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• Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 12 May 2015 17:23:30 -0700
  ...BELLSOUTH.NET> wrote: > > Over the last year I have had 3 ignition/starter switch (111 905 865L) > failures after not having but 3 failures...
• Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:06:32 -0700
  ...Can't hurt, might help. > If turning the ignition key off and then on helps, why not just drive and > jiggle the key around...
• Re: more anti theft tips
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 30 Mar 2001 10:10:25 +1200
  ...are >there any more tricks and tips on anti theft devises? Fuel switches Ignition disabling Starter disabling Fuelpump disabling Battery isolator Linelocks on brake...
• Re: Digijet timing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 07:33:16 EDT
  HI all, On the question of ignition timing I would urge you to use caution when advancing the timing past specs. When the timing...
• Re: Ignition Switch Help!
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 23:45:03 -0700
  ...Bumped it again and >got home and shes still not starting. > >I have a new ignition swith and would like to install >it, but...
• Re: no parking lights? huh? wiring worries
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:20:31 -0800
  ...I have a brand new headlight & ignition switch > plus new X relay. Here is another kicker- when the headlights are on the > defrost and...
• Re: need afm to throttle body hose aircooled,
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 10:38:07 -0700
  ...The California models have electronic ignition (different coil and distributor, and ICU, and the different wiring harness that works with them), different FI components...
• Re: What is a Hard Start Relay Kit? Who sells them?
  Historical mailing list - Mad and Ed
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:15:09 -0700
  I think this may be a "slave" relay which is installed to overcome the voltage drop in the long wire from ignition switch to...
• Re: Stranded in Kentucky, USA
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:16:58 -0700
  ...AIRS, Vanagonauts, Roadhaus shops lists. >> >>>> She said that when she turns the key in the ignition, nothing happens. >> Based on other recent symptoms (which...
• No start
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:16:12 +0000
  ...other 2 large ones.Any ideas on how to check the ignition switch.  Can I cross a couple of wires there to see if...
• Is THIS the "boxer" transplant we've been waiting for?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 7 Mar 2018 16:48:10 +0000
  Everything is wrong with this new engine--opposed piston, combustion ignition, two-cycle. But check out the video and tell me--if it became...
• 87 Syncro no temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Kk Al
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 17:09:03 -0400
  ...The red warning light in the temp gauge flashes a few times when we turn on the ignition, then remains off. How do we...
• Re: Poll: Favorite anti-theft device?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 23 Jun 2014 18:59:06 -0700
  ...If they get in, destroy your ignition switch and can't start the car, then they might just ransack and vandalize the insides for...
• Locking Gas Cap
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:00:50 -0600
  Recently, there was a discussion on locking gas caps that, with the help of a locksmith, would work with the ignition key, as with...
• 79-83 Fed ECU Needed!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Sep 1997 13:37:39 -0700
  ...Points dist not electronic ignition. Anybody that has one let me know, Thanks. Kyle -- Kyle Wade (408) 429-9424 Hm # Keeper of the Volks...
• Re: Thanks everyone! Re: Stumped Man : ( Bosch ignition coil c
  Historical mailing list - Joe Hunt
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 01:24:06 EDT
  don, My Bentley shows on page 28.4 for air cooled coils 2.6 to 3.1 ohms between terminals 1 and 15( thats...
• Re: Jake brakes, Engine overrun fuel consumtion, was: Wankels
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 13:48:10 -0400
  ...Bulley-Hewlett & Associates >If you REALLY want >to slow down using the motor, shut off the ignition (leave the key in), and >open the...
• Re: 85 / 90 rotor question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 09:58:23 EDT
  The brake rotors (I thought you were talking about ignition rotors at first), are totally different and can't be interchanged. The 80-85...
• Re: Friday
  Historical mailing list - The Shaws
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:24:27 -0800
  ...I pull the keys out the ignition and then with keys in the same hand pull the e-brake getting my finger between several...
• Re: We went to Mammoth Lakes for a few days too....
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:52:04 -0700
  ...I know I don't have my ignition system fully dialed in (cold start problem), but I'm thinking the high altitude problem is...
• Re: extra precautions on fuelin up.
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 6 Dec 2005 18:45:11 -0800
  ...The ignition occurs around the handle of the nozzle when the static charge on the woman is grounded and sparks in the midst of...
• BA 6 Heater Elec. connection
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:25:15 -0800
  ...connection Getting closer to ignition. Much closer,finally! If these photos are wanted,better down load them soon. Yahoo only lets me have a...
• Re: Ignition switch replacement Experience?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:36:47 -0800
  Ok. I R& R the switch. easy piezy. Blinkers Stalk ok, Wiper stalk NOT ok.. Fuse ok. I go do something else for an...
• 2.1wbx into 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sun, 9 Dec 2007 09:15:57 -0800
  ...Is this a plug and play type swap or is the older wiring from the ignition and front of van not capable of the...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:56:22 -0600
  ...In a waterboxer, the fuel pump runs for a few seconds when the ignition is turned "on"--before "start." In the air-cooled, this...
• Re: Steering. Re: P 48.14 Measurement "a"
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 2 Feb 2013 01:10:46 -0500
  At 04:11 PM 2/1/2013, neil n wrote: >A few years ago I replaced the ignition switch. The dash was off at...
• Re: Intermittent hot start problem
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:05:45 -1000
  ...the common 'fun' one to me is when the ignition switch is the reason for the common 'no headlights' scenario .. High beam flashing works...
• Re: Aux battery kit from Bus Depot (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 22:28:59 -0500
  ...With the ignition off, the aux battery is isolated from the rest of the "original" electrical system. Ex.; You wire a TV&VCR to...
• '86 GLi problem...continued
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 11:49:26 EST
  ...The coil has been swapped out, so has the ignition module. The wires from the hall sensor do not go to the ignition module...
• Re: Is it the ignition switch, or something else?
  Historical mailing list - ron ourada
  Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:37:50 -0600
  ...Is it the ignition switch, or something else? They do on my car! I recently had the wheel off to see on a leather...
• Re: Hot start problem
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:25:19 -0500
  ...I don't think v-gons use a starter relay, but installing one may take some load off the ignition switch, assuming the starter...
• Some other Oiling comments..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:56:56 -0800
  ...When the ignition key is turned, it activates a relay and valve that releases the 5 qts of Accusump oil into the motor, pre...
• API oil grades, was: Stupid question about PENZOIL
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 May 1996 13:34:15 -0400
  ...For 'S'park ignition vehicles (gasoilne engines) they grade oils with letters like SA, SB, SC, etc. Every so often API raises the performance...
• Re: 1986 GL won't start
  Historical mailing list - Marc Theune
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 19:47:55 -0400
  ...I drove onto our driveway about > two weeks ago, turned off the ignition, and it hasn't started since. > I've replaced the starter...
• Re: Thieves have key, part 2: Anyone have scans of instructions for pulling lock cylinders?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:28:40 +1200
  >I called several locksmiths today to check prices on re-keying the four >locks and the ignition. If I have them remove the locks...
• Re: Ignition and Carbs.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 00:22:54 -0800
  ...2000 9:37 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Ignition and Carbs. I had a 2.1 crewcab and found that any...
• Re: Electrical System Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 18:20:45 -0800
  ...You can attach a spare ignition switch to the wiring for a quick test. If it cures the problem then you can take the...
• Re: Curious incident of the fuel pump that did not whine in the night
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:01:57 -0700
  Check the ignition switch first, they are notoriously fragile. If you don't want to get all the way into it, just pull down...
• Re: What coil part number for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:17:57 -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: Two Questions - headlight improvements / automatic tranny?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 07:55:25 -0500
  ...The added electrical > load smoked my ignition switch circuit handling headlight loads as well as > my headlight dimmer switch. I am not abandoning the...
• Bad ground. WAS; Hmm. Headlights don't ...
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:39:33 -0800
  ...Headlights don't ... >> >> Probably the ignition switch. >> >> If I remember correctly, power for that circuit >> comes from the ignition switch. >> >> JB >> >> >> On 11/14...
• Re: '80 Westy: My headlights stopped working
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:25:25 -0700
  ...Recently found out from advice from this list, which turned out to be true, that it was a combination of the ignition switch and...
• Re: Daily Update On My Injectors
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:40:29 -0800
  ...So with the ignition switch turned off none of the injector leads is grounded. With the ignition on but engine not running all 8...
• Re: Wiring in a new Stereo Unit
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:17:10 -0800
  ...It should also have an "Ignition" > >> lead, which goes to a source which is switched (usually the key, but > >> maybe a separate switch). As...
• Re: Questions/Advice Needed 1980 VW Westphalia
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 17 May 2012 20:59:14 -0400
  ...Fuel, ignition, compression. I'll assume compression is good, since when it runs, it runs. You've made some changes to fuel. Look toward...
• Re: which cabriolet? (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Sat, 4 Sep 1999 11:10:24 -0400
  ...miss some. '80 First year, early style dash, points ignition,1.6 '81 Electronic ignition, different dash, 1.7 '82 slight change to top...
• Re: Steve's Lock Shop
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 16:24:14 -0500
  ...I think my key works in the driver's door and the ignition and the rest of the locks refuse to work at all...
• Re: Wierd (Ignition?) Problem...
  Historical mailing list - Weibel, Pius
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:02:54 -0600
  ...It was not the keyed ignition. I could call my mechanic to get the details if you want them. Thanks to the towing insurance...
• Re: Optima Blue D31M
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 3 Jun 2008 15:04:20 -0700
  ...No interior air gets near the ignition > source. Interior air is only pulled through a heat exchager, total > seperation from the ignition source. > ----- End...
• Where is the Serial # located on the Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 20:45:57 -0400
  ...This engine used a more advanced engine management system known as Bosch "Digifant I" which now digitally managed ignition timing as well as fuel...
• Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:46:03 -0500
  Oh Boy, does that mean I can start using the ignition key in my '87 for the gas cap too!?!. Sure would be nice...
• Problem with lock cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - Gilles H Turmel
  Mon, 8 Jul 2013 16:54:11 -0400
  ...The ignition key won’t turn. I have to play with the sterring to get it to work. Should I change the lock cylinder...
• Re: Totally Trivial Question About The Digital Clock
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:25:23 -0700
  ...It normally has power all the time, not just when the ignition is on. I suspect some PO (Previous Owner) tried to rewire for...
• for sale
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:55:10 -0800
  ...I got 1.9 85 wbx engine and most parts of intake, ignition, exhaust and lots of extras. I am selling it as is...
• Re: Ignition / Starter
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 18:51:58 -0800
  If you remove the cover for the autoshifter, there is a switch bolted to the passenger (right) side of the shift selector lever. It...
• Re: I need an IdiuT light! [low fuel warning lamp]
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 22:25:57 -0500
  ...low on gas, >like a couple liters left, cuts out the ignition? That oughtta work, eh? LIke Tom Swift's Electric Rifle, that wouldn...
• Re: Emisson Control unit question
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:33:48 -0400
  ...Thanks, Doug >Actually, turning on the ignition only starts the ECU. The ECU then runs >the pump for a few seconds to bring up...
• Re: oil pressure problems,still
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:23:00 -0400
  ...That is what tests the oil light with only the ignition on. I think it opens at seven psi. Pull out the coil wire...
• Re: ignition lock
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:00:20 -0700
  On 4/2/07, Bill MacLachlan <billmacla@gmail.com> wrote: > > roller pics huh? so that's what they are called! thanks! > thanks for the...
• Re: Cat-Gard(tm)
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:27:37 -0400
  How about just turning your wipers on before you turn off the engine and turn the ignition off when the wipers are at their...