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• Re: SA Grill and Headlights Out!!!
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:56:18 -0600
  I'll put my $$ on your ignition switch, not the ignition lock, but switch. bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Zappe" <Zapvw@AOL.COM> To...
• Re: Could hot starting problems be caused by a defective ignition swich?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:34:32 -0500
  ...That, to me, is a symptom of a bad ignition switch. Now if one turns the key to the start position and the starter...
• Vanagon ignition
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 12 Sep 2016 23:12:49 +0000
  ...The ignition can be removed without a key, but it will be a major pain. You'll need to remove the clamshell housing around...
• Re: A bit more on keys...
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 29 Sep 2016 22:58:07 -0300
  ...We see many people who have replaced the ignitions. The currently available ignition does not use the same key as standard Vanagon keys. In...
• Re: dwell
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Sun, 14 May 2000 05:51:36 -0400
  ...I like the low maintenence aspect, and the consistency of breakerless ignition. However, in a pinch, I could put the points on. Adam Puzerewski...
• Re: Subject: 86 Vanagon intermittently shuts off at speed
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:48:09 -0500
  I for one have discovered the ignition switch to be the culprit of unexplained electrical gremlins. My headlights, wiper/washer and rear heater fan...
• Re: Archives (& Dennis Haynes) solves headlight problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:24:52 -0400
  ...I had not used the headlights this year, so I can't >say they were working before the ignition switch replacement. > >Several Archive posts...
• Re: So whose souping up there van?? (LONG: but worth reading)
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 21:55:44 -0400
  ...Ever wonder how Tectonics took a 16V vw motor and got 550 HP out of it with the stock ignition? Because the stock ignition...
• Re: Hmm. Headlights don't ...
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Baker (Guido)
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:32:21 -0600
  Probably the ignition switch. If I remember correctly, power for that circuit comes from the ignition switch. JB On 11/14/10 5:50...
• Electrical weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 23:27:32 -0400
  ...All the fuses are fine, but all the interior electircs that depend on the ignition switch (blower fans, AC, wipers, but not the radio...
• Re: Door buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 22:15:25 -0400
  ...goes off when you leave your key in the >ignition? Insert key in ignition. Open door. Get your ear up close to relay panel...
• Strange Ignition Problem
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 13:03:50 -0500
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• Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:32:55 -0800
  Everyone, Thank you for all your input. I'll look into the ignition switch more closely. Blake Heinlein http://blakeheinlein.googlepages.com/
• RE: CDIs
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 11:52:37 -0700
  ...The first peak has a rapid rise determined by your formula where the capacitance is the point capacitor in a Kettering ignition, and just...
• Re: headlights on with ignition on!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:16:59 -0800
  ...from "seeing" ground, so with the high beams off and the ignition turned on, the relay triggers. As soon as the user goes from...
• Re: No start, (no crank actually)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:35:08 +0000
  I also went through the "dance" a month ago:  replaced ignition switch with a one from Napa, then a Meyle, then a Kostal.  In...
• Re: Cause of weak spark?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:06:59 -0400
  ...If that's the problem, which I strongly suspect, yours can probably be brought back by cleaning and resoldering the joints in the ignition...
• Re: '72 bus IGN SW
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 14:55:41 -0500
  ...I >am trying to remove the ignition switch, and having some difficulty. > I have dropped the steering column, found and unscrewed the little >hidden...
• Re: 87 GL Intermittantly Not Starting
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 12 May 2003 10:04:41 -0700
  That is not a valid assumption about the ignition switch. The switch has multiple contacts inside it that make the connections for different functions...
• Removing & replacing front door key tumbler?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 5 Apr 2014 11:23:06 -0400
  ...Which is easier to do-remove the existing key tumbler from both old & new handles, & exchange them so my ignition key works in new...
• Re: '86 syncro-seatbelt/door warning buzzer
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:34:04 -0800
  ...at first i thought previous > owner had disconnected circuit, but seems never to have had the seat > belt and the door/key in ignition...
• Re: '84 Westy Electrics - Stupid Questions
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Sun, 25 Jun 1995 21:06:35 -0700 (PDT)
  ...to? Would you leave those on > the ignition? > The standard for the RV industry is to leave those things that are usually not used...
• Re: Fridge/propane woes
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 12 May 2000 12:44:54 -0700
  ...And yes, when running the fridge on DC (batt.), it shuts off with the ignition. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: Brett Ellingson <bellingson@LOCALACCESS.COM...
• Re: Bosch injector
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:18:02 -0500
  ...Once each engine revolution, (every other ignition pulse), the injectors will "fire". The ECU will determine the length of this pulse based on temperature...
• Re: Optima Blue D31M
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:44:01 -0700
  ...No interior air gets near the ignition > source. Interior air is only pulled through a heat exchager, total > seperation from the ignition source. > ----- End...
• Re: A Mystery
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 1 Sep 2013 11:22:29 -0500
  ...Vehicle in 3rd gear - clutch in, ignition on but not to >> start, release brake, turn wheels towards down hill, start to roll. Pick >> up...
• Re: Electrical issues
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Fri, 8 Jan 2016 15:17:25 -0800
  ...I >> can turn the ignition off, the van shuts down, and everything appears fine. >> But I can turn on the wipers, the headlights will...
• Re: Sorta Scary Event
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:09:44 -0600
  ...I turned the > ignition off, then back on, then to start, and it fired right up, and > didn't fault again. For the engine...
• Re: Electrical System Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Belman
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:14:26 -0500
  Yes, the systems that you say are not working sound much like the systems that would be cut out by the ignition switch during...
• Re: Charging light question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 11:43:00 -0500
  ...The bulb keeps current from back flowing into the ignition circuit when the ignition is switched off. The relay loads the circuit down causing...
• Re: Sorta Scary Event
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:48:44 -0800
  ...Sorta Scary Event Driving along the highway tonight, the engine just suddenly quit as cold as if I had turned off the ignition. All...
• Re: replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 29 Aug 1998 15:56:23 EDT
  ...remove the steering wheel and lock cylinder >housing to >replace the ignition switch in an '87 (just the electrical part, not >the >lock cylinder...
• Re: 1.9l Wasserboxer stumble...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 08:46:37 -0500
  ...Any suggestions? > > All ignition components are new (cap, rotor, wires, plugs), The airfilter is new, the ignition is right (5deg. BTDC), etc. > > Help! Christian...
• question about terminals on starter/solenoid
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stinson
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:59:44 -0400
  ...terminal 30 "from battery", terminal 16 "to ignition coil", and terminal 50 "from ignition/starter switch". However, my starter/solenoid only has 2 of...
• Re: Switched power for vanagon radio--easy solution
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 27 Jul 2000 08:14:33 -0700
  ...Hook up the hot wire to one side of the switch, and the ignition switched wire to the other, then hook the radio power...
• Re: key buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 03:36:56 -0500
  Um, do you mean the buzzer for when the key is in the ignition and the DOOR is open? (otherwise, that would be a...
• Re: Starting issues
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:34:51 -0700
  David Ignition Switch is for sure a good place to start (no pun intended) especially if it is old or actually even if it...
• runs rough in rain -Reply
  Historical mailing list - Curtis Graham
  Thu, 27 Feb 1997 16:02:59 -0700
  Check your ignition wires. I had a bad wire that caused similar problems --especially when wet outside. Curtis Graham cgraham@novell.com 85 Vanagon...
• Help!!!!Key WON"T WORK
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 21:42:42 -0400
  the key to start my van will not turn in the ignition switch, its never done this before....what do I do???? Chad [text...
• Re: Temporary but total power loss
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 27 May 2014 08:16:37 -0700
  The clock does not get power through the ignition switch. There is a single red wire from the battery to the back of the...
• Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 21:03:20 -1000
  ...I had new plugs >>> installed and went thru the entire ignition system and all ran perfect - >>> idle and at 3000 rpm per Tencent. Even...
• '72 bus IGN SW
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 08 Feb 1996 14:24:42 -0600
  HELP! I just got this 72 camper and the engine won't stay lit because when the ignition switch is released from starting, the...
• Re: Steering Locks
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jun 1996 00:10:43, -0500
  ...4 hrs from home- removed entire steering column, sawed off the ignition and lock, bypassed (+) current to coil and laid underneath to spin starter...
• plugged cat? due to bad coil?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 08:54:30 -0500 (EST)
  ...lost ignition coil last week and cranked till battery dead. is this enuf raw gas to destroy cat? been told cat has been clogged...
• Re: My Digifant Opinion
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 11:22:24 -0600
  ...The DigifantII is basicly the > same as the original Digifant, but with the incorporation of the CIS's > ignition control unit. This is used...
• Eurospec problems
  Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 08:36:39 -0700
  ...So I disconnected the wire from the fuel pump and turned the ignition on, and the engine did the same thing. It would run...
• Radio Wiring question
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Sat, 28 Oct 2000 07:26:02 -0400
  ...to the little gray/black wire that comes out of the ignition switch, so the radio will be on until I pull the key...
• Re: ignition buzz in speakers on 88 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 23:16:40 -0500
  ...Maybe its not an ignition buzz. If the radio is one of the newer models that require two ground and two speaker wires it...
• Ignition cutout on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 15:11:58 -0800
  ...While driving I've tried jiggling the ignition key thinking that would show any problems with the switch. It has no effects. Any ideas...
• Re: Advice-New Ignition Switch/Cig Lighter/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:45:50 -0600
  ...I noticed that the stereo was sometimes staying on and I had to jiggle the key, so I assume the ignition switch is going...
• Re: Help!! Funny Idle, Engine Stops
  Historical mailing list - Richard Brassaw
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:35:44 -0700
  Craig, When was the last time the ignition wires were changed? I'm not really a mechanic, but I do like a good mystery...
• Re: How Long Does it Take Your Van to Warm up? Cont.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:19:35 -0400
  What else besides the harness did you swap? The 84 and 87 have drastically different fuel injection and ignition components. The 84 system, is...
• Re: Starting circuits in '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 19:51:50 -0400
  ...Does my Westy (stick) have any kind of circuit breaker between >the ignition switch and the solenoid?? I don't get anything now, not...
• Re: No start electrical smell
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Thu, 8 May 2003 20:48:25 -0400
  Solved I put a new ignition switch in and Slowpoke started right up. In matter of fact it cranked and fired up much faster...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Zach White
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:23:22 +0000
  On Sep 13, 2004, at 05:16, cybor punk wrote: > I have tried to find if there is a wire coming off the ignition...
• Re: no headlights cept pulling back on turn signal stick - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 10 Aug 2006 07:36:59 -0700
  The ignition switch is dead. The bit that goes to the load reduction relay has packed it in. To fix it, involves removing the...
• Re: Ignition Coils
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:10:51 -0400
  ...the ignition wires, the coil > and the distributor caps are different for the early vs the late. > > So ... if you use an "Early" coil...
• ISCU - Trying to fix it
  Historical mailing list - Germain Gagnon
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 22:13:43 -0400
  ...When I turned on the ignition key (motor not running), SURPRISE the ISV was humming. I turned off the ignition key and put back...
• Re: Progressive rough running - until ignition reset
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:35:38 -0800
  ...Progressive rough running - until ignition reset > I had an '85 Jeep Wagoneer LTD that did this. Only in that case I had > to turn...
• Re: unusual problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 11:17:30 -0600
  ...That ignition switch circuit closes, providing power to actuate the main solenoid. When that baby, the main solenoid, closes, you have full cranking amps...