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• Re: FW: looking for technical assistance in Wisconsin or Michigan/UP
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:06:06 -0400
  ...a quick and dirty way to go would be to simply ask >:::the mechanic to install new spark plugs (plugs are cheap, the job...
• Re: Dead Sparking Plug!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:32:56 -0600
  I bought a box of 4 Champion plugs for a Ford Falcon many years ago. The sealed box contained 2 good plugs and 2...
• Corroding spark plugs in WBoxer
  Historical mailing list - Atkinson, Scott (CLW, Floreat)
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:29:22 +0800
  Hello all I am having problems with spark plugs in my Vanagon. Install new ones and all is OK for about 6 months, then...
• Which cylinder isn't firing??
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 03:51:39 MST
  ...I took them off the spark plugs and all seemed clean except for one which was a bit oily inside (suggesting spark discharges over...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 12 May 2000 15:37:46 -0700
  ...When I put in the Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs >(single pole) the RPMs went up 500 with NO other changes to the engine. >just...
• FW: looking for technical assistance in Wisconsin or Michigan/UP
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:04:45 -0400
  ...a quick and dirty way to go would be to simply ask :::the mechanic to install new spark plugs (plugs are cheap, the job...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:12:03 -0400
  ...work okay with conventional >plugs. > >To some extent I regard the multiple-electrode plugs as a scam; the >spark will ionize the path of...
• Re: Cut you sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - Mike Garske
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:50:28 -0800
  Just go to any auto parts store and ask for their selection of multiple electrode plugs. This should elicit a greedy smile from the...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Ignition System
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:06:39 -0400
  Most American cars use a carbon core wire (resistance over full length) and resistor spark plugs. The VW uses stranded copper or tinned stranded...
• Re: replaced spark plugs now idle and cruise control problems
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 17:53:46 -0800
  ...replaced spark plugs now idle and cruise control problems My 84 engine will die when idling when cold. It's a puzzle. -- Mike "Rocket...
• Re: Spark plug gap
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:30:26 -0500
  Ditto on Bosch 4477 plugs. They are listed at FLAPS as Volvo plugs. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia Mar 8, 2012 o godz...
• Re: Strange No Start
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 13:30:48 -0800
  ...Make sure you also check the plugs. This week working on an IH farm tractor that wouldn't start, I used a spark testor...
• EV spark plug torque spec?
  Historical mailing list - Pelikan
  Sun, 22 Jun 1997 07:47:32 -0400
  Hi - Say, anybody know the factory tightening torque spec for spark plugs for the 5 cyl. EuroVan? Thanks - Michael Pelikan '74 Super Sun Bug...
• Re: Spark plugs - 2.l L
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 13:57:39 -0400
  Seems like the best plugs are those that resist fouling. Soon as the carbon builds up you get misfires. I always ran Bosch in...
• 85 vanagon spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Amanda Shank
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:05:46 -0700
  ...but, precisely how the hell do you get these things out? they appear to be the original darn plugs!!! ~Amanda Shank amanda@lakeeffectdogs.com...
• Touchy Topics
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:15:50 -0800
  ...I'll also be putting in new spark plugs. This is to get ready to take the van in for new tires. Does anyone...
• Re: What Sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - Dave C.
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:14:36 -0500
  ...sparkplugs on my '85GL. Any reccomendations on > what plugs to buy. Also, I was reading in the Haynes about electrode > gap....do all plugs...
• Re: Split fires (Can Vanagon Use Bosch 3-Pronged Plugs?)
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 11:34:01 -0500
  Bosch Super W7CC0 is the factory specified spark plugs for Vanagon. Bosch catalog said WR7CP Platinum is for Vanagon. I've never seen any...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:59:31 -0400
  ...in any case, there is flat out no mechanism to damage a coil by using multi electrode vs single electrode spark plugs. and, there...
• Re: Spark Plugs-EV
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 12:58:08 -0500 (EST)
  I got mine at the VW dealer. Ric
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 03:23:17 MST
  ...I took them off the spark plugs and all seemed clean except for one which was a bit oily inside (suggesting spark discharges over...
• Re: Bucking Engine
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Sat, 1 May 2004 09:18:49 -0700
  Changed the spark plugs, spark plug wires, distributor cap, rotor, air filter and fuel filter 13,000 miles ago. I think the O2 sensor...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Bernard
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:19:05 -0700
  ...long to replace their plugs. > I have iridium tip plugs in my daily driver Toyota Echo. The first scheduled spark plug change recommended in...
• 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: 3-pronged spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:50:50 CDT
  ...on the Arian spark plug conspiricy? that's funny, cause i know a Porsche mechanic who refuses to allow Bosch plugs in his shop...
• Re: Another Exhausting Question!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 17:38:21 -0700
  ...Anyway, ask for one that fits 18mm spark plugs. The threads on a O2 sensor are the same as 18mm spark plugs (-: It's...
• Re: Spark Plug Recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:15:35 -0400
  ...running WBX over the single electrode plugs. This has been confirmed by my pants during a few spark plug changes between W7DTC and others...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs <VF>
  Historical mailing list - t
  Thu, 11 May 2000 14:18:25 -0700
  ...on sale at Canadian Tire this week ----- are they > worth paying three times the normal price for Plugs??? > > Cheers, > Doug > '84 Westy > Toronto, Canada
• Re: spark plugs and fuel economy ???
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 02 Apr 96 14:12:35 CST
  ...and if they stay sharp/square longer, then the arc/spark is like new for a longer time. and the triple-prong plugs supposedly...
• Re: Accessing the #1 spark plug
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:56:23 -0400
  ...Accessing the #1 spark plug So I'm going to swap out the plugs on my 1.9 and it looks like the air...
• Re: Amateur questions: Wrong spark plugs? Coolant corrosion?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Dann
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:36:21 -0800
  ...Wrong spark plugs? Coolant corrosion? > > Hi all, > > I had to replace my snapped accelerator cable and thought it was a good > time > to do...
• time for Changing plugs/ wires ???
  Historical mailing list - Poor Richard
  Fri, 03 Nov 95 10:37:08 EST
  ...interval suggested between changing the plug wires, as well as the spark plugs themselves. I have been told several different intervals by various reliable...
• Re: No spark, good coil, etc
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Sun, 24 Feb 2019 21:24:49 -0500
  Have you tried to swap the ignition control unit? Also try unplugging the idle unit and plugging the two plugs together. I have had...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:49:11 -0400
  ...On 08/21/2012 04:28 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Those are simply the wrong spark plugs. The standard plug is a W7C. The...
• Re: Thread size for Oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:09:07 EDT
  ...M18 x 1.5 Same as the Vanagon spark plugs... HUH?? plugs are normally 14mm some fords had 18mm later mark d
• Re: LOOSER,ZOINKS! Itsy bitsy Spark Plug pieces dancing in my e
  Historical mailing list - Don Griffin
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 09:00:17 EDT
  ...Daylight Time, Modl6971 writes: > > I'm offended by the term "Kraut spark plugs". In the land of the round > door knobs, (America), and everything...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jorge Osorio
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 11:17:19 -0400
  ...work okay with conventional > plugs. > > To some extent I regard the multiple-electrode plugs as a scam; the > spark will ionize the path of...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:42:50 -0800
  Mark Dorm wrote: > I thought Bosch plugs were preset to gap no problem... > I have used Bosch Platinum plugs for about 15 years and...
• Re: spark plugs, etc
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Sun, 11 Aug 2002 00:05:21 -0700
  ...Re: [VANAGON] spark plugs, etc >Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 15:41:19 -0400 (EDT) > >On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Aristotle Sagan wrote: > > > Well...
• Re: cars without distributors
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 20:35:16 EDT
  ...6 cyls, 6 plugs, 6 coils,No spark plug wires. And yes.........it does have an AFM. Steve Cotsford
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:13:33 -0700
  ...Some people seem to think that a plug with 2 electrodes will make 2 sparks, but this is not possible. Those Split-fire plugs...
• 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...
• Re: Corroding spark plugs in WBoxer
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 07:57:51 -0400
  ...Corroding spark plugs in WBoxer > Hello all > > I am having problems with spark plugs in my Vanagon. Install new ones and > all is OK...
• Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:49:43 -0800
  So what is the correct gap of spark plugs. I want to take mine out and check. When I put mine in I assumed...
• spark plug threads
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:52:44 -0400
  Hi All, So, I started to tune up my vanagon but replacing the spark plugs. I took the second plug out and out with...
• resistor plugs vs resistor sparkplug caps
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 23:43:11 EST
  are these mutually exclusive? or do they work together?
• spark plugs revisited
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Fri, 23 May 1997 14:06:50 +0000
  Just thumbing through Bentley I found the spark plug types recommended there: Bosch W 7 C 0 Beru 14 L-7 C Champion N...
• Re: Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 16 May 2011 21:30:28 -0400
  ...running a stock 2.1 engine, what brand and type > of spark plugs are you using, and would you recommend them? > > Thanks, > Hector > 1990...
• Re: 3-pronged spark plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:35:02 EDT
  ...Anybody have the straight skinny on the Arian spark plug conspiricy? gmbulley cary, nc
• Re: Plugs...The best plugs around
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Tue, 26 May 1998 02:02:56 EDT
  ...Do your spark plugs show any signs of damage, such as a piston coming in contact with the spark plug? Let me know. Michael...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:19:33 -0400
  ...i am skeptical, other things being equal, that multi-electrode spark plugs would cause a coil to fail. there just doesn't seem to...
• spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - jeff crane
  Sat, 13 May 2000 17:21:20 -0400
  ...The copper mentioned in spark plugs is used as a core conductor, and it is a very good one. To compare copper core plugs...
• Re: Engine overheats after spark plug change
  Historical mailing list - Dave Katsuki
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 22:30:40 -0400
  ...bad spark plug wire (resistance was infinite).&nbsp; I replaced the spark plug wire, and replaced the old worn-out Bosch spark plugs with...
• Gapping Bosch Super W7DTC spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - William S. Brown Jr.
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 19:21:32 -0800
  I have used the Bosch Super W7DTC plugs for many years and find them to be outstanding. I don't even try to regap...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:41:05 -0700
  ...I seldom have any issues at all with waterbxer spark plugs .. I don't notice them changing much at all ... though perahps these other...
• spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Michael Tevis
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:23:59 -0400
  ...that the 85's need the W_D_ _ plugs that have a less shielded spark thats also a little further into the cylinder? the...
• Dielectric
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sun, 13 Jan 2019 15:50:41 +0000
  ...Also prevents spark plugs from fusing to boots. Required for modern high energy ignition systems Using it on bulb sockets yet it is non...
• Re: Spark plug gap
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 23:27:03 -0800
  At 02:34 PM 3/7/2000 -0800, you wrote: >Stupid question, maybe. > >In Bentley, it lists the spark plug gap for my 84...
• Re: Fixed: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 2 Dec 2014 23:47:34 -1000
  I've installed a jillion NGK spark plugs with fine results. I notice it's 'too easy' for the gaps to get big ( they...
• Re: Spark plug recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:32:27 -0500
  ...COM Subject: Re: Spark plug recommendation? jay: i've had good service in our '84 with autolite 403 oem style plugs, with a .035...