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• Re: Air-Fuel Ratio fluctuation
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:12:48 -0600
  ...Too much gap and it really stresses the wires, since the spark only needs an alternate way to reach ground then the high impedence...
• Re: Dometic 182 B Propane probs
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Wed, 26 Apr 2000 08:20:58 -0700
  ...It seems that when you repeatedly press the ignitor, it stops sparking on every push. Also, the the spark appears more yellow/white in...
• Re: No start
  Historical mailing list - Grant Johnson
  Thu, 26 May 2016 12:32:07 -0700
  ...But the two things needed > are spark and fuel. > > Check for spark by loosing a plug wire and hold it close to ground, turn...
• Re: Won't Start...Again 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 05:27:12 -0400
  ...When it throws the fit, try checking for spark by pulling a spark plug out, and having someone hold it against the engine while...
• Re: Help--- stuck in Redding Followup and conclusion
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:56:31 -0700
  ...On the flip side, I've never had to Heli-coil a stripped spark plug hole. :-) On 7/31/07, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel...
• Re: Help strange misfire 45 mi from home
  Historical mailing list - Donna
  Sat, 6 Oct 2012 16:33:05 -0700
  Thx Steve - the shop just replaced spark plugs so I wonder if one is loose? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2012, at...
• Re: Build your OWN FI replacement for the digixxx system
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:20:10 -0500
  ...It has dual coils to give the plugs a hotter spark. It would simply replace the current distributor cap. The rotor is replaced with...
• FS 85 parts van, $950 Sparks, MD USA
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:32:42 -0500
  ...Chris Harring skycommando@hotmail.com 410-472-2964 Sparks, Maryland, USA
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sat, 14 Feb 2004 17:26:58 -0800
  ...Finger Sparks > > Seriously, it works even though it's actually an insulator (eg, > "dielectric"). The film of grease is displaced by metal to metal...
• Re: Fuel pump cutoff switch?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:46:04 -0700
  ...When the switch is closed, the ignition coil will not get pulsed and there will be no spark. The fuel pump will run and...
• NPR Reporter Wants to Dump Her Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:45:42 -0500
  ...her husband! Their 175K '91 Carat stalls when "damp" or raining. Their mechanic said "I dunno". Spark plug wires? Whatcha think? Demented Tom F.
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:49:33 -0400
  On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, Stan Wilder wrote: > I agree that muntiple contact spark plugs are good for Aircraft Engines as a > safety feature...
• Re: 2.1l Spark plug wire routing
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Fri, 28 May 2010 10:13:02 +0100
  ...So, I > started with rotor, distributor cap, plug wires and spark plugs. I > wanted to know the "vintage" of that system and in the...
• Re: Cause of weak spark?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:29:02 -0400
  ...When it's time for the spark the ECU opens the circuit and the stored energy causes the voltage to instantly rise very high...
• Re: Jacobs Electronics
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Thu, 29 Feb 1996 20:48:01 +1700
  ...senses electrical resistance across the sparkplug gap, thereby making each > plug an "in-cylinder" sensor to optimize each spark on each and every > stroke...
• Re: AC Compressor to inflate tires, etc?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:14:23 -0800
  ...Without the spark plug, there's no combustion. No combustion, no fire, no explosion... Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: Fridge questions...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 21:02:25 -0500
  ...I >> would assume that by holding down B, I am allowing propane into the >> chamber which should be lit when I spark A. >> >> What...
• Re: Flames!
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Fri, 10 May 2002 05:43:27 -0700
  ...pipe flame > thrower is to install the spark plug in your tail > pipe, hook up your > spark plug wire, crank up the engine then...
• Re: after the fridge is lit..
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 12:12:33 -0700
  ...what do you mean by that scientific term: 'doodad' ? > > Do you mean the button you push to spark the piezzo? > > Or do you mean...
• Re: bus depot
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:44:52 -0700
  ...Come on people, > let's sew it up! > Well, that should spark some interest. Go ahead, John, we'll follow your, err, lead! Larry
• Re: In vehicle head gasket fix!!!!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 15:44:33 EST
  ...killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << And I thought using JBWeld on a stripped out spark plug hole was bad. >> Not bad, just stupid. George
• no spark
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 20:08:50 EDT
  I tested coil on my ' 87 and it was good!, checked further and found the hall sensor loose in its mount-wobbling and probably...
• Re: Rotor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:35:53 -0500
  But of course! It's for those spark plugs that the diesel doesn't have. Don't you know anything? :) On Jan 10, 2005...
• Re: Fridge again....
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:52:04 -0400
  ...It also occurs to me that the gap on your sparker could be too large, preventing a spark from bridging the gap. On Oct...
• Re: Sick 78 Van
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 17:50:18 -0400
  ...Check again for spark. No spark means no ignition. Replace the points. My 1976's went through points like they were Honey Nut Cheerios...
• Re: Is the length of a Spark Plug wire critical?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:33:50 -0800
  ...The metal spark plug connectors provide the necessary resistance for this ignition system, not the length of the wire. Pulling off these connections is...
• Re: What did I destroy now? (Ignition fail)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:24:36 -0500
  ...If you get a nice fat spark then try the same with one of the plug wires, and if there's the same good...
• Re: fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 11:18:34 -0400
  ...Try pulling them out, ground the ignition (you don't want a spark), eliminate other spark source (NO SMOKING!) and turn the ignition to...
• Spark plugs...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:22:44 -0700
  I changed the spark plugs for the first time. The van came from Colorado, and Bosch W8CC's were installed. I installed the W7DTC...
• Re: 86 westy overheating issue
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:15:15 -0400
  ...Make an adaptor for your air chuck to fit in the sparkplug hole. Use an old plug and break the porcelain off and braze...
• Re: Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Brenton Tait
  Fri, 8 May 2009 06:15:30 +0200
  ...Spark Plugs Hi Jst a stupid question, went to buy some spark plugs today and asked the salesman about BOSH plugs, as I believe...
• the FTC vs. Splitfire Plugs (no vw content)
  Historical mailing list - Carl Krucke
  Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:11:35 -0500
  ...SplitFire, Inc., is a Northbrook, Illinois-based marketer of nationally advertised, premium priced spark plugs that feature a v shape it terms, "split electrode...
• Re: Accessing the #1 spark plug
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:52:55 -0700
  ...No spark plugs should ever be installed with dry threads in my world... anti-seize compound, either aluminum or copper type. I have seen...
• Re: spark plugs, etc
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 12:33:44 -0700
  ...buff@CNRC.NAVY.MIL> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: spark plugs, etc >Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 15:28:05 -0400 > >1...
• Re: Spark plug recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:12:16 -0800
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > > Before I head off to FLAPS for new spark plugs - and get a 17year old > looking at a computer trying to...
• Re: A/C resuscitation - where to start?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:17:12 -0700
  A'yup, that risk aversion should also extend to running highly pressurized flammable liquids circulating throughout the hot sparky-sparky environment of your engine...
• Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:44:15 +0300
  ...How is engine RPM related to ignition pulse frequency? The motor is a 4-stroke, 4-cylinder, where every cylinder gets a spark once...
• Re: f/ Re: spark plugs and fuel economy ???
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 13:50:17 CST6CDT
  Scott writes: > According to Piaget linear concrete thinking stops being a problem at > about age 5 or 6 when we learn to use abstract...
• Re: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Ford
  Sat, 29 Dec 2001 20:36:54 -0500
  ...only component I can think of that would affect both the ignition (spark) and the seemingly tired starter, just an opinion. Good hunting, Doug
• dash panal lights Please help what did i do
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:39:07 EST
  replacing the cigrette lighter and it sparked and now have no dashboard lights everything else works except dash lights fuses all good thank you...
• Re: Please help, installed new quad spark plugs now it will not start.
  Historical mailing list - sanford schulwolf
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 15:09:24 -0700
  Problem fixed. Thanks everyone for your help. I had the passenger side wires mixed up. Sanford __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live...
• Sparkplug wire question
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 01:55:50 -0400
  Have any of you had the situation where you needed to replace a set of wires only because the wire to the #3 plug...
• Fwd: Can't remove spark plug - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:57:18 -0400
  <does anyone make a penetrant spiked with acid to eat at the corrosion that is causing the fastner to bind?> I think I had...
• Re: Spark plug wires - Embarrasment to follow
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:07:18 -0400
  >> Put down the vice grips and back away from the van NOW." Keeps your hands where I can see them." << Vice grips? Such delicate...
• Re: Oettinger 2.8 1991 Wolfy for sale in MI
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:48:36 -0400
  ...Only 2 of those are sparkplug wires. Mike
• Recommended spark plugs for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:52:39 -0500
  Well, at least I'm not asking about tires... Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to...
• Re: refrigerator failure, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:10:42 -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...
• Re: fridge....saga continues
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:14:24 -0800
  ...Then the > sparker stops sparking (and the amber light goes out) Also, if i > turn the thermostat knob > past the min and/or the...
• Speaking of Cooler thermostat questions....(long)
  Historical mailing list - robot .
  Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:12:57 PDT
  ...When I got it I noticed one of the sparkplugs had a helicoil on it. I wasn't too pleased, but the engine seemed...
• Re: REQ: "Idiot's Guide to Changing Spark Plugs"
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 03:04:40 -0500
  ...find the spark plug wire and > connector. wiggle and twist and pull the connector off the spark plug. > pay attention to where the spark...
• Re: Failure to Start - 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:05:32 -0500
  ...All four injectors relatively recently serviced by Cruzin Services Hot spark > - all spark plugs > > Ignition on > Fuel pump runs > Starter engages > Engine turns > Ignition...
• Re: 88 GL Failure to start - the Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:09:36 -0500
  ...The new coil put out a vigorous > blue-white spark. The old coil put out a not so vigorous orange-yellow > spark. I drove...
• Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:07:11 -0700
  ...Stephen --- On Thu, 4/4/13, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote: - fuel pump - coil - dist cap and rotor - spark plugs wire set - spark...
• Re: Triple Electrode Spark Plug Available For 1.9L Motor
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 19:40:10 -0800
  ...Triple Electrode Spark Plug Available For 1.9L Motor > Since you guys with the 2.1L motor have the luxury of being able to...
• Fuel system...follow up
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Dawson
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:10:06 -0400
  ...new spark plugs (platinum) 4. new oil and filter There are no leaks in the system, as far as I can tell. The problem...
• Will bus run without insturment pod connected?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 21:19:02 EST
  ...Could the "spark" or current possibly ground out from the tach wire to some metal or could the spark arch to an adjacent pin...
• Re: Aren't all Vanagon spark plug wires the same?
  Historical mailing list - Carlen, Gregg
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 12:10:03 -0400
  ...Aren't all Vanagon spark plug wires the same? Watch out! I thought the same thing, only to then have to cut and splice...
• Re: 82 compression test
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 25 May 1999 14:34:59 -0400
  ...Loosen all the spark plugs a few turns. Crank the motor over for five or six seconds. (This blows away any dust or dirt...
• Re: 88 GL Distributor Woes Continue - on and on --
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:44:35 -0500
  ...No arc-n-spark. > > Conclusion: Bad distributor wire - Or - heaven forbid but most likely - > dead coil. > > No parts on hand tonight - so Monday I...
• Still no start...please help!!
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 20:01:58 -0800
  ...back together and in Refuses to start I am getting spark to the spark plugs After analysis, I found that the fuel injectors are...