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• Re: Found my instrument cluster..now a ?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:15:01 -0700
  ...I know that in my Scirocco the tach signal comes from >> the coil and it used CIS for fueling. >> >> Later, >> el t. >> >> On Fri...
• Re: dwell
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Sat, 13 May 2000 23:13:51 -0400
  ...Don't get you hand anywhere near the business side of one of these (coil output). Not only does the module decide when to...
• Re: Engine (VanaJetta) won't shut off when hot.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:28:21 -0700
  ...If there is power to > the ignition coil when the key is off, trace it back to its source. If the > relay is staying...
• Re: Proper gap for spark plug 85 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 07:19:09 -0500
  ...almost all coil replacements are > unnecessary. > > dan > > > > > On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 19:26:47 -0500, Aerowolf <aerowolf@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > >What's the...
• Re: Fuel pressure & injectors
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 19:34:14 -0500
  ...is disconnect the secondary coil wire and have a friend turn the Leave the high voltage wire in the coil, but pull its other...
• Re: HOWTO: Audiovox cruise control install experience
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 16:09:29 -0700
  Eric, Don't disconnect the speed sensor unless you change the DIP switch to the setting that says that you are using the coil...
• Re: Consistent cutout at 3k rpm
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:04:39 -0400
  ...It has a new coil, a bosch blue that, while not prescribed by pertronix was reported to work well in some samba discussions that...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:32:20 -0800
  ...Spark observed, however, when connected to the wire between the coil and the distributor. So here is today's super stumper question: Why would...
• Re: electrical woes
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:23:46 -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: High voltage havoc from coil?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 14:16:24 -0500
  ...The ignition coil is utterly unable to make any significant difference to the overall 12v system voltage, and if it *did* the first thing...
• Re: What did I destroy now? (Ignition fail)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:00:21 -0800
  ...Mark Robert Fisher wrote: > '87 GL Auto > I pulled off the injector connections and in the process apparently knocked > off the coil wire. It...
• Re: Gas Heater Dead - few Questions
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Weir
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 21:52:32 EST
  ...Someone told me that the "coil" may be bad. From what i understand they are similar to ignition coils and can still be gotten...
• Thanks For The Honda Advice (Miniscule Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 22:53:52 EST
  ...The coil contact inside the distributor had either fried and come apart or come apart and then fried. Pulled the cap and came up...
• Re: cranky but no starty
  Historical mailing list - Richard Brassaw
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 20:53:33 -0800
  Since you aren't getting a spark is it possible that the ignition coil has gone out? It seems that they either work or...
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:30:27 -0700
  ...New dist cap and coil wire.. n' yer good to go. Most people keep a decent used one as a spare anyway, right ? On...
• Re: Tach wire on an 86
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 07:04:14 -0700
  ...It is a green wire, running from the coil all the way to the instrument cluster. Mark Jason Garel wrote: > Hello, I have an...
• Re: more information on engine swap/fuel pump woes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:37:35 -0700
  ...With the key on, check for 12 volts at ignition coil terminal 15 where the small black wires attach. If key on power is...
• Re: Ignition Wire Sets
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:30:01 -0800
  ...The coil to distributor wire is only about a foot long and since most Vanagons I've seen have had the coil mounted on...
• Re: Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - frank
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:19:42 -0400
  ...Do you know of any way to test the voltage coming from the coil? Frank -----Original Message----- From: vw4x4@fyi.net [mailto:vw4x4@fyi...
• Re: noise SOLVED. Now need to Helix-Coil?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:38:40 -0500
  ...Now need to Heli-Coil? > > > > Robert Fisher was right. > > > > Two of the transmission mount bolts weren't properly tightened. > > > > They weren't really loose...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's,normal again.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Mar 2009 20:27:14 -0800
  ...Since, >> however, the coil heats and expands as you run the engine (flexing the >> primary/secondary coils in the dielectric oil), you should notice...
• Alternator, V.R. question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Dec 95 18:15:07 CST
  ...DF I am guessing is the field coil. D+ also connects to a wire from the dashboard light. I'm a bit confused on...
• 60,000 volt coil?
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  20 Aug 96 01:21:37 EDT
  Feel like something *shocking* tonight? What if I use the Pertronix Ignitor (instead of points) and a 60,000 volt coil? Will I have...
• WTB coil and hall sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:30:39 -0500
  Not for me, but for a friend's 2.1. Looking for good used, but would mine pricing new as well. If you have...
• Re: New Coil Springs;
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:48:04 -0700
  syncro.org also sells 2wd springs On 7/26/07, John C... <Trvlr2001@comcast.net> wrote: > > Are there any replacement springs available for 2wd...
• Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:57:44 -0800
  How old are the ignition wires, particularly the lead from the coil? This can develop a high resistance when cold yet still function when...
• Re: Found my instrument cluster..now a ?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:02:38 -0700
  I had to bring up a wire from the coil on my 84 1.9l AT for my aftermarket tach. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel...
• Re: Are My Curtains on Correct? - black cord thingie
  Historical mailing list - Otmar
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:53:01 -0700
  ...stretched well beyond their intended stretchiness), it is a >flat metal coil encased in plastic. I hadn't thought of shock cord (which is...
• Re: High resistance causing no spark?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:03:56 -0700
  ...So, we figure that power is getting to the coil, but no farther - bad coil? Is there any way to check (I tried the...
• Re: 1.9L Gutless when first started
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:24:08 -0700
  Say -- I wonder if this might be due to a failed coil? I ask because the problem surfaced immediately after I did a compression...
• Re: Tachometer
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 10:59:06 +0300
  ...I had to run a wire from the coil #1 (green wire) to the tach, the regulated power from the dashboard regulator and the...
• Re: No spark
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 18:52:50 -0400
  ...I have replaced the ICU, the coil and the hall sender. > I also have cleaned all grounds and i do have 9 volts going...
• Re: dies when overheated
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 6 Aug 2012 10:30:21 -0700
  Monday brain teasers! Something is getting "heat soaked." First suspect is the coil, and it's cheap and easy to replace. I've had...
• Re: Westy wants to cruise, but ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 20:30:25 -0400
  ...My first thought is, "Ahah!" All I have to do is cut the magnetic sensor off the twisted pair, hook up to the coil...
• Re: Vanagon Chrome Silicon Coil Springs
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:32:23 -0500
  ...There will be a band of maybe 3 coils that are wound much closer together than the other coils. This method has inherent flaws...
• Re: 1.9L Gutless when first started
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:28:30 -0700
  ...I would > include the coil in this. It seems to me that if the coil is bad, it's bad > all the time, but...
• Now: Jetta ECU-Coil Amp Draw Was: Ignition Switch "Su"...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:32:31 -0800
  ...With DMM connected in series between 30 (B+) and 30 of an added relay to carry power to ECU and coil, engine cold, DMM...
• Re: Vana's Blues
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 13:41:53 -0800
  ...YMMV> Mike On 3/21/03 1:23 PM, "Jeff Lincoln" <jtlincoln@PORTCITY.COM> wrote: > I just had to replace my coil. I was...
• UPDATE: burred spark plug threads
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 15:31:27 -0500
  ...I pulled the head and brought it into a shop and had a heli coil inserted. The motor is back together and the heli...
• Re: Location of fuel pump relay, 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:29:52 -0700
  ...easily as yiu know where the ign coil is.'that > box is right above the coil.'''' > > the High /voltage warning on it refers to...
• Re: '85 Ignition Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:20:16 -0800
  ...Is this the Hall Sensor? >> >>Yup - the little box below the coil. > > No 'tisn't. The Hall sender is inside the distributor. This is...
• Re: strange white wire...
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 06:15:35 +0200
  David Cooper wrote: > There is a white wire which is spliced into the wire coming off the 15 > terminal of my ignition coil. It...
• Re: Gathering consensus 2.1 won't run when hot: tests
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:01:21 -0400
  ...I assume he can test by pulling the coil wire and > checking for spark to ground when the engine is hot. > > If anyone knows...
• looking for a starter
  Historical mailing list - David Luddy
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 04:12:46 -0400
  ...Mine died tonight (field coils open)
• Re: questions of lifting saggy butt Vanagons,and coil spring spacers
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 21:23:17 -0600
  Rod, Any local FLAPS will order them for you. I think mine cost $75.00 with tax. Air Lift Part # 60789 Later, ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ||-(())----(())-| Terry 85...
• Re: Shape of the world - No Direct content to List Groups
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 01:19:16 EST
  << Yes, a BenT old man, shuffling slowly off this mortal coil...>> Damned snail collector. Will you now call you T3 an S-cargo van...
• Custom Springs to Ship monday
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:44:32 -0700
  The 2wd and syncro coil springs were just delivered to the syncro.org warehouses and will ship out FedEx ground monday to all who...
• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 15:09:42 -0700
  ...The root of this problem is likely the relay you added to power the ignition coil. The added relay's coil takes so little...
• driving without sway bar? (was: Re: stabilizer link hitting coil? (WAS: Re: sway bar wiggling))
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:04:09 -0500
  ...I think my noise is maybe coming from > the top of the stabilizer link hitting the coil on the passenger side > (the same side...
• Re: Immobilise the van?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Mon, 21 May 2007 15:12:05 -0500
  ...If you wanted to just kill the ignition coil, the online wiring diagram for a '90 shows that the coil is powered from a...
• Re: Lowering an 85'/
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 15:49:59 EST
  ...The bottomline is you will have less coils to spring your ride whether you lop off a coil or clamp two adjacent coils together...
• Re: Cold Starts
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:28:54 -0500
  ...This wide gap will not "kill" a coil, but will result in some drivability problems, depending on the state of health of the engine...
• Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's normal again.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:38:27 -0500
  ...I suspect the coil or the hall sensor; though Mark Dearing at Salem Import suggested it could also be the ECU. At work this...
• WBX engine symptom
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 19:01:45 +0000
  ...The coil, ign wires, cap & plugs checked OK but the rotor resistance measured somewhat higher than the 2K ohms spec. Replacing the dist rotor...
• 1985 Vanagon - engine case stud ? - Must have good answer - Calling Boston Bob
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sun, 11 May 2008 08:30:30 -0400
  ...Are the factory engine stud "Heli coils" (threads into alum. case that hold stud into case) install/removed from the exterior side or interior...
• Re: Daily Update On My Injectors
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:41:57 -0800
  Check the coil too. The coil may be going bad which caused the engine low power in the first place. David --- Gregory Smith <gfs...
• Re: ECU: burned parts. PICS (Jetta Engine in Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:48:21 -0700
  You may be on to something there. "Low DC resistance and higher impedance as frequency increases" describes properties of a coil or inductor. Raymond...
• Re: Engine died, ecu quick look
  Historical mailing list - Scott Quinnett
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 20:07:42 -0600
  ...and loose power to the coil and exhibit the same issue as a burnt ECU. Everything is perfect, everything works, everything in spec. I...
• Re: Ignition prob ?, '85
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 7 Jun 1995 16:14:06 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Could this be my coil simply giving out? None > of the ignition bits have ever been replaced since 1988, 7 years use. When > the...
• Re: Fuel gauge sender question ('66)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 08 May 1996 12:09:52 -0700
  ...On some, just bending the contact paw so that it rubs the coil in a different arc will do. The idea's the same...