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• Digifant Electrical Experts: New Harness + 4 Pin Hella 53 Relay for ECU?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 28 May 2012 17:46:28 -0700
  ...https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-WSBT0EaD1TY/T8QS2Nc_5bI/AAAAAAAAFzM/3jfPMADDoG4/s640/Digifant%2520ECU%2520Relay.jpg ECU relay: 86: Black. Confirmed + from 15. 85: Two brown...
• Re: re. natural gas, propane
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 14:48:40 -0700
  ...digifant fail. > In western Canada it seems there are more places to buy propane than diesel. > Propane also burns cleaner than the digifant. IMHO...
• Found: Dyno Runs for Stock and Chipped Digifant II 8V 1.8L Engine
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 11:16:41 EDT
  ...threats about sleeping in the Westfalia, she produced a set of Digifant II Dynamometer results that I had been searching for over a year...
• Re: Headlight Alarm
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:04:55 -0700
  ...http://www.shoebox-electronix.com/id53.html > > Jim makes headlight alarms and DigiJet and DigiFant ECU monitor kits. > > The alarm looks to be just...
• Re: 84 vs 85 Digijet
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:06:31 -0400
  ...Until to day I thought that there was only Digijet and > Digifant. Little did I know that 85 Digijet differs from 84 Digijet. > > Can...
• Re: IDLE STABILIZER CONTROL
  Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
  Thu, 14 May 1998 22:12:41 -0700
  ...for a 87 >digifant system. Any ideas on who has them for how much ? I doubt if >there are junk yards with vanagons around...
• digijet tool
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 15:13:26 -0500
  ...The plan is to to make it similar to the digifant tool but with an added LCD display for checking the analog signals of...
• Re: '87 Westy Bad Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:17:30 -0500
  ...http://scribers.midwest.net/midwesty/vw/Vanagon/DigiFantTool/ -Karl Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA '87 Westfalia Weekender "Beverley" - 192K miles http://www.enter...
• Re: idle stabilizer valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Lockwood
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:26:53 EST
  ...If you have a digifant Vanagon and understand my rant and have an amprobe, will you take a few readings and post? Thanks in...
• 2.1l ECUs new for $475
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:23:09 -0500
  Just wanted to let the List know that I have available in a very limited supply, brand new 2.1l Digifant ECUs for $475...
• Re: Actual Vanagon content!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 07:35:52 +0000
  ...Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:10:53 -0400 > >Has anyone tried to use a Digifant ECU for the same year VW Golf or >Jetta...
• Won't Start - Advise needed
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gilbert
  Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:57:17 -0700
  Hi, My digifant wont start. Plenty of juice, starter is cranking, have a spark. I took off one set of injectors, kept them connected...
• Re: Turning kills engine--??
  Historical mailing list - ---------------------
  Fri, 11 May 2007 13:25:28 -0400
  ...The wiring diagrams only start to show this >switch with the Digifant. > >I just replaced the wiring harness and am thinking I didn't...
• Digifant ECU
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Feb 97 16:05:47 PST
  It seems that there are a significant amount of failures in the Digifant ECU. Makes me glad that I have the DigiJet system in...
• Re: Idle Stabilization parts Costs
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:20:26 -0800
  ...The Jetta Digifant II ISV uses a 034 133 455, which has a 3 terminal connection on the end. It does NOT interchange with...
• Jetta Digifant I problem
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Dawson
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 20:55:22 EST
  ...I have a neighbor who has a nice low mileage (70k) 92'Jetta, 1.8 w/ Digifant I. The car has occasionally shut down...
• Re: Digifart MAF question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:27:05 -0700
  Yes,The� air flow meters are the same part number for Vanagon 2.1 and 88-93 Golf, Jetta, Fox and Cabriolet Digifant 2...
• Re: testing 84 ECU into 85?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 21:48:43 -0500
  ...The same is true of the digifant ecus of which there are 3 different styles. Darrell ----- Original Message ----- From: BILL <billv2@PRODIGY.NET> To...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 06:41:10 +0100
  ...http://www.students.tut.fi/~hezekiel/bosch.htm While I know neither the Digijet or Digifant is any similar to the K-jetronic, this...
• Horray!! No More Bucking!
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 23:50:08 -0700
  ...Horray for Dads! He traced the problem to the Digifant box under the rear seat. All it took was cleaning of the electrical contacts...
• Re: Octane
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:46:13 -0400
  Not the Digijet or Digifant systems -- no knock sensor. d At 04:14 PM 6/14/2001, Jennifer wrote: >Feed your car the wrong...
• Re: Cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 06:28:07 -0500
  ...The vanagon has a cabriolet engine in it and has the digifant engine maintenance system. Ok here is the problem when i mashed the...
• Re: Westy has been sitting a while.
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:31:06 -0400
  ...Sudhir On 8/30/05, Andrew <awg1011@gmail.com> wrote: > My 84 Westy, with a Digifant II I4 conversion, has been sitting a couple...
• Re: Vanagon AC Service Manual
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 23 Jun 2005 10:48:49 -0700
  ...Vanagon AC Service Manual > Is there such a thing as a Vanagon AC Service Training Manual similar to > the the Digifant FI Service Training...
• Re: o2 sensor troubles
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 08:30:10 -0700
  ...The extra 2 wires are the heater, used with Digifant FI. Ground is the case of the sensor. An OEM sensor has the right...
• Re: 2.1 in my '84 with digijet
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 24 May 2007 21:39:15 -0700
  ...timing at 5 degrees ATDC, or do I set the timing at 5 > > degrees BTDC like the 2.1 digifant setup? Thanks > > Pascal > > '84Westy > >
• Re: '86 Vanagon Starts, Dies....Revisited (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - yahi
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 21:19:06 -0800
  ...It was only through the use of Darrell Boehler's Digifant Tool which allows sensor monitoring while the engine is running and under load...
• Question about ignition timing..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:54:46 -0700
  ...92 digifant 1.8 liter heads onto a 94 Jetta ABA 2.0 liter block. Keeping the 1.8 head will raise my compression...
• Re: No Oil filler cap=poor idle..observation on Digifant..
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:09:57 -0300
  ...GMAIL.COM> wrote: > My van has an inline four VW motor..Digifant II injection, lots of the > same parts as a WBX. So yesterday...
• Re: Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 01:01:29 -0500
  ...Perhaps the greatest benefit of any good conversion for a Vanagon is that you have removed yourself from the WBXer/Digifant world. The base...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  12/27/95 2:01 PM
  I believe this fix is only for the Digifant (post '85). I agree; it does get a lot of air time. Steve H drew...
• 'FS:1990 Volkswagen Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Floyd Truskot
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 06:48:56 -0400
  1990 Volkswagen Vanagon GL, 2.1 digifant engine, 150,900 miles. Burgundy with large gray and black side body moldings with matching bumpers, front...
• Re: Generic, three-wire, 02 sensor choice for digifant?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 09:40:26 EDT
  Thanks for all the input on the three wire O2 sensor. I feel better about it now. I wasn't trying to cast doubt...
• Re: Digifant ECU Chip source located...$260 or less...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 20:20:37 PDT
  > >Mark, > They (Volks Motorsports) seem to sell this only with a set of rockers. > I tried several times >to buy only the chip and...
• FS: parts from 87 van
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:38:26 +0000
  Engine is shot, body too rusty to bother with new engine, so I'm taking the Digifant computer to try and make a Digitool...
• Re: AFM vs MAF
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:13:05 -0700
  ...all, > The AFM on my 2 liter audi 3a/ golf RV digifant conversion has about > had it. It came from a junk yard and...
• ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:39:41 +0300
  Hi all, This is kinda getting in-depth into embedded systems design, but does anybody know if the firmware for our ECU's (Digifant...
• Re: more trouble with Billy
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 07:47:36 -0500
  ...they used the >> digifant system and >> the treatment of the digifant system in the golf manual is MUCH better >> than the treatment in the...
• Re: Must sell my Vanagon - Comments appreciated
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:38:48 -0400
  ...Vanagon syndrome is a character of Digifant 1986-1991 fuel injection. But it's certainly possible to put Digifant on a 1.7. Have...
• Re: Idle (Air?) Control Valve VW part #035133455F
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Thu, 10 Mar 2016 08:05:11 -0800
  ...I believe it was used on most VWs that had > Digifant EFI in that era. > > > > Stuart > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: Generic ignition coil on 1.9?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 19 Nov 2016 17:46:21 -0700
  ...actually see that somewhere- I can't seem to find it in either the Digijet > or Digifant section... > > Thanks > > Dave > 85 GL 1.9er
• Re: fuel managment system
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:57:41 -0800
  ...what, if anything, are people changing to to replace the stock digifant system. (85 van-o-gone) > > > TIA! > > Dan > 2000 Jetta VR6 > 2009 Tiguan...
• Re: Idle goes to 1,800 in Park
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:00:32 -0400
  Mine does the same thing, even though it's an '87 with the Digifant system. Still trying to figure it out. Marc On Wed...
• Re: Timing Notch? on 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 18:49:57 EDT
  Larry: Since the pulley turns clockwise; the first notch that passes the split in the case must be 5 degrees BEFORE TDC. The next...
• FS: 1990 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 18:48:41 -0700
  For Sale: (Posting for a fellow VW owner) 1990 Volkswagen Vanagon GL, 2.1 digifant engine, 150,900 miles. Burgundy with large gray and...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome/AFM Mounting Orientation?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 6 Feb 2020 09:30:00 -0800
  ...re: 'Vanagon syndrome' but IIRC, it applied to Digifant, Digijet used on the WBX and Digifant on other engines. The AFM wiper arm et...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:48:00 +0200
  ...Then of course they're non transferable to one another, the hardware is different. > the digifant program is massive and I susspect has some...
• How often should one replace sparking plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 12 May 2009 17:20:49 -0700
  On these small injected motors, how long is the average plug life? Mine is not a WBX but it had Digifant and it's...
• Re: I've seen the Tii conversion completed
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 12:02:37 -0700
  ...The SA vans didn't use digifantand had that little 7 pin 'ignition control module' that you find on the earlier pre 93 (and...
• Re: Oil Cooler Install
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 19:20:54 EST
  ...This is on my '82 formerly diesel Westfalia, now running a 1.8 L 8V Digifant II system. This will be soon changed to...
• Re: Digifant stock timing = poor performance?
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Wed, 7 May 2003 11:23:19 -0400
  On Fri, 2 May 2003 22:27:39 -0400, Robert Donalds <bostneng@FCL-US.NET> wrote: If the Timing mark moves around as you...
• Re: Hall Sensor TEst 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 20:33:50 +0000
  ...The Digifant Control Module (DCM) uses this signal to set up the ignition/injection timing. If the Hall sensor is functioning correctly, a logic...
• Re: auto I-4 engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 22:23:06 -0500
  ...I am getting ready to upgrade to a 2.0 > with Digifant to get a little more umph. > If you are close to Georgia...
• Re: You need a spare temp 2 sensor NOW!
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:16:24 -0400
  ...I concur, in fact this advice extends to ANY Digifant motor, e.g. in an A2 Golf or Jetta as well. In my experience...
• Re: Digifart MAF question
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:54:10 -0400
  ...106 >> >> just to add some clarification to the orginal post the Digifant II system >> does not use a MAF (mass air flow sensor). �it...
• Re: Wiring Harness / Digijets
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 13 May 94 13:26:26 CDT
  ...All Vanagon Digifant Fuel Injection Engines and the group 24, number 92-02, dated april 30, 1992 (about the same thing) also specifies "All...
• re: Re: 84 random hiccup
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Dec 95 13:04:52 PST
  I believe this fix is only for the Digifant (post '85). I agree; it does get a lot of air time. Steve H drew...
• cold start problems??
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 00:10:05 -0500
  ...Anyone got any ideas? oh, he's got a 1986 digifant, 2.1 liter. Ch '89 SyncroBeast Vanagon '87 16V GTI '80 850 Yamaha...
• Re: Distributor replacement choices???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:11:21 EST
  ...I wish VW did that with the Digifant, I do not like replacing caps and rotors and the spark voltage loss.... Robert Robert
• FW: Darrell Bohler Digitool
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 17:37:46 -0400
  ...Darrell Bohler Digitool http://scribers.midwest.net/midwesty/vw/Vanagon/DigiFantTool/ mailto:midwesty@midwest.net I know he was on an extended trip. I...