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• What Octane Fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Thompson, Michael
  Thu, 2 May 2002 09:02:06 -0600
  ...Boston Bob seems to be saying the highest RON (which makes sense wrt pre-ignition.) Clarification please! Regards Michael 81 Westy 'Daisy'
• Re: Speed sensor
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 29 May 2003 00:46:00 EDT
  ...But, new automobile have DIS (Distributorless Ignition System). Is good. Give mechanic something to confuse customer with. Good evening, Mr. Jorge
• front headlights not working....tks
  Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:10:03 -0800
  ...Since my front blower also does not work, I am now convinced that it's the electric module in the ignition switch - as people...
• Re: 2.1L ignition/FI woes!!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:29:17 -0800
  On 11/29/05, Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > > What do you mean,no injector pulse? > He's got a digitool hooked up...
• Re: lost gas cap key
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 May 2006 23:43:44 EDT
  ...i lost it, cant add gas., its a diff key than ignition, what do i do???? use the RBS. (really big screwdriver) stick it...
• Re: Electric problem in 2.1l
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:23:58 -0400
  ...In which case the problem is almost certainly your ignition key switch. On Jul 28, 2009, at 11:31 PM, Thomas Pfrommer wrote: > Hello...
• Re: Electronic points -waste of time/money?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:04:20 -0500
  Hi Nathan, I don't think it's the ignition. Ignition failure usually occurs at high RPMs or under load. Idle is the last...
• Re: New radio= dead battery? Install a switch
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 31 May 2012 10:03:04 -0700
  ...The switch is used when parked to power the radio, and has the advantage of not needing to leave the key in the ignition...
• Re: 80 Vangon Mystery Part
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 18:32:14 -0700
  ...There is a very nice detailed overview and troubleshooting guide for the cal ignition system. If you don't have a Bentley, I would...
• Re: Stuck Solenoid????
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:34:03 -0700
  More often than not, the ignition switch is not the culprit, but the wiring itself, which while aging will build resistance, prevent a full...
• Re: testing the ignition coil (85 1.9L)
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:19:17 -0500
  ...if tests at coil +/- > check out ok, then, since no spark, coil secondary probably shorted (bad > coil). > > it is hard on ignition module to...
• Re: Ignition wires
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Mon, 24 Feb 1997 21:16:57 -0800
  ...To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> > Subject: Ignition wires > I've been informed that a set of Bosch wires costs...
• Re: Ingnition time
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:19:05 -0400
  At 09:18 8/19/99 -0600, Rodrigo Bonilla Soto wrote: >Hola: > Do you know where is the ignition time for a vanagon 1983...
• Re: HELP! '81 cratered on the way to work this morning... (addendum)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 09:52:50 -0600
  Sounds like a combination of your ignition switch and melt down on sone wiring. The melt down probably burned out the soldered joint inside...
• Re: vanagon starter question
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:24:54 -0400
  ...The premise is that > the tickle/start wire from the ignition doesn't carry enough current to > actuate the solenoid when hot, maybe this...
• Re: key code??
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 11:22:02 -0500
  ...My latest acquistion has one key that > works all the door and ignition EXCEPT for the drivers door. Is the > keycode on the other...
• Re: Ran good, now runs bad???
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:18:23 -0700
  Most likely it's ignition wiring/coil problem. Something similar happened to my 84 Vanagon years ago. Wait until sunset and dark. Start the...
• Re: Scraping steering wheel - not screws
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:19:59 -0400
  Ben, You can adjust the ignition switch housing which will in turn give you more clearance between the steering wheel horn ring and the...
• Re: What coil part number for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:21:25 -0700
  ...Just a personal opinion, but I feel it has a > > more positive connection for the ignition wires. > > -- > > Jim Thompson > > 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria...
• Re: no fuse for fuel pump? Adding fuses.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:26:36 -0500
  ...For > most VWs not having the ignition and fuel systems fused is normal, going > Back to even the very first Beetles. Likely the plan...
• Re: Wipers suddenly not working, trip tomorrow
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 21:29:47 -0400
  ...How can I test if power is coming off that terminal? If the headlights work (key on) then the ignition switch X contact is...
• Dashboard hell, day 7
  Historical mailing list - Richard C Welsh
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:46:01 -0500
  ...with the ignition on, and terst light in hand, there was no power to the pump. Hmmm. OK, I must have left something diconnected...
• Re: Which tachometer? 400-1300Hz or 800-2400Hz
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 1 May 2011 10:27:49 -0700
  ...6,8 cylinder application engines with standard > coil ignitions, most square wave electronic control ignitions > with tachometer output terminal, and alternators with "w" > tachometer...
• Re: 87 Vanagon fuse problem
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 19:51:19 -0500
  I agree PerL and John McLean, it is almost certainly the ignition switch. At 12:32 AM 21/12/99 +0100, Per Lindgren wrote...
• Re: Is my ECU dead?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:14:02 EDT
  ...If not then you could suspect the pump, the ignition switch, the relay for the pump, or the ECU. Since you have already heard...
• No Juice to ECU -87
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 14:46:09 -0800
  ...I order a new ignition coil before any testing cause of time and my old one was pretty trashed. Still no start. So this...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:50:44 -0600
  ...Here is where I am with it now. > > New starter (engine turns - won't start - not even sputter) > New ignition switch > Fuel pump runs...
• Re: Key code??
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 16:04:59 -0700
  ...4, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Michael Magnani <mfmagnani@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > > Could this be the code for the ignition/door key? > Mike M
• How To Disable Steering Wheel Lock
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sun, 7 Mar 2010 07:14:42 -0700
  ...I have pulled connector from ignition swith and installed another, so starting van is no problem. Now need to disable Steering Wheel Lock............Thanks...
• Re: distributor wiring question
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:18:56 +0000
  "I would have to imagine that this is for a baywindow as our Vanagon all have had electronic ignition" Air cooled Vanagons had points...
• Re: fridge wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:03:41 -0400
  ...to rear Why? You can probably run twisted pair parallel to ignition cable with no/minimal interference, and 10G copper will go much more...
• Re: '56 bus electrical - Not yet!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 01:12:27 -0500
  I think its the ignition switch: if I shake and shimmy the key, it worx. well, do ye olde hot wire trick and bypass...
• resistor platinum plugs...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Apr 1996 15:56:46 -0500 (EST)
  ...resistor plugs with resistor wires, might cause a bit of an ignition problem... someone one the list, wrote of a three conductor platinum non...
• Re: Ignition Timing Setting??
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Jun 1997 17:19:43 +0100
  What Motorcode is your engine ? for example DJ, MV, GW .... Look at your engine, in the middel near by the pulley, there are a...
• Re: No voltage at starter?
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Diggler
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 01:33:18 +0200
  ...Aaron Robinson, as stated earlier, yesterday ? your ignition lock in other words what makes you think the key turned in the steering wheel column...
• Re: Switched power for vanagon radio--easy solution
  Historical mailing list - Ken W.
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 18:50:17 -0700
  Ditto on the DPDT switch.... Works great, one position is I : Ignition the other O : Camping. It went into the dash where and replaced...
• Re: New backup lights keep blowing the fuse !~~
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 04:33:48 EDT
  Tim, Why can't he just unplug the back-up light switch, turn on the ignition w/ the tranny in reverse, plug the switch...
• Re: security
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 21:10:47 +1200
  ...Clutch/ Brake lock >Alarm >Door lock armored protection plates >Brake lock >Ignition lock (goes in like key) So... how long does it take you...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 10:42:44 -0800
  ...a couple of shots of starter ether into the intake and it won't > fire on that either - indicating an ignition problem for sure. > >
• Re: No ignition on restart after 5 to 10 mile drive in 90+F weather
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Thu, 6 Aug 2015 18:26:25 -0400
  ...No ignition on restart after 5 to 10 mile drive in 90+F weather A gremlin from the past seems to have reappeared on...
• Re: Ignition Kill Switch
  Historical mailing list - Garth Woolstenhulme
  Thu, 4 Nov 2004 21:33:11 -0800
  ...You could use it to cut power to your ignition coil, starter, fuel pump or ECU with this set up. The link is: http...
• ignition woes
  Historical mailing list - kazzpar007
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:25:34 -0500
  Howdy all! I am having a problem with ignition on my 85 vanny.. BAsically. The smaller gauge wire that runs from the alternator to...
• Re: Flasher Relay Mystery
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:48:10 -0800
  ...when the ignition is on. > The socket is always live, and the handsfree works fine, causing no > problem with the ignition off, but not...
• Re: Battery recharge and stereo
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:36:39 -0700
  ...I know my Pioneer called for two >power >leads, one hot all the time, one switched with the ignition. So >that's what >I...
• Re: Headlight oddity
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 21:49:02 -0500
  ...Problem was in ignition switch. The contacts have limited current capacity (and there is no relay) and prolonged running on high beam caused plastic...
• Re: Another coil fire
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:14:30 -0700
  ...Further investigation revealed the coil had caught fire and dripped > burning material down over the ignition wires and part of the wiring > harness. The...
• Rewiring bell/ringer, 90 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - James Adams
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:15:51 -0800
  ...situations, at start up and when the key is in the ignition and the driver-side door is open, but instead I want it...
• Strange No Start
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:56:52 -0600
  ...Seems like the failure is somewhere between the coil wire and the end of the individual ignition wires. Could the ignition wires be bad...
• Re: Rewiring parking lights to switch with ignition
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 9 May 2002 11:46:25 EDT
  ...You stop in the 'loading zone' turn ignition off, and hop out. In the mean time the parking lights stay on to let everyone...
• Re: Ignition Coils
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:39:46 -0400
  ...the ignition wires, the coil and the distributor caps are different for the early vs the late. So ... if you use an "Early" coil...
• Re: Ignition coil failure and ballast resistors
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:56:27 -0700
  ...Ignition coil failure and ballast resistors > > Last week my ignition coil failed (primary open) which surprised the heck > out of me since I had...
• Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:30:26 -0500
  ...If the fan and wipers are not working either, it is almost definitely the ignition switch. Regardless of the part(s) that need to...
• Re: ignition switch or starter?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:00:02 -0800
  ...But now I'm wondering if my ignition switch is starting to go as well. Yesterday I tried to start it and it wouldn...
• Re: Headlight Warning Buzzer??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:00:54 EDT
  ...The headlights are turned off by the ignition key switch but, the running lights stay on and drain the battery:( I am used to...
• Re: Early 84 sliding door mechanism - need a part!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 17 Sep 2023 12:16:51 -0400
  ...Where are you located? Your van engine and ignition is one I actually really like. Despite everything I’m a fan of a 2...
• Re: Temporary but total power loss
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 27 May 2014 16:46:21 -0300
  ...On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 12:16 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > The clock does not get power through the ignition...
• Re: No turn over
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 15 Mar 2019 22:38:57 -0600
  ...If you bridge the starter (bypass ignition) does it crank? > Check you grounds. > > >> On 15-Mar-2019, at 20:59, Cunegonde <cunegonde.van.westfalia...
• Re: Crane XR700 ignition system question
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:33:35 -0800
  ...Best ignition system IMHO. -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" 75 914...
• Which tachometer? 400-1300Hz or 800-2400Hz
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 1 May 2011 08:59:58 -0700
  ...For use on 4,5,6,8 cylinder application engines with standard coil ignitions, most square wave electronic control ignitions with tachometer output terminal...
• Fw: no spark
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:21:43 -0700
  ...spark.....checked voltages at coil terminal 15 ...zero > with ignition off...8vdc with ignition on.....my other smae year vanagon had > 9vdc then jumped...