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• Re: cranky but no starty
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 06:32:11 -0500
  ...ignition), ignition (no spark), and the idle stabilizer valve (not vibrating). I swapped the 2 relays in the black box above the coil, still...
• Re: Engine cranks but NO JUICE to coil...poor thirsty coil : (
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 19:03:27 -0400
  ...got > hot with just the key in the ignition. Would this prevent juice to the coil? > If I'm overlookin the obvious ...SLAP ME...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Sun, 10 Jul 2016 18:17:32 -0700
  ...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: crank, wont start
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 19 Nov 2015 00:18:02 +0000
  ...They said that when > they install a new ignition coil ( due to a failed coil ), that they > usually suggest replacing two other additional parts...
• bad cat. due to bad coil update.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 21:46:55 -0500 (EST)
  quick story is.....ignition coil went one cold night. i did a lot of cranking(and push starting) before giving up and abandoning my...
• No Juice to ECU Solved.
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:31:15 -0800
  ...I put in a new ignition coil but it didnt start after that... I reconnected a few wires - one to hall and one to...
• Re: Help....stuck....dead Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Aug 2017 22:36:47 -0400
  ...on the coil positive side, then ignition switch > is likely reason. But before you said you *do* have power to the coil. > > If you...
• Today's PUZZLER... SLWR-VAN won't start
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stinson
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 14:19:34 -0400
  ...going to the current ignition switch) - checked the coil (by hooking up the coil wires to a new coil) - checked the ECU (by hooking...
• Electrical question re: Jetta conversion ign. coil supply
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:09:19 -0700
  ...supply from 15 of ignition switch to Jetta coil. 1994 Jetta Bentley shows a #12 wire going to coil from 15. 1981 Vanagon Bentley...
• Re: Hard/no start story, '86 2.1, AT, mostly removed AC
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:45:53 -0800
  ...From the > ignition switch to the ignition coil the path does include going into and > back out of the fuse box. It is fairly...
• Digifant hand-held tach connections
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 17:40:35 -0500
  ...ignition that allows a hand-held tach to read accurately. Does anyone know how to connect a hand-held tach to the Digifant coil...
• cranky but no starty
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 20:39:13 -0800
  ...ignition), ignition (no spark), and the idle stabilizer valve (not vibrating). I swapped the 2 relays in the black box above the coil, still...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:23:53 -0700
  ...ignition coil to power the coil, and from there to pin 85 of the 2 engine relay sockets as well as power the ignition...
• Re: Coil changed, still no spark and spray
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 29 May 2012 10:01:43 -0400
  ...Yes, the coil was bad and I thought it will start after I changed it. But no. Checked the fuel spray and there is...
• Re: Engine cranks but NO JUICE to coil...poor thirsty coil : (
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 19:38:32 EDT
  ...Gotta luv the list. >> Hmm, on my Syncro, the PO put in a cut off switch on the ignition circuit. The engine will turn...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:19:31 -0700
  ...The #1 and #15 terminals are > the two leads of the primary winding of the ignition coil. The #1 pin > is connexted to ECU...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:19:33 -0400
  ...the coil secondary open, by removing the coil wire, say, does stress the coil somewhat by causing higher secondary voltages, but the ignition module...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:45:09 -0500
  ...Also, realize that the green wires to/from the coil >>>>> are for >>>>> ignition pulses not power. >>>>> >>>>> Your use of a jumper wire to test...
• Re: No Start Scenario
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Wed, 11 Mar 2015 20:12:24 -0700
  Thanks Mark, I will check the D15 connection back to the coil. I did go ahead and replace the ignition switch though, as it...
• RE: CDIs
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 11:52:37 -0700
  ...Indeed, the inductance is from the coil. (This makes for a fast rise time in electronic ignitions and may create radio interference problems. Various...
• Re: Help diagnosing a red battery light
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:32:22 -0700
  ...finding the problem)) I measured voltage on the alternator field coil terminal. With ignition key off I had 0.15V on it. Now when...
• Re: crank, wont start
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Wed, 18 Nov 2015 16:39:41 -0700
  Thanks to everyone for your input and help!!!! The final diagnosis and treatment---new ignition coil--and the van starts right up and runs...
• Re: Replaced Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:37:56 -0400
  ...Certainly the > ignition coils aren't. They have been outsourcing for years. The Bosch fuel pumps we sell are German made, by Bosch. But...
• Ignition Wiring, 1980 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bob Babcock
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:02:32 -0700
  I foolishly forgot to write down which wires connect to where on the coil of my 80 Vanagon.. Can anyone help, or direct me...
• Re: Fixed: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 2 Dec 2014 21:04:06 -0800
  ...new coil had those tabs spaced more widely. I believe that's the + terminal, as I measured 12.5V there with the ignition on...
• Re: Intermittent stall while underway...
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 02:51:00 +0000
  Dave it sounds like ignition is cutting out. Check the wiring at the coil. I have had the end of the wire that plugs...
• Re: Cause of weak spark?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:29:02 -0400
  ...coil power ground? Why the high voltage? The ECU does basically the same thing that a points-type ignition does -- it grounds the coil...
• Re: 2.1L ignition/FI woes!!
  Historical mailing list - Mountaineer
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:08:49 -0500
  ...I hear the clicking from the relays that are in a black plastic box above the coil....left side of motor bay. -- John Bange...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:32:49 -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: Eurospec problems
  Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 08:17:36 -0700
  ...86 on the relay to 15 on the ignition coil. This assumes that your > coil is getting 12V when the key is on... > > At...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:57:31 -0700
  ...The #1 and #15 terminals are the two leads of the primary winding of the ignition coil. The #1 pin is connexted to ECU...
• Re: Random Instant Shutdown
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:26:58 -0700
  ...The black wire continues on to the ignition coil to power it, and then branches off to power up the ECU relay and enable...
• Latest news on No Spark
  Historical mailing list - Riley Kettner
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:01:46 -0700
  ...I mentioned before that I had no spark coming off the ignition coil. I purchased and installed a new coil to no improvements. New...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:43:22 -0700
  ...Also, realize that the green wires to/from the coil are for > > > ignition pulses not power. > > > > > > Your use of a jumper wire to test...
• Cause of failed igniton switch
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:43:27 -0800
  ...to the coil? I am inclined to think that if the 15 key-on wire is able to melt the ignition switch, that this...
• Re: Ignition question
  Historical mailing list - Billy Hirt
  Thu, 31 May 2007 07:28:35 -0400
  ...I gave the coil direct power from > the battery and everything was fine except the ignition wouldn't shut it > off. No problem, remove...
• Re: What coil part number for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:41:14 -0700
  ...Are the "pins" those threaded binding posts on the 00061? My coil uses quick disconnects, which makes it a 00041 type, I reckon. -- Mike...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:16:01 -0700
  ...Also, realize that the green wires to/from the coil >>>>>> are for >>>>>> ignition pulses not power. >>>>>> >>>>>> Your use of a jumper wire to test...
• Re: Ignition Coil(s) Differences
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 6 May 1998 01:21:03 -0700
  At 03:01 PM 5/5/98 -0700, Tom Hanlon wrote: >Listees, > >I may need a new coil for 84 Westfalia, 1.9 L...
• Re: Strange No Start
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 15:58:45 -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: spark plugs, etc
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 22:21:53 +0000
  ...igition system to cause the ignition coil to "grunt" as the primary circuit is broken and the coil magnetic field collapes. Parallel circuitry lowers...
• Another Crank but No Start/No Spark
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:47:47 -0600
  ...Cont’ Hums Have SwappedIn Coil (used, supposed good) Dizzy. (1 used & 1 New) ECU (2 used, supposed good) Ignition Switch (New) Probably forgetting to...
• Re: Uncle... '91 won't catch
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 21:11:50 -0800
  ...coil, distributor, wires, plugs and voltage regulator: now that's what I call an ignition system!), I decided to do the final ignition switching...
• Re: 87 No Start,check this
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Sat, 2 May 1998 21:59:01 EDT
  ...If you don't have ignition power (15 power curcuit) to your coil, the problem is a burnt connector at the back of your...
• Did I receive the correct ignition coil?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:02:22 -0400
  I am dubious of the coil I received today for my 86 Transporter. It is bright red and reads "use only with ballast". the...
• Re: Weird cutting out still happening... mechanical switch?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:48:59 -0500
  From your description this sounds like an electrical issue--something major losing contact, like a coil wire or a wire to the ECU, and...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Chayan Srisawat
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:36:29 +0700
  ...I changed all of ignition cables(coil to distributor and distributor to spark plugs) and finally obtained pretty good consumption rate. Before leak test...
• Starting From Engine Bay
  Historical mailing list
  05 Dec 96 07:10:20 PST
  ...from the dash by disconnecting the wire from the ignition switch to the coil (at the dash, careful, it's hot when engine running...
• Re: ground wires/strap (85 vanagon)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 May 1996 10:55:01 -0400
  ...Ground strap goes from there to the bdy by the ignition coil. Dennis
• Re: Reliability of AutoZone (Duralast) alternators
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:00:42 -0400
  "J Stewart" <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> said: > And it was a generic no name ignition coil from Autozone that saved my > a** on the way...
• Re: Help with 12v Dometic wiring
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 18:36:56 -0700
  ...Most of the voltage from the blue wire thus appears across the small relay coil so it activates, unless the ignition switch puts the...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:44:00 -0500
  ...Also, realize that the green wires to/from the coil >>>> are for >>>> ignition pulses not power. >>>> >>>> Your use of a jumper wire to test...
• Re: What coil part number for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:05:27 -0700
  That's because two different ones could be used depending on the distributor cap and/or ignition wires being used on 83.5-85...
• IGNITION CORROSION
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:35:08 -0800
  ...The latest experience was between the ignition wire and the high voltage coil contact. I am having no misfire or anything like that but...
• Re: engine swaps... VR6
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 00:52:12 -0500
  ...As to the "ignition coil pack"...not all VR6 engines used it (it was introduced in 93, prior to that they used distributers.)
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:33:07 -0700
  ...Reversing the 2 black wires at the 3 prongs > > post doesn't do anything. > > The same connection on the old ignition coil makes the...
• Re: gremlins in ignition
  Historical mailing list
  15 Jan 97 07:54:23 PST
  When I replaced my coil on my Hall ignition CA '80 Westi, I was told, and Bentley sorta concurred, that I also needed to...
• Re: Location of fuel pump relay, 1.9
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 19 Jul 2014 10:07:31 -1000
  ...the ign coil is.'that box is right above the coil.'''' the High /voltage warning on it refers to Secondary Ignition ( spark ) voltage, not...
• Re: Engine electrical power requirements?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:23:09 -0700
  ...One of the red wires goes over to the fuel injection and powers everything but the coil and ignition module. Also in that box...
• Re: What so special about the Ignition Coil?
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:08:15 -0800
  Conrad, Go to the handy Pick and pull(junk yard)and get yourself a good used one for a few dollars... Phil __________________________________ Do you...