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• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:51:52 -0700
  ...It shows a "keyed" (from 15) black/white wire from coil to "Digijet Control Unit Relay". If I'm not mistaken, power from this...
• Re: Baffled - still no spark
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:55:23 -0500
  Does the coil have power? If it doesn't have over 12 volts, try running a wire from the alternator as a test ( if...
• Vanagon parts are now cheap (relatively)
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 19 May 2005 11:50:39 -0600
  ...Finished troubleshooting and it is the coil. Price of coil 40 bucks US plus shipping. Locally 37 bucks US plus 8 percent tax. Same...
• rear coil springs question
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:18:39 -0800
  ...to the left a few inches, was thinking this was the coil spring since the shocks are not looking shot(no oil leaking from...
• noise SOLVED. Now need to Heli-Coil?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:46:06 -0400
  ...Is a heli-coil the answer here? I've never had to deal with this kind of situation before. Any help would be greatly...
• Re: Baffled - still no spark
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:50:29 -0500
  ...this 1984 Digijet 1.9 system. > Got 12V at the Coil. > Changed; Coil, Distributor, Computer > Connected the idle connections together. > Using a remote starter...
• Dead Tach on '88
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Apr 1996 07:00:28 +0000
  ...I replaced this connector, then removed & cleaned all connectors on the coil. Still no tach. I removed coil lead to dist. cap when cranking...
• stereo stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 05 May 1996 23:08:29 -0400
  ...Having followed the thread on wiring the stereo to the switched leads and hot coils etc, I re-wired my stereo today to the...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:25:52 -0500
  ...From the coil YES > to the plugs,... > NO!???!! > Did I really miss this early on? > > So i have a signal from coil to ECU...
• Re: Fw: coil fire
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:04:27 EDT
  ...There is no fuse >protection >for the coil. Same is true of may (actually most) other circuits / >components in the engine compartment of our...
• Re: Strange No Start
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 13:30:48 -0800
  I am getting spark when I >ground the distributor end of the coil wirt. I am not getting spark when I >pull a plug...
• Re: High resistance causing no spark?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 16:32:13 -0500
  ...I tested the lead >from the coil to the center of the distributor cap and it showed >~16,000 ohms of resistance (if I...
• Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:03:18 -0700
  ...Keep in mind there is no fuse so if one of those > relay coils shorts out either the blue wire is burning up or...
• Re: Coil Spring availability/cost?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 08:13:02 -0700
  ...Coil Spring availability/cost? > At 08:46 AM 3/13/2000 , KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > >I have a couple sets of used coil springs...
• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:25:42 -0400
  ...switch to the coil, is a smaller gauge than what is used by the Jetta coil ( I installed a 2.0 Jetta engine), I...
• Re: Ignition problem?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 09:53:55 -0500
  ...It is an excellent indication of what is happening at the coil primary circuit. Check for loose connections on the coil and the grounds...
• Re: '85 Ignition Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:00:04 -0400
  ...The output pulse goes to the ignition pulse generator and tells it to initiate the switching output that pulls down the coil negative to...
• Dual Batt. info needed
  Historical mailing list - neil neil
  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:57:12 -0400
  ...coil? If to coil (I imagine this is the best place) which connector do I tie into? Did I buy correct part? i.e...
• Re: What is this? (Friday)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:02:37 -0800
  ...for a mosquito coil! If you live in parts where > mozzies are think in the summer and you have a coil this would be...
• FOR SALE: Bran new BOSCH coil
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:50:40 -0700
  Paid $92 for it, will let it go for $80 shipped. Email me separately if interested! Philippe
• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:46:30 -0400
  ...Before I > removed the suspect coil, I turned on the key and stuck a test light > on the positive coil terminal connector to make...
• Re: 88 GL - Failure to start - The Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:02:12 -0600
  ...You might want to try one of those first as this is > the cheapest possibility. > > You could have a loose wire on the coil...
• Re: Emisson Control unit question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:53:31 -0700
  ...On 1.9 models turning on the ignition also directly provides power to the fuel pump relay coil but this does not turn on...
• Re: Looking for an 86-up instrument cluster w/tach
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Sun, 2 Feb 2014 18:27:50 +0000
  ...Connect the Engine side of the wire with a 1/4” Female Push-on to Terminal #1 on the Ignition Coil. This is also...
• Re: noise SOLVED. Now need to Heli-Coil?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:00:20 -0400
  ...they're springy but will deform somewhat if you stick a screwdriver between the coils and twist. They should be noticeably stronger than the...
• Re: Gas engine in Diesel Vanagon...finally
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 23:00:04 -0400
  ...Where is the resistor in the resistor wire > that powers the coil? FLAPS suggests just getting one at salvage; but > to my eye, one...
• Re: '86 Vanagon Starts, Dies....Revisited (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - David Utley
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 00:01:51 EST
  What if you attach your multimieter (assuming you have one) to the coil, start the van, get it to die, and get an instant...
• Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Mark Edwards
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:34:36 -0600
  ...You have a lot on your plate, but for future reference, you should check for spark from the coil into the distributor before looking...
• digijet tool testing
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 24 Jul 1998 20:31:26 -0500
  ...We seemed to be missing coil pulses with the tool installed . I had wired the digijet tool coil LED the same as the digifant...
• A simple hot water supply
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Sun, 30 Jul 1995 00:39:56 -0600 (MDT)
  ...The idea is to lay the coils on the stove in the camper and run water through them while the stove heats the coils...
• Re: Springs and spring rates
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 11:06:42 -0700
  ...You will also reduce the number of active coils in the spring. The > equation for the spring rate of a coil spring: > > k= d...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:20:38 -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...
• Re: anyone added a tach/digi clock cluster to a '85 Non-GL or Transporter????
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:02:45 -0800
  Look at your coil. Does it have 2 green wires to it, one larger one smaller? If not, you will need to add one...
• Re: Ran good, now runs bad???
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:18:23 -0700
  Most likely it's ignition wiring/coil problem. Something similar happened to my 84 Vanagon years ago. Wait until sunset and dark. Start the...
• Re: Continuous Duty Solenoid vs Starter Solenoid; Visual Difference?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:23:52 -0700
  ...not the coil. On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 7:21 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Reading further, it seems that the...
• Late model VW electronic ignition questions.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 21:06:48 -0500
  ...When the stock VW electronic ignition coil goes bad, what can be used to replace it? Just another used coil, or can I get...
• Re: 2 WD Vanagon Westfalia Coil Springs
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Fry
  Wed, 2 May 2001 09:12:09 -0400
  I am interested in the set still left over. Email me with the details.. Namaste Stephen Fry
• Re: No spark
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 00:32:52 -0400
  That's what I told Sid too. Check the soil! Regards, Shawn. Fredrich Hesterberg wrote: > > Why you no change the coil?
• 2.1L ignition/FI woes!!
  Historical mailing list - Mountaineer
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:25:29 -0500
  ...While turning the key i would watch the digitool..occasionally the coil light and afm would flicker for a split second and the car...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 15:40:53 -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...
• Still Sluggish Update
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 05:18:49 -0700
  ...The ignition coil wire had fused to the connector in the top of the ignition coil, but I replaced it with an aftermarket one...
• Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 12 Jun 2014 14:36:48 -0500
  ...And coil packs... though I've never had to replace one, people talk about them like they are disposable. I suppose that putting a...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:34:54 -0400
  ...This supplies +12V to the horn and to the relay control coil. Horn - terminal to relay 30 terminal with heavy wire. This was formerly...
• Re: Vanagon minds lend me your ears?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 18 May 2009 05:23:51 EDT
  ...Could be the coil. I JUST had one here with similar problems and it finally died altogether and it WAS the coil with intermittent...
• Re: Strange No Start
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 15:58:45 -0600
  ...Finally, one day, I was unable to start the > engine at all. > > I have done the Bentley checks for coil, ecu, Hall sensor, etc...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 20 Apr 2001 - Special issue (#2001-478)
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:10:20 -0600
  ...This was a way of economizing on the number of coil packs. High performance Chevrolet engines (and I'm sure others) have a coil...
• Starting Fix!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 04 Nov 1995 17:22:14 -0500
  ...Or rather, my son showed me that if you hooked up a jumper from the battery to the coil, it started instantly. He suggested...
• Vanagon case breather hose...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 May 1996 19:57:40 -0500
  Did anyone out there buy the 5-meter coil of hose that the VW dealer (at least mine) tries to sell when you need...
• Spring Spacers?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:56:02 -0700
  Has anyone used 'in the coils' spring spacers successfully? Like these: <http://www.jegs.com/i/Mr.+Gasket/720/1285/10002/-1> Jim
• Re: What's the shortest/lowest stock rear spring besides from the Carat?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:53:50 -0700
  ...Cutting a coil would not leave a surface which seats properly. Height is all I need. IIRC the Carat springs have the same number...
• Re: 87 No Start,check this
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Sat, 2 May 1998 21:59:01 EDT
  ...Thanks for your help! >> Sounds like fuel pump, fuel pump relay, or possibly the 15 power curcuit to the coil wich goes to your...
• Re: Can't get the gas going ...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:55:32 -0500
  ...There is a small black wire that goes to the coil and is on the side of the coil that faces the engine. If...
• Re: dies when overheated
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Mon, 6 Aug 2012 15:22:18 -0700
  ...I've had those same symptoms with old coils > before. Likely an ignition problem, so work on that first. If replacing > the coil doesn...
• Re: E-Z Coil for heater hoses
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 06:09:57 -0500
  ...http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=4382857 >It's a stainless steel, bendable coil that slips over the hose and can be...
• Re: electrical woes (p-mail)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:01:49 -0700
  ...I am not sure if Vanagon's Bosch > > >alternator is brushed (for the field coil) or brushless. > > >The alternator is likely the cause of...
• Re: 3 probe plugs
  Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
  Wed, 15 May 2002 22:26:31 -0700
  ...The plug is the end of the line for the spark, where does it come from, the coil, so upgrade the coil, either a...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 15:55:01 -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: Help! Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Mon, 18 Dec 2000 19:07:56 -0800
  ...Help! Won't Start Hi Don, If you have no coil pulses or fuel injector pulses the problem is most likely the hall unit...
• Re: Stuck in Needles, need advice
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:33:06 -0800
  ...The critical black power wire from the key switch back to the coil is a frequent cause of what you are experiencing. The wire...
• Re: 2.1 won't run when hot
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:35:25 -0400
  ...I had a coil once that had a break in > it. The coil would expand under the effects of heat and thus open the...