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• Re: New coil leaking tar
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 3 Oct 2016 10:44:34 -0700
  Not exactly the same, but I learned that coils are oil filled after searching for a persistent oil drip from a van that I...
• Re: [Syncro] Coil Confusion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:21:12 -0700
  ...What you have is a coil for a Golf / Jetta. Yes you can just swap the end of the coil wire with one from...
• Re: Tach goes down, engine cuts out, then back again ...
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 08:27:46 -0700
  Zoltan, Since the green tach wire connects to the coil, I would disconnect the tach from the coil at the coil and see if...
• Re: 84 Westy Gas Mileage?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:31:15 -0400
  ...coil.What possible correlation could this have to the coil?If it has a higher resistance the coil will not be damaged and it...
• Re: Hot Water and you
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 23:25:56 -0800
  ...i found that a single-layered coil is not enough....so my coil is more of a bundle of tubing with criss-crosses and...
• Re: Plat +4s, high output coil Questions
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 12:39:37 -0500
  I just bought some +4 Bosch plugs myself and am exploring the possibility of upgrading the coil. I'd be interested in hearing any...
• Re: horns that don't sound so lame
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 17:11:12 -0500
  ...page 97.64 Bentley book, current track 53 shows the horn, and internal stuff, but that little coil in the horn is the coil...
• Automatic Choke ?(added info)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 01:19:54 -0400
  ...My Dad suggested that perhaps the coil and flap are somehow reversed, thus uncoiling it actually shuts the flap. Either way, the coil really...
• Re: The alternator issue
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:19:10 -0700
  ...It's reverse biased against the coil drive voltage, so it doesn't short out the coil; but when the circuit opens the collapsing...
• Re: Generic ignition coil on 1.9?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 19 Nov 2016 17:46:21 -0700
  I have run both 1.9 & 2.1 on Accel SuperStock & Mallory/MSD Blaster2 Coils & they Both Performed VeryWell ~ ORR ~ DeanB On 19 Nov...
• Coils and Platinum Plugs!
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 20:10:27 -0800
  ...They killed coil after coil in My 1980 Van until I put 2 and 2 together. >> Oh No.. tell me it ain't so...
• Hi-Voltage coil
  Historical mailing list - Jack Ck.
  Wed, 18 Jun 1997 23:09:06 -0700
  I like to know if it's safe to install a performance coil, one those with a 60,000V rating on my 87'Vanagon...
• Coil Springs
  Historical mailing list - Martin
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 11:09:14 -0600
  I'm about to change the coil springs of my 87 Wolfsburg (short/ harsh) to those of an 91 Vanagon. Any last minute words...
• Odd Intermittent Source
  Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 06:33:17 -0400
  ...I was able to narrow my pursuit down to the primary coil wire from the coil to the centre of the distributor. It turned...
• Re: Cause of weak spark?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:06:59 -0400
  ...Battery voltage is >present at the coil (D15 power currently coming from G2). >Coil has been swapped. >New dist. cap and coil wire (swapped...
• Re: crank, wont start_coil testing
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:05:56 -0500
  ...crank, wont start_coil testing Digging around, I found this...(from a Porsche mechanic ) so likely close. Coil Resistance Check Primary...0.4-0...
• Re: Cause of weak spark?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sat, 19 Sep 2015 19:14:34 -0700
  ...Battery voltage is present at the coil (D15 power currently coming from G2). >> Coil has been swapped. >> New dist. cap and coil wire (swapped...
• Re: bosch plugs
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:08:40 -0500
  John, That was I who said they eat coils. How do you explain multiple Vanagon that have had this problem. I've fix at...
• Re: "Brake Warning Light" grounding question. (searched)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:57:40 -0700
  ...coil relay (the Jetta coil uses a larger gauge wire than my Westy did, > so I installed this relay to carry power to coil...
• questions of lifting saggy butt Vanagons,and coil spring spacers
  Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 08:00:38 EST
  ...They were round 1 1/2 inch thick pads that would be put between the coil spring and the spring perch. Anybody tried these...
• Re: Cold Starts
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 07:17:44 -0500
  ...THe coil is charged to max. flux every cycle. When the field collapses, the electronics have to jump the path of lease resistance, (the...
• Re: Engine cranks but NO JUICE to coil...poor thirsty coil : (
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 19:03:27 -0400
  ...If ya remember a few weeks ago I replaced the plugs and coil > (old coil had orange spark at time). I know the new...
• Re: Dashmount options for smartphones?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:46:23 -0400
  At 07:32 PM 6/11/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >The coilcord charger cable puts more pull on the bottom of the phone...
• Eurospec problems
  Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 08:36:39 -0700
  ...I suspect whatever supplies 12v to the coil of the fuel pump relay is the culprit. Bentley shows the coil side of the relay...
• Re: Lowering an 85'/
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:18:19 EST
  ...So unless you ran them so tight you brought the coils right together, I don't see how the ride would be that much...
• CARAT and Syncro spring measurements
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Mon, 21 Jun 1999 22:43:37 -0600
  ...7 coils. Both springs look identical! The CARAT's wire diameter is again slightly larger in diameter. Both have 7 coils. I suppose the...
• 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...
• Re: Another coil fire
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:14:30 -0700
  The coil on the type RV Digifant2 engine I just bought had a secondary resistance of 7500 ohms...more than double what it ought...
• 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: Cold Starting
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:07:46 -0500
  ...Put a DC current thru any coil, and you get a magnetic field. Remove the power the field collapses, causing a reverse voltage into...
• Re: Coils and Platinum Plugs!
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 9 Jan 1999 01:42:36 -0500
  ...They > killed coil after coil in My 1980 Van until I put 2 and 2 together. > >> > > Oh No.. tell me it ain't so...
• Re: vanagon stalling/propex heaters
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 Oct 1996 15:12:28 GMT
  ...I could and WOULD go on adinfinitum, except CHECK THOSE OLD >IGNITION COILS FIRST!. > I heartily concur. The Dub was exhibiting much the same...
• HOT COIL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:20:12 -0600
  ...With voltmeter connected to terminals 1 and 15 on the coil I get a reading of 6 volts with the ignition switched on. Connecting...
• AC Evap Coil
  Historical mailing list - David Hally
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:28:49 -0700
  ...The evaporator coil in the back, in the plastic housing at the top has a leak. My repair guy (Konrad's AutoHause is Scotts...
• Re: coil over springs for busses with sagging rear ends?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:55:45 -0500
  can't you adjust the splines on the rear torsion bars. It looks easy in the manual, but coil springs may be easier
• Coil Spring availability/cost?
  Historical mailing list - Dale
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 11:23:18 -0600
  Anyone, or Coby, have a price on a new or used coil spring? How hard would it be to find a used one? Thanks...
• Re: Coils and Platinum Plugs!
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 20:48:18 -0800
  ...They killed coil after coil in My 1980 Van until I put 2 and 2 together. >> Oh No.. tell me it ain't so...
• Re: Drivability Problems with Vanagons (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Terry Tan
  Sat, 12 Oct 1996 09:35:44 -0400 (EDT)
  ...A defective coil will work when the engine is cold for a while. When the engine is hot and the coil is at operating...
• Re: Bad coil? Car dead at walmart
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:00:46 -0500
  Checking resistance in the coil a la Bentley should give you those results, then maybe try the Hall sender and then(hopefully not) the...
• Re: Coil Confusion
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 09:57:39 EDT
  ...Joy! On my old coil, there >is a post inside where the wire to the distributor >attaches (the "spark plug" type wire). The wire...
• Fridge Problem -additional coil fan
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 20:17:00 -0500
  Earlier this summer I added a second coil fan in parallel with the stock fridge coil fan. It seemed easy enough to do (a...
• Re: Ignition Coil(s) Differences
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Tue, 5 May 1998 22:04:27 EDT
  ...Same coil. Using one on my '84 GL right now. Works great. Ken Wilford John 3:16
• Re: The details of Motronic (long but no cigar)
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 16:12:19 -0700
  ...The Subaru ignition operates by sequencing driving pulses to an ignitor amplifier which feeds high current pulses to coil over plug ignition. One coil...
• Re: Electrical question (Coil terminals)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:24:35 -0700
  Do this Don, mark which wires go where on the coil currently. with the engine off, but key on, find which one of the...
• Re: Haunted 84 adventurewagon
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 29 Oct 1996 11:52:36 -0400
  >The easiest way to check your coil is to replace it. If you have access >to a VOM let me know and we can...
• 88 Vanagon Wolfsburg Coil Spring Sagging
  Historical mailing list - - James Shinosky
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 11:56:10 EDT
  ...Where can I find new or used coil springs? So far I found new lowering coil spring kit from BusBoys for $495.00 (that...
• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:32:55 -0500
  ...Before I >> removed the suspect coil, I turned on the key and stuck a test light >> on the positive coil terminal connector to make...
• Re: Help....stuck....dead Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Aug 2017 20:50:36 -0400
  Perhaps you disturbed the ECU wire to coil negative. And of course the Hall-effect sender connections at the distributor are a chronic source...
• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:47:32 -0700
  ...Before I > removed the suspect coil, I turned on the key and stuck a test light > on the positive coil terminal connector to make...
• Re: 1.9L spark plug wires; Bosch/Beru content
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:55:31 -0800
  FWIW, I've been running the Mexican made Bosch wires (09272) with post style connections on both the coil and distributor cap in my...
• How to test ignition coil? this guy needs some help
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:47:04 -0700
  ...How to test ignition coil? The coil will no spark to a ground wire that i run from the body. From my experince the...
• syncro coil springs on an 84???
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Sat, 14 Mar 1998 18:52:31 -0500
  Does anyone know if I can use the coil springs from a 86 syncro on an 84 (rear). I am tired of the saggies...
• Re: Cold Starting
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:29:55 -0600
  ...So, if that is correct, it should make very little difference to the coil if there is resistance wire/rotor or not. RF emitted...
• Wire gauge: smaller to larger ok?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:16:09 -0700
  ...Vanagon Bentley (1981) shows a #16 wire from "15" on ignition switch to the coil. Jetta Bentley shows a #12 wire going to coil...
• Re: The alternator issue
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:13:01 -0700
  ...coil drive voltage, so it doesn't short out the coil; but when the circuit opens the collapsing magnetic field in the coil drives...
• Re: Generic ignition coil on 1.9?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Nov 2016 18:08:40 -0500
  ...What you're looking for is on 28.39, coils with gray label should be changed to green label when replacing on Digifant. Yrs...
• Another coil fire
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mighton
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:20:25 -0400
  ...The VW dealership who installed a new coil, ignition wire set and new hose stated that coil fires are fairly common. Our CAA PLUS...
• 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: Did I receive the correct ignition coil?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:36:15 -0400
  According to my parts computer that part number crosses over to 00061ME coil which is supposed to work on 83-92 Vanagons. So I...
• Re: Wire gauge: smaller to larger ok?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:42:52 -0700
  ...from "15" on ignition switch > > to the coil. > > > > Jetta Bentley shows a #12 wire going to coil. > > > > Is it a bad idea (potentially too...