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Re: Heads stuck to piston sleeve
Historical mailing list - richard
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 10:51:46 -0500
put oil in cylinders,replace spark plugs you now have a hydraulic press to press the heads off, or a small diameter coil of...
Spark Plugs---Help
Historical mailing list - Mike Otto
Sun, 8 Oct 2000 22:21:37 EDT
hey,, The hole where the spark plug in one of my heads is scriped, How do I fix that, or can you. Or do...
Spark Plug Sockets
Historical mailing list - Peter Linsley
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:27:22 -0700
Hello, I'm going to do a tune up and I'm interested to find out what sockets are required to remove the spark...
fridge....saga continues
Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:19:28 -0700
...Then the sparker stops sparking (and the amber light goes out) Also, if i turn the thermostat knob past the min and/or the...
Re: Latest news on No Spark
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Tue, 12 Jun 2001 20:06:40 -0500
...Latest news on No Spark Hey Listees. I mentioned before that I had no spark coming off the ignition coil. I purchased and installed...
Re: Wet weather blues
Historical mailing list
Mon, 26 Apr 1999 16:29:58 EDT
...Cap Rotor Spark Plug Wires Spark Plugs lately? Look inside your cap. You will probably see a nice set of black trails from one...
Re: Hmmm... sparkplug conditions for the beginner
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Tue, 6 Jul 2004 11:06:16 -0600
...don spence <dspence@OANET.COM> "If I remember correctly, Haynes manuals have a page of colour photos of spark plugs in various states, lean...
Re: Gap of Sparks
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Sat, 15 Feb 2003 09:03:58 -0700
...I think that >> means smaller gap=quicker spark=lower voltage=cooler fire and larger >> gap=slower spark=higher voltage=hotter fire. >> >> Am I missing...
Re: spark plug threads
Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
Tue, 2 Nov 2010 14:00:42 -0700
...spark plug threads Hi All, So, I started to tune up my vanagon but replacing the spark plugs. I took the second plug out...
cutting out and sparking coil
Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 19:02:39 EDT
...Looked over at the coil and saw ignition sparks coming out of the rubber boot on the coil to distributor wire. This morning on...
Spark plug recommendation?
Historical mailing list - J Roth
Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:08:47 -0600
Before I head off to FLAPS for new spark plugs - and get a 17year old looking at a computer trying to sell me something...
Re: Gap of Sparks
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Fri, 14 Feb 2003 23:07:21 -0800
...Gap of Sparks >> >> So what happens when the sparks you've got installed are not of the correct >> gap? I use only W7CCO by...
Re: No spark, what to do
Historical mailing list - thewestyman
Mon, 4 Feb 2019 10:22:06 -0800
...No spark, what to do ignition switch?
Spark Plug Covers
Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
Fri, 16 Aug 1996 20:46:00 -0500
...Hanlon * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] -- Hello All, The spark plugs on my recently-acquired '84 Westy are covered by brass- colored fittings. Are these...
upgrading spark plugs-helpful info and webpage too!
Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
Wed, 27 Feb 2002 18:26:17 -0600
I found this while looking for spark plugs: http://www.fastgermanauto.com/ check out the platinum +4 page they have something interesting about flame...
Re: Sparkplug wire question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 11 Aug 2004 23:18:25 -0400
I don't know why, but the spark plug connectors shorting to ground or opening seems to be a common problem on replacement wire...
Re: Stripped drain plug solution?
Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
Thu, 5 Nov 1998 08:24:08 -0700
...Has anyone used one of these spark plug kits, and made a new drain plug from an old spark plug? Thanks, Mike '84 GL
Re: High resistance causing no spark?
Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
Sun, 26 Jun 2005 08:19:31 -0700
...I tried a new coil and a new ignition control unit, but still no spark. Anyway, time has run out and it's going...
Use of timing light on 1985 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:43:28 -0400
My timing light has short wires - spark #1 + battery pos. & Neg. Any suggestions on how to pick up batt. + & - and not go all the...
Re: Dead Sparking Plug!
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:32:08 -0600
...Dead Sparking Plug! > > > > > > I have never in all my years of maintaining engines had a spark plug > > > that just plain quit. But it just...
Re: Another Exhausting Question!
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Sat, 28 Aug 2004 17:38:21 -0700
Tom, check and see if your FLAPS has any spark plug "anti foulers" It's funky little thing that screws into the cylinder (where...
Re: Oil Drain plug is stripped
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:08:29 -0500
...I used a spark plug in a pinch in my old engine and was able to later go back to a slightly longer drain...
Re: Engine electrical problem
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:49:34 -0500
...I connected my >timing light to the coil wire and noticed a spark miss at idle. As I rev >the engine, the spark miss...
Re: Dometic-Gas Lighting
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:41:20 -0300
...The sparker (whatever) should be > pushed in five times (five sparks) or so AT THE SAME TIME that you push in the > gas button...
Re: Dometic Piezo Electric
Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:10:01 -0700
...Wondering if a loose/bent bracket could be causing a weak spark for you? do you get a strong spark if you push the...
Re: '87 Coil changed, still no spark and spray
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 29 May 2012 20:46:17 -0700
...and no spark when turning the distributor, then I'd try another distributor. If the Distributor is not telling the ECU that it's...
Re: Hall Unit
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Sun, 9 Apr 2000 21:08:17 -0400
...When I had no spark, etc., in January list members suggested I try swapping out the transistorized ignition unit. It solved the problem for...
Re: Spark plugs
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 7 Sep 2012 07:52:45 -0700
...Spark plugs | |you may be under the misconception that the spark will go/come |from all 4 tips simultaneously (requiring more power). This is...
Re: Spark Plugs and Milage
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:32:49 -0700
...Spark Plugs and Milage | |When you check the spark plugs that have been in use for 30K and find them |badly encrusted and check...
Re: Spark Plugs
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 7 May 2009 23:50:33 -0400
At 11:19 PM 5/7/2009, Brenton Tait wrote: >Jst a stupid question, went to buy some spark plugs today and asked the...
Blue sparks afire
Historical mailing list - Matt Bushore
Fri, 7 Apr 1995 22:26:34 -0500
...Anyway, I pop the hatch and much to my chagrin, see the little blue sparks jumping out of my wires :( I grabbed hold of...
Re: Spark plugs: Gap ?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:18:32 -0500
How long do you think those spark plugs should last? Center electrode erosion is a normal occurrence for these engines and ignition systems. Most...
Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Jun 2004 - Special issue (#2004-549)
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:50:46 -0800
Don, Indexing spark plugs is not about changing the angle of entry. It is done to ensure that the electrodes are aimed to put...
Re: making a little headway but need advice
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:06:29 -0500
...I found a diagram on Ken's site that enabled me to check the firing order and spark plug wire placements and this shows...
Re: 3 probe plugs
Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
Thu, 16 May 2002 08:30:06 -0700
...As near as I could tell, whichever electrode had the highest conductance got the spark. When it wore to where another electrode had more...
MAX spark adv. for 2.1 L engine
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 05:19:09 -0700
Does anyone know what the Maximum spark advance is for a 2.1 liter vanagon engine (for example, at highway speeds)? I am trying...
Re: Demons III
Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:45:58 -0700
...a year with an arc welder� ed- just call me sparky ----------- Dear Sparky ed�. Your story made my day�. Arc welding and me never...
Re: burred spark plug threads
Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:40:22 -0500
Roger Sisler asks, "You know about anti-sieze compound for the new spark plug,right?" Yeah, I use anti-seize every time I install...
Re: [F] 12 Days of Vanagon Christmas
Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:21:34 -0600
...On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me > 4 four-tip spark plugs > Three-window canvas > Two used heads > and...
Re: Cause of weak spark?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 19 Sep 2015 17:21:03 -0700
...COM> wrote: > > '86 syncro > > I'm looking to solve a weak spark problem. Battery voltage is present at the coil (D15 power currently coming...
Re: spark plugs revisited
Historical mailing list - Austin
Tue, 27 May 1997 20:59:33 -0700
...of one, & more importantly the spark jumps a gap that is horizontal instead of vertical; ie, the spark is 'unshrouded'. They used to be...
Re: Snowblower help on Friday
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Fri, 7 Dec 2001 23:31:06 -0600
...Pull the spark plug, and see what it looks like---better yet--change it. Lay it on the head, and pulll the starter through...
Re: Gap of Sparks
Historical mailing list - Allan S Muller
Sat, 15 Feb 2003 11:40:54 -0500
...I think that > means smaller gap=quicker spark=lower voltage=cooler fire and larger > gap=slower spark=higher voltage=hotter fire. > > Am I missing...
Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Sat, 11 Sep 2004 10:17:35 -0700
How do you know the fuel pressure is good? Did you put a pressure gauge on it? You either lost fuel or spark. A...
Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Jun 2004 - Special issue (#2004-549)
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:15:32 -0400
don, He means the orientation of the Cathode so it does not "shade" the spark from the incoming air/fuel mix. You mark where...
Spark plug gap
Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
Tue, 7 Mar 2000 14:34:14 -0800
...In Bentley, it lists the spark plug gap for my 84 1.9L waterleaker as 0.28" + 0.004" Why the '+0.004"?' Does...
Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Tue, 5 Nov 2013 15:20:33 -0600
...block to see if a spark > is there and will jump the 1/4 inch gap .. > no spark there means ignition is not happening.
Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:28:55 -0700
...Fuel pressure YES Spark From the coil YES to the plugs,... NO!???!! Did I really miss this early on? So i have a signal...
Re: "You got a bangin' van there, dude!" (loss of power/spark)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:32:12 -0500
If you're getting good consistent spark from the coil lead then the hall sensor is working. Pull the distributor cap and check the...
burred spark plug threads: update
Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:22:32 -0500
Original message: "I somehow managed to burr the spark plug threads on one cylinder last night. All the tin on these air cooled motors...
Fridge sparker
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Mon, 7 Nov 2005 20:46:31 -0500
Okay, if you've been following my tale, back in August I had an unusual fire in my Westy, the cable to the sparker...
Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start
Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
Sun, 12 Sep 2004 10:33:15 +0200
...How far does the spark have to be able to > > jump? (and if it's a spark issue, I presume that since I changed...
Re: burred spark plug threads: update
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:30:21 -0800
...burred spark plug threads: update > >Original message: >"I somehow managed to burr the spark plug threads on one cylinder last >night. All the tin...
No spark in the Digifant
Historical mailing list - Kevin McCaig
Tue, 12 Aug 1997 20:04:31 -0300
...I found there was no spark. I replaced the spark plugs, rotor, dist cap and one spark plug wire. then the was no fuel...
Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:14:41 -0800
...if you actually mean 'grounded it' ...there won't be any spark visible if it is working. if you mean - put the end of...
Re: Fire (update)
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:02:15 -0400
...The cable, inside the combustion chamber is what provides the spark for ignition. In my case, that shielding, which is a braided fabric covering...
Re: CHT Gauge for type IV motor
Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
Mon, 20 Nov 1995 23:10:30 -0600 (CST)
You should be able to bend the sensor so that it will fit into the sparkplug's recessed hole. Use 2 pairs of pliers...
spark plug blow out
Historical mailing list - Sharon Simpson
Thu, 30 May 2002 10:58:02 -0500
My spark plug blew out yesterday, I tried to thread it back in and it wont go. I think I need a helicoil or...
Re: no spark no gas no start
Historical mailing list - George Wietor
Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:48:04 -0400
...no spark no gas no start Does the fuel pimp switch on? loose wires at coil? BOL Geo. ----
Re: 2.1l Spark plug wire routing
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 28 May 2010 10:52:06 -0500
...Of course the normal way is down through the wire itself to the spark plug - BUT - there is a moment in time when the...