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• Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:35:14 -0700
  ...And, I've also been a bonehead and got the spark plug wires on exactly the wrong cylinder before. Have fun... Jon On Thu...
• Re: Tune Up Poll
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:39:41 -1000
  I would say that on a waterboxer engine, the spark plugs barely wear *at all* ~! Like 'maybe' the gaps will expand and electrodes get...
• Re: refrigerator failure, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:53:56 -0600
  ...A greater distance > > will create a slow spark causing the light to > > blink. A lesser distance will create a fast spark > > that may not...
• Refrigerator Part Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Sun, 1 Sep 2002 14:38:07 -0500
  Folks, I'm wondering if some smart person out there can help me find a new piezo sparker assembly for the standard issue vanagon...
• Re: My son inherited my van ...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 4 Sep 2021 16:45:15 -0700
  Here's a short lit for him - Distributor cap and rotor - Spark plugs - Spark plugs wire - Ignition coil - Ignition switch On Sat, Sep 4...
• Re: Air-Cooled Burping Out Spark Plug
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 10:48:13 -0700
  ...My > mechanic says > either I have stripped threads or a cracked head (horrors!), which > is > heating up, expanding and letting go of the spark...
• Help w/2.1 What am i missing?
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:17:22 -0400
  ...watched it go over 80 before I released it, I checked spark and had it , Checked compression all over 110 psi, I checked voltage...
• Re: Ignition prob ?, '85
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 7 Jun 1995 16:14:06 -0700 (PDT)
  ...When > the van is running there are no problems at all, it just suddenly looses its > spark! TIA. tim s. I would suspect the...
• Re: Vanagon Ignition Timing
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 3 Sep 1997 12:20:14 EDT
  I hollowed out an old sparkplug and made a device to check the TDC mark. I found an old rod that fit snuggle in...
• Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:25:46 -0700
  ...ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start. > Hi Ben. > > On OBD1, I know a failed RPM sensor (aka engine speed sensor...
• Re: Help....stuck....dead Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 6 Aug 2017 02:14:50 +0000
  ...Not getting spark to the coil.. Sent from my iPad > On Aug 5, 2017, at 21:39, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > > igniton...
• Re: HELP!! Rain kills my vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Wed, 24 Jun 1998 17:15:43 EDT
  Try the old spray bottle in the dark routine.....follow the sparks you should see as you spray the entire ignition system, engine running...
• Re: Triple Electrode Spark Plug Available For 1.9L Motor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:44:43 EST
  These plugs just take longer to wear out.These things are just BS.,A gimick.In the 1950's they had a similar product...
• Re: Spark plug wires - Embarrasment to follow
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:33:50 -0700
  ...2008 3:37 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Spark plug wires - Embarrasment to follow The problem probably started after I took...
• Re: dometic problems...
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 10:02:47 -0700
  ...The rest of the Dometic 182B owners generate the spark manually through the pump switch. I beleive that if your LED illuminates and stays...
• Re: Running Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Scott D Foss
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:10:59 -0800
  ...Here's a simple little spark plug wire test. find some total darkenss and watch the plug wires while the engine is running, looking...
• 86 running problem
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 07:37:46 -0700
  ...I pulled the coil wire and there was no spark to the block when cranking. I used my spare 53 relay and swapped them...
• $40.00 Dynamometer - Home Dyno
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:45:53 -0800
  ...Based on when a single spark plug fires, the program can compute acceleration, and therefore, power. The user must supply the car's weight...
• Re: vdo cyl head temp sensor location?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Sedgmen
  Fri, 14 Jun 96 10:39:48 EST
  ...i always thought the sensor was a ring that went around a > spark plug from what i heard on the list, bu he can...
• Re: oil drain screw striped
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:49:52 -0600
  ...A real Helicoil was about $25 more. >> However, the size is the same as for a spark plug, but the pitch isn't. >> So...
• Re: Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 13:04:52 -0600
  ...and spark plug wire maintenance was tracked and you could see whether the combination of un-maintained gas lines plus un-maintained spark plug...
• Re: Sick 85 westie
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 31 Oct 1998 20:29:06 EST
  ...First check to see that all of your sparkplug wires are plugged in. If the van is idling rough then unplug some of the...
• Re: Help! My Vanagon Won't Vanna Go!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 22:03:44 -0700
  ...I noticed that one of the spark plug wires had popped > off the distributor cap but after replacing it, it still would only > turn...
• Re: Touchy Topics
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:45:31 -0700
  ...Does anyone have any suggestions on what tires, oil, > filters, tranny fluid, air cleaner, coolant or spark plugs I should be > using? Or should...
• Re: Spark Plug Wire Recs
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 12 May 2009 21:35:21 -0400
  On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Jerry <jbvelo@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I recently purchased and installed > Magnecor spark plug wire set...
• 87 GL wont start and run
  Historical mailing list - Don Record
  Tue, 9 Feb 1999 20:25:22 EST
  ...I finally got it to sputter and BARELY run ( about 1000 rpms max) seems to be running very rich?? I have spark of course...
• Re: Quality Inverters
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:24:35 -0500
  ...Pretty bad when your inverter can't take a spark to the case! Jim > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus...
• Re: oil drain threads stripped
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:45:31 -0500
  ...I used a spark plug - simple as that. It worked great. I cannot take credit for the idea - ut it worked. I know at...
• Platinum Spark Plugs for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 21:26:04 -0500
  Volks, What is the recommended platinum plug for a Vanagon 87 GL. The book show platinums not recommended and I can't understand this...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Thu, 11 May 2000 19:20:45 -0600
  re: are they worth paying three times the normal price for Plugs??? No, especially since they're not as good as normal Bosch plugs...
• Re: NVC--dead jetta--shops in Denver?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 23:12:28 EDT
  Any chance that a spark plug has backed out or the threads are stripped? Cheap, easy fixes. Tom '71 Westy, '85 Westy, '87 Westy...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:35:02 -0700
  ...On 08/21/2012 04:28 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Those are simply the wrong spark plugs. The standard plug is a W7C. The...
• Re: Fry-day Fun -- it's even somewhat on topic!!
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:25:29 -0800
  ...Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:07:41 -0600 > >As things would have it I had occasion to install some spark plugs in my >91...
• Spark plugs: Gap ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 5 Dec 2009 21:48:58 -0800
  Doing my fall maintence this day and I pulled the spark plugs to check how things were burning in my inline 4 jetta powered...
• Re: Vanagon Sparkplugs Wires
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 01:51:28 -0400
  ...been searching for! : ) >Is there a special way to >get the sparkplug wires off? I've made a little tool out of thick (like...
• Re: Power Cut Out Update
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Fri, 19 Dec 1997 01:05:31 EST
  ...They have determined that > when it cuts out, there is no spark going through the coil, and suspect the > electronic distributor to be the...
• 83.5 won't start
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 1 May 2007 11:08:21 -0600
  ...Pulled a plug lead and grounded a spare spark plug. There is strong spark. (Should be as there is a new coil, HT leads...
• Re: Recommended spark plugs for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 21:18:56 -0600
  ...Recommended spark plugs for WBX? >I ended up ordering the W7CC plugs. Cheap, and at least I'll have 4 the > same. I checked...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 23:38:29 -0000
  ...AND, everyone, this effect is BENEFICIAL, as far as timing goes (not > >spark quality). Because, as the charge volume and BMEP increase the spark...
• Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:09:59 -0700
  ...removed the dometic again, and discovered no spark. Turns > out the spark wire had been wedged between the left size and the van > and...
• vanagon rear hatch struts and other stuff ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 21 Apr 96 01:32:33 CDT
  ...local dealer lately??) and strange tools like a Bosch sparkplug gapper and a sparkplug connector-remover. sorry, folks ... nothing listed for the buses or...
• Re: Rebuilt Tire? (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:50:16 EST
  ...And people stay the heck away from you because all of the sparks flying everywhere. >> and you can do wicked burnouts too!!! (i've...
• 91 fridge not lighting
  Historical mailing list - William Manley
  Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:41:11 -0600
  ...I think its not sparking. The fridge works on DC. After plugging it in with 60-70 temps outside, I get cooling that is...
• Hall Sender question
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 4 May 2007 13:23:04 -0400
  ...There's no spark. Question: if the wires to the Hall sender were disconnected or grounded out, would that stop it from sparking? Or...
• Re: NGK Tri Tip, Use of Spark Plug Socket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 May 2017 21:05:48 +0000
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• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 08:42:41 -0800
  Yup. <http://greenmini.mrbean.net.au/~rover/ketterin.htm> Jim Mike Miller wrote: > Somebody on this list has got to know how this works...
• Re: Recommended spark plugs for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:11:44 -0700
  I always have the best results with stock........... Miguel ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 1 Dec 2014 14:35:27 -1000
  It's not hard to check for spark out of the coil... was there any ? (sorry if I didn't follow each part of...
• Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:22:42 -0700
  ...removed the dometic again, and discovered no spark. Turns > out the spark wire had been wedged between the left size and the van > and...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:50:38 -0700
  ...NOID light flashes and good strong spark jumps. if no spark ..work on that ..distributor, plug on the side, coil etc. If there is...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:23:53 -0700
  ...Since you say you have spark as well as power at the relay pin 85 there is little reason to suspect the ignition switch...
• Re: No start after Temp II replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:16:50 -0800
  ...What I want to know is what do the spark plugs, or even one, look like ? wet, and flooded ? or dry. Huge plug gaps...
• RE: Tiger581 CDI for VW
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 08:19:11 -0700
  ...Thus, in a CDI, a lengthy spark requires a lot of R. And, since the energy of the system (other than the not insignificant...
• Re: Erosion between valves
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:58:46 -0800
  Timing and low octain gas(runs hot) , it is called spark knock, it could be doing it and you couldn't hear it. Seen...
• Re: Stripped spark plug hole?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jun 1996 22:26:29 -0700
  At 2:27 PM 6/7/96, thorsland@bigvax.alfred.edu wrote: >Is it possible to install a helicoil in a stripped spark plug...
• Re: '81 #3 cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Wed, 26 Mar 1997 17:08:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...How about swapping spark plugs? I've heard of defects in plugs that only make themselves know under the heat and pressure of the...
• Re: Dometic 182 probs
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 16:23:20 -0400
  ...I can see the spark >when I press the ignitor, but no spark. > >Help!!! > >Adam
• Re: Aren't all Vanagon spark plug wires the same?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 20:16:56 -0500
  ...The spark plug end plug-on ends also have different resistance factors. On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 15:51:28 -0700 '80 Westy Pokey...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:15:27 -0400
  ...My Vanagon doesn't have spark plugs. ;) David Brodbeck, N8SRE '86 Volvo 240DL wagon '82 VW Vanagon Westfalia Diesel (ebay #2481476461)
• Re: Finding TDC revisited
  Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
  Sun, 29 May 2005 11:31:18 -0700
  ...Are the sparkplug holes different on different engines, perhaps? Or am I just being inordinately dense? :) Thanks! Mike. On 5/28/05, tabe johnson...