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• Re: Battery Drain
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:01:54 -0500
  ...amps and be a bit more accurate than looking for sparks - though the sparks method will work. As was suggested, if the devices are...
• Re: spark plugs: 8 plugs in a 4-banger!
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 17:03:47 -0400
  ...So is > that then 8 sparks at a time?! Out of control > Cheers! > Matthew > > Matthew Pollard http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 > Dept. of Chemistry...
• Re: '89 Vanagon won't idle when cold AND wet
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 17:58:15 -0600
  ...Spray a fine mist of water and watch for sparks. If you see them jumping along the wires, get Bosch replacements. The surface of...
• Lug nuts off!
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 14:05:15 -0400
  ...Those things were on tight!!! I waited far enough away as I watched the sparks from that little saw flying all over the place...
• Re: It's cold out there (Even in Florida)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 15:37:17 -0500
  ...I set up the machines for the show with a thirty foot open loading door a hundred feet away, drawing sparks off everything I...
• "Not (with) My Hai ku"
  Historical mailing list - John C.
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:49:15 EDT
  ...No, Never" Dyeing fire glowing ember, A gust of wind blows Sparks... against the Van Slowly, pen, slips out of hand She has to...
• Re: multiple questions
  Historical mailing list - Dann-o
  Tue, 29 Nov 1994 10:34:16 -0600 (CST)
  ...thing is, but it's in my 82 diesel and it sparks > if you accidently stick the key in it. > Stuart > I don t...
• Re: Strange no-start problem
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:54:44 -0500
  ...Check for sparks: remove one plug, plug it back to it's wire, put plug on engine (good contact with metal), don't touch...
• checking propane leaks
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 1 Jul 2017 13:34:18 -0700
  ...Correct, or not? One concern to me, if push safety/start switch, sparks from igniter, though inside burner box. Problem while observing for leaks...
• Re: auxiliary battery power to cab?
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Mon, 9 May 2011 01:52:10 -0400
  ...the wire worked its way out and grounded against something it could make for some sparks and a much bigger pain in the butt..
• Onne for the road - No vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ed Goodrow
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 23:16:58 EST
  ...Tonight I heard the booming, could tell the speed was way to fast and prepared for the fire of sparks. And I was not...
• Re: Power window smoking
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 21 May 1999 20:07:25 -0400
  ...It even sparks when I try press the switch to roll the window up or down. It seems to me something is shorting<<<SNIP...
• Which battery terminal off first?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 16 May 2017 14:09:05 -0400
  ...I know doing this the right way helped me avoid sparks when working on my house battery in tight spaces. Can someone confirm I...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 14:35:01 -0500
  >Further, since you set timing based on plug #1 only, having different >gaps in each cylinder can also cause problems.>> So can this incorrect...
• Re: Voc-Tech was Re: New evaporator?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Mar 2011 16:38:22 -0500
  ...tongue of red fire (my imagination is probably supplying the dripping sparks). None of the manuals I'd read* on how to light off...
• Re: engine/starter problem, advice sought:)
  Historical mailing list - Terry Erb
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 14:18:14 -0700
  ...got a shower of sparks and > think i heard the motor in the starter spin (the sparks scared me). > IS THE SHOWER OF SPARKS...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:10:21 -0700
  "spark plug" tools have a "T" shaped appendage that can leverage the electrode to widen or diminish the gap, and almost always have a...
• Re: 73 kombi backfiring
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 07:36:40 -0500
  ...Sometimes you can actually see flames/sparks from the place where it's leaking. Pat Walsh, '71 Westy, walshp@ippdsgi3.nawc-ad-indy.navy...
• Re: '84 battery dies
  Historical mailing list - Stephen White (aka Thoreau)
  Wed, 30 Apr 1997 09:50:57 -0500 (CDT)
  ...i reversed the poles on the battery in my 80 vanagon. sparks flew and i burned up the alternator to starter wire. the fallout...
• Re: Hall Sender question
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 4 May 2007 16:10:32 -0400
  ...on a grounded surface and >it will produce a series of sparks from the coil by simulating the hall >effect. > >If this works you...
• Re: Canadians go buggy. film at eleven.
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 23:03:11 -0500
  > I dunno 'bout this French-Canadian "Sparks from Hell" story. > I think there has been a mixup in translat'in, somehow, from Spanish to...
• Dometic problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:15:49 -0800
  ...Sometimes it sparks once and is started. Sometimes it will go out quickly. Sometimes it will work for hours, then quit. Sometimes it won...
• Re: Starting problems when weather is damp?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 11:25:49 -0600
  ...Try running the engine in the dark so that you can see the sparks and mist it with water from a spray bottle. Larry...
• Re: AFM issues
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 18:01:09 -0400
  ...Be careful using it near the altenator , sparkplugs, and distributor, as there are sparks present in these areas.
• Re: 71 no start
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Wed, 28 Jun 1995 18:28:16 -0600 (MDT)
  ...You state that #1 sparks so I assume that you pulled the cable off and grounded it just to be sure. Is the spark...
• Re: Blown fuse
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:47:00 -0600
  ...try to replace the fuse with another 8 amp fuse it sparks and blows right away. So obvioulsy I've got a short or...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:38:44 -0500
  I'm sure I don't know the fine points of spark gap, but I do have a little experience. In my college days...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:52:54 -0500
  At 12:46 PM 2/15/2003, G.M.Bulley wrote: >A lightening bolt can jump several MILES in a hundredth of a second...
• Re: Blown fuse
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:26:09 -0700
  ...try to replace the fuse with another 8 amp fuse it sparks and blows right away. So obvioulsy I've got a short or...
• Help!! Ignition problem!
  Historical mailing list - J McCavitt
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 15:12:31 -0700
  ...When key is turned to "on", but not cranking, fuel pump runs for a second, then I can hear sparks jumping inside the distributor...
• Re: pre-tour trip
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 11:12:44 PST
  ...have to have wheels, but there's gonna be alot of sparks flyin' ;P > David - We'll find out from Steve if we he...
• Re: Fuel pressure & injectors
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 19:34:14 -0500
  ...wire in the coil, but pull its other end out of the distributor and connect it securely to ground to prevent sparks. Larry A.
• Re: Cut you sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:03:46 -0500
  Multiple electrode spark plugs do not create multiple sparks. The extra electrodes are there just in case the other ones fail. So in this...
• WTB 15" South Africa rims
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 9 Dec 2005 11:55:16 -0600
  ...I imagine there are many sparks visible when I drive! but it woulld still be nice to be able to stop and steer. Someone...
• Re: New Seats and carpet kit
  Historical mailing list - J B
  Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:27:10 -0400
  ...I agree - a face guard would have been a better choice when using that angle= grinder but man those sparks were cool and it...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 05:55:04 EST
  In a message dated 12/02/2004 3:49:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: Stupid question: Dielectric grease is...
• Re: Slide vs roll
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 11:22:25 -0800
  ...After he saw the sparks, he slowed down >>considerably, he said, to save my life. My motto: always make friend who >>are smarter than...
• Re: I wonder why
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 6 Jan 2018 19:22:13 -0800
  ...I installed fuel pressure gauge, that shows pressure immediately. > Checked the sparks and there is always. > The timing is good. > There is no vacuum...
• Re: cutting out and sparking coil
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:04:40 -0500
  ...Delanty wrote: ><snip> >> Looked over at the coil and saw ignition >>sparks coming out of the rubber boot on the coil to distributor wire...
• Re: Gas tank out. How to remove debris from tank? (searched)
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:37:12 -0800
  ...Ed J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > Not advisable to use a shop-vac or anything else that creates sparks around > a gas > tank...
• Re: spark, stumble, and misses...
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 10:09:22 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Run the engine at night and watch for sparks jumping the gap where they shouldn't be. If those steps don't do it...
• Re: Which tachometer? 400-1300Hz or 800-2400Hz
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 1 May 2011 12:56:59 -0700
  ...So 1000 rpm would have 2000 sparks per minute, or 2000/60 = 33 Hz. That's nowhere near the two frequency ranges shown in...
• Re: unstable engine when cold
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:49:13 -0800
  ...I've replaced all sparks and there's no waterproblem (loss of water, overboiling or so). Any ideas ??? Best regards Michael 1983 1.9...
• Re: Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 4 Dec 2010 19:24:59 -0600
  ...I have seen a vehicle (not a Vanagon) with random sparks showing up in the open engine compartment in the dark. I don't...
• Re: battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 11:56:10 -0700
  ...I've never shorted anything but I did manage to get some pretty heafty sparks flying once when I closed that lid on one...
• $40.00 Dynamometer - Home Dyno
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:45:53 -0800
  ...a precision timing system that looks at a record of ignition sparks over time. Based on when a single spark plug fires, the program...
• 87 Misfires when damp
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 15:36:40 -0700
  ...a cold dark wet night and see if you see any sparks aflyin. gary Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 09:36:50 -0400 From...
• Re: Blown fuse
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:07:50 -0700
  ...try to replace the fuse with another 8 amp fuse it sparks and blows right away. So obvioulsy I've got a short or...
• 71 no start
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Jun 1995 18:59:19 -0400
  ...in checking when the rotor is at the #1 position the plug for #1 sparks, the piston is at TDC and the valve clearance...
• Re: Westy RV battery question (fire concern)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 May 1996 23:21:35 -0400
  ...Heat, sparks, hydrogen, etc. Run for your life. Batteries are very dangerous when mishandled. Remember how easy it is for a battery to pass...
• Re: Hoses on fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 09:27:29 -0400
  ...It's not just the sparks, If you take the injectors out first you don't have that problem but the metal heats up...
• Welding near fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 26 Dec 2023 18:54:21 +0000
  ...My concern?  Hey...that gasoline tank is nearby.  Sparks from angle grinder or Sawsall.  Dang...the whole thing could explode!  And eliminate my Van...
• Re: front seat swivel removal
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 09:35:10 -0400
  ...If you have it, a much better tool would be a right-angle grinder with a cut-off wheel - but sparks galore of course...
• Re: I wonder why
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Sat, 6 Jan 2018 19:56:26 -0800
  ...Checked the sparks and there is always. The timing is good. There is no vacuum problem. Anyone? Whishing the best to all Vanagonites for...
• Re: Electric burner starter
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:00:32 -0400
  ...A fellow camper pointed out that even after the gas is used up in the lighter, the piezzo still sparks and is useful for...
• engine/starter problem, advice sought:)
  Historical mailing list - A Brandon Smith
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 09:46:32 -0700 (PDT)
  ...got a shower of sparks and think i heard the motor in the starter spin (the sparks scared me). IS THE SHOWER OF SPARKS...
• engine/starter problem, advice sought:)
  Historical mailing list - A Brandon Smith
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 09:46:32 -0700 (PDT)
  ...got a shower of sparks and think i heard the motor in the starter spin (the sparks scared me). IS THE SHOWER OF SPARKS...
• Re: whats the quick fix for the starter cable?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 25 Jan 2003 18:03:37 -0800
  ...carrying enough amperage to start the van flailing around underneath making sparks and welding itself to the nearest available part. What is the effect...
• Re: pre-tour trip
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 11:26:29 PST
  ...have to have wheels, but > there's gonna be alot of sparks flyin' ;P > > > David - We'll find out from Steve if we he...
• Re: Dometic-Gas Lighting
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:41:20 -0300
  ...The sparker (whatever) should be > pushed in five times (five sparks) or so AT THE SAME TIME that you push in the > gas button...