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• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 13:43:57 -0800
  ...Thing of dwell back in the ignition points >> days. >> There we used the angle to set the points. The longer the dwell, the >> better...
• Re: vacuum and the fuel pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:24:16 -0500
  Pretty close, It actually regulates engine fuel mixture working along with injector dwell. The fuel pressure regulator governs the amount of fuel "returned to...
• 81 Vanagon Type 4 Motor Timing
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Wed, 8 Apr 2020 09:36:58 -0400
  ...Put the points gap at 18 thou which gave me a dwell of 46 deg. This moved the dizzy away from the cold start...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 19:25:18 -0600
  ...Thing of dwell back in the ignition points >>> days. >>> There we used the angle to set the points. The longer the dwell, the >>> better...
• VC: Late Friday Entry
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:00:43 -0700
  ...As a now apartment dweller, it's just not practical, or humane, for me to play orchestral excerpts or "water boarding" type brass playing...
• Re: Oil in Coolant Morphed to "Power at Altitude"
  Historical mailing list - David Hardy
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:36:37 -0700
  ...Do we dwellers-at-altitude still need to advance the ignition timing of our wasserboxers with the "1 degree per 1000ft above 4000ft" rule...
• Timing Light
  Historical mailing list - Trenholme, Phil
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:07:59 -0700
  ...Most people I know have been buying Digital Meters as they have all the features of the Sears Unit, but also have Tachometer, Dwell...
• Re: Engine Conversions-Engine Work-Vanagons-Apartment Dwellers
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Tue, 29 May 2012 09:54:47 -0400
  ...So, how about it you Vanagon owning apartment dwellers, how do you do it? > > > > > Jeff Stewart >
• Re: General Question On Battery Venting
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:51:27 -0700
  ...One is for a > vehicle and the other is for a dwelling or living space. Passenger Vanagons > do not seal the battery compartment. Flip...
• Re: Ignition Timing - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:19:10 -0500
  Jay, I do mine with a cheapo Craftsman Tach/Dwell meter and timing gun. What I do is warm the engine to normal operating...
• looking for engine/tools
  Historical mailing list - Jacob Shaun Dustin
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 11:30:19 MST
  ...Myself, I'm looking for a Tach/dwell meter, a timing light, and a CDI ignition. If anyone has any good leads, they would...
• Re: What Are YOU Doing This Saturday? (F)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 10 May 2002 21:01:11 -0600
  ...to the realm where the deranged souls of many Vanagon owners dwell." For real adults, they can use personal constraint and impulse control for...
• Re: "Stealth" mishaps: WAS Are pop-up tops really necessary??
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:01:23 -0800
  ...Perhaps there is an area for "ground camping" where you could kick those spoiled "tent dwellers" outa there! What if you had one of...
• Re: VW-TIMING ON A '71 BUS
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 6 Jan 95 14:45:22 PST
  ...lines attached at 850 RPM and around 48 > degrees of dwell (gas is always Shell Super Unleaded). > If you are setting the timing at...
• 81 Westy Break/Engine qusetion
  Historical mailing list - Mike Lawrence
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:15:18 -0800
  ...Tuned to 7.5 BTDC at 800 RPM with 48 dwell. On my test run I noticed that when I press the break pedal...
• Re: The Tappet Brothers
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:01:56 -0700
  ...com website: > > Please! If you have contact information for future van dweller Tara, > make her aware of the resources available on the 'net. > Mechanics...
• Re:Diesels, Defrosters, and Glacier Dwellers
  Historical mailing list - david (d.) o'heare
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 13:25:00 -0400
  Somebody once wrote: >>Suprisingly, A/C also helps to defrost windshields quicker in the >>wintertime. Set it to pull air from inside the car...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 15:31:06 -0600
  ...Thing of dwell back in the ignition points days. > There we used the angle to set the points. The longer the dwell, the better...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:13:03 -0500
  ...Thing of dwell back in the ignition points >> days. >> There we used the angle to set the points. The longer the dwell, the >> better...
• Need to store my vanagon in Maine
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Thu, 2 Jan 2003 19:56:51 -0500
  ...Unfortunately, being a city dweller, I have no place to put it. Parking lots here are getting $60 to $90 a month, more than...
• Re: instrument cluster plastic repair
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:20:00 -0500
  ...I haven't gotten around to checking the tach against a dwell meter yet, there's an adjustment port at the back. Oh yeah...
• hOW DO i FIND THE BEST WAY TO TIME MY 83 1/2 WATERBOXER???
  Historical mailing list - Chuck
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:32:26 -0400
  ...What do you think???? My timing tools are a strobe with advance dial and a dwell meter. Greg Clever. [text/html]
• Re: 82 aircooled power
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:11:15 -0400
  ...I recently did a tune-up (with the able guidance of my brother, Tony) including plugs, points, rotor, cap and set dwell/timimg per...
• Exhaust Gas Analyzers
  Historical mailing list - yahi
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 01:02:36 -0800
  ...site. The more expensive one can perform other tests i.e. dwell, injectors, alternators, etc. While not inexpensive, but compared to some Digifant components...
• Re: ...bozos eh
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 25 May 2001 21:18:48 -0500
  ...grumpy expatriot dwellers of each town decided to move halfway in between and start their own town!! and their choice of name was .... Gu...
• static timing help!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wies
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 21:55:38 EDT
  ...Start engine, idles immediately, dwell at 50, idle adjusted to 925. All is well. Or so I thought.... So I turn it off and...
• 2.1L Cylinder barrel rebore
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 19:58:20 -0600
  ...Like slight changes in dwell, or increasing CR to 10.1 by increasing cylinder bore by 1 mm.. Nothing wild mind you, just tweaks...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:16:46 -0700
  ...that used to mean a tach/dwell meter I believe. you don't need a dwell meter with electronic ignition of course. as for...
• 81 Vanagon Type 4 Motor Timing
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Mon, 23 Mar 2020 17:47:07 -0400
  I bought an air-cooled vanagon last year and decided to take a look at the points/dwell/timing situation while it was laid...
• Abject Apologies/last send
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 May 1996 11:46:17 -0700
  ...The screwed post was a procedure for using your vom and dwell meter on various sensors etc. in testing out and "tuning" your FI...
• Re: Ignition Timing - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:29:05 -0400
  ...I have a good Actron timing gun and a >multi-meter with tach/dwell. Is there any way to correctly check and adjust >the...
• Re: Truck stop showers...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Feb 2016 11:31:54 -0500
  ...So today I documented one in order to help show they're a great option for us van dwellers while traveling. http://texasvanagons.com...
• Re: Overheating and MPG?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jun 1996 11:39:01, -0500
  ...Your milage sounds low- we get about 20 on open roads-is your compression ok (over 100)? I'd check dwell (points), then timing...
• Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 18:40:36 -0400
  And then do the rest of us surface-dwellers a favor and spend the $100 on a new catalytic converter. Developing business and guiding...
• Re: Air Cooled Vanagon Won't Start in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Mark Sheflo
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 11:33:34 -0800
  ...plugs, cap/rotor/wires, timing, dwell, fuel pressure, valve adjustment, and compression. If all those check out (which I virtually guarantee, one of these...
• no spark (after timing/dwell checked?)
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:25:51 -0700
  ...Got back, checked the dwell/timing. When I checked the timing, I connected the POS for my timing light to the POS side of...
• Re: Vanagon Happening on Iceland in 2002?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Fri, 1 Dec 2000 13:19:50 -0500
  ...And if you're > anti-vanagon, you've got a problem. > Bunch of communistic totalitarian sympathizing frozen bearded > codfish-eating yellow snow dwellers can...
• Re: Newbie >>>> Intro .. sorry ... LONG
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:19:08 -0400
  ...For me, NO change in dwell or timing in 20,000 kms. Also try Darrell's digitool at http://216.92.120.77/vw...
• Re: Engine Conversions-Engine Work-Vanagons-Apartment Dwellers
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Tue, 29 May 2012 13:34:27 -0700
  ...So, how about it you Vanagon owning apartment dwellers, how do you do it? > > > > > Jeff Stewart > . >
• Re: Bosch injector
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:18:02 -0500
  ...Bosch injector How do they fire? Pulses per ignition discharge? is it a dwell? This is the question going around the office.
• Lima Bean rolls under its own power (78) long
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Mar 1996 18:45:21 PST
  ...I think, wow must be timing or something so I drag out my dwell meter and crank it over- pow -bark - pop -pop I...
• Re: Non-stock ignition coils/plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:09:36 -0500
  ...These systems vary the dwell depending on engine speed to maintain a hot spark at high RPMs. Standard coils use a fixed dwell and...
• Re: I win!!! the worse ever "westy part" picture...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:32:46 -0800
  ...not it would be worth it for y'all northern glacier dwellers to ceramic coat (or whatever) your engines to keep 'em from getting...
• Runs great, then dies(80 Air cooled Westy)
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 11:04:24 -0700
  ...Timing set to 7.5, Idle 850, Dwell 45(new points and rebuilt dist)engine has 80 miles on it (new engine)(did it...
• Re: Adjusting the idle on '82 AC Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:08:01 -0700
  ...Without getting into the details you plug in the dwell meter and hope that you are at the recommended 47 +-3 degrees (if I...
• engine cleaning do's and don'ts?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:16:08 -0400
  ...city dweller, no driveway, no access to curbside running water. If I go to a coin-op wash, I figure I'll be disconnecting...
• Carb problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 20 May 2003 14:55:20 -0700
  ...After chasing the timing and dwell and plugs and plug wires, the problem was ............... The gasket that is between the intake manifold and the...
• Re: Stud vs bolt / Merits of Macho Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 22:14:11 EST
  ...I guess a Vanagon is like a motorcycle in that if you dwell on the possibilities too much, you will talk yourself out of...
• Re: Got wasps, yellow jackets, etc.?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 11:51:09 -0400
  At 11:34 AM 7/8/2012, Zeitgeist wrote: >I'm not sure about other areas, but ground-dwelling yellow jackets around >here are...
• Flat Spot Fixed
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Dec 95 13:53:58 EST
  ...with the carb and timing adjusted he checked the points on a whim and then the dwell. don't think these had anything to...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 22:50:58 -0600
  ...Vertical shaft movement can cause point dwell to change because the cams are traveling both in rotation and a vertical jump at various times...
• Re: Craftsperson Tools
  Historical mailing list - Tim Burnett
  Fri, 3 Feb 1995 17:03:27 -0800 (PST)
  ...timing light, tach-dwell, compression gauge. These are not, though, covered by their lifetime guarantee. Cheers, Tim [Tim Burnett - Bellingham, Washington - <n9435600@henson.cc...
• Re: What Are YOU Doing This Saturday? (F)
  Historical mailing list - il cikaspers
  Fri, 10 May 2002 20:26:19 -0700
  ...to the realm where the deranged souls of many Vanagon owners dwell. >The relief granted on Frydaye is the only way these poor souls...
• '81 Has 13 MPG--last mo. 18 MPG???
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 21:15:20 -0500
  ...I have perfect timing and dwell, Idle RPM increased to 1100 when mileage went down in 1/03. I adjusted idle to specs---875...
• Re: '79 FI Transporter - High Idle Speed
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 May 1996 00:48:25 -0400
  ...The dwell is a constant 59 degrees. The timing is set at 7.5 >degrees BTDC at 900 RPM. (I managed to get the...
• At what point are you addicted?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Sep 96 22:31:25 EDT
  ...1.8L? Gas leaks? changing cv joints? dropping valve seats? timing? dwell? ohmygodithinkineedavwfixnow! will rumba the '74 Retrowestie get along with the newer FI...
• Re: Timing vanagon without timing scale, only insturment ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:09:47 -0700
  ...electronic or points distributor ? if the points version............( not recommended ) , the points and dwell have to be adjusted correctly first of course. And the...
• Re:was Diesels now Ice Age Glacier Dwellers
  Historical mailing list - Bob Polys
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 10:51:27 -0500
  At 11:02 PM 9/13/95 CDT, you wrote: >On Wed, 13 Sep 1995 SSGSPEAR@aol.com wrote: > >> Up here in Minnesota A...
• Re: Ignition problem now worse
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:01:39 -0800
  ...you can't trust new parts) I don't have a dwell meter but if points are gapped .016, that should be okay shouldn...
• Re: air cooled ignition distributor questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:07:09 -0400
  ...I use a dwell meter to set the point gap and frequently If the play in the shaft isn't too bad, my uneducated...