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• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:53:06 -0500
  On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, David Beierl wrote: > Actually, it's when they open (in a conventional points-type system). And the condensor absorbs...
• Trip report - NJ->Canada
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Oct 1995 15:07:42 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Got out the tools again, and regapped the points and reset the timing. The points didn't seem quite right, and the distributor didn...
• Re: questions about automatics
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:07:00 -0400
  ...This one also has 3 shift points marked even > though it is only a 3 speed and only shifts twice. The points are: one...
• Joel- Change them stats!
  Historical mailing list - Robert J Schreiner
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 09:04:12 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Good points- 45,000 km, mint blade bumpers, euro tailights. Bad points- 18" of tin riveted the WHOLE way around the bottom of the...
• Re: Whining Fuel Pump - HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 18:09:38 PDT
  >You mentioned putting in new points, but the '81 Vanagon doesn't have any. It uses a Hall effect sensor to control the electronic...
• Re: no spark - Solved
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:16:56 -0400
  then i bet the original points were not at fault. On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:37:09 -0700, chris <vanagon@FRONTLEFTSPEAKERPOSSE.COM> wrote...
• Re: Engine Interrupted. Any Ideas, Please?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Sloan
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:11:10 -0800
  ...if it has points ignition instead of pure electronic ... look into the points and the distrubutor itself carefully. I had one...customer's van...
• Re: All the wires are brown!
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:59:13 -0700
  ...10 Bonus Points!!!! > > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > Bend, Ore. > > On 08/24/2012 05:09 PM, Roger Whittaker wrote...
• Re: Speedo Question (Not the beach type)
  Historical mailing list - Lastfogel, Darren
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:03:41 -0400
  ...shift points but I found nothing in the owners > manual to prove this. > As far as I know, not shift points, redline points for...
• changing shift points
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:18:40 -0400
  A while back i read an article on changing the shift points on my 84 automatic. It was a great article on the procedure...
• no spark (after timing/dwell checked?)
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:59:53 -0700
  ...cranked engine until points were open, then checked negative coil to ground, still 12V when points are open. Does this mean the distributor is...
• Re: Engine Interrupted. Any Ideas, Please?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:26:01 -0700
  ...if it has points ignition instead of pure electronic ... look into the points and the distrubutor itself carefully. I had one...customer's van...
• Re: Troubleshooting Opinions Wanted (was: WTB or borrow ECU)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 13:31:00 -0700
  ...When the points open, the return path for the secondary is through the condenser to ground. Without the condenser, the spark would have to...
• Re: Coil Draining Battery?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Sun, 17 Dec 1995 05:04:20 -0600 (MDT)
  ...This is normal with points. Current flow will cause metal migration over time. File the points flat or put new ones in when you...
• FW: cranks over, but it will not even sputter
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:35:48 -0400
  ...I even went out > and got a dwell meter so I could set the points right. Now, no matter what > I set the points...
• Re: 80 Vangon mystery part?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 10:13:52 -0700
  ...its been such a long time since I have seen points on a distributor, can some one refresh me? I seem to remember that...
• Re: grease points
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Oct 1996 08:34:16 -0800
  > ><< > Howdy, Could someone point me to the page(s) in the Bentley which illustrate > the lube points for a late model vanagon. > >most everything...
• Re: engine swaps... Transporter the name
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 21:27:22 +1300
  ...A Kombi would have seat mounting points. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh...
• Re: Removing engine, WAS; How high do I lift the wee beastie?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:52:29 -0500
  At 11:13 AM 11/21/2010 -0800, neil n wrote: >I used a chain, hooked to stock, uh, connection points on engine using...
• Lube Points on New Front Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 09:04:46 -0700
  ...pads, but began to think it may be for lubing certain points on front caliper/pads/hardware. So on with the search. Found this...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:08:15 -0400
  ...Basic ignition coil operation even back to points. Points closed or ECU conducting, coil is charging, magnetic field builds. Points open or ECU opens...
• Re: Trailor hitch for '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 21:50:08 -0600
  My '83 came witha factory hitch that bolted onto the frame in 4 points then onto the bumper in 2 points for a total...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:35:44 -0800
  ...Injection times can be determined between these fixed points for a total of 65,000 theoretical different opening points...."   ..."Fuel Injectors Digifant fuel injectors...
• FS: 1966 Type 221 MicroBus
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Sat, 16 Sep 1995 19:10:14 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I will start off with the weak points, you will quickly see that the good do indeed outweigh the weak points. Weak points: Needs...
• Re: Hard to start '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Jan 1995 17:58:43 -0600 (CST)
  ...Alice, try checking your points under the distributor cap, either with a feeler gauge or with a tach-dwell meter. The screw that hold...
• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 10 May 2011 08:16:35 -0400
  Nope, not me! On 5/9/2011 10:19 PM, Alistair Bell wrote: > add weight to the gizmo that controls shift points? A listmember...
• Anyone have experience with selling / buying a van on eBay motors?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 31 May 2001 20:39:17 -0700
  ...What were the good points and bad points for you? David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J...
• Re: seating conversion question...
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 21:51:53 -0500
  >What would it take to convert a '90 GL to a Carat seating style, with >the removable jump-seats? >Are the mount points for...
• Floor Jack-jacking points for the front end
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Fri, 10 May 2002 08:34:38 -0700
  I Checked the Archives but only found rear points. Im bleeding again. Ive been jacking the front end, right at the sub frame where...
• Re: no spark - Solved
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:47:49 -0700
  Good! Points have "burned" me many times as well.....now, it's one of the first things I replace. Yup, pertronix is looking better...
• Re: 81 Aircooled - Replacing Condenser
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Thu, 23 Jul 2020 17:13:33 -0400
  ...The points are not only responsible for spark. The controller, > ECU, whatever you want to call it uses the points signal to fire the...
• Re: Another coil fire
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 23:11:47 -0700
  ...Another coil fire > No points in the waterboxers... > > :) > d > > At 00:19 10/17/2000, ron wrote: > >If the points are in the closed...
• Intermittant Start problem...
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Harris
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 21:52:37 -0800
  ...Can it be the points causing this erratic problem? Something else? I figure if it was the points it would be more consistant. However...
• Re: 80 Vangon Mystery Part
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:38:03 -0500
  ...The Bentley has a great troubleshooting guide for those of Only good thing about points system is that when it breaks you *might* cobble...
• Re: [T2] Electronic ignition opposed to points & condenser
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:38:59 -0500
  ...Thu, 21 Mar 2002 15:26:47 +0000 >From: "Mike Sims" <bhikku44@hotmail.com> >Subject: [T2] Electronic ignition opposed to points & condenser >To: type2...
• Re: Question About ECU Programing
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 31 Oct 2003 08:31:39 -0600
  ...the program in the ecu takes the injector timing from a total of 256 operational data points. and based on those data points, the...
• Re: The details of Motronic (long but no cigar)
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 16:12:19 -0700
  The time the points are closed is the dwell time allowing the current through the primary to create magnetic field saturation in the windings...
• Re: esoteric question about 1.9 distributor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:01:12 -0700
  Pertronix will likely have "electronic points" to replace the old points and condenser, but you still need the vacuum advance to work. I have...
• sticky accelerator cable woes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Fife
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 20:18:48 -0700
  ...I lubed the hinge points un the little box under the spare tire, but it still sticks. Has anyone replaced an accelerator cable on...
• Re: Starts strong Now No Start HMMM
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 21 Apr 2014 09:38:53 -0700
  ...Were the points set securely? IF there is now no spark to plugs, and compression is lower than normal, would this cause what you...
• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 9 May 2011 19:44:21 -0700
  ...SHAW.CA> wrote: > add weight to the gizmo that controls shift points? A listmember did > this, was it Greg Potts? > > alistair > > > On 9-May...
• Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Tony Smith
  Sun, 14 Dec 1997 14:45:49 -0000
  ...The big thing I found was that the bumper end attachment points are very weak (Part of the sheet metal). If I was to...
• Pertronix question
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 18:10:15 -0500
  ...Switched out the points to a used set of pertronix that I had in an 009. (this was the dizzy that came with my...
• Re: Your Van might just need a flush....was Van runs hot in traffic jams
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 08:13:29 -0800
  ...used? extra bonus points to those who can guess what is often done with the recovered de-icing fluids, no points to those who...
• Re: Engine Interrupted. Any Ideas, Please?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:42:17 -0700
  ...Even I can > recognize a distributor if its there. > I will keep your coil/points/distributer ideas in mind when I see the new...
• He will be a Vanagon owner in 15 years...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 2 May 2003 13:10:08 EDT
  ...He runs to the back, points to the hatch. I open it and he points to the bed, I lift it and he emphatically...
• Re: Anyone Tried the Pulstar Spark Plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:11:27 -0800
  ...On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 19:57 -0800, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: [snip] > I have converted numerous cars from points ignition to electronic...
• Re: Newer model Wolfsburg interior into an '84?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:35:57 EST
  I am pretty positive that the mounting points for the Wolfsburg rear seat and your stock '84 rear bench are different. You would have...
• Re: Door buzzer - how do I kill it?
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 22:25:07 -0700
  .357 magnum hallow points (with a smile) Jere 90 GL 88 GL
• Re: All the wires are brown!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:09:36 -0700
  ...Details of the vehicle >> in the sig, below. > > Temp gauge. > > >> ** EXTRA bonus points: Which personal care product used "99-44/100% >> pure" in their...
• Points s*ck: was 80 Vangon Mystery Part
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 15:00:10 -0500
  ...I'd love to have back all of the hours I spent futzing with points. I love out "ignitor" ignition thing, and I love...
• Re: Bay window & Vanagon jack points?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:02:04 -0400
  > Will a jack that fits a bay window's jack points pretty > much fit those of a Vanagon, and vicey-versy? The later Vanagons...
• Re: Ignition screw ups
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:59:08 -0800
  so your engine works better with known working points dist. but still runs like crap? Are the high tension leads in the correct places...
• Re: Mice entrance points to seal HELP! - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 09:06:01 -0700
  ...Other entry points seem to be doors & windows, even if left open for just a few seconds. Once they get in the right side...
• 73 Kombi rotted jack points
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 May 95 12:51:39 BST
  ...I plan to get hold of replacement jack points and weld them on.... Should there be other things taken into consideration ie more welding...
• Re: Bug tune up - No vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 02:03:30 +0100
  ...Just clean it off. > > > Points? Are there points to replace? Should she carry a spare set? I > am clueless here. Yes, there are points...
• Re: Duh! What gear we in?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:51:19 -0500
  Sure I always need brownie points ............... I just never found a place to spend them. OH! You meant Richard with his wife ............. I know...
• spark plugs N peanuts
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:50:02 -0400
  ...Now about the points. Somewhere along the line I remember reading about device called a peanut which replaces your points, never needs adjusting an...
• Re: RoadHaus - Wireless Internet Report
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:23:43 -0500
  ...There's wireless access points that are deliberately open to all. That's both legal and morally okay. Then there are access points that...
• Re: electronic ignition in '71/1600?
  Historical mailing list - R.D. Robertson
  Thu, 18 Apr 1996 16:34:52 -0500
  ...Compu-Fire makes a similar points replacement module, as well as a distributor-less electronic ignition for somewhere around $200, I think. RDR