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• Re: Van Dies while in motion
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:27:03 -0500
  Tony, Sounds like the ignition switch as Jim has stated. Or it could be an alternator/battery issue or both. I would get a...
• Re: Ignition Switch Source & Tips
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:49:21 -0500
  ...Still have the problem. > > > > I thought I'd try an ignition switch next. What is a good brand, source, > > and are there any special...
• Elec Ig and low revs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 10:21:07 -0500 (CDT)
  I have a question about electronic ignition. I understand the benefit derived from these in terms of better spark throughout the rpm range. Better...
• Re: Using FM stereo for film soundtrack: tach effect
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 15:00:05 -0700
  How long is the cable between the 'puter and the input jacks? This may be your antenna, picking up the ignition noise. To confirm...
• Re: Installing an after market radio?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:49:56 -0400
  ...The old radio was not connected to the ignition switch in any > that I can see. You had to turn off the radio separately...
• Re: FS: Set locks w/ keys: ignition, all handles & rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 15:18:34 EST
  The Bus Depot set sounds like a fabulous deal if istill available. But I guess it isn't now. BenT
• Low beam HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Sat, 4 May 2002 13:47:28 -1000
  I replaced the ignition key system and turn signals, wasting money and time trying to figure out why my low beams won't work...
• Got worse, now doesn't run
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 15:01:50 -0700
  It was the ignition switch. Jiggling it while in the craking position and it runs. Thanks to those that responded. Kim Springer '89 Tristar...
• Re: Ignition Switch Source & Tips
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:59:27 -0600
  Are the autotransmission starters different than the manual? Could you have the wrong one?{ >>> Tom Salicos <Tom@SALICOS.COM> 12/19/2005 7:28...
• Re: how to make your locking gas cap accept the same key as your doors/ignition
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:41:53 -0500
  Don't forget that NOW the cap can be opened with a screwdriver as well!
• Current Draw?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 26 May 2007 17:25:10 -0700
  What should I expect to see in current draw on the main (starter) battery with nothing running BUT the ignition switch turned to on...
• Re: horn not working after replacing ignition switch?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:38:23 -0800
  ...horn not working after replacing ignition switch? I replaced the ignition swith in my '87 this summer (to attempt to fix a problem that...
• Re: 85 Westy radio connection
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:41:48 -0800
  ...On 10/31/06, joel walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > 85 West doesn't have accessory position on ignition. > > Does it hurt ignition etc...
• Re: '90 GL dying at idle
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:04:01 -0400
  ...Ignition switch going bad and large amount of keys is actually shutting the ignition off. 2. ECU is getting flakey. 3. Hall Sender in...
• Re: Cigarette lighter wiring
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:34:54 -0800
  ...Two other thoughts: - use ignition switch 15 to control a relay carrying B+ from a spare B+ connection in fuse panel? - if door buzzer...
• Re: Trouble coming my way? Starter delay
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:54:26 -0600
  ...The contacts in the ignition switch arc and deteriorate a little with every use. Connectors slowly corrode and their crimped attachment to the wires...
• Re: Paul's starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 5 Apr 1996 09:09:44 -0800 (PST)
  And Sean Bartnik thus wrote: > > Paul is now convinced that his non-start problem is due to the ignition > switch. Soooo, he wants advice...
• Re: Key/Lock issues
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:21:50 -0500
  ...Of the remaining three, all will open the doors and hatch and work the ignition switch. However, only the two with the black plastic...
• Re: need coil wire 85GL
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:30:15 -0800
  ...85 GL has electronic ignition and requires a resistor coil wire. > Only 83 and below standard point set ignitions require a solid core coil...
• Fridge Question - Maybe Aux. Batt. Related
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:47:57 -0600
  ...battery - he was telling me that it wasn't wired to function while the ignition is off (contrary to how it is suppose to...
• Re: Vanagon? Really?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:40:41 -0600
  ...As Gasoline engines go to direct injection and dual mode, (spark ignition to compression ignition) the Diesel advantages will disappear. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Electrical gremlins back
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:55:09 -0500
  ...stay on after the ignition is switched off. I thought I could live with > it but as I'm driving around this winter trying...
• Re: Strange Electrical Problem - '56 Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 22:55:36 -0600
  ...I can hear the "ping" of the starter >gear, but it doesn't turn over at all. > >Any ideas? I was thinking the ignition...
• Re: Ignition switch and gas tank questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 27 Feb 2004 09:13:47 -0800
  ...Ignition switch and gas tank questions > 1) My ignition switch some times does not work. I get lights hear fuel pump > ect... > If I...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:34:17 -0500
  ...A failed ignition switch is the > kind of think that can stop a nice trip dead in its' tracks! > > Dan did you replace it...
• Re: Engine quit
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:35:11 -0700
  ...Also the black wires at one post of the ignition coil, or the cluster of grounds at a screw below the ignition coil. Sometimes...
• Re: fog light fuse/high wattage overload
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 12 May 1998 16:20:23 -0400
  ...Your ignition switch and your connector cannot, sorry to say. One day your ignition key will simply fail to start the vehicle. Nevertheless, you...
• DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:36:40 -0500
  ...Bosch 0 237 022 054 ignition timing: 10 +/- 1 BTDC @ 800 RPM without vacuum (see note) ignition advance checks: 0 - 2 @ 1050 RPM w...
• Re: 1985 ignition lock cylinder install help
  Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:43:44 -0400
  ...1985 ignition lock cylinder install help Hi all, In need of assistance installing a new ignition lock cylinder in 85 1.9l vanagon. I...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:04:02 -0500
  ...This wire goes somewhere to an ignition component.You want to jumper the ignition terminal tobattery power.Thiswont crank the engine though. Next, you...
• Re: Random Instant Shutdown
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:50:48 -0600
  ...If this is your problem no >> amount of parts swapping in the engine compartment is going to fix >> it. >> >> From the ignition switch a...
• Re: 88 GL - manual tranny - fail to start
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 3 Jun 2014 18:25:48 -0500
  ...Came back out, key in the ignition, ignition on - check idiot > lights, listen for fuel pump to pressurize the fuel system, key to start...
• Re: Weird headlight problem
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 06:13:15 -0500
  ...I actually > think I had to turn the ignition switch off to reset the problem. > I tried tracing the electrical diagrams but didn't...
• Re: Under-Sink Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:46:21 -0700
  ...Yes, there are ignition sources in there. (I have a big ignition source from Propex under my rear seat, too, as it happens.) But...
• Re: F.I. and Pertronix Ignition?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:22:49 -0700
  ...points) then it is worth while to get a fancy ignition system. Another word of warning. Do not use a high energy coil on...
• Re: LPG diesels, anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:43:41 +1200
  ...But it may be that the compression-ignition point is inevitably too soon, causing loss of power and premature preignition damage. In diesels, of...
• connecting aux battery to radio
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:49:44 -0500
  ...The thing I don't understand is how the power to the radio is related to the ignition switch. The red wire at the...
• Temp Gauge High on Startup + Blinking Light
  Historical mailing list - Camins Bretts
  Tue, 3 May 2011 17:07:10 -0700
  ...Even if I: > Start the engine cold, or > Cycle the ECU by turning off the ignition and waiting, then wait with ignition on but...
• Re: Syncro water proofing
  Historical mailing list - james catterson
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 12:26:28 -0700
  ---Joe Wagner wrote: > > TO the LIst: > > Does anyone know if the Syncro had anything extra done to the ignition > to water proof it? I...
• Re: Rewiring parking lights to switch with ignition
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 9 May 2002 20:29:39 -0700
  ...Rewiring parking lights to switch with ignition > The reason they do this is some of the European countries require daytime > running lights and many...
• Vacuum line question again
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 12 May 2022 20:45:29 -0400
  Hi foks, If I want to change the vacuum lines on a 1.9 ignition set up what would I need? Hoping someone has...
• RE: Westy 3-Way Fridge Questions
  Historical mailing list - Jack Agnew
  Fri, 25 Nov 1994 09:28:21 -0800 (PST)
  What year has the flow meter on the fridge? My '86 only has a single green LED to indicate propane ignition and 12V operation...
• Re: HELP !!!!
  Historical mailing list - Malone, Michael
  Thu, 1 Apr 1999 16:09:57 -0800
  To All who read this My vanagon is up and running It was the ignition switch, And it has been fix I thank All...
• Re: Ignition Switch Mystery Continues...anybody out there????
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:50:23 -0700
  RE: Starting Problem I know this is basic, but the symptoms you describe could also be a low starter battery. Have you checked it?
• Re: Calif. Smog Fail and Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:12:38 -0400
  When VW designed the Waterboxer the went to great pains to make it NOx compliant and -pre-ignition resistant. The is why the concave...
• Was Electronic Ignition, Is Fuel Pump Power problem
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Mon, 23 May 2011 13:03:06 -0400
  ...I'm not sure if this is tied into the ignition changes, or if there is another problem in the circuit. I've yet...
• Re: Digitool Just in Time
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 22:38:14 -0500
  ...Sitting in the car waiting for my wife and playing with the ignition switch to kill time one day recently and found I could...
• Re: Friday: The Priius.....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:22:35 -0600
  ...There is no mechanical ignition lock, just the slot to insert the electronic "key" if one prefers to use that rather than the "keyless...
• Re: Rev Limiter
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Fri, 24 Nov 2000 09:29:30 -0800
  ...One of the things she had installed is an MSD 6A ignition. I played with the idea of installing this in the bus, but...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:02:09 -0700
  ...The fuel pump relay gets power from ignition coil terminal #15. So the ignition module is also responbible for the activation and deactivation of...
• Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 21:04:39 -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...
• Re: Schematic needed, starter issue, Old school stuff
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:53:29 -0500
  ...Take the wire from the 50 terminal of the ignition switch and hook to the 86 terminal of the relay. 85 terminal of the...
• Re: radio
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:36:33 -0800
  a handy thing to remember is for radios that like an accessory position on the ignition switch ..that vanagons don't have .. is get...
• Re: ?? Power for stereo in my '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joshua R. Poulson
  Mon, 18 Mar 96 12:59:20 -0800
  ...it's not switched with the ignition. The previous > radio was always enabled, and I tried to correct it. I don't have > the...
• Could hot starting problems be caused by a defective ignition swich?
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:39:23 -0500
  ...Could I have an ignition switch that is intermittent, and that is what is keeping the engine from starting when hot? How can I...
• Re: Octane mistake
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:34:38 -0700
  ...Some high compression engines need higher octane to prevent pre-ignition. The 2.1 wasserboxer could probably run on 40 octane. Higher octane gas...
• Re: CDIs
  Historical mailing list - Brian M. Miller
  Fri, 1 Mar 96 9:48:40 PST
  ...The capacitor of a CDI ignition discharges into the primary of the ignition coil. The secondary of the coil ignites the spark. The effective...
• Re: 1985 ignition lock cylinder install help
  Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
  Thu, 24 Aug 2017 07:36:07 -0400
  ...1985 ignition lock cylinder install help > > Hi all, > > In need of assistance installing a new ignition lock cylinder in 85 1.9l > vanagon. > > I...
• Re: Arrrgh!! No start, no fuel pump sound!!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:33:54 -0700
  ...Then I took time ot listent for the pump, before turning the ignition to "start" - no sound. Removed the little screw in the "T...
• Re: blinking coolant light/mech. in Santa Cruz, Ca
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 15:11:10 -0400
  ...Turn the ignition off between every test. 1) Check the level in the expansion tank, not just the fill tank. You have to open...