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• Re: removing the harness from Hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 04:41:43 -0400
  Just push the metal clip toward the plug like you would on the fuel injector plugs. I usually hold onto the hall sender while...
• Spark plug heat ranges
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:13:57 -0500
  ...The heat range is simply a measure of how much heat the spark plug retains. Certain engines don't need very hot plugs (like...
• Re: Sparking plugs - 2.1L - Which kind?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:46:50 -0700
  ...plugs last longer and will give a consistent spark over that lifetime, but nothing gives a better spark than the old school copper plugs...
• Re: Oil Drain Plug Options
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:12:27 -0500
  Jeremy Speer wrote: > > IMHO the single weakest point of the flat four engine is the oil drain > plug. My brother in law once owned...
• Some (Simple!) Diesel Question to do with Glow Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delasalle
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 23:40:40 -0500
  ...I've confirmed that I get 12V on the glow plug bus-bar. I've measure the resistance of each glow plug - to earth...
• Re: Grrrr.
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:14:25 -0500
  ...Could be anything from bad plug, fouled plug, bad plug wire, lack of compression - Does the engine sound change for all the other cylinders...
• Which spark Plugs? 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Lund
  Tue, 28 May 1996 00:19:43 -0700 (PDT)
  Which spark plugs do you suggest for the 1985? What brand of spark plug wires would you replace the orginals with? Thanks, Bill Lund
• Re: Bosch Quad 4 Plugs
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 19 Jan 2003 17:42:34 -0600
  I have bee using a set of Bosch 3-electrode plugs in my 1.9 WB (Bosch Super plug W8DTC). These plug are not...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - DANIEL HOUG
  Mon, 31 Oct 1994 08:50:44 CST6CDT
  > Could someone please explain what a resitor type plug is and which years > of the Vanagons use them? I am currently using W77C's...
• Re: Now freeze plugs, Was Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 18:45:46 -0800
  ...Now freeze plugs, Was Oops - I let the engine freeze I thought the term freeze plugs came from the chilling if a tightly fitting...
• removing oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:22:15 -0500
  ...Do you normally need a special thin-wall socket to get the drain plug out? Or has someone put an oversized plug in? Allan
• Re: Oil Drain plug is stripped
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:12:53 -0500
  The spark plug thread is a different pitch so you pretty much destroyed the chance of an easy fix such as an oversized plug...
• Re: Oil Drain Plug Options
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:31:19 -0400
  ...Oil Drain Plug Options IMHO the single weakest point of the flat four engine is the oil drain plug. My brother in law once...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Oct 1994 16:44:41 -0700 (MST)
  ...VW > says 48000 Km or 2 years for spark plug intervals, and after 32000 Km > and a little over a year the plug gap...
• Gapping Bosch Super W7DTC spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 15:47:59 EDT
  I'm installing a set of Bosch Super W7DTC spark plugs in my 83.5 Watercooled 1.9 liter. The spark plugs come pre...
• Re: PS Re: Electrical Question: Adding charger ports for accecories
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 00:18:29 -0500
  ...There is no latch to positively retain the plug; but there's also no spring-loaded tip contact always trying to shove the plug...
• Re: Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 8 May 2009 07:06:45 -0400
  At 11:19 PM 5/7/2009, Brenton Tait wrote... >Jst a stupid question, went to buy some spark plugs today and asked >the...
• Rocks in the Spark Plug Holes!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Tue, 28 May 2002 14:11:29 -0500
  Hi, While changing my plugs today I happened to shine a trouble light down on the spark plug holes and was surprised by the...
• Re: Bosch 4-pronged spark plug not for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:34:33 -0700
  ...replaced with the same plugs, and no noticeable improvement in drivability or economy. Why did I run these plugs so long? Duhh, I forgot...
• Re: removing oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:06:02 -0500
  Is this van fairly new to you? The normal drain plug has a 13mm hex and a flange for sealing to the case. There...
• Re: 3-pronged spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:50:50 CDT
  ...Or at least gas pains. >Anybody have the straight skinny on the Arian spark plug conspiricy? that's funny, cause i know a Porsche...
• Re: Spark plug recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:35:53 -0500
  ...on an oil burning engine, a hotter plug, 404 or 405, might be helpful. whatever plug you choose for your '87, double check the...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 22:26:02 -0400
  if indeed platinum plugs are especially good in oil burning engines, it is in an indirect way, such as maintaining lower spark-over voltages...
• Re: Accessing the #1 spark plug
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:56:23 -0400
  Removing the air filter makes plugs on that side a lot easier. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:36:59 -0700
  ...The $30 kit ("Perma-Plug"), intended of course for spark plugs, seems to function equally well for the drain plug. It includes a tap...
• Spark Plugs-EV
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 11:13:25 -0400
  Hello Folks, Bout' that time to change the plugs in my EV for the first time, pulled them out to find "CHAMPION" VW\Audi...
• Re: Bosch 4-pronged spark plug not for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 00:36:26 -0500
  What plugs did the rep reccomend? I am running Bosch Tri-electrode supers in my 2.1 and it seems to eat the plugs...
• Tapping oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:46:18 -0600
  ...You can get > a plug from any hardware store. You will need a pipe > plug. Since it is a pipe plug, it tightens the...
• Re: stuck oil plug
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:14:46 -0700
  ...I have seen drain plug got loose and dumping oil on the road.., I have seen drain plug crossed thread... http://humblemechanic.com/2014...
• spark plugs: 8 plugs in a 4-banger!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 13:48:33 -0700
  speaking of spark plugs... inline-4 engines in Ford (and Mazda) trucks (Rangers) have two spark plugs per cylinder!? Yep, crazy stuff. So is...
• Re: Pulstar Pulse Plugs???
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:17:25 -0700
  ...Pulstar Plugs A quick Google yields exactly what what I suspected, they claim to have added a capacitor to the plug. Anyone want to...
• Spark Plug Options for 2.1 WBX - SUMMARY
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:01:23 -0400
  ...The Bosch OEM plug that came with the engine is called the Bosch �Super� plug. Its number is W7CC0 or 7598. Lots of people...
• Re: NEED PLUG/PIGTAIL TO DISTRIBUTOR
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:11:34 -0400
  Can you send a picture of the plug? VW probably used the same plugs of most of their cars, you could probably find one...
• Re: Spark Plugs: Bosch Single TIp to NGK BP6ET Tri Tip User Opinions?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:20:38 -0700
  I also endorse platinum spark plugs.� Always seems to refresh my van.� To me, new plugs are the single biggest "tune up" item that...
• Need Diesel, Glow Plug Advice
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 11:47:02 EDT
  I have just sent a customer some Bosch glow plugs. The boxes all looked the same so I just assumed they were the same...
• Universal inline plug?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:57:21 -0800
  Those small 2 wire plugs that are found on Battery Tenders? They have 2 bullet plugs and opposed sockets, allowing one to change the...
• Re: plug heat ranges?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 13 Jun 2004 00:12:34 -0400
  To cold plug fouls (shorts) because of dirt. To hot plug burns gap increase, and misfires. All of this ove time. Eric 86-VW4x4...
• Re: Oil plug
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 23:12:03 -0700
  ...In a short while they came and told me that when they went to replace the oil plug, the plug stripped out in the...
• Re: compression & advance
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 11:50:12 -0400
  ...FYI, I have seen holes burnt in pistons on turbocharged Nissans > due to plugged injectors. > Possible. None of the spark plugs, however, show evidence...
• Re: Oil Drain Plug Options
  Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 08:58:31 -0500
  ...He tightened the > plug... and all seemed well. > > But this morning i find the plug is leaking a little. Again, at > this > point it...
• Drain Plug? What's a Drain Plug?
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Mon, 01 Jan 1996 09:54:57 -0700
  All this discussion of drain plugs reminded me of an oddness I encountered on the Wombat ('58 microbus, roughly a '71 engine). There's...
• Re: oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 16:01:50 -0400
  While I don't necessarily recommend it ---- the PO of my '84 Westy brazed over both ends of an old spark plug and it...
• spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:10:12 -0500
  ...Just installed new plugs in my 84 westy. I purchased them from one of the list vendors. The plugs I took out were Bosch...
• Mystery Plug 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Shannon Mitchell
  Thu, 29 May 2003 15:16:38 -0400
  Well the plug is a mystery to me anyway.. while hooking up the lights for a trailer I found a white 3 prong female...
• Re: Looking for "Safety Plug" for A/C system
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 10 May 2004 10:16:57 -0400
  MOst AC systems today have blowout plugs. These are usually holes drilled in the recieved/drier and filled with just the right amount of...
• Re: Denso Iridium Power Spark Lub (5306)
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 20:57:43 -0400
  Save yourself the headache, stick to the factory plugs. They work well enough! Jason Uberbus On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 7:13 PM...
• REQ: "Idiot's Guide to Changing Spark Plugs"
  Historical mailing list - Chris Paquette
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 18:57:37 -0700
  ...He tells me that one of my spark plugs is not firing - he bases this on the sound of the engine. I tend to...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 03:31:23 -0400
  ...there really isn't any plausible mechanism for a certain spark plug type, per se, to cause a bad coil. were the plugs replaced...
• Re: 84 Westy Gas Mileage?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Stichweh
  Thu, 19 Sep 1996 20:06:38 -0600
  kenneth d lewis wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Sep 1996 20:35:35 -0500 ERIC ZENO <emz@VIPER.NAUTICOM.NET> > writes: > > Platinum Spark Plugs??????$#%#$%^ > > > > In...
• Re: 3-pronged spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 02:27:53 EDT
  In a message dated 98-06-17 12:57:41 EDT, mschrope@VIMS.EDU writes: << I was thinking about putting 3-pronged Bosch plugs...
• Re: Oil plug reusable washer?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:09:22 -0700
  ...I remember it fit the plug perfectly > and I actually had a bit more confidence in it then the copper oil plug > washer. > > What...
• Automatic Transmission Welch Plug
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Tue, 6 May 2014 20:03:37 -0400
  I have a spare automatic transmission from an '88 Wolfsburg Vanagon that works fine, but it has a welch plug (what I would call...
• Help! rounded oil plug
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 14:34:39 -1000
  Help! rounded oil plug I can't get the oil plug out even after trying to use a standard socket, short of sawing a...
• Hotter plugs in '86 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:34:35 -0800
  Is there really any problems running W8CC bosch plugs instead of W7CC? Only reason I ask is I've got a bunch of new...
• Installing Idle stabalizer.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 16:42:58 -0400
  ...Now I need to put the plugs back in, but I'm not sure which plug to put where. Three wires run to the...
• Re: Trans. Oil filler plug?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:55:53 -0500
  ...Stick the bolt head in the plug and use a box end wrench to drive it using the jambs nuts. Works on the drain...
• '80-'84 Westy small dash outlet plug
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Feb 1997 06:01:26 -0500 (EST)
  I have found a male plug that fits into the tiny European style outlet that is on the '80-'84 Westy's. You can...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:38:40 -0400
  On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, Anthony Polson wrote: > The Bosch, Beru and NGK multi-electrode plugs have a service life of 20,000 > miles...
• Spark Plug Recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:16:32 -0400
  I did some archive searching and seem to come up with an overall high opinion of the W7DTC plugs which I think are the...
• Re: Spark Plug Recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:20:23 -0700
  ...Spark Plug Recommendation >I did some archive searching and seem to come up with an overall high > opinion of the W7DTC plugs which I...