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• Re: after the fridge is lit..
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:57:19 -0700
  ...Some of the newer ones have electronic ignition and on these the air pump does not double as the piezo electric ignitor and can...
• Re: No ignition on restart after 5 to 10 mile drive in 90+F weather
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Thu, 6 Aug 2015 18:26:25 -0400
  ...No ignition on restart after 5 to 10 mile drive in 90+F weather A gremlin from the past seems to have reappeared on...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 00:59:19 -0500
  Try cycling the ignition on the fly. If it clears you have an O2 sensor or circuit problem. Start with the ground wire in...
• Re: The details of Motronic (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 20:04:02 -0700
  ...It helps to have an understanding of the old mechanical system before trying to understand the electronic. The electronic pointless ignition found in the...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 07:18:17 -0600
  ...Electronic ignitions often give exceptional performance improvements to older engines simply by overcoming the cam wear by using a disk and forgetting that the...
• Re: van fix part deux: intermittant hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:23:35 -0700
  ...H2O boxer? I forget whether the federal, 48 state model has electronic ignition.The earlier years didn't, so they also don't HAVE...
• Re: Emisson Control unit question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 23:21:41 -0400
  ...Dave, > > Turning on your ignition starts the fuel pump --- nothing to > do > with the ECU (which, incidentally is Electronic Control Unit --- > not > "Emission" ---- it...
• 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:10:31 -0600
  ...Grounds are clean Temp sensors and oil pressure sensors( new o2 sensor going in this weekend) entire ignition system is good (timing, coil, distributor...
• Re: Subagon starter
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:55:52 -0800
  It significantly reduces the current flow though the ignition switch to the solenoid. It's a good idea given how flimsy the Vanagon ignition...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Gas in Oil?]
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 30 Apr 97 23:27:12 EDT
  ...The CA air-cooled Vanagons also have electronic ignition while the federal models have standard points-and-condenser ignition. When they switched to the...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 00:12:23 -0700
  ...I suppose it probably cures more things then it causes trouble though. > The 1.9l engines have a completely electronic circuit that adjusts timing...
• RE: Tiger581 CDI for VW
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 08:19:11 -0700
  ...that electronic IDI was a better system. TIME FLIES: I continued to use IDI until my cars came with solid state ignitions. I then...
• Re: Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 10:42:28 -0700
  With new(er) electronic ignitions, cap and rotor is a major part of a tune-up! Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus On...
• Re: Coil Fires, 7.5KOhms
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:33:52 -0400
  ...I think you could argue that the modern electronic ignition such as used on waterboxers is no longer really a Kettering system, in that...
• 83.5 won't start - Help!
  Historical mailing list - Sharon & Miguel Calvin
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 17:36:50 -0500
  ...Electronic ignition an fuel injection are both new to me but I do have a good grasp of the concepts. Please point me in...
• BA-6 Eberspacher Gas Heater Parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - J. C.
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 18:44:05 -0800
  ...yours for rust) **fuel pump **ignition coil **flame switch **overheat sensor w/ ceramic ring intact **all ducts **all electronic controls and, of course, the...
• Re: Anyone Tried the Pulstar Spark Plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:18:36 -0600
  ...What's a good value in an > > electronic ignition that works well on waterboxers? > > > > -- > > Rocky J Squirrel > > '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana...
• Re: Intermittent hot start problem - check all connections!
  Historical mailing list - James
  Mon, 14 Sep 2015 17:17:39 -0400
  ...As someone who teaches electronics for a living, and has spent all of his driving lifetime dealing with "old cars" (our family fleet averages...
• Starter Power Question
  Historical mailing list - Steven Mills
  Mon, 9 Jun 2014 18:05:21 +0000
  ...The solenoid clicks with the ignition switch, but no starter crank. Pulled starter and it benched okay. Brand new battery and as I read...
• Re: How to get the tumbler out of a lock mechanism?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 2 Feb 2012 03:47:25 -0800
  ...Take the top and bottom covers from the ignition switch. Once you see the naked ignition lock system, it will be more apparent. Unless...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:53:13 -0700
  ...meter I believe. > > > > you don't need a dwell meter with electronic ignition of course. > > as for a tachometer... > > if it's about adjusting...
• '81 Westy project
  Historical mailing list - Will Anderson
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:53:35 -0700
  ...Budget a few hundred bucks for the following: -Cali ECU -Cali engine wiring harness -electronic distributor 039-905-205C and ignition module -cali double...
• Re: Jerky Van continued
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Wed, 6 Jun 2007 19:59:20 -0500
  ...I'm not sure that the electronic ignition models have this, but: does your distributor have any kind of vacuum advance/ retard on it...
• Re: Darrell Boehler's digifant tool
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 11:13:03 -0500
  ...Lets face it there is a lot of electronic noise generated by the ignition system . Flat wire cables are designed such that electronic noise...
• Re: Winters in the van
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:23:57 -0600
  ...The unit had electronic ignition. I found the electronic ignition to be important because when I would hit a bump the fire would go...
• Re: Westy fridge efficiency in 12v mode
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Fri, 29 May 1998 08:11:17 8
  ...The Dometic fridges - at least the later models - do have an electronic ignition system which will automatically attempt re-ignite the flame if the...
• Re: 84 Westy ECU woes & JC Whitney
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:17:07 -0700
  ...Whitney > SKU# 13ZX4336R > Electonic Ignition Control Module > "Replaces original perfectly. For VW with electronic ignition including > 84-85 Vanagon 1.9L" > $39.95 USD...
• Re: New 1,9 TDI from VW
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:52:55 -0700
  ...to initiate the ignition process (after all it's a Diesel). The actual timing and amount of injectorate is controlled electronically. Comprende? :) Bj�rn...
• INQUIRY: Electronic Ignition Control Module and Coolant Pump
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sat, 14 Mar 1998 09:08:53 -0800
  Listees, JC Whitney lists in its Winter 1998 VW Catalog an EICM for 1984-85 Vanagon 1.9L (as well as for a variety...
• Re: Consistent cutout at 3k rpm
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:41:43 -0700
  ...that's a good thought about the ecu not being able to see the ignition pulse from the new electronic ign. good thinkin' ....could...
• Suburban Heater
  Historical mailing list - Skip Emmert-Keaton
  Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:24:13 -0800
  ...It's thermostatically controlled and electronically ignited. The blower is 12v and the fuel is from the central LP tank. When the thermostat kicks...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 16:49:59 -0800
  ...but at some point ..especially in electronics .... besides...a known good spare ecu and distributor are mandatory to own I think..if one fixes...
• Re: HELP! (mystery wire under cabinet)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:17:48 -0400
  ...The ignition module for electronic gas ignition on the later Dometics is also powered from this always-on source. 3. Ground As I recall...
• Re: 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:38:33 -0700
  ...the point is that 'maybe' you can't push a waterboxer too far in terms of displacement and compression ratio without additional electronic trickery...
• Re: Bosch rotors
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 2 May 1998 14:17:26 -0700
  ...and the 04038 rotor is used with VW/Audi Hall effect Electronic Ignitions (but not all - some require the 04170 rotor as well). The...
• Re: Looking for project van
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 18:03:47 +1200
  ...The ignition cluster has to speak with the ignition >switch, which, in turn, must speak with the key (actually there is a "pill" >in...
• Re: '84 Westy: Does Air Conditioner Boost Idle?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:01:38 -0400
  ...idle stab on the 1.9l engines is an electronic module that >>advances ignition timing when idle falls below 750 (Federal) or 850 >>(California...
• Re: '84 Westfalia Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Gary Davis
  Tue, 30 Sep 1997 17:21:15 -0400
  ...After some time and effort the fault was traced to a temperature sensitive piece of electronic stuff in the distributor. I had to put...
• Re: 160 HP waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:37:25 -0700
  Four cylinder, horizontally opposed engine, with liquid cooled cylinderheads, electronic fuel injection and dual ignition system, automatic altitude compensation, wet sump pressure lubrication. On...
• Drove off a 9'' curb, and she just died
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 20:11:17 -0800
  ...I'll open the engine compartment and look for anything obvious knocked loose. (In Days of Olde, When Knights were Bold, Before Electronic Ignition...
• Engine o2 out of spec
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Bergey
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 20:34:26 -0800
  ...Note this is a California version with electronic ignition and o2 sensor system. most other models have points and no o2. 1980 Westfalia Vanagon...
• Digifant Fuel System Troubleshooting Experience
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Mon, 11 May 2009 21:54:37 -0300
  ...electronic device to manually fire the injectors. The procedure is to fit the pressure gauge into the fuel system, turn on the ignition to...
• Re: Engine Shudders -2.1L WBX.
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:56:31 -0400
  ...Or maybe a bad mount? CV joint? If it feels like the engine drops a cylinder under load, I would suspect an ignition problem...
• Reply to: Re: My Own Private FAQ
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"luke\" Lukey
  02 Nov 96 10:14:24 EST
  >> Hey Luke , your '86 already has a electronic ignition. ( Hall Generator) And so does all watercooled vanagons. ( you must have been driving your '67...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:20:38 -0700
  ...are >compared > > to electronic ignition. > > It's even, I realize, very parallel to carbs/versus electronic fuel > > injection. > > The electronic system can be so...
• Help!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 04:19:06 -0400
  ...I need help with an electrical/ignition problem that won't go away for more than three months at a time. My van acts...
• Re: Dometic 182B - Capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 01:52:24 -0500
  ...The nameplate on mine, an RM182BEGI(electronic gas ignition),lists the gross volume as 1.45 cubic feet (41.06 liters) The net volume...
• Re: How to get the tumbler out of a lock mechanism?
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Thu, 2 Feb 2012 05:53:12 -0600
  ...Take the top and bottom covers from the ignition switch. Once you see the naked ignition lock system, it will be more apparent. Unless...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Gas in Oil?]
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Fri, 2 May 1997 00:50:06 -0700 (PDT)
  ...CA air-cooled Vanagons also have electronic ignition while the > federal models have standard points-and-condenser ignition. > > When they switched to the wasserboxer...
• Re: The idle speed controller is not in the ECU on the 2.1. It is a separate controller located in front of the passenger side tail light. It can be easily integrated into a 1.9 to eliminate that almost useless
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 7 May 2010 09:50:48 -0700
  fwiw, I have considered fitting the 2.1 Electronic Idle Control system to a 1.9. After all ... many, even most, modern EFI cars...
• Re: Fwd: Westfalia refrigerator issues
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 May 2011 22:52:13 -0400
  ...There *is* an RM182C (I've never seen one) with electronic ignition; I'm not familiar with its precise details. >My led doesn't...
• Re: idle adjustment on 85 2.1L vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 20:43:50 -0400
  ...an electronic idle stabilizer mounted near > the coil -- the two plugs entering it must be unplugged and plugged into > each other (with ignition *off...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:26:38 -0800
  Regarding heat on the 1.9 seems like all the electronics heat up I really wish it could stay cooler, but the van only...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:04:41 -0700
  ...you don't need a dwell meter with electronic ignition of course. as for a tachometer... if it's about adjusting idle rpm say...
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:54:08 -0400
  ...Otherwise it passes the pulse straight through to the ignition module on the firewall which generates the ignition primary pulse that drives the coil...
• Mazda rotorary, MHO
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:59:22 -0800
  ...The RX2 had the original 12A dual distributor motor and the RX3 had a 1st generation 13B electronic ignition motor with some mild porting...
• Re: ATTN: 80-83 Owners
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 05:06:30 -0400
  ...lot more power. > > Am looking to pick the brain of other owners with this setup. > > Namely, timing, points or electronic ignition, etc etc. > > Paul >
• Re: Refrigerator Ignition System(s)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:52:27 EST
  ...I press the ignition button, and there is a single piezo spark. In a couple of posts, one recently, there was a reference to...
• Super fast idle
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 14:38:57 -0800
  ...Even turing the ignition off then on makes no difference. I did clean out the idle valve when I replaced the electronics. The o2...
• Re: 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:19:08 -0700
  Actually although I don't recall exactly I believe it was '85 when the GTI got knock sensor ignition, and certainly all VW inline...