
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:37:44 -0800
...I got the new ignition switch in and it cured problem I was having. The only thing I would add to the instructions from...
Re: Fog light wiring
Historical mailing list - Bolliver
Sun, 29 Oct 2000 10:55:10 -0600
...This is 12Vdc switched by the ignition. I wired the fog lights on an independent circuit so that if the head lights failed, I...
Re: Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 25 Dec 2013 05:25:57 -0800
That set of symptoms points to the ignition switch and nothing else. It has happened on countless Vanagons. The replacement switches fit just about...
Re: Help!
Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
Sat, 29 Dec 2001 20:41:48 -0500
...You will see a spark or two and hear the starter whir into action if it is an ignition switch issue. If it whirs...
Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:43:56 -0700
...So you are right that the #15 terminal is connected to +12V from the ignition switch and the currect is flowing in from #15...
Re: won't start
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:34:13 -0800
...Switch on the clutch pedal, ignition switch, wire to the starter? The thing ran fine all the way home in the pouring rain, lights...
Re: Vanagon Stranded near Tawas, MI
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:41:32 -0700
...one doesn't 'bypass the ignition system' when using a Remote Starter Switch to operate the starter. Doing that bypasses the start function part...
Re: Temporary but total power loss
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 27 May 2014 08:16:37 -0700
The clock does not get power through the ignition switch. There is a single red wire from the battery to the back of the...
Re: Runaway Starters and Kill Switches
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 2 Nov 2013 01:33:03 -0400
...The switch that breaks this circuit has to be designed to withstand this spike or something is needed to absorb it. The ignition switch...
Re: It's hard to make your Vanagon better when they're making the parts crappier
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 1 Jul 2013 13:34:30 -0700
...Meyle Ignition Switches are GARBAGE. Kostal OEM switches are the best. How to tell? - Original and Kostal Switches are both Black and White plastic...
'72 bus IGN SW
Historical mailing list
Thu, 08 Feb 1996 14:24:42 -0600
HELP! I just got this 72 camper and the engine won't stay lit because when the ignition switch is released from starting, the...
Re: Steering Locks
Historical mailing list
Fri, 28 Jun 1996 00:10:43, -0500
...wire- Got home fine, and put in momentary switch for starter and flip switch for ignition, and drove it that way for another 80K...
Re: 1988 GL - Headlights out - need wiring circuit diagrams
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:23:19 -0500
...Did the test for the ignition switch and re-placed with new - which did not work either. So now two switches - neither work, AND...
Re: Curious no swas teh same tart issue
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 25 May 2012 18:23:47 -0400
...This >was the same symptoms I hade before replacing >the ignition swtich. It starts fine now. Is it >possible it’s the ignition switch...
Re: intermittent headlight failure
Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
Tue, 30 Nov 1999 12:31:19 -0500
...Defective ignition switch. Although the ignition part was never a problem and the light problem was intermittent. Worth checking it out my records show...
Re: Hard/no start story, '86 2.1, AT, mostly removed AC
Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:21:54 -0700
...When I tried the new ignition switch, our "key in ignition/door open" chime went off. It doesn't work with the recently-replaced...
Re: no fuse for fuel pump?
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sat, 11 Mar 2023 09:30:53 -0800
...Note > that the ECU and ignition get powered from the ignition switch. The ECU and > fuel pump relay get powered from a connection in...
Re: Strange switch near sink
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:54:11 -0400
...guess that the switch may be wired to bypass the relay which turns off the 12V refrigerator feed when the ignition is off, allowing...
Re: No start electrical smell
Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
Thu, 8 May 2003 20:48:25 -0400
Solved I put a new ignition switch in and Slowpoke started right up. In matter of fact it cranked and fired up much faster...
Re: Ignition switch question
Historical mailing list - Zach White
Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:23:22 +0000
...tried to find if there is a wire coming off the ignition switch > that powers up when the key is inserted and not turned...
Re: no headlights cept pulling back on turn signal stick - 87 westy
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Thu, 10 Aug 2006 07:36:59 -0700
The ignition switch is dead. The bit that goes to the load reduction relay has packed it in. To fix it, involves removing the...
Re: No start/ Yes spark II
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 7 Nov 2011 21:36:42 -0800
...I have > voltage for 2 - 3 seconds when I turn ignition on. > > Can I conclude that my ignition switch is OK? > > Thanks, > > Skip > 84...
Re: Failing Fuel Pump?
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 19 Jul 94 00:38:41 CDT
...wiring check for power supply relay: - switch on ignition. - check terminal 86 of power supply relay with voltmeter; should read battery voltage. - check terminal...
Oxygen Sensor / Full Throttle Switch
Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
Mon, 21 Nov 94 09:30:02 PST
...The ignition switch was on. Haynes said to connect the test light between the _uninsulated_ lead to the switch and ground, but both leads...
Re: headlights (all) - poof!
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 4 Apr 2011 09:34:24 -0700
...ignition switch, since the rest of the > running lights still work, just not the headlights. > That is the "X" connector on the ignition switch...
Re: unusual problem
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 3 Dec 2000 11:17:30 -0600
...That ignition switch circuit closes, providing power to actuate the main solenoid. When that baby, the main solenoid, closes, you have full cranking amps...
RE: 71 Bus ignition switch
Historical mailing list
Fri, 10 Nov 1995 13:13:16 PST
...Good Luck Clay >Anybody replaced an ignition switch on an '71 Transporter recently? >This one seems different from the switch on my old '69...
Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:49:41 -0800
...from ignition coil I, terminal 4 > 4b from ignition coil II, terminal 4 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 15 Switched + downstream of battery > (output of ignition/driving switch) > 15a...