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• Is my auxillary barttery working correctly ?
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:37:50 -0700
  ...Is this correct? Second, I disconnected the batteries, or tried to, to replace the altenator today.I got sparks when I disconnected the neg...
• Re: No start, no spark
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:58:14 -0400
  ...A quick check under "the hood" revealed >> that I have no spark (pulled coil wire at dizzy to check...nothing). I do >> hear the...
• 1988 Vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list - Don
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 22:26:21 -0700
  You have spark at the plugs? Easy to check by pulling a HT lead, attaching it to a spare plug , grounding it and cranking...
• Re: spark, stumble, and misses...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 22:52:17 -0400
  ...Maher, Steve (SD-MS)) writes: >>You said that you saw the spark advance >>when you rev the engine but double check the weights inside...
• Re: oil changes
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Wed, 4 Mar 1998 01:17:49 EST
  ...The 'S' set of standards (SD, SE, SF...) have defined the standard for Spark (S for spark) ignition gasoline engines, while 'C' standards (CC...
• Re: Triple Electrode Spark Plug Available For 1.9L Motor
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 23:01:40 EST
  ...Triple Electrode Spark Plug Available For 1.9L Motor Since you guys with the 2.1L motor have the luxury of being able to...
• Re: The sad ending of a spark plug life
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:34:43 EST
  ...When you're totally fed up with fuel loading up your engine oil and oil blowing out the tailpipe you just switch a spark...
• Re: High resistance causing no spark?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:25:11 -0500
  ...but if your coil is good, you'll have direct drive spark, and a low ohm draw. Rather than doing a cheap repair, why...
• @!**&*%^$**#@$ % Computer!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:11:13 -0500
  ...It had a spark rattle under load. With the timing light strobe I could tell it was way advanced, so I reset it by...
• Re: No start after Temp II replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:20:24 -0500
  ...So I have tried swapping back the old > sensor with no effect. > > As for spark - I will be checking for it shortly - when I...
• Re: Dometic Piezo Electric
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:21:30 -0400
  ...It > has to be only a mm or so from the gas feed and even then the first > spark > has a little meat to...
• Re: Tune Up Poll
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Feb 2016 21:21:03 -0500
  ...com> wrote: > I would say that on a waterboxer engine, the spark plugs barely wear > *at > all* ~! > > Like 'maybe' the gaps will expand and...
• Re: good news, I think
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:22:20 -0800
  man I should hope people know NGK is a brand of spark plug ! those have been in very common use in non-american cars...
• "You got a bangin' van there, dude!" (loss of power/spark)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:04:11 -0800
  ...from her descriptions. : / It has a good strong spark from the coil lead, but no spark from the plug wires. I found a couple...
• Re: 73 1700 van timing questions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 May 94 08:37:41 ADT
  ...Get a timing light,, and get one with the inductance clip that just grips #1 spark wire, as fighting with Bosch wire sets and...
• Gas Milage problem(?)
  Historical mailing list
  11 Mar 96 21:49:00 +1800
  ...Also when the temps were cold it ran like it had a bad spark plug, but when warm it did not. Is this normal...
• Re: Tachometer question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 09:11:59 -0700
  ...I use a tachometer that has an inductive pickup you clamp around one spark-plug wire, like most timing lights use as well. These...
• putting gas into my diesel
  Historical mailing list - Steven Broomhead
  Wed, 13 May 1998 18:19:47 -0500
  ...I hooked up the distibutor and sparkplugs the best that I knew how (I worked only on the diesel vanagon, prior to that I...
• Re: Aren't all Vanagon spark plug wires the same?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 19:32:12 -0400
  ...Aren't all Vanagon spark plug wires the same? > I saw this on eBay.... > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem...
• Re: Won't Start - Advise needed
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 17:31:03 -0400
  sounds like you did a great job isolating the problem to fuel, rather than spark. a quick and dirty test is to crank using...
• Spark plug wire
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:05:59 -0500
  I am in need of a 7mm silicone tiger tail a5 plug lead. I have one of these on my 2.1L WBX because...
• Compression Test on Aircooled 1600
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 08:05:50 -0000
  ...1 - Should the engine be hot or cold when you test ? 2 - Should you keep the remaining spark plugs in or take them all...
• rear sliding window...Re: fun vanagons via ebay & google
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:50:44 EDT
  In a message dated 10/24/02 3:36:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dave@SPARKPLUG.COM writes: > Rear sliding window > > http://cgi.ebay...
• Re: Tach Signal
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 22:47:21 -0600
  Terminal #15 on the spark coil. On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 22:15:45 -0600 John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> writes: > Where does...
• Re: Flames!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Fri, 10 May 2002 09:14:49 -0400
  ...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: Fuel system...follow up
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 13 Jun 2004 04:40:21 -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...
• Gas heater fix (long)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 08:14:39 -0600
  ...Next we pulled the spark plug wire from the spark/glow plug and checked for spark by starting the heater. No spark! Testing the...
• 1986 ignition problem
  Historical mailing list - Brigstocke John
  Thu, 4 Mar 1999 21:28:58 -0500
  ...Checked the spark while cranking with a no-start condition. There is NO spark at the coil HV wire. 3. Checked the readings at...
• Broken down travelers need help ASAP
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 08:06:27 -0400
  ...Fuel pressure was fine but have no spark. Replaced coil with new Bosch one and installed a new rebuilt distributer. Still no spark out...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Woes
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:16:00 -0600
  ...hold gas button in and spark (does not normally light this time) > 6. pump 6 times > 7. hold gas button in and spark (lights...
• Re: compression test
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 19:24:26 -0500
  ...It's not as fancy as wet and dry readings with a gauge, but you don't run the risk of damaging the spark...
• Re: No Start after alternator failure and replacement..TESTING RELAYS
  Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 18:03:12 -0700
  ...type that > clamps over the spark plug wire) would at least let him know > he's getting > spark. > > On the models with the tach...
• Re: Fridge update
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 17:28:51 -0700
  ...Its not as insulated as the westy pizo wire and can spark to ground easier. Why not use regular spark plug wire which you...
• Re: AC Compressor to inflate tires, etc?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:28:34 -0800
  Way back when I was just a lad, my father used to carry one of those tire inflaters that screwed into the a spark...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:56:44 -0700
  ...We put a new set of spark plug cables and a new *out of > the box* Bosch ignition coil. (the old one is age...
• Re: leaking Head test....opinions needed
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:26:33 -0400
  ...One end screwed right into the spark plug hole and the other end fastened to the air hose line. I hit it with max...
• Re: Cause of the white corrosion deposit around a battery?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:01:02 -0500
  ...The baking soda is likely cheaper than a commercial sparkling water. DMc ---- Ry <rylincoln@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > And for cleaning off the corrosion I...
• Bouncy gas gauge in '71 Van??
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Sep 1994 09:02:11 EDT
  ...One guy told me that the wiper in the tank could cause a spark, blowing me to kingdom-come. Baaad, maaan. So, is this...
• Re: Stripped spark plug hole?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 19:07:55, -0500
  At 2:27 PM 6/7/96, thorsland@bigvax.alfred.edu wrote: >Is it possible to install a helicoil in a stripped spark plug...
• Wont start. need help
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 18:11:03 -0700
  ...Great spark. Both plugs wet. Checked rotor position. Right on TDC for 1 and 3 ( Or is it 4. Still not confident on cylinder...
• Re: [83 aircooled vanagon]
  Historical mailing list - t obrien
  Sun, 21 Nov 1999 17:56:36 PST
  ...Air Fuel Spark Compression Timing. You first have to figure out which one it doesn't have. The concensus on the list is ECU...
• Re: 1.9L bogging down on acceleration when hot..anyone ideas???
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 21:48:43 -0800
  ...First I cleaned the spark plugs, and it was running good. She complained again this week, so I checked the car again. This time...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:50:44 -0600
  ...No spark. John On 11/5/2013 1:04 PM, thewestyman wrote: > The fact that the system is pressurized does not mean that the...
• Wet Engine No Start Solved
  Historical mailing list - mark keller
  Sat, 18 Oct 1997 16:34:23 -0400
  Seems that the problemo was wet sparky plug wires. Too bad I had a can of CRC-556, Says it'll start wet engines...
• Re: AND THE WINNER IS [WAS: 85 GL No Spark/Start]
  Historical mailing list - John Andersen
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:47:48 -0700
  I had the same problem with mine and didn't feel like/ couldn't change it so I used silicone to isolate the wires...
• Re: NPR Reporter Wants to Dump Her Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:08:45 EST
  ...If the mechanic is saying "dunno" then they have gone through all the obvious routine stuff like spark plug wires. >> Ditto. Rich
• Re: 1995 Eurovan front seat question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 02:55:20 EDT
  In a message dated 6/17/02 5:28:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dave@SPARKPLUG.COM writes: > My neighbor got T-boned last...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:14:31 +0200
  ...multipoints are that they have lots of contactareas to > build the spark but the singelpoint has only one which makes the size of the...
• Bosch W7CC vs. W7CCO Spark Plugs - Which is best?
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:16:44 -0400
  Anyone know the difference between the W7CCO and W7CC plugs? The "O" costs me $3 per plug at my FLAPS. Thanks! --tabe johnson xtabe...
• Re: poor gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:07:54 -0500
  ...you dont have these pressures.Do you have a good hot spark? Fuel injector cleaner in the tank? Clutch slippping? Catalytic converter plugged? Does...
• Re: air cooled 2.0 1981 Cylinder head temp?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 6 Feb 2014 23:21:51 -0500
  ...Under the spark plug you are really getting the spark plug temperature. Where the location of the thermocouple ends up can have an effect...
• Re: 1.9 Compression?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:13:07 -0500
  ...Some squirt a little oil in each spark plug hole. I do not. I have always removed all the spark plugs first. These guys...
• Strange No Start
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:56:52 -0600
  ...I am getting spark when I ground the distributor end of the coil wirt. I am not getting spark when I pull a plug...
• Re: 86 westy overheating issue
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:25:07 -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: Crane XR700 ignition system question
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:33:35 -0800
  ...ve always said and I have always continued to run my spark plug gap(s) at .028". Hand one of these installed on a...
• Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:32:41 -0400
  ...The injectors fire every time a spark plug does. The fuel pump runs for a few second every time an injector fires. When the...
• Re: Loss of Power after carwash
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:18:27 -0600
  ...Miguel On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:08 AM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com> wrote: > Mystery solved.  Bad spark plug wires.  Running sweetly...
• Re: kombi on fire
  Historical mailing list - Scott Beckstead
  Wed, 4 Oct 1995 18:40:49 -0700 (PDT)
  On Wed, 4 Oct 1995, Aaron Sedgmen wrote: > Hello all Deletia Actually the coil spark is the most likely source of ignition. Since the...
• Re: Good AND inexpensive tire pump, where to find?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Nov 1996 22:44:15 EST
  ...It screws into a spark plug hole and has a fairly long hose that attaches to the valve stem. It works very quickly. I...
• Re: 3.6L Porsche hack job!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 01:49:04 EST
  In a message dated 11/13/02 12:01:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, dave@SPARKPLUG.COM writes: > Quite the hack job to get...