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• Re: F.I. and Pertronix Ignition?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:22:49 -0700
  Why did you do this? I am assuming that this is digijet or digifant in you Vanagon. Both of these systems work fine from...
• Re: Driveability issues with a non-stock engine
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:16:40 -0800
  ...You > will probably need to increase the fuel pressure to > compensate or go to > the 2.1 Digifant. Since you increased the stroke, > have...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:51:52 -0700
  ...I quoted from the "newer" version of '86 Digifant wiring. It shows a "keyed" (from 15) black/white wire from coil to "Digijet Control...
• Re: ECU Wire Corrosion relative to Length and Load (and?)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 11 Feb 2018 18:39:13 -0800
  ...https://photos.app.goo.gl/AA97WnbILneiSfAs1 I'd hoped I could harvest yet some more parts of the 1.8 Digifant harness but the...
• Re: '86 ECU (digifant) needed!!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Feb 1997 12:21:19 -0800
  >| I don't think that ECU's get damaged >| that much in crashes, so you have a fairly good chance of getting a good...
• RE Bentley Thermostat housing torque values
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 19 Nov 1996 08:39:14 -0500
  ...Note that the same 10 nm = 61 pound feet" value appears at the "thermostat housing" "specification" under "Water-cooled Digijet and Digifant" further down...
• Re: High altitude power loss
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 12:16:27 -0700
  ...the archives and saw a technote on a malfunctioning wiring harness (Digifant harness & Bucking Technote). Could this be the problem? Thanks. -- Tim Wise '87...
• Conversion Low Price Vanagon Sale ... where?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 20:40:52 -0400
  ...Gold exterior, creme interior, Automatic Trans, automatic mirrors, rebuilt digifant, happy tranny, CD player (new this year), and ran great up until I overloaded...
• Re: 1.9 in a 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:32:10 -0800
  ...Other than that, just swap all the digifant FI stuff onto that motor, plumb the coolant lines (cooling system is significantly simpler in the...
• Re: Vanagon carb needed, with waterboxer manifolds
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:19:25 -0700
  ...I am not afraid to use a Digifant FI setup since I know those well enough, I simply prefer a simpler carb setup for...
• Re: Tuning question--long, sorry!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:58:23 -0500
  ...Who will spearhead the effort to redesign the Digifant ECU? > > > > Why work from scratch when all the heavy lifting has been > done already? > Build...
• Re: sorry, (need conversion 1.8, etc)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:56:28 -0700
  ...The power of the 1.8 8-valve Digifant II motor that I have..(from the '92 Rabbit Cabriolet)..according to Bentley is pretty...
• Re: Idle Speed Adjustment - 1988 GL
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 10:53:42 -0400
  ...The others are NA spec Digifants. > > > Is this the $210 item (025 906 457A ) > >for sale at the BusDepot (and elsewhere I'm sure...
• Engine conversions; Waterboxer to:
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:54:24 -0700
  ...Probably would use CIS-E - this is a 'con' to 'neutral' based on if your van has Digifant or Digijet respectively. The way I...
• Re: Warning light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 4 Nov 2014 18:23:03 -0500
  ...I always use 20/50 as per owners manual for a 1988 digifant engine. The warning light that goes off is located in the...
• True Canadian Winter Bus Campout 2012... Our **TENTH ANNUAL** WINTER CAMPOUT
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 16:41:13 -0500
  ...Happy Trails, Greg Potts Toronto, Ontario Canada 197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" 1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop - Inline 4 2L 8V Digifant Engine conversion blog...
• Re: Tire size
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:53:51 -0700
  ...and in either my 87 Wolfsburg running a 1.9 wbxr on Digifant EFI, or my 85 Adventurewagon running a 2.1 on Dijiget...
• Re: 91 runs rough cold
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Wed, 27 Nov 1996 22:25:03 -0700
  ...with a > timing light - (Apparently the book listed procedure for the digifant > engine is not very clear or doesn't involve a light). > Thanks...
• Re: Splicing O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 27 May 1999 10:55:59 -0400
  > I only sell the more pricey O2 sensor for the Digifant system because it > already has the plugs on it and you can just...
• Re: Heip!! New engine won't start (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Martin Kennelly
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:12:16 +0000
  ...petrol was bad (30% diesel content) in our passat 1.8gt (digifant 2 fi) Start up was okay repeatedly , but poor idle and no...
• Re: Mike Millered again!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 23:01:39 -0700
  ...The Digifant ECU was AFU, I was SOL. To make things > worse, my sliding door handle was BenT! I've since installed load D...
• Re: I4 conversion -- wiring diagram/help
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 31 Jul 2004 06:28:07 -0400
  ...Also, does anyone have a write-up of what each pin is for on the Digifant II ecu connector? Before it'll run I...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Reverse Engineering
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:11:02 -0500
  ...THe VW digifant Jetta 88-92 has this built into the ECU, and these are plentifull, and cheap. I'm tempted to try this...
• Subject: Re: sorry, (I-4 conversion reply from digest)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:21:39 -0700
  ...less than $1000? DV parts ~ 700 - 1000? 1.8 head + Digifant stuff $? Exhaust ? Neil.
• An engine transplant: ? (subie alterntaive) long post.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 8 Sep 2007 08:45:15 -0700
  ...http://www.bahnbrenner.com/vw_audi/BBM_Supercharger_Kits/BBM_Supercharger_Kit__Lysholm__MkII_1_8L_Digifant_II.html Don Hanson
• Re: Engine woes - what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:19:00 -0800
  ...OTOH, since I have some spare 2.1 parts, and am becoming more familiar with Vanagon Digifant etc., I'd consider a rebuild IF...
• Re: Headlight Alarm
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 17:48:19 -0700
  ...electronix.com/id53.html > > Jim makes headlight alarms and DigiJet and DigiFant ECU monitor > kits. To which I replied something like, "I already rigged...
• Re: '86 idles rough with white smoke at start
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 15:32:05 -0800
  ...Anyone want to correct me where my understanding of the Digifant system isn't quite right? dave
• Re: Mailing from Japan
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 8 Apr 2007 14:31:07 -0700
  ...used on the SA Vanagons, K-Jet, L-Jet/Digijet or Digifant for that matter. Time to burrow into my references for an "edjumication...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 11:42:04 -0700
  ...Stuff that all Vanagon Digifant owners should > know to do ?? > > Thanks, Steve
• Re: Failing Fuel Pump?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Jul 94 00:38:41 CDT
  ...the digifant check says: Fuel Pump Electrical - Battery fully charged. - connect ammeter to fuel pump in series with power supply to fuel pump. - remove...
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  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 28 Oct 2017 09:24:13 -0700
  ...ABA with 1.8 liter head and Vanagon bars, stock deisel motor mounts and stock Digifant stuff from the 84 van.. Mine is, measured...
• Re: Thermostats - 87 degree vs. 80 degree
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:19:09 -0400
  ...There is some ignition timing compensation on Digifant but no one will notice. That said the 87C stat is the best choice for a...
• Re: what's the temp range?
  Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 17:37:05 -0400
  ...I had an old description of the digifant tool which was on his website which was quite a simple device. I noticed that the...
• Re: ADJUSTABLE RISING FUEL RATE REGULATOR for WBX and others to cure lean engine
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 6 May 2003 13:54:50 EDT
  ...In doing some research for a problem, I ran across articles about the Digifant that indicate that the system tends to run lean under...
• Re: 81 aircooled won't start when cold
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:56:42 -0500
  ...The 2.1L 86-91 (digifant) does not. I don't no about The 83-85 Digijet? Craig Oda wrote: >Does the vanagon waterboxer...
• Re: hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 13:29:56 -0800
  The Aux wire upgrade is only for Digifant fuel injection which I think started in 1986. I would look at your AFM. It could...
• MPG from an I-4 engine: two tank test.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 16 May 2007 09:06:01 -0700
  ...auto wrecking yard recently and the cost of the 8-valve digifant motors is incredibly low...less than I spend for one bicycle wheel...
• Re: Dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 07:16:35 -0400
  ...It is a 1986 Digifant - Syncro Westy...I > > I'm assuming the connector and/or wire on mine just go lose/frayed or > something...
• Hard starting when cold 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:18:15 +0000
  ...out.� Rinse and repeat.� I'm pretty familiar with how the Digifant FI is supposed to work and have checked the temperature 2 sensor...
• Re: 2.1 VS 1.9 AFM
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:59:41 -0700
  ...1.9 Digijet and 2.1 Digifant sysrtems are the typical apple and orange, oil and water, etc. If your 1.9 system in...
• Emission / Air Mass Sensor - could it be the cause?
  Historical mailing list - Wolfgang Ziegler
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:22:12 -0400
  ...to What is the correct procedure to adjust timing for the Digifant system? - engine warm up - disconnect temp sensor - adjust at 900 rpm? I...
• engine conversio and gas consumption
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 09:19:53 -0700
  ...Van: '82 westfalia, 180k miles total engine: '92 1800 8V, Digifant, 90k miles in van, 110k miles total. (engine swap in '94) trans: stock...
• Re: Oil pump priming?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:33:47 -0400
  ...This is an I4 > conversion 1.8L, > 8v digifant II from a 91 Jetta, mounted with diesel mounts, oil > pump, and > pan. Could the...
• Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 17:24:31 -0700
  Lyle - Vanagons didn't go to a heated, 3 Wire O2 sensor until 1986 when Digifant FI was introduced. Your 85 is a Digijet...
• Re: ECU - 1988 Van
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:29:08 -0400
  ...The original ECUs had manufacturing defects (digifant) and they aren't getting better as they age. Rebuilt units we sell repair the known defects...
• sputtering 84
  Historical mailing list - Kristin Dewey
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:07:42 EDT
  ...I couldn't have that cause that's only applicable to digifants.... So... Could someone who's actually had an 84 westy with this...
• Re: Air Flow Meter fix by capacitor? (F)
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 17:56:33 -0800
  ...Same on digifant or digijet. > > d > ps - since it's so close to Friday <g> I'll just mention that if you > actually use...
• Re: Airbox - Excuse me, but ...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 15:05:39 EDT
  ...left rear and is made particularly straightforward by use of a digifant engine with throttle body at the pulley side of the engine. " Outrageous...
• Re: Engine woes - what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:31:20 -0800
  ...Counterflow & digifant would have shortened the development time about 9 months as it was the wiring that was the largest stumbling block (and it...
• Re: WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:08:13 -0700
  Don't assume that ECU connector pin 6 is the same as frame ground. It is FI sensor common, and may be "ground" when...
• Re: engine swap
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 06:53:27 -0700
  ...Zezoff wrote: > >> My beautiful 82 Westy now has a 1.8 digifant motor and air conditioning. It >> is so cool, literally. >> >> I will post...
• Re: full throttle switch boost?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 06:45:27 -0700
  ...time I > >>checked) special tool for checking the timing on your Digifant Vanagon. > >>That > >>is if the dealer even has special tool number 1367...
• Re: Cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Werner
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 08:58:33 -0500
  ...The vanagon > has a cabriolet engine in it and has the digifant engine maintenance > system. Ok here is the problem when i mashed the...
• Re: Question About ECU Programing
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:17:09 -0800
  ...The waterboxer Digijet and Digifant ECUs do NOT. Many shops do have FI trouble shooting boxes that plug into the ECU harness connector between...
• Re: Anyone Tried the Pulstar Spark Plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:49:46 -0800
  ...high performance MSD system that would be compatible with Digijet or Digifant FI system, which I don't think is (but I could be...
• Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:48:54 -0700
  84 vanagon with 92 inline VW digifant motor and vanagon engine managment parts... I queried "what was Vanagon Syndrome" a few days ago, thinking...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:48:16 -0500
  ...Stuff that all Vanagon Digifant owners should know to > do ?? > > Thanks, Steve
• Re: Stopped in Moro... fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 20 Oct 2016 18:45:20 -0700
  ...Hanson" <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Riding along in the rain, 84 Digifant vanagon with an ABA inline gas >> motor, started missing. Key cycling has...
• Re: Are all 2.1 engines digifant?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 4 May 2014 11:09:32 -0700
  If you suspect the ISV module, check condition of connections to it. They may only need a cleaning. Those female spade connectors provide quite...