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• Re: headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 11:05:46 -0700
  failed or failing ignition switch? IIRC, headlights, dash fan, wipers, are on the X circuit. Do wipers and fan work when key is turned...
• Won't start - no, wait, there it goes!
  Historical mailing list - Gilbert Kevin
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:41:30 -0400
  ...Restarting a warm engine, often there is no immediate action when the ignition key is turned, then, suddenly, van starts. Sometimes, it happens on...
• 1980 Vanagon Ignition
  Historical mailing list - Captain
  Thu, 2 May 96 06:45 EST
  ...The only way to get the stereo to play is to turn the ignition to on. At that point all the lights on the...
• Re: ignition wires
  Historical mailing list - bill
  Sun, 23 Feb 1997 18:57:29 -0700
  ...there are any good reasons which could justify buying the >Bosch ignition wires. If not, I would appreciate any suggestions you might >have concerning...
• Re: Intermittent ignition delay when turning key
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:12:46 -0400
  ...It may be a solenoid, but > > make sure the wires are good! > > > > Do not forget to check the ignition switch! It is as likely...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 29 Nov 2014 15:38:39 -0800
  ignition switch?
• interior lighting, or leaving the key on
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Fri, 17 May 1996 21:33:26 -0600
  ...Finally, we have the ignition switch. This means that to have light while camping, I have to have the ignition on. As you may...
• Re: Progressive rough running - until ignition reset
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:59:40 -0600
  ...Only in that case I had to turn the ignition off, let it sit for a while - then turn it back on, and it...
• Stop the Urban Folk Myth: The IGNITION LIGHT
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 May 1998 05:30:50 -0600
  ...This flashing light at start-up is NOT an "IGNITION LIGHT". There is no such thing, it doesn't exist. It is purely made...
• Re: Bosch Relay Solenoid Fix - Help
  Historical mailing list - Steve Green
  Fri, 1 Jan 1999 04:59:49 GMT
  It looks like the camper's "refrigerator 12-volt heater relay" connects the ignition terminal to the alternator D+ terminal through the relay's...
• Re: hat-dance relay
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 11:18:38 -0800
  ...1 - Lights [...] Depress the switch to the second stop to turn on the headlights (ignition on). To conserve battery power, the headlights will go...
• Re: 80 Vangon mystery part?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 10:13:52 -0700
  ...Re: [VANAGON] 80 Vangon mystery part? > > Sounds like your electronic ignition module. Also sounds like it has been > > disconnected. You probably have a .009...
• Re: DEAD in my garage on New Year's Day
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 16:56:04 -0500
  ...Heavy loading of the cap/rotor > >contacts and the center carbon are evidence of an ignition module problem, > >typically. > > > Also typical of Ignition Module...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 18:34:14 -0800
  ...The ignition spark is by >> definition according to engine position and the fuel injectors fire >> based on the same triggering event that the ignition...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?-The bypass button.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:33:09 -0400
  Sounds like it was wired using the power for the ignition as the source. Since the ignition circuit is not designed to carry that...
• Re: Ignition Switch Installed - still no start
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 21:07:42 -0700
  ...Ignition Switch Installed - still no start > Arghh.. > > New starter, new ignition switch. Battery is charged. > still no start. > > anyone have any other advice? This...
• Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 May 2011 23:10:30 -0400
  ...ECU has nothing to do with ignition in the 1.9l. As you say, it's between the distributor (which generates the timing signal...
• Re: '87 Westy water pump/fridge relay ?
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Sun, 25 Jun 1995 06:41:25 -0700 (PDT)
  My relay is not on during starting (although obviously the ignition is). It also isn't on with the ignition on but the engine...
• Re: signal to 85 Tach.
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 22:05:44 -0400
  ...The ignition system is a breakerless system. It has an igniter, an ignition coil (actually two in one), and the ECU. So I guess...
• Re: vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 12:08:52 EDT
  ...No smell of gas after prolonged cranking of >the >starter.(Yes the tank is full ;+) ) Having just myself replaced an ignition switch for a...
• 1.9l Wasserboxer stumble...
  Historical mailing list - Christian Iversen
  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 23:14:21 +0100
  ...Any suggestions? All ignition components are new (cap, rotor, wires, plugs), The airfilter is new, the ignition is right (5deg. BTDC), etc. Help!
• Parking lights + ignition switch = flat battery
  Historical mailing list - =David-M=
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 19:45:56 -0400
  Is there a (simple?) way to rewire the parking lights so they go off when the ignition is turned off? I just got a...
• Re: Replaceing the Ignition lock cylinder ?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 05:43:43 -0400
  ...Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com TC wrote: >So now the key is random refusing to turn in the ignition switch >I...
• Ignition switch replacement Experience?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:41:38 -0800
  ...So I've got the new switch and I'm looking at the Bently for doing the replacement of the ignition switch. Is this...
• Re: key not working
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:57:17 -0500
  Hi DJ, Behind the ignition switch on the column there are two phillips screws that hold the switch in place. Remove the switch and...
• ignition switch or starter?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:34:36 -0500
  ...But now I'm wondering if my ignition switch is starting to go as well. Yesterday I tried to start it and it wouldn...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:31:57 -0500
  ...All it sees is > > rpm. > >Ok, so what is the job of the ignition module? Why does it need the heat >dissipator? It supplies...
• Re: Beep On Ignition
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:55:44 -0800
  ...Already have a replacement ignition switch so will look forward to another task on the list. Thanks very much. Brent On Tue, Nov 21...
• Re: 81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Fri, 15 Nov 1996 09:56:51 -0800 (PST)
  The fuel injection system on the '81 Vanagon is essentially independent from the ignition system. That is, although the ECU takes some input from...
• Re: FS: NOS front door, sliding door, rear hatch, & ignition lock cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:29:38 -0500
  ...locks w/ matching ignition lock w/ 2 keys each ($60 > > each > > > set) > > > > 1 rear hatch lock cylinder w/ matching ignition lock w/ 2 keys...
• Re: Headlight question (ignition "lock")
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 08:07:30 -0500
  ...Headlight question (ignition "lock") > > > > One that I've seen on maybe all VWs is the ignition key "lock".. where you > > can't move the...
• Re: If it's not one thing, it's another...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Wed, 6 Jan 1999 13:19:49 -0700
  ...Bruggeman wrote: > Next, ignition. I've checked all obvious ignition components from plugs to > coil, though not including the coil. All seems fine. Could...
• Re: subu conversion
  Historical mailing list - steven brendemuehl
  Sat, 1 Nov 2003 15:28:47 -0500
  ...injection system Ignition System Direct ignition system; platinum-tipped spark plugs Engine Management Engine Control Module (ECM) manages fuel injection and ignition systems and...
• Re: starter woes....anyone that can help?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 03:40:19 +0000
  ...Checked the ignition >switch.. It's working fine. >I am not getting power from the line that comes from the ignition >switch to the...
• Re: Ignition Kill Switch
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:06:38 -0700
  On 11/4/04 12:50 PM, "Jerry Holland" <Xpecoach@AOL.COM> wrote: > Has anyone installed an ignition kill switch in a 90 Carat...
• Still weird quitting problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:15:45 -0600
  ...Replaced the ignition switch today, fired right up (another data point... until the moment the ignition switch was replaced, there was a dull, froglike...
• No spark -- Ignition Control Unit?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 9 May 2007 10:34:17 -0400
  ...All the pins in the ECU test good according to Bentley, coil tests good per Bentley, and there's power to the Ignition Control...
• Re: Glove box, Key
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 29 Sep 2016 22:18:15 -0400
  > As for the ignition key working in the gas cap it depends on the year of your van. > Not the case for 85 and...
• Re: Engine Cranks but No Start
  Historical mailing list - john
  Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:58:04 -0400
  Won't the same symptoms occur if the ignition control module has failed? John On Wed, 2016-03-30 at 19:55 -0400, Wrenold...
• 1988 GL - Headlights out - need wiring circuit diagrams
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:19:09 -0600
  ...Did the test for the ignition switch and re-placed with new - which did not work either. So now two switches - neither work, AND...
• Accessory circuit on ignition switch dead
  Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
  Fri, 7 Mar 1997 12:26:05 GMT
  ...No 12v coming out of the ignition SW (black wire with yl strip). Anyone taken one of these apart? Can they be taken apart...
• <<**HELP! 84 Vanagon Stalls**>>
  Historical mailing list - Mark Witkowski
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:07:01 EST
  Intermittently, after warm up, engine stalls when driving without any hesitation, similar to turning off the ignition switch. I have not experienced this problem...
• Re: Light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 11:50:07 -0600
  ...is only a buzzer if you leave the keys in the > ignition and open the drivers door, but nothing to remind you your > lights...
• Short in the starter circuit somewhere.
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:07:23 +0200
  ...Thought it was the ignitionswitch, cause sometimes rattling the key helped. Tried today to unplug the connector from the ignition switch, and with a...
• Ignition Switch Replacement-Not Amused- Forgot
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:25:37 +0000
  Mine is an '85. Jeff Stewart
• newibie
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Engel
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 02:32:36 -0500
  Sounds a lot like a faulty ignition switch. Jeff 1984 Westy
• Re: Installing Ignition Switch - HELP!!! (resolved)
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Sun, 6 Jun 2004 21:44:46 -0400
  ...Now my ignition key is working the way it should. I have noticed on my old ignition switch "Made in Brazil". It means I...
• 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: '85 Engine hesitation help
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Kitts
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:07:16 -0700
  ...An ignition switch (electrical portion) that is cracked or going > bad. It's not unusual for them to fail in such a way that...
• Weird headlight problem
  Historical mailing list - Amnon .
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 21:47:15 -0400
  ...Also, pulling the headlight lever turns on the high beams, but releasing it turns them off immediately (just like when the ignition is turned...
• RPM Tester?
  Historical mailing list - Kay O Fremgen
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 16:14:02 -0400
  Hello Does anybody know how to hook up a "Optilux motor tester" old fashioned multi tester to an electronic ignition system (Digifant) so I...
• Re: how to HOT-WIRE a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 00:11:06 EST
  ...very obvious. > > dtill a small hole in the potmetal ignition housing and the ignition tumbler can be popped out w/ a small screwdriver. ken...
• No AC switch on ignition
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Sat, 7 Jul 2007 13:56:40 -0600
  My 1982 Westy has no AC position on the ignition switch. The stereo I had in there did not switch off when you turned...
• Re: replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 18:40:50 -0700
  ...replacing ignition switch > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >Has anyone out there had experience replacing an ignition switch? I > >> >> >started to following Ken's instructions on his website. But...
• Re: electrical question - ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:26:46 -0600
  ...electrical question - ignition switch >> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:33:27 -0600 >> >> >> ok, seems like nobody knows. Some more testing revealed that this...
• Re: intermittent headlight failure
  Historical mailing list - Connal Hughes
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 14:59:12 EST
  >Same here - ignition switch was the diagnosed culprit ~ $70 dealer >installed. I just replaced the ignition switch on an '85 westy because the engine...
• Re: Radio Install
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:03:00 -0700
  ...You want to find a wire that reads about 12v when the >ignition is turned on, but has 0v when the ignition is off...
• Re: replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 16:46:51 -0700
  ...replacing ignition switch > >> > >> > >> >Has anyone out there had experience replacing an ignition switch? I > >> >started to following Ken's instructions on his website. But...
• Re: Hard/no start story, '86 2.1, AT, mostly removed AC
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:45:53 -0800
  ...From the > ignition switch to the ignition coil the path does include going into and > back out of the fuse box. It is fairly...
• Re: Daytime Running Lights-91 Carat
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Feb 1997 14:36:13 +0200
  ...Why you don't feed the relay with the power source for the fuel pump? The fuel pump is only powered when the ignition...