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• Re: starters
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 18:40:35 -0400
  ...to > more than the cost of an already rebuilt one. (rotten > field coil among other problems). So I give in and > order a factory...
• Re: Sad day for our family, LVC.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:24:38 -0800
  ...I swapped the > green wires for the ignition points and the field coil. At 15 I rebuilt the > engine in that Bus. Over the...
• Re: Runaway Starters and Kill Switches
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 2 Nov 2013 01:33:03 -0400
  ...When it is turned off, there is a huge reverse voltage spike as the magnetic field collapses. The switch that breaks this circuit has...
• An Amateur's Rap on Camshafts
  Historical mailing list - Dyer Lytle
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:52:25 -0700
  ...a water-cooled copper coil that is coupled to the part by the induced magnetic field. The alternating magnetic field induces eddy currents that...
• Re: Sad day for our family, LVC.
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 19:53:55 -0800
  ...I swapped the green wires for the ignition points and the field coil. At 15 I rebuilt the engine in that Bus. Over the...
• Re: Minimum spares kit. Was: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:06:45 -0700
  ...switch >> Distributor, cap/rotor, tension lead to/from coil. >> fuel pump >> alt/water pump belt >> coil >> wires/tape/various connectors etc. >> gasket material >> >> I...
• Re: [Syncro] Custom Syncro Springs
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 25 May 1999 21:05:35 -0700
  ...As you already may know there is nothing "special" about the front Syncro springs, as in the spacing between coils is uniform thoughout. My...
• Re: Yucatan trip report (not mine)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:28:42 -0800
  ...full field-ed like that makes a generator put out max amps............. and running without charging during the day .........got me 1,500 miles...
• Re: Diesel starter differences, Was Re: Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 08:31:48 -0700
  ...Normally when the plunger closes the pull coil is turned off and a smaller hold coil is left on holding the contactor and starting...
• Re: Refrigerator help-yes, I've already searched the archieves
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 1 Jul 2007 21:26:07 -0700
  ...on the coils and inside the fridge and you should get better cooling. Keep in mind that I have not yet field tested these...
• Re: Sad day for our family, LVC.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:25:14 -0600
  ...I swapped the green wires for the ignition points and the field coil. At 15 I rebuilt the engine in that Bus. Over the...
• Re: Starter related question.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:42:13 -0300
  ...This larger relay coil also presents an inductive load. On release as the magnetic field collapses it can generate a high voltage spike. This...
• Re: Sad day for our family, LVC.
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 19:36:42 EST
  ...I swapped the green wires for the ignition points and the field coil. At 15 I rebuilt the engine in that Bus. Over the...
• Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:41:36 -0700
  ...on Coils - in my world they don't fail black and white. They get old and weak. They're nebulous. and besides - you did...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:52:10 -0600
  ...I just had a similar problem and >>>>> the coil secondary wire was badly corroded at the coil. Clean and >>>>> spray them all >>>> with a...
• Re: On the road and need some help
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:57:40 -0600
  ...You can check that in the field fairly easy as well, but it is just a bit more involved - you have to get at...
• Re: [Syncro] Custom Syncro Springs
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 25 May 1999 21:59:31 -0700
  ...As you > already may know there is nothing "special" about the front Syncro springs, > as in the spacing between coils is uniform thoughout. My...
• Re: Starter related question.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:42:32 -0400
  ...This larger relay coil also presents an inductive load. On release as the magnetic field collapses it can generate a high voltage spike. This...
• Re: Diesel starter differences, Was Re: Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 9 Oct 2011 20:20:19 -0700
  ...Normally when the plunger closes the pull coil is turned off and a smaller hold coil is left on holding the contactor and starting...
• Re: Intermittent Ignition miss, no start,or rich running, need help!,LONG
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 09:57:26 -0400
  Ezra- The problem is not some complicated, obscure capacitive-resitance field-induction modulation reticulator fitting. It sounds like the gaps on the plugs might...
• Re: sudden failure to fire
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:35:24 -0400
  ...magnetic field from the shaft as it rotates and sends a switching signal to the ecu. This then fires the ignition coil. The sensor...
• Re: sudden failure to fire
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 06:43:36 -0700
  ...magnetic field from the shaft as it rotates and sends a switching signal to the ecu. This then fires the ignition coil. The sensor...
• Re: [vanagon] need tech info for tach cluster circuit board
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 04:53:46 -0400
  ...That I believe is to deliver a trickle current to the alternator field windings so it will start to generate. The next one up...
• Re: [Syncro] Custom Syncro Springs
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 26 May 1999 18:09:55 -0700
  ...As you >> already may know there is nothing "special" about the front Syncro springs, >> as in the spacing between coils is uniform thoughout. My...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:52:35 -0600
  ...I just had a similar problem and >>>>>> the coil secondary wire was badly corroded at the coil. Clean and >>>>>> spray them all >>>>>> >>>>> with a...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Diesel starter differences, Was Re: Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:34:30 -0700
  ...Normally when the plunger closes the pull coil is turned off and a smaller hold coil is left on holding the contactor and starting...
• Re: Sad day for our family, LVC.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:14:19 -0800
  ...I swapped the > green wires for the ignition points and the field coil. At 15 I rebuilt the > engine in that Bus. Over the...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Starter Motor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:17:37 -0700
  ...The stator and field wiring uses rectangular wire and each wire turn is precisely inserted with minimal twists. Everything is locked in place with...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:06:26 -0400
  ...Ground out the ignition coil wire and have someone crank the engine while watching the injectors. Any weird spray patterns like a stream means...
• Re: Sad day for our family, LVC.
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 15:37:32 -0500
  ...I swapped the green wires for the ignition points and the field coil. At 15 I rebuilt the engine in that Bus. Over the...
• Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:41:49 -0700
  ...I got it licensed today and plan on running around > the block if I can get water temp readings. > > Is your coil new? It...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Diesel starter differences, Was Re: Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:38:17 -0700
  ...Normally when the plunger closes the pull coil is turned off and a smaller hold coil is left on holding the contactor and starting...
• No start; no fuel pump, no spark, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 12 May 2012 21:21:35 -0700
  ...Power at the coil (terminal 15). Hall sender wires show 11v on the outer two wires. I haven't done the other test (looking...
• Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Ikard
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:46:00 -0700
  ...Is your coil new? It does sound like you are either running rich or not getting complete combustion. I too changed plugs, cap, rotor...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:09:05 -0500
  ...This required a rebuild that was a little more expensive than usual, because they had to replace the field coils. Everyone should smear that...
• for allistair: unimog field test (long)
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Mon, 03 Oct 94 23:14:31 CDT
  The Star, September/October 1987 Unimog U1250 Field Test Have you ever noticed how some vehicles conceived, designed and produced with the utmost seriousness...
• Re: On a flat bed
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 27 Jan 2018 14:02:25 +0000
  ...junkyard van and had picked up the alternator along with a coil, distributor, injector, plug wires and the like to carry as spares and...
• Re: generators/inverters for camping
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:16:38 -0500
  ...a typical generator that makes power as the coil winding passes through the magnetic field. Noise and harmonics and other nasties are the result...
• Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:12:29 -0700
  ...Power gets to power supply relay, and > to 12V side of the coil. > > I have not checked for spark yet, but checked one of...
• Start of Draft: Analog VOMs for vans, was Re: AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 21:06:07 -0400
  ...when current passes through the coil, and the hairsprings also provide the restoring force that the magnetic field works against. The upper hairspring has...
• Re: Fw: 2 WD Vanagon Westfalia Coil Springs
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 2 May 2001 22:21:22 -0700
  ...I have gone out of my way to drive through fields, dirt roads, crappy pavement and so on. I was very worried that the...
• Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:27:02 -0700
  ...Power gets to power supply relay, and > to 12V side of the coil. > > I have not checked for spark yet, but checked one of...
• (long) EVERYTHING you want to know about heat, was Porsche 6 cyl heating van
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:11:22 -0500
  ...So if the element in your home heater is an electrical coil, the primary element is back at the power-station where perhaps they...
• Road Test 1989 VW SA Caravelle Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 05 Dec 95 14:30:27 CST
  ...dual circuit wishbones, coils, Boosting ............ vacuum anti-roll bar Handbrake position... floor Rear .......... independent Type .......... diagonal trailing arms, coils MEASUREMENTS CAPACITIES Length overall ...... 4605...
• Re: [Syncro] Radical Spring Calculations
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 16:39:27 -0400
  ...No rock fields around here however! Being a bit cynical, go price a single replacement VW spring, then go buy a full set of...
• Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:54:48 -0700
  ...Power gets to power supply relay, and >> to 12V side of the coil. >> >> I have not checked for spark yet, but checked one of...
• FW: [Syncro] Radical Spring Calculations
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:38:13 -0400
  ...No rock fields around here however! > > Being a bit cynical, go price a single replacement VW spring, then go buy a > full set of...
• story: 7 months in a 1967 Camper
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 23 Jan 95 10:42:29 CST
  ...On our way to northern Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso we passed 8 feet high termite hills covering the fields by the...