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• Re: 88 GLstarts, stalls immediately
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:57:44 -0400
  ...secondary ignition is suspect(dist cap to the plugs).If it is a complete shut down, the primary ignition( from the coil wire back...
• ignition? injection?
  Historical mailing list - Deborah Walters
  Sat, 4 Jan 2003 19:54:36 -0500
  ...This afternoon I checked the resistance on the coil, and the cable from coil to distributor, and the voltage on the Idle stabilizer control...
• FS: some new parts at great prices
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 21:50:58 -0400
  ...2 R) Rear lid struts, OE VW, $30 pair (4 pair) Ignition coil, all Vanagon, new Bosch, $20 (2) Radiator, new , all Vanagon, $150...
• Re: CSI: Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:17:45 -0800
  You can also see the faint remains of the ignition module, just ahead of the coil remains. The "chicken wire" is from the foam...
• 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: First ride of shame, fuel issue
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sat, 27 Jul 2019 07:47:23 -0700
  ...If neither relay clicks then ignition switch or wiring from ignition switch to ignition coil. Check voltage on black wires at the coil with...
• Re: Disabling a Westy for Theft Deterring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:18:23 -0400
  ...But assuming you mean the ECU and fuel pump relays in the little box over the ignition coil, it's not really practical. For...
• RE: Tiger581 CDI for VW
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 08:19:11 -0700
  ...Inductive Discharge Ignition (IDI) is limited by the coil inductance. CDI by the discharge capacitor. Increasing either has the side effect of decreasing the...
• Re: ECU and starting question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:06:39 -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 - neil n
  Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:27:17 -0800
  ...There would be power to the ignition system while cranking the engine. > Mechanically it's a horrible Kluge and I wouldn't put any...
• Re: my beef of the day: vw heaters
  Historical mailing list - William Warburton
  Fri, 27 May 94 8:56:03 GMT
  ...Also, intermittant/often-when-hot problems are often related to ignition parts fading out. Try a new condenser and swap in a new coil...
• Re: Could hot starting problems be caused by a defective ignition swich?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:07:53 -0500
  ...yes, a defective ignition switch could cause an intermittent open in the IGNITION circuit.**** ****George****
• Ran good, now runs bad???
  Historical mailing list - Doug Ezell
  Sat, 9 Jun 2007 21:35:25 -0600
  ...I tried something someone told me to do once.....disconnect the green wire which resides under the ignition coil (not the green wire coming...
• Re: Boston Bob Big Valve Update? Not really... (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:46:40 -0800
  ...On all of them, the main power relay in the black box above the coil had either gone bad or had a corroded connection...
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:46:33 -0400
  ...I got the end piece out, cleaned up the cap and put my old coil wire back on and now it's back to...
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  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:26:41 -0700
  ...General 1.9l vanagon hoses, alternators, fuel pressure regulator, manifold, coil, computers etc: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=338793 1...
• Re: I'm stumped! (misfire)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 23 May 1998 10:06:36 -0700
  At 10:21 AM 5/23/98 -0500, Darrell Boehler wrote: >-------------------------- >Hi Tom, > After thinking about this for a bit I like your coil...
• Re: '90 GL dying at idle
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:04:01 -0400
  ...Ignition switch going bad and large amount of keys is actually shutting the ignition off. 2. ECU is getting flakey. 3. Hall Sender in...
• Re: Hall Unit
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 9 Apr 2000 21:08:17 -0400
  It might be worth a trip down to AutoZone and pickup a generic transistorized ignition unit for your van. When I had no spark...
• Re: no spark, no gas, no love
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 20:07:57 +0000
  ...The - side of the coil is not to be connected to ground. it is to be connected to the ignition control unit via the...
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:57:05 -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: Fuel Injection Help NEEDED!
  Historical mailing list
  02 Jul 96 09:21:19 PDT
  ...leave the ignition switch ON: > The fuel pump runs for about 1 second and then stops. > There is +12V on the coil hot terminal...
• Re: more information on engine swap/fuel pump woes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:06:04 -0700
  ...He > needs to fix the power relay symptom first. > > With the key on, check for 12 volts at ignition coil terminal 15 where > the...
• Re: Consistent cutout at 3k rpm
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:43:16 -0700
  ...able to see the ignition >> pulse from the new electronic ign. >> good thinkin' ....could be possible I supposse. >> >> what coil does it have currently...
• =?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: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 May 2011 21:43:56 -0700
  ...the timing signal) and > the ignition module which uses that signal to trigger the powerful pulse > in the coil primary that generates a spark...
• Re: No Juice to ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 16:24:32 -0600
  ...I order > a new ignition coil before any testing cause of time > and my old one was pretty trashed. Still no start. > > So this...
• Re: Tiico Owners (Quick Question)
  Historical mailing list - Dan
  Sun, 1 Jun 2003 09:46:43 -0400
  ...be a Ignition control Unit in the Kit? The instructions > say 83-85 vans reuse ICU and mount it below the coil. I didn...
• Re: Ignition prob ?, '85
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Jun 1995 23:13:11 -0400
  ...part of the ignition switch in "your" '85 if you haven't already. I went through a tough time about 2 years ago on...
• Re: 5-cylinder conversion mail list (1)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 01:43:52 EST
  ...They are very similar except for the coil module and would have ignition maps for an inline engine and have a higher engine cutout...
• Re: [WetWesties] hot-not-start
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:38:29 -0400
  ...on electronic ignition, like a Pertronix? They tend to be marginal and overheat, unless a ballast resistor is added to the coil. I had...
• Re: Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:19:35 -0400
  At 08:44 AM 9/13/2007, tinker man wrote... >How is engine RPM related to ignition pulse frequency? >The motor is a 4...
• Re: New symptoms (still not running right)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:53:05 -0700
  ...I do not like coils with many years and a bazillion miles on them when there is any weirdness with the ignition system. Also...
• Re: High resistance causing no spark?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
  Sun, 26 Jun 2005 08:19:31 -0700
  ...I tried a new coil and a new ignition control unit, but still no spark. Anyway, time has run out and it's going...
• FS: BA6 Aux Heater Parts
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:35:37 -0800
  ...Blower motor, fuel pump, glow plug, flame switch, 2 rubber collars, tempreture sensor, ignition coil (not in photo). The controls/parts under the front...
• Re: Throttle Switch and Failure to Start.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 09:03:24 -0400
  ...it): > Carefully clean distributor cap inside and outside, all HV ignition > wires, end of coil where the wires attach. > Reconnect wires properly :-) > > Larry A. >
• Re: 2.1 wbx Compression Test
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 5 May 2017 11:16:01 -0700
  ...The ignition coil lead was disconnected from coil, throttle body valve held open during test. It's occurred to me that the lifters may...
• Re: No start/no spark (fixed)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:18:08 -0400
  ...Swapped the coil lead. No change. Swapped the coil. BAM! Started up in less than a rotation. Ahh...Now I don't have to...
• Re: black box above coil
  Historical mailing list - Sylvie et Germain
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 19:39:06 -0400
  ...Pin 85 and 86 = coil, pin 30 and 87 = contact. Germain ----- Original Message ----- From: "gary hradek" <hradek@yahoo.com> To: "Vanagon Mailing List" <vanagon...
• '71 Ignition Switch
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Sat, 11 Nov 1995 17:48:17 -0600 (CST)
  ...I ran Muir's test for ignition switch failure and decided that yes, I have the problem: hot wire from voltage regulator to coil...
• Re: Electrical Gremlin Back
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 24 Jun 2018 19:54:59 -0400
  ...and ignition and headlight switches) will be the 200 mA or so needed by one or the other of the relay coils. 400 mA...
• intermittent nostart/stalling disease
  Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
  Thu, 21 May 1998 10:00:53 -0400
  Rant, rant, rant - Now *both* my Vans ('86 GL & '88 Westy) have flaky FI/ignition systems. The symptom (when running) is the tach drops...
• Re: FI Weirdness -- please help
  Historical mailing list - kenstich
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 00:38:39 -0600
  ...pump is continuously running regardless of ignition switch position - Just for giggles, check ignition voltage at the coil with a test light or meter...
• Re: Fuel pump cutoff switch?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:29:27 -0400
  Would grounding the Tach signal wire COIL - side mess up the IGN system? or even interupt it? just thinking out loud.. Dan Greg Potts...
• Re: Need Help diagnosing a Non-starting '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:27:24 -0600
  ...On most vans the black wire goes to the ignition coil to >> power it and to turn on the ECU power relay as well...
• Intermittent stall while underway...
  Historical mailing list - David
  Mon, 1 Jan 2018 21:13:13 -0500
  ...swapped out ignition switches (I have 2 spares) and same no start issue... waited another 5 mins or so and it started up again...
• Re: Continuing saga of symptoms imitating Vanagon syndrome--85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 18 Jun 2005 13:11:51 -0400
  ...ground wire to the afm,swapped ecu,swapped coil,swapped hall control,wiggeled wires,wiggeled ignition switch,checked all over for vacuumn leaks, gapped...
• Re:vanagon stalling/propex heaters
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Oct 1996 10:42:16 -0400
  ...I upgraded immediately as it says in Bentley to the GREEN label ignition coil, and bang, NO MORE PROBLEMS! Couldn't believe it. I...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?-The bypass button.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:01:04 -0500
  ...As I said, the button will turn the starter, and thus the engine, but it will not start (no fire to the ignition) with...
• Re: Some potentially stupid actions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 6 Nov 2010 23:29:48 -0400
  ...solenoid operated, normally open, SDV (shut down valve.) >The coil becomes energized when the ignition is on and, voila!, the >tables can swing about...
• Re: why I don't have a Subaru...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 12:52:32 -0600 (CST)
  ...It had a six coil ignition system, at least that is what I got from the poster. I should have walked in and started...
• Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss (second update)
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 24 Nov 2013 13:26:57 -0600
  ...The tach shows the ignition cutting out. I have a test light > on the (15) terminal of the coil to see if it loses...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] 1987 VW Tach - Special Request
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:35:32 -0500
  ...In the '87 and all other watercooled Vanagons, the tach drive is connected directly to the ignition coil drive signal. If you don't...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:05:35 -0800
  ...Most likely cause is over-advanced ignition timing and maybe a > lean > fuel mixture. Overheated engine (or that head) could contribute. If > you > melted...
• Dying FI/Chargin 6V/cold/cold/cold
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bushore
  Mon, 6 Feb 1995 14:56:00 -0600
  ...Perhaps its the ignition coil? Rotor/cap? It really has me tyotally perplexed. I am planning on going through the wiring harness and try...
• Re: Drove off a 9'' curb, and she just died
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 23:20:10 -0800
  ...the coil, so I don't know if that's a smart > thing to do.) > > I reckon it could be fuel or ignition. What...
• Ignition problem now worse
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:20:50 -0800
  ...Triple-checked that I don't have any vacuum lines off, wire to cpu from coil is attached, temp II wire still connected. This...
• Failing Fuel Pump?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Jul 1994 23:26:07 -0500
  ...the fuel pump connected to the ignition and working. Both times, a whack on the the coiled got her started. ANY IDEAS, FOLKS? Bart...
• Re: Another D15 connector failure example- The fix!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 20 Feb 2022 08:48:57 -0800
  ...Back in the air cooled days the back up lights where actually tapped off the ignition coil with an inline fuse. So was the...
• Fuel Inj Testing
  Historical mailing list - Vahid Lajevardi
  Tue, 16 May 95 9:44:14 PDT
  ...I have hooked a test light to white wire of the ignition coil, good, light flickering. But, the control unit doesn't fire up...