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• Re: Replacement AFM technology
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:01:45 -0700
  ...resistance or voltage output vs. air flow? For that matter, even a graph/table of resistance values/output voltage vs. sensor plate movement would...
• Auxillary battery installation follow-up (long)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 14:37:13 -0400
  ...http://www.optimabatteries.com Low voltage cutoff - Mobiletronix PC15A1VM. Web site: http://www.mobiletronix.com - make sure you specify the a shutoff voltage of...
• Coolant resistance thru coolant level probe
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:29:28 -0500
  ...When the voltage at the junction was half of the total voltage, I assumed that the adjustable resistor had a value matching the resistance...
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 10:09:24 -0800
  ...thinking of getting high >quality power wire, interconnects and fuses/fuseholders from a stereo shop >to minimize resistance and voltage drops. I may change...
• Digitool saves the day, again
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:55:24 -0800
  ...With the Digitool hooked up, I could see that the AM was reading higher than normal voltage at all rpms, telling the ECU that...
• Re: Weird idle problem continues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 18 Oct 2014 17:04:06 -0400
  ...Any high resistance in this path leaves a high voltage making the ECU and idle control unit think it is like 40 below. Yes...
• the 6->12 volt conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Sat, 07 Oct 1995 14:27:51 -0600
  ...This is because you aren't running the starter motor for very long, so the higher voltage doesn't cause it much of a...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:49:01 -0700
  ...have the spark plugs been looked at lately ? if they're dry, and there is high voltage ignition coming out of the coil, and...
• Re: aux headlights
  Historical mailing list - W Li
  Fri, 19 Dec 1997 17:41:37 -0800
  ...for safety and to minimize voltage drops, it is wiser to go up and use lower gauge (thicker) wire. You might be tempted to...
• Re: Coil boil
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:54:44 -0700
  ...Vanagon's are old school in many ways, modern ignition systems use high power coil packs, but they are subject to failure too! Stuart...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:03:52 -0700
  ...It is also is meant for a much higher current load than Fuse 6 since Fuse 5 is fuel pump fuse in models that...
• Re: AFM pathology (no legal or medical content)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 06:39:21 -0400
  ...The wiper >has two contacts, presumably for better reliability since they're both >measuring the same voltage. A voltage is put across the stick...
• Re: CSI: Vanagon...Smog results!
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:03:17 -0500
  ...The is the leakage or bias >voltage on the ECU amplifier input. A cold sensor is an open circuit so you >will see that...
• Re: Weird idle problem continues
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 19 Oct 2014 23:56:48 -0600
  ...Any high resistance in this path leaves a high voltage making the ECU and idle control unit think it is like 40 below. Yes...
• =?Windows-1252?Q?Re:______Won=B4t_start?=
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 15:46:27 -0500
  ...The coil voltage comes from the ignition key being on. If it is twitching install a spark plug on the coil secondary (high voltage...
• Left Lane Bandits and Carrying Spares
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 22:15:14 PDT
  ...I've think that multi-lane highways are easier to deal with if everyone stays right to drive and only uses the left lane...
• At what point do you need to worry about bad mileage?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:36:21 -0500
  ...City/Highway makes no difference. The engine was rebuilt properly; new heads, cylinders, rings, crank, bearings, gaskets, etc. In addition the O2 sensor, coil...
• Re: Can a 90A or 120A alternator be used for welding?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:09:01 -0400
  ...http://classicbroncos.com/homemade-welder.shtml I'm thinking I could possibly use some Piezo mechanism to get the high voltage initial spark or...
• Fw: Bye, Bye Next Digit of PI
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 23:42:27 -0500
  ...digit of Pi > > Ran my PC on some DC but the voltage was dry > > And good ol' boys were sending e-mail replies > > Saying...
• How to PROOF your Battery
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:19:44 -0700
  ...At idle check voltage at the battery terminals. Now turn on the high beams and the blower motor/s. If you have 13.5...
• just passed CA smog, but poor mileage
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 9 May 2003 08:48:12 -0700
  ...The crack will cause higher than normal o2 levels inside the exhaust generating increased voltage from the 02 sensor telling the ecu to send...
• Re: Weird idle problem continues
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 19 Oct 2014 08:59:06 -0400
  ...Any high resistance in this path > leaves a high voltage making the ECU and idle control unit think it is like > 40 below. Yes...
• Re: City Lights
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 17:05:05 -0500
  ...DRL's are typically high-beams of the vehicle, operated at 80% voltage. The purpose is to call attention to the vehicle during daylight...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:34:31 -0500
  ...the source of the current a battery draws as its voltage is higher than that of the other battery. And if the weak battery...
• Consistent cutout at 3k rpm
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:33:10 -0400
  ...My next tests will be to re-check voltage at the coil at high-rpm and then to put the points back in but...
• Re: Vanagon 12V Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:25:10 -0500
  ...Larger alternators will not charge batteries faster as the regulated voltage should be about the same. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: continuing almost overheating problem.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 12:56:08 -0600
  ...The voltage regulator at the back of the insturment cluster may also be causing your temp gauge to be off. It is easy to...
• Re: Charge Controller
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Wed, 7 May 2008 19:00:37 -0700
  ...PV solar panel power is at maximum at higher voltage > (about 17.5VDC) than batteries want to be charged at (about 14.7VDC max...
• Re: Power wiring/headlights
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:03:06 -0800
  ...This should improve the voltage available to them and thus the lighting. I think. If it works like this the lights should be brighter...
• Re: Weird idle problem continues
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:07:58 -1000
  ...Any high resistance in this path > leaves a high voltage making the ECU and idle control unit think it is like > 40 below. Yes...
• Re: 82 with hot start problem (long saga)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:10:48 -0800
  ...checked the voltage on the battery (12 something), >then tried to jump it with a charger pack (12 something, a little higher), >then jumped...
• Re: Engine stalling at high speed
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 16 Apr 2016 16:30:18 -0700
  ...Engine stalling at high speed All the vans with Digijet should have the old style 1 or 2 switch setup, depending on whether it...
• Re: HIDs on a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:40:28 -0500
  ...they need really high voltages and current to work. > > -- > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin, New Zealand > Fossil preparator > Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut > Temporarily in Calgary...
• Re: Blog Post: Rear USB Charger Install
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:45:41 -0500
  ...usb ports need 110v in order to operate (even though he voltage is being stepped way down) so if your're off the grid...
• Strange happenin's this mornin' :(
  Historical mailing list - PHIL MURPHY
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:01:43 -0800
  ...In order to make any progress, I had to keep it in lower gears, and rev much higher than normal. After a few minutes...
• Re: E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs?
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:48:33 -0800
  ...Traffic is nominally so bad that you can rarely use highs or you'd be constantly dropping them. 2. People here are raised on...
• Re: LED Tail Lights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 8 Nov 2012 12:29:51 -0800
  ...You might want an LED high-mounted 3rd BrakeLight ...ifyou want more and better brake lights. just google 'LED tail light bulbs' or something...
• high idle sometimes
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 11:27:11 -0600
  ...I was kind of hoping someone had encoutered this before and could give me a good place to start checking voltages, etc (after all...
• Re: What I'd like to see in a Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 18:59:55 EST
  ...No high voltage wire to remind you, just make sure you pull over and top off when the needle hits the middle. More often...
• SETTING THE SPECS ON A 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:21:27 -0500
  ...When it's cold it idles very low, when it's > warm it idles high, if I give the gas a quick kick the...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:21:37 -0500
  ...The voltage at the battery is reading just barely above 12V which tells me the alternator is not doing its job. The light does...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:58:18 -0700
  ...high > and the inner blue flame tip to heat the fluted or perforated area of the > sensor. You should see a DC voltage of...
• Re: O2 Sensor problem
  Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:42:19 -0500
  ...ecu is still >>> trying to go rich until it sees something. >>> >> >> High voltage signals rich and should drive the ECU lean. However I >> think...
• Re: Fuse Size: Aux battery to fuse block
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:45:49 +0000
  ...From experience it does look for a higher voltage and for some installations where alternator output drops at idle or during heavy loads such...
• Re: High beam indicator
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 21:56:24 -0400
  ...That means your typical red LED will pass about 40 milliamps with the engine running (less, actually, because of voltage drop between battery and...
• Re: How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 18:04:43 -0800
  ...What happens to the timing when a high 02, i.e. water in the fuel shows up? Does the interaction of the timing correction...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 23:04:33 -0500
  ...It really isn't, just as knowing the >>> expected output voltage range of a healthy voltage regulator isn't >>> proprietary. Oh, well, it was...
• charging aux battery: too much of a good thing?
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:03:46 -0400
  ...To get a lead acid battery to full charge you need voltage in the high thirteen to low fourteen volt range/ 13.6 won...
• Re: Riddle me this about Vanagon dash wiring gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 2 Jan 2016 14:32:17 +0000
  ...Over > time > the slide on connectors loose tier fit and with corrosion become fairly > high > resistance points. Added to this is the smaller size...
• Re: Help with sealed lead batteries
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:43:29 -0500
  ...The actual number is no doubt somewhat larger (for new batteries, of course) because the watt-hour rating takes the changing discharge voltage into...
• Re: Battery Problems- Slow Cranking
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 13 May 2010 18:54:13 -0400
  ...It is a 1.9 (3/4hp) used original starter now turning a higher compression 2.0L Ford Focus engine..... So it's fair...
• Re: replacing ignition switch fixes coolant warning light
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone Greene
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 20:14:32 -0400
  ...Apparently there was enough of a voltage drop in the > +12V coming out of the switch (the two black wires) that the coolant warning...
• Need speed limiting switch/OXS relay info, 1981 van
  Historical mailing list - STEVE KOCH
  Sat, 20 May 2000 18:04:37 -0700
  ...I KEEP TO THE RIGHT ON THE FREEWAY!! I have been running a test box monitoring the voltages associated with the double relay, but...
• Re: On the road again!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:42:30 -0500
  ...It should be a tantalum type with a value of 22 microfarads, and a voltage rating of 25 volts or higher. This type of...
• How to Select the Right Battery (long)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 17 Aug 97 22:32:12 CDT
  ...A high-minute rating indicates high reserve capacity. To convert 75-amp reserve capacity to a roughly equivalent AH rating, multiply the minutes by...
• Re: Delay on charge/o2sensor indicators after starting..?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 2 Jan 2017 05:48:40 -0600
  ...I had never connected it with too high of an output from the alternator. Thanks for the enlightenment. Midwesty On 1/1/2017 10...
• AFM failure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 16 Apr 2020 09:28:06 -0700
  ...It only dropped the high rpm voltage by a little. Then I tightened up the AFM clock spring by one notch. That did it...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:43:34 -0400
  ...that the >bias voltage at the ECU input did not change -- right? Pin 5 (O2 sensor >signal) is just a high-impedance input, yes...
• O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 11:52:07 CST6CDT
  ...A properly adjusted air mixture will give alternating high/low voltages on either side of about 500mv when the O2 wire is hooked into...
• Re: Wire size question.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:55:57 -0500
  "Skin effect" only matters at high frequencies or high voltages, neither of which exist on Vanagons and 8 gauge should be fine. The last...