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• Re: what part is this???
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 08:59:01 EDT
  ...What's all this I hear about multiple drain plugs? Bill Marshall 85 GL Tiico "Pandora's Box" Aurora, IL
• Square Headlights to Round
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:20:53 -0400
  Hello - Is there a way for me to remove the headlight plugs without cutting the wires? I want to install the round headlights from...
• Fuel line 87 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Clayman
  Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:53:42 -0500
  ...I noticed that the grommet that the air filter plugs into is the perfect size. Anybody know that part number for that grommet? Jeff
• California Smog Trouble - 1987 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:13:04 -0700
  ...Any ideas what would cause this? Passed fine two years ago, new cat then, new spark plugs in Nov. Thanks, Donna
• Re: 78 bus making strange sounds at star
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jul 1996 12:45:11, -0500
  ...In fact, don't buy it until you try to pull ALL the plugs, to make sure plug holes are not stripping from carbon...
• Service work for a 2 year cold vehicle. no vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Owen Brand
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:36:10 -0600
  ...Drivetrain Changing all fluids (oil, tranny, transfer, flush radiator) Draining the gas tank and fuel lines r & r plugs, cap, rotor (clean where possible...
• Re: No start after Temp II replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:14:07 -0800
  The plugs, once you know there's ignition and fuel control, Look at the plugs. And assuming you have fuel pressure, And you distributor...
• Re: Fresh Water Tank Drain Cap - Non VW replacement source?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:31:49 -0400
  ...Being familiar with plumbers test plugs used to seal the pipe openings in the waste lines prior to testing for leaks, I found a...
• Re: Vanagon Still Won't A Go-Go!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:26:08 -0800
  ...This has nothing to do with the spark as that is only used to fire the spark plugs. Putting in a points distributor means...
• Re: Triple Electrode Spark Plug Available For 1.9L Motor
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 19:51:48 -0800
  ...Triple Electrode Spark Plug Available For 1.9L Motor > > > I received a set of platinum 4 plugs from the local VW shop when I...
• Dead 83.5
  Historical mailing list - Bill Thomas
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 21:39:12 -0400
  ...When I plug it back in the plugs are wet again and engine will not start. What can cause such an overrich condition that...
• Re: Megger was Re: Trouble shooting tip? Fouled plugs
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:52:07 -0700
  Search for "hipot" on ebay. Plenty of used insulation testers there. $100 to Darned High. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow...
• runs lean / runs rich ?
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  16 May 1995 12:06:17 -0800
  ...runs lean" or "runs rich?" The black carbon deposits on the plugs of my '71 Super is an indication of one or the other...
• Re: cars without distributors
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 20:35:16 EDT
  ...6 cyls, 6 plugs, 6 coils,No spark plug wires. And yes.........it does have an AFM. Steve Cotsford
• 84 Idle Cold not
  Historical mailing list - Don Sturgill
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 22:14:47 -0400
  ...Have ordered tune-up kit to replace plugs, air filter,. but wondering if sensor or such could be needed. Any advice appreciated.
• Re: Oil leak at the rear of a 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 29 May 2005 13:11:20 -0400
  http://www.benplace.com/fl2005/syncro44.jpg -Rear crankshaft seal... -Filler neck junction -and.........bore hole plugs...the 2 right of the crankshaft seal...
• Re: HC high at Idle - Any Ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 14:12:26 -0600
  ...Timing and plugs, then you check the others depending on what the plugs tell you. Steve >I falied CA smog with high HCs on...
• Vanagon + Platinum = VROOM!
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 06:45:42 +0000
  ...Basically I couldn't keep plugs in this thing, and that's why I started looking at the platinums. Bosch claims a 2 to...
• Re: mpg, was Retro-f. F.I.
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 18 Apr 95 09:50:03 CDT
  ...the ONLY thing i can connect to this is that i started using those Bosch triple-electrode plugs just about the time the mpg...
• Re: sometimes it just won't go...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Mon, 7 Mar 2011 06:05:13 -0600
  ...do we know it's flooded? Wet plugs? If so, compression check, >fuel pressure check, new plugs. It DOES have spark, right? Hard to...
• Re: question of oil level
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 30 Sep 94 9:02:56 PDT
  ...I can't get to the spark plugs without unhinging the > radiator...I'll only change plugs 4 or 5 times...I go up...
• Re: Typical Tune UP
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Wed, 19 May 2004 21:02:12 -0700
  ...I'd go with plugs, cap, rotor, filters, oil, and maybe wires. Jere 90 GL/Carat-a-version (305,000) 88 GL -----Original Message...
• Re: Help. traveling with problem
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:17:37 -0400
  ...It could also be that the plugs are shot. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia Mar 17, 2014 o godz. 17:02 Kk Al...
• '86 Vanagon Starts, Dies....Revisited (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - David Dustan
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 17:38:45 -0800
  ...Ignition Switch Plugs Cap Rotor Wires Coil Fuel Pump Relay Digifant Relay Load Reduction Relay Here are the latest findings.... The problem continues. If...
• Re: Engine Running Rich??????
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 10:37:27 -0500
  Well a simple but foolproof way is to look at the spark plugs ...if you're running rich then they'll be dark brown...
• Please help, installed new quad spark plugs now it will not start.
  Historical mailing list - sanford schulwolf
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 14:41:19 -0700
  ...In preparations for your 2,500 mile trip to British Columbia, I decided to install new Bosch quad plugs - I thing the # is 4477...
• Re: How do I get this EGR filter on??? Fixed! But.....
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 08:08:38 -0500
  ...While replacing an A/C compressor myself I decided to change the spark plugs since they were readily accessible without the compressor. You guessed...
• Re: K & N Air Filter
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:24:11 -0400
  ...a stock filter. >BTW, the Bosch Quad Point plugs have not been pulled in 13,000 plus >miles but no problems. I'll pull...
• Re: NEED PLUG/PIGTAIL TO DISTRIBUTOR
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:11:34 -0400
  Can you send a picture of the plug? VW probably used the same plugs of most of their cars, you could probably find one...
• spark plugs revisited
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Fri, 23 May 1997 14:06:50 +0000
  Just thumbing through Bentley I found the spark plug types recommended there: Bosch W 7 C 0 Beru 14 L-7 C Champion N...
• Re: drain holes for air scoops?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 2 Jun 2000 08:55:41 -0400
  >> cleaning the underside of the van last weekend I found some rubber plugs >> (in the rear, left and right hand side). >In the rear...
• 88 Vanagon Automatic Transmission idling problems
  Historical mailing list - Robert and Sharon Mendon�a
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:02:12 -0800
  ...Have tried replacing spark plugs, air filter, cap and rotor, and carburetor cleaner - and still having problems. Bob Mendonca [text/html]
• Re: Bad juju?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:16:09 -0500
  ...The carboy plugs don't worke because of the plastic thingy inside the reservoir, whatever it is.
• Re: WHAT JUST HAPPENED???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:42:39 -0800
  ...What are your spark plugs and gaps like ? it's not that hard to wet-foul plugs that are an off brand, or pretty...
• Re: need cold weather tips for diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 16:07:56 EST
  ...Good set of glow plugs 2. Good 10w-40 oil 3. Be sure the wire to the glow plugs is a large diameter one...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:57:20 -0800
  ...vanagon single electrode plugs To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > list: > > not so fast. first, in reality, plug is unlikely to spark to more than...
• Re: f/ Re: spark plugs and fuel economy ???
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 03 Apr 96 08:49:02 CST
  *I* was grossly misquoted as saying: >> - since i put Bosch triple-prong plugs (into my 88 vanagon), my >>anal-retentive recordkeeping :) then Dan "Obesely...
• Re: distro cap
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 22 May 2003 16:25:26 -0700
  ...Sorry I don't have any used spark plugs to send you, I shipped all my old plugs off to the Russian Goodwill group...
• Re: Does this bus go to my office?
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 15:06:23 PST
  ...This morning I cleaned the plugs again, disconnected the TEMPII sensor and the throttle sensor, and the motor idled fine with no smoke or...
• Re: Cold Starts
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:46:31 -0600
  ...Follow old, worn, high gap plugs with new, too tightly gapped plugs... tom ------ Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW EN34hx 85 Westphalia GL Albert 96...
• Re: Storing Van outside over winter???
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:06:21 -0700
  ...In the spring, if you want to be really fastidious, charge the battery, pull and ground the plugs, squirt some oil in, crank it...
• Re: About those mud flap holes...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:45:11 EST
  ...My bus in Bamboo Yellow so I went with white vinyl plugs. Obviously you can see the plugs close up,but once you're...
• Accessing the #1 spark plug
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:52:55 -0700
  So I'm going to swap out the plugs on my 1.9 and it looks like the air filter assembly has to be...
• Where to get pin tool?
  Historical mailing list - John Andrew
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 09:21:58 -0600
  Hi, Does anyone know where you can get the tool to remove the wire , for example, from the connector that plugs into the ECU...
• Re: Injectors, Plugs, and Performance (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:44:56 -0700
  --- Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > but was intellectually disturbing. On this list!!! Be carefull, you might get kicked off the list for expressing...
• Re: Accessing the #1 spark plug
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:53:21 -0700
  ...All right, fine, I'll pull the stupid air cleaner assembly and swap out the old plugs for these multi-electrode NGK BP6ET 3...
• Re: Ignorant glow plug question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Sun, 17 Nov 1996 21:57:22 -0500
  ...I used to think that this lever actuated the glow >plugs, but now I don't see how it could. What does it do...
• Re: OIL PRESSURE RELIEF PLUG
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:43:23 -0500
  ...He squirts some penetrating oil on the plugs and uses a very large flat tip screwdriver and a hammer and hits the plugs at...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:23:57 -0400
  ...Re: [VANAGON] vanagon single electrode plugs > the facts may not lie, but there might be another side of the story too. > there really isn...
• refridge
  Historical mailing list - Joel Shortlidge
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 01:11:45 -0500
  ...But, it has a compressor on the back and plugs into the outlet on the side of the drivers bucket seat. Joel
• emission failure, HC 229 @ idle (ok @ 2500 rpm)
  Historical mailing list - Pat Horrocks
  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:14:39 EDT
  ok, Volks- plugs, dist. cap, rotor and/or oxygen sensor or cat. converter (PASSed on report...), or ......? CO PASSed (.15 @ idle, .44 @ 2500 rpm...
• Black carbon buildup on tail pipe after valve adjustments
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:44:57 -0700
  85 1.9 cleaned injectors from cruzin, plugs, dist, rotor done 10mths ago I just adjusted my valves a few weeks ago I am...
• Re: Dead Cylinder -91 Carat - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:19:40 -0700
  ...From the distributor to the plugs checks good with a strobe >> and I get a good, strong spark at the plugs themselves. Still no...
• Type IV drain plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jan 1996 09:57:43 -0800
  A quick word on Type IV oil drain plugs- My 914 took about 100-130 degrees turning with my torque wrench for the last...
• Re: Use of Synthetic Oil in Syncro Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Fri, 15 May 1998 08:31:32 -0600
  ...Another tip i got from Joel W is to open the fill plugs before the drain plugs so you know you can refill the...
• Re: Motor Wobble?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 02:33:35 -0500
  ...The fact that the plugs were gapped around .4 to .48 mm had a little to do with the "shake". New Bosch plugs set...
• Re: Tune up?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:18:14 -0800
  ...Mike On 1/13/03 5:02 AM, "G.M.Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> wrote: > I clean & re-gap plugs, check rotor/cap...
• Suddon loss of power - parial fix?
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:32:09 -0500
  ...I check plugs, rotor, cap, plugs.....cleaned them, same thing Checked the fuel filter (the one before the fuel pump, clear plastic), completely filthy...
• Re: Vanagon minds lend me your ears!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 27 May 2009 10:53:23 -0400
  ...It will have two round shaped plugs hooked into it. With the van off unplug these two plugs from the idle control unit and...
• Re: Freeze Plugs was Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 19:01:18 -0800
  ...Freeze Plugs was Oops - I let the engine freeze To show far much the “freeze plug” myth has gained acceptance , here’s a quote...