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• Re: CDIs
  Historical mailing list - Brian M. Miller
  Fri, 1 Mar 96 9:48:40 PST
  ...The capacitor of a CDI ignition discharges into the primary of the ignition coil. The secondary of the coil ignites the spark. The effective...
• Re: Drivability Problems with Vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Oct 1996 01:44:37 -0400
  In a message dated 96-10-11 20:11:09 EDT, you write: << Does anyone think that a bad ignition coil could have caused...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 15:20:07 -0700
  ...more towards the coil. >> > >> > Also seems like keeping the ignition on makes it not start after 5m. But >> > with ignition off it starts after...
• Re: Intermittent stall while underway...
  Historical mailing list - David
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 17:50:34 -0500
  ...What thinks the listers? I’d lean toward ignition module / coil... since it gave the initial no spark on the first connection to hall...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:31:57 -0500
  ...the ignition module? Why does it need the heat >dissipator? It supplies the energy pulse to the ignition coil which the coil converts to...
• Fwd: Worse than Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Gil Ngai
  Thu, 13 May 2021 19:18:52 -0600
  ...Hall Sensor providing better signal to ignition module; Ignition Coil Module is not driving ignition coil correctly - replacement required; Repair: Source, acquire, and install...
• Re: Ignition problem?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 09:53:55 -0500
  ...It is an excellent indication of what is happening at the coil primary circuit. Check for loose connections on the coil and the grounds...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 20 Apr 2001 - Special issue (#2001-478)
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:10:20 -0600
  ...This was a way of economizing on the number of coil packs. High performance Chevrolet engines (and I'm sure others) have a coil...
• Re: Allison Ignition still there?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:00:36 -0500
  ...Conversion Ignitions are the drop in points > replacements. > > I had one on my Bug and 73 Bus (I still have the coil 10 years...
• Re: High voltage havoc from coil?
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:44:11 -0800
  ...High voltage havoc from coil? > >Has anyone ever heard of high voltage from the secondary winding in the > >ignition coil, intermittently finding it's...
• Re: dwell
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Sat, 13 May 2000 23:13:51 -0400
  ...to charge the coil cumulatively. Simply because the distributor shaft rotates 360* of course. If you have a transistorized ignition, breakerless whatever, you can...
• No spark -- Ignition Control Unit?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 9 May 2007 10:34:17 -0400
  ...All the pins in the ECU test good according to Bentley, coil tests good per Bentley, and there's power to the Ignition Control...
• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 21:40:05 -0700
  ...I can't imagine the Jetta ignition coil needing so much > more current that the ignition switch can't handle it anyway. This may...
• Re: Coil boil
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:54:44 -0700
  ...Vanagon's are old school in many ways, modern ignition systems use high power coil packs, but they are subject to failure too! Stuart...
• Re: Electrical question (Coil terminals)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:07:55 -0400
  At 02:32 PM 10/12/2009, Don Hanson wrote... >Hi all, I am looking to find the Neg pole terminal on my coil...
• Cold start problem '87 Syncro - repaired
  Historical mailing list - John Neumeier
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:02:49 -0700
  ...Checked voltage at coil (between pin 15 and ground) with ignition on. Should be battery voltage, but mine was unstable. Removed the coil, cleaned...
• Re: High voltage havoc from coil?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 14:16:24 -0500
  ...The ignition coil is utterly unable to make any significant difference to the overall 12v system voltage, and if it *did* the first thing...
• FW: More PANIC and Das Bot----tests done so far and results
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:55:08 -0600
  ...No spark observed arcing from coil wire to ground. Did I do the ignition wire tests correctly? Shouldn't I have seen a spark...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 12:35:51 -0700
  ...more towards the coil. > > Also seems like keeping the ignition on makes it not start after 5m. But > with ignition off it starts after...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:20:23 -0800
  ...In Vanagons the ignition switch powers on the ignition coil. It also turns on the power relays in the engine compartment. The exact details...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's,normal again.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Mar 2009 20:27:14 -0800
  So it's really only speculation at this point that it's ignition-related ? ( the tach indications point strongly in that direction I realize...
• Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:57:44 -0800
  How old are the ignition wires, particularly the lead from the coil? This can develop a high resistance when cold yet still function when...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:33:20 -0700
  ...the coil and it seems within > specifications. > > What voltage should I have on poles 1 and 15 on the coil with the > ignition turned...
• VR6 ignition module
  Historical mailing list - Boroko
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 13:16:36 -0700
  ...Do you know of any inherent problems with the motor? Are head gaskets a problem? Are there problems with the ignition modules/coil packs...
• Re: What coil part number for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:17:57 -0700
  ...The coil's center connection > > (coil wire to distributor) and the distributor's cap connections is what > > I am referring to to. All Vanagon...
• Crummy Vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 15 May 2021 02:25:22 +0000
  ...Hall Sensor providing better signal to ignition module; Ignition Coil Module is not driving ignition coil correctly - replacement required; Repair: Source, acquire, and install...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 7 Nov 2011 21:36:42 -0800
  ...No start/ Yes spark II > > > Ok, just ran the "ignition coil test" per Scott and Bentley 28.36. I have > voltage for 2 - 3...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:33:03 -0400
  ...The 12 volt supply to the coil is unfused. The current path is from the ignition switch, to the fuse box, back out of...
• Re: strange white wire...
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 06:15:35 +0200
  David Cooper wrote: > There is a white wire which is spliced into the wire coming off the 15 > terminal of my ignition coil. It...
• Re: Immobilise the van?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Mon, 21 May 2007 15:12:05 -0500
  ...If you wanted to just kill the ignition coil, the online wiring diagram for a '90 shows that the coil is powered from a...
• F.I. and Pertronix Ignition?
  Historical mailing list - root
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 23:04:40 -0500
  Has anyone tried using one of those Pertronix Ignition modules (magnetic) with electronic fuel injection? I just put one in a F.I. engine...
• Van cuts out
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Mon, 28 May 2001 15:30:12 -0600
  ...ignition coil and ECU. I'll probably give these a try this week. When I looked at Bus depot for an ignition coil, it...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 11 Jul 2016 08:03:31 -0400
  ...coil?) >>> Suggestion was that it might be a bad hall sensor or coil. >>> >>> Now: Last time the engine died, when I turned the ignition...
• Re: starting issue with '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 25 Dec 2014 12:58:17 -0500
  ...What is a ignition coil? Is that the > same as the coil in the engine compartment or something different? > > > thanks as I had a...
• Re: Help with wet weather cut out problem
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 9 May 2004 16:46:48 -0500
  You could just have dirt / oil / road magnetic particles on your ignition wires, coil top, distributor cap or holding moisture in the spark plug...
• Re: Bad coil? Car dead at walmart
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:00:46 -0500
  ...Maybe first check the ignition switch(unless the engine is turning over via starter), and maybe make sure juice is getting to the coil...
• Cold idle dies
  Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 11:40:29 -0400
  ...what's going on when I tap the gas? A couple months before this developed I replaced my ignition coil, cap/rotor, plugs, and...
• bad coil?
  Historical mailing list - steve vitale
  Mon, 15 May 2006 13:19:41 -0400
  Hi List, I've had intermittent ignition problems that seem to get worse when the engine is completely warmed up. The van hesitates and...
• Re: Elec Ig and low revs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 95 11:29:35 EDT
  ...electronic ignition, I would (personally speaking) explore ways of improving the existing system - including platinum plugs, new ignition wires and HD coil. DC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David...
• no spark (after timing/dwell checked?)
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:25:51 -0700
  ...When the key is in the ignition and I connect my test light to the coil, I do get a reading on both sides...
• Re: testing Hall sender
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:15:17 -0500
  ...If no pulse, check it for +12 with ignition on and engine motionless. If none, check the coil + terminal for +12. If you're...
• Ignition module question
  Historical mailing list - wayne withers
  Wed, 2 May 2007 16:10:48 -0700
  ...I am testing my ignition module and when I ground the coil I am getting .09 volts rather than the slightly less than 1...
• 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: '85 Ignition Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:03:41 -0400
  ...Is this the Hall Sensor? > >Yup - the little box below the coil. No 'tisn't. The Hall sender is inside the distributor. This is...
• Re: No spark, help
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:03:23 -0700
  ...or coil? If no spark from the coil I would start by verifying you are getting power to it with the ignition on. Hopefully...
• Re: cutting out and sparking coil
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:04:40 -0500
  ...snip> >> Looked over at the coil and saw ignition >>sparks coming out of the rubber boot on the coil to distributor wire. This >>morning...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:21:10 -0500
  ...black is switched power from ignition. black/yellow feeds power to the relays in the box over the coil. Bentley says this should be...
• Ignition Coil
  Historical mailing list - Bill Hayeslip
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 16:13:27 -0400
  ...Now the engine won't start (in addition to the coil leak). Sounds like I've cooked the coil. I'll take a final...
• Re: Reliability of AutoZone (Duralast) alternators
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:26:08 +0000
  ...which was a Sunday.> And it was a generic no name ignition coil from Autozone that saved my a** on the way home from...
• Ignition Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Mon, 23 Oct 2017 11:44:24 -0400
  ...I remembered that I had the original coil in the cabinet. Problem Electrical, Coil = Electrical Component, why not? There are only two screws, so...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:06:51 -0500
  Ok, just ran the "ignition coil test" per Scott and Bentley 28.36. I have voltage for 2 - 3 seconds when I turn ignition...
• Re: gremlins in ignition
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Jan 1997 18:48:15 +0200
  ...gremlins in ignition Date: Wednesday, 15 Jan, 1997 17:10 When I replaced my coil on my Hall ignition CA '80 Westi, I was...
• Re: no spark (after timing/dwell checked?)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:26:38 -0400
  ...when engine is not turning, ignition switch in on position, negative terminal of meter attached to engine ground: 1. coil (+) should be at battery...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:43:03 -0700
  ...Disconnecting ECU connector, I connected ECU connector terminal 1 to ignition coil terminal 15. Got battry voltage. Then, still connected, I pinned center wire...
• Re: dwell
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Sun, 14 May 2000 05:51:36 -0400
  ...to charge the coil cumulatively. Simply because the distributor shaft rotates 360* of course. If you have a transistorized ignition, breakerless whatever, you can...
• Re: Coil killer found! vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 21:56:46 -0700
  ...and a I used a Crane Red coil and various > electronic ignition systems and the coil has lasted over TWELVE (12) years > and was...
• Intermittent ignition delay when turning key
  Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 08:52:27 -0500
  Hello, I have a delay in my'84's ignition when turing the key. Sometimes, especially after travelling a while after cooldown, I turn...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:14:37 -0800
  ...34mm > > Tuning and Emission > > ignition coil supply voltage: 11v > primary resistance: coil green label .5 - .8 ohm - coil grey label: .6 - > .8 ohm > secondary...
• Re: Failing Fuel Pump?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Jul 94 00:38:41 CDT
  ...right side relay inside black plastic relay box, directly above ignition coil on left side of engine compartment. power supply relay - when energized by...
• FW: results of tests for Das Boot
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:59:34 -0600
  ...fuel? fuel pump? fuel pump relay? ignition switch? coil? Do you have voltage at the coil? Voltage at the distributor? The Bentley has a...