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Re: ignition switch-- how to article
Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:33:46 -0700
...Unfortunately, I think this particular ignition switch was > faulty, and I'm now having more problems than I ever started with. So much > for...
Re: Headlight help needed ASAP
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:06:27 -0800
The very common reason for this failure is a faulty ignition switch. your high beams most likely still work when you pull the stalk...
Re: No headlights.
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:04:37 -0700
headlight switch, ignition switch and bad grounds are most likely the cause..
Re: electrical question - ignition switch
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:02:11 -0400
...but when I insert my key into the ignition on my '85, that circuit energizes ... whether I turn the key or not (I get...
Re: Ignition Switch, Battery and Starter Protection
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:53:37 -0500
...Ignition Switch, Battery and Starter Protection The discussion on mega-fues brought this to mine, and I felt it appropriate to have a different...
Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 14 May 2015 20:37:55 -0400
...If I am not >mistaken, many if not most modern vehicles use the ignition switch as a >trigger and do not actually route the...
Re: electrical question - ignition switch
Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:26:46 -0600
...electrical question - ignition switch >> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:33:27 -0600 >> >> >> ok, seems like nobody knows. Some more testing revealed that this...
Toggle Off Switch
Historical mailing list - Mark C
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:05:14 -0800
...then I guess the thing to do would be to make a toggle off switch in the kick panel that requires using the ignition...
Re: Ignition question
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Wed, 30 May 2007 06:42:59 -0700
...Also, now when I turn on my bright lights > the dome lights flash with the switch. Lastly the ignition switch when > turned to the...
Re: Vanagon GL 90 2.1L engine unexpectedly stalls while driving
Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
Thu, 20 May 2004 08:26:45 -0700
...Replacing the ignition switch solved the problem. But thanks for reminding me anyway. I'll check this too. ===== Cheers, T-man. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo...
Re: Now my van won't start...
Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:42:08 -0500
Andree, you can eliminate the Ignition Switch as a possibility by checking to see if your front heater blower works. If it, along with...
Re: ignition switch/steering lock housing
Historical mailing list
Mon, 13 Mar 2000 08:56:20 EST
...Look under "Remove and Replace ignition switch in a Vanagon". Hope this helps. Thanks, Ken Wilford http://www.vanagain.com John 3:16 Office...
Re: headlight switch mystery, help!
Historical mailing list - mike
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:54:37 -0400
Trust me, the ignition switch on the steering column. mike 87westy with lights again and 2 headlight switches that work Leif wrote: > > Interesting. When...
intermittent electric window
Historical mailing list - James Creech
Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:35:06 -0400
...However, turning off the keyed ignition switch, then back on (sometimes several times), usually makes the window switches operative again - don't know if...
solenoid vs ignition switch for non-start
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:25:48 -0600
...When I turn the ignition switch to "on" I get dash lights and hear the fuel pump run for a few seconds. Then if...
Re: Mystery wire on '73 ignition switch
Historical mailing list
Mon, 10 Jun 1996 22:46:57 -0700
...I may be wrong but thats what I've been lead to belive every time I install an ignition switch that wire has been...
Re: Shade tree wiring of a cold start valve on a 2.1?
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:29:07 -0800
...It uses a on/off switch wired through the ignition--this allows you to kill the entire circuit even when the ignition is on...
Re: HELP! '64 ignition shot?
Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
Sun, 30 Jun 1996 16:06:09 -0400
...a bad switch kill ALL electricity? Are '60 and '64 switches >incompatible? What am I missing? Where does the ignition switch get it's...
Re: Disabling the fuel pump
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:25:39 -0800
...I suppose with the fuel pump kill switch in the kill position I should be able to play the radio with the ignition turned...
Re: VAN STALLED AND WON'T START ?
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Tue, 2 Aug 2016 01:26:35 +0000
...Here's a youtube clip from listmember Brian: Replacing Vanagon Ignition Switch | | | | | | | | | | | Replacing Vanagon Ignition Switch | | | | View on www.youtube.com | Preview by Yahoo...
SOS - Vanagon ignition switch R & R
Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:53:20 -0500
...Here's what it says..... -#7 - remove blinker/wiper arm assembly......done, OK.... -#8 - *Pull ignition switch housing off the streering column......the allen...
Re: HELP! '64 ignition shot?
Historical mailing list - Douglas
Sun, 30 Jun 1996 22:07:59 -0700
...Upon consulting Muir, I checked the fuses (fine), figured the ignition > switch must be shot, hotwired it and drove it home. With the hotwire...
Re: Ignition switch replacement: where is it in Bently?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:10:39 -0700
...On 10/30/2013 7:52 PM, Gregory Smith wrote: > I want to replace my ignition switch and thought it prudent to look it...
Re: need some help with a electricle/wiring issue
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:22:33 -0400
...try disconnecting the ignition switch and see if the symptoms persist. If not, then it's the switch. The switch is simple to unplug...
1988 GL - Headlights out - need wiring diagrams
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:16:18 -0600
...Did the test for the ignition switch and re-placed with new - which did not work either. So now two switches - neither work, AND...
Re: Wiper Failure (again) X-switch for ignition
Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
Sat, 5 Mar 2011 23:12:15 -0800
...Turned the wipers on, jiggled the ignition switch > vigorously - > and the wipers started working. Can't get any plainer that the switch > has gone...
Re: I have a gas puzzler..
Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
Sat, 2 Oct 1999 11:00:15 -0600
...What fixed it was to replace the ignition switch (2 parts, cylinder and switch). In time the cylinder to switch connection gets loose and...
No headlights
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Thu, 18 Dec 2014 06:33:01 -0800
...Headlight switch on, ignition on. No headlights hi/low Hi indicator is lit. Instrument lights/side marker lights are lit. Holding the hi/low...
Re: Ignition switch recommendations.
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 7 Nov 2010 19:05:56 -0500
...Vanagon? > > John > LiMBO > > David says" > The ignition switch *is* a highly stressed component, somewhat like > the light switch. �If you want it to last...
Re: Electrical weirdness
Historical mailing list - Mike
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:19:59 -0400
Yup! the ignition switch controls all you mentioned and the rear heater fan if memory serves. Bright flashers overide the switch. BTDT mike 87...
Ignition Switch installation
Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
Mon, 22 May 2000 21:41:09 EST
I got my new ignition switch today (the electrical part only). I pulled the plastic covers off the steering column, and am uncertain how...
Replaceing the Ignition lock cylinder ?
Historical mailing list - TC
Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:48:51 -0700
So now the key is random refusing to turn in the ignition switch I assume the lock cylinder is hosed, so i take off...
Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:30:20 -0500
Perhaps your ignition switch is the villan.Maybe try byypassingthe switch (hot wire) and see if it starts repeatedly. Else remove the steering wheel...
Still weird quitting problem
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:15:45 -0600
...Replaced the ignition switch today, fired right up (another data point... until the moment the ignition switch was replaced, there was a dull, froglike...
Re: No Start: Fuel Pump?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 17 Aug 2017 17:13:02 -0700
...Double priming is a classic sign of a bad ignition switch. It's breaking contact intermittently when you turn the key to "start." They...
Re: Switched power for vanagon radio--easy solution
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 27 Jul 2000 08:14:33 -0700
...Hook up the hot wire to one side of the switch, and the ignition switched wire to the other, then hook the radio power...
Ignition question
Historical mailing list - Billy
Tue, 29 May 2007 23:08:26 -0400
...Also, now when I turn on my bright lights the dome lights flash with the switch. Lastly the ignition switch when turned to the...
Re: Alternator light mystery-High bean switch!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 25 May 2010 13:28:28 -0700
...The > switch is drawn with everything in the off position. Basically 50 is > starter, X is lights and load-reduction relay, 15 is ignition...
Re: no start?
Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
Sun, 24 Jan 2016 22:56:36 +0000
...Has a new fuel pump relay New hall sensor Unknown age ignition switch. I'll start by wiggling all three and the battery terminals...
ignition switch/steering lock housing
Historical mailing list - John Schaper
Sun, 12 Mar 2000 10:35:24 -0800
...Also check continuity of wire from ignition switch to solenoid--no problem. Near as I can tell, the problem is a short or bad...
Wiring Troubles
Historical mailing list
Mon, 16 Oct 95 11:15 CDT
...The length of that may determine how far away from the ignition switch the lighting switch can go. With LHD, the ignition is on...
Re: Ignition switch - no start
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Tue, 5 Jul 2005 14:44:46 -0400
Does wigging the key/ignition switch get you a start? If not, then the problem is likely to be elsewhere. I always start with...
Re: 2nd ignition switch in 2 months???
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:16:22 -0800
...i just put > that ignition switch in less than 2 months ago!! WTF? UGH! ...any ideas as > to why it might be doing this...
Re: Strange Ignition Problem
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 24 Aug 2002 11:45:17 -0700
...I disconnected the battery and left it for the night. > > My first assumption was the electrical portion of the ignition switch was bad. So...
Re: ignition switch removal?
Historical mailing list - JOHN REYNOLDS
Sat, 28 Jul 2001 22:37:53 +0000
...you will either - perhaps to remove the key part of the ignition switch, but not the electical connector part. Did not need any special...
Re: 1991 Vanagon intermittent no start
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Thu, 8 Mar 2007 21:37:06 -0500
Hi, you can "jump start" a starter to check this one and to eliminate the ignition switch possibility... are you willing to do so...
Re: Verify Analysis (opinions wanted)
Historical mailing list - Tyrone Greene
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 04:47:35 -0400
Kim Brennan wrote: > > So, if I'm right in my > analysis, it looks like I need a new ignition switch, right? Right you are...
Wipers and heater go kaput
Historical mailing list - Larry Himli
Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:00:28 -0500
...The problem was I was missing X (12V) from ignition switch. Short term fix was to determine correct relays and use wire jumpers. Problem...
Re: Hmm. Headlights don't ...
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:19:27 -0800
usually when the ignition switch is why the head lights don't work, high beam flashing still works. That function also is not working...
Paul's starter problems
Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
Fri, 5 Apr 96 11:52:53 EST
Hey all, Paul is now convinced that his non-start problem is due to the ignition switch. Soooo, he wants advice from you folks...
'71 Bus ignition switch
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Thu, 09 Nov 1995 11:10:00 -0800 (PST)
Anybody replaced an ignition switch on an '71 Transporter recently? This one seems different from the switch on my old '69 bus. the '71...
Re: <<**HELP! 84 Vanagon Stalls**>>
Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:01:52 -0800
First check the connection of the fitting, under the cowl, which connects to the ignition switch. Remove the cowl's two screws, push up...
Ignition Switch Electrical Repair
Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:36:17 -0500
...As I was getting my 12 volts from the black wire to the coil, this caused the wire going to my ignition switch to...
Re: 85' won't start :-( any clues??
Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:24:21 +0100
...If the engine starts from the ignition switch all's well and good. If not, I leave the ignition switched on, go round to...
Re: Parking lights + ignition switch = flat battery
Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:33:17 -0400
...Re: [VANAGON] Parking lights + ignition switch = flat battery > At 19:45 6/11/2000, =David-M= wrote: > >Is there a (simple?) way to rewire...
Re: replacing ignition switch
Historical mailing list - Tyrone Greene
Sat, 29 Aug 1998 23:59:28 -0400
Mark McCulley wrote: > > Do you really have to remove the steering wheel and lock cylinder housing to > replace the ignition switch in an '87...
Key in ignition alarm
Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
Sat, 14 Dec 2013 18:07:46 -0800
...Today I replaced the ignition switch, and found there's a small crack in the old one. Problem solved :o) toodle pip, -- Dug Smith...
Re: 86 syncro doesn't start
Historical mailing list - Matthew Berlett
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:00:11 -0400
...I unplugged the ignition switch and connected the circuit controlling the fuel pump and the circuit for the starter and it starts and runs...
Re: 91(bus) dead on the freeway tech expertise needed !
Historical mailing list - mike twombley
Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:33:19 -0800
On 1/28/04 8:55 AM, "mark drillock" <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > You can easily test to see if the ignition switch is...
Re: No Start: Fuel Pump?
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 00:37:57 +0000
Maybe...but on my '85 1.9 Vanagon it ALWAYS did 2 primes when ignition switch was turned on. Now I have a Subie...