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• Update: Help!! 1978 Bus won't start!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 08:55:04 -0500 (EST)
  ...But the coil won't produce a spark. I'm going to bring my coil in and have it checked to see if it...
• Re: Another coil fire
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 23:11:47 -0700
  ...Another coil fire > No points in the waterboxers... > > :) > d > > At 00:19 10/17/2000, ron wrote: > >If the points are in the closed...
• Re: stud size on ignition coil?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:02:54 -0400
  At 01:55 PM 7/28/2012, pickle vanagon wrote: >but the terminal connectors are attached to the coil on >studs! That's what...
• Thanks-Ig. Coil Response
  Historical mailing list - Scott Snyder
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 08:30:27 -0500
  Thanks for the advice on the ignition coil wiring. I think I have it all figured out now. BTW Sean, the PO who rebuilt...
• Re: Spark Coil Failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 15:30:03 -0400
  ...I found a bad coil before it found me. Most common reasons coils fail: a)Conductive dirt, grit on the end cap causing arching...
• Re: Spark Coil Failure
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:35:01 -0500
  ...This was the coil that came with my West seven years ago and I doubt that it ever was replaced. The Westy has 298K...
• Re: No spark, clueless
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Wed, 29 May 2013 21:50:27 -0700
  ...if youget a zap out of the coil wire ...'houston, we have ignition.' then you know what the problem isand how to deal with...
• Re: which ignition coil?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 09:43:36 -0500
  > I'm going to buy a new coil for Billy and put the > one I have back on the GL. VolksCafe shows a > different...
• Re: Booster heater? was- idea?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:35:49 -0500
  Booster heater? Rob vwrobb@gmail.com At 10/24/2013 07:42 PM, ralph meyermann wrote: >Condensing coil either underneath after removing the POS...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 15:25:56 -0600
  ...arial; COLOR: #000000">What's up with this??<BR><BR>I replaced the coil on Volksiebus with a brand new Bosch coil - VW<BR...
• Re: '81 Vanagon Ignition Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - meta/morph
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 22:48:30 -0400 (EDT)
  ...sitting atop #4 cylinder > like that, the coil gets pretty hot. my 80 bus had the coil fail on me out > in the boondocks...
• Re: Shimmiong coil springs - wsa Purple springs from H&R
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:45:12 -0500
  ...round half inch thick shims for your coil springs..... > That's one way to raise a coil spring car that's lower than you...
• Re: new coil secondary resistance tests out of spec
  Historical mailing list - SC Strawn
  Sun, 15 Jul 2018 20:47:37 -0700
  ...Rarely will these coils fail open. Depending on how the fail there is the potential to take an ECU or the earlier coil module...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:48:13 -0700
  On 97.88 and 97.89 of Bentley, one connection from coil goes to track 34, which goes to one side of the coil...
• Spring Compressor
  Historical mailing list - SJKnell
  Mon, 20 May 2013 16:16:48 -0600
  ...http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Coil-Spring-Compressor-Tool-Rental-KTC-A1047-p/coil-spring-rental.htm Scott
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:31:12 -0700
  The simplest explanation is that when you push the white connector onto the coil you are not really getting the female spades for both...
• Re: Another coil fire
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:43:32 -0400
  At 20:14 10/16/2000, Dana Morphew wrote: >The coil on the type RV Digifant2 engine I just bought had a secondary >resistance...
• 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...
• Vanagon 2wd Spring lengths
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 18 Jul 1999 22:22:39 -0700
  ...11" Spring diameter coil 1,8: .46 Spring diameter coil 2,7: .56" Spring diameter coil 3,6: .63" Spring diameter coil 4,5...
• Re: stud size on ignition coil?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:59:46 -0400
  At 09:55 AM 7/28/2012, pickle vanagon wrote: >Does anyone know the size of the + stud on the ignition coil off the...
• Re: Drivability Problems with Vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Oct 1996 01:44:37 -0400
  In a message dated 96-10-11 20:11:09 EDT, you write: << Does anyone think that a bad ignition coil could have caused...
• Coil springs
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:39:25 +0000
  I need to learn what coils and shocks should be on an 86 Vanagon panel I just bought...it's lowered and rides like...
• Re: cars without distributors
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 20:35:16 EDT
  In response to this question, my 3 series BMW has a coil attached to each spark plug, and they are all switched by the...
• Replacing Ignition Coil
  Historical mailing list - Franklin Wood
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:36:56 -0700
  Does anyone know if it is difficult to replace the ignition coil on a 93 Eurovan? Looks relatively simple, but maybe there's something...
• Re: Still Sluggish Update- Coil Source
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:30:01 -0400
  I don't think that you want to replace the oem coil. I think that it is critical to FI function. However, all is...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 19:04:12 -0500
  At 06:55 PM 1/9/2014, JRodgers wrote: >Ok - that is the supply side voltage to the coil? And the tach wire >attached...
• Ignition Coil Wire Routing
  Historical mailing list - Dave Seasholtz
  Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:04:25 -0500
  Another question, I need to know what wires go to what terminals on the ignition coil on my 1982 air cooled westy. I have...
• Re: Igntion coil failure
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:18:53 EDT
  ...However, all the replacement coils I have been able to get from Bosch don't have these pins in the center of the connector...
• Update: Engine cranks but NO JUICE to coil...poor thirsty coil : (
  Historical mailing list - Don Griffin
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 23:14:13 EDT
  ...I checked and cleaned all the connections I could follow to the coil and battery and also checked the connections to the ignition switch...
• Re: Broken Down - Alberta - Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:24:48 -0700
  Sounds like the coil is a good and easy place to start - check for spark from the coil by pulling the main coil wire...
• Re: Analog dash clock
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 07:51:35 -0700
  ...An electronic timing circuit discharges a capacitor into a coil on a regular basis. The pulsing magnetism from the coil moves the mechanical part...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 30 Aug 2021 17:13:01 -0600
  ...1 of those 2 Spades on the Coil + Post is Not making connection to the Coil ~ Not quite sure how that can happen but...
• Re: What is the wire path for the tach signal?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:43:40 -0800
  ...The other green wire > comes from the ECU where the ECU provides it ground pulses to fire the > coil. That side of the coil...
• Re: The Spring is Sprug (Westy Springs)
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 20:04:27 -0800
  ...The coils with yellow paints marks are all the same, or so they have been superseded to. The coils with the blue paint marks...
• Re: Cold Starts
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:46:31 -0600
  ...A plug with a larger gap than specified will force the coil to produce greater than normal voltage to fire. Coil current in this...
• Vanagon Westy Coil Springs - e-bay sale
  Historical mailing list - Steve S.
  Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:48:32 -0800
  I put two sets of the latest version of my Vanagon Westfalia coil springs on e-bay for a Thanksgiving Holiday sale. http://www...
• Re: more trouble with Billy
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 18:33:34 -0800
  ...Try swapping the coil (if you haven't already). I don't know if this fits the symptoms but I do know coils can...
• Spark Coil Failure
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:54:55 -0500
  ...I found a bad coil before it found me. Most common reasons coils fail: a)Conductive dirt, grit on the end cap causing arching...
• Re: What coil part number for my van?)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:56:48 EDT
  ...Squirrel, there are two different coils, one like you have and one with the "pin in the hole". The one with the "pin in...
• Re: Shimmiong coil springs - wsa Purple springs from H&R
  Historical mailing list - courtney hook
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:11:02 -0800
  ...Shimmiong coil springs - wsa Purple springs from H&R To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > I did this on my '85 Westy to bring up...
• Bosch Blue Coil
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 06:42:07 -0800
  My warehouse jobber is not currently shipping the familiar Blue Coil we have come to know for years. When the 00012 was last ordered...
• Re: Lowering the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 07:21:37 -0500
  If you look at the design of the rear springs, you'll see that you really can't cut coils without ruining the spring...
• Re: No start/no spark (fixed)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:18:08 -0400
  ...Swapped the coil lead. No change. Swapped the coil. BAM! Started up in less than a rotation. Ahh...Now I don't have to...
• Re: Another coil fire
  Historical mailing list - ron
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:19:03 +1000
  ...Another coil fire > At 20:14 10/16/2000, Dana Morphew wrote: > >The coil on the type RV Digifant2 engine I just bought had...
• Re: Ignition Coil Wire Routing
  Historical mailing list - Dave Seasholtz
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 14:56:53 -0500
  Dave Seasholtz wrote: > Another question, I need to know what wires go to what terminals on the > ignition coil on my 1982 air cooled...
• front coils & cruise control
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Aug 94 16:24:22 PDT
  ...I'm new here so wanted to say hi and see if anyone might have any experience changing out the front coils on a...
• Re: Coil killer found! vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:56:27 -0800
  ...Lower resistance plug cause higher current flow in coil, more heat and shorts windings internally, whitch is what I've found wrong." Same theory...
• Re: What's the shortest/lowest stock rear spring besides from the Carat?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:20:09 -0700
  ...Then add a big center donut inside the bottom coil that is left, centering it on the lower spring post of the control arm...
• taller rear Springs
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 8 Nov 1998 07:29:38 -0600
  -------------------- Hi Volks, VW makes some spacers for our vans that go between the coils and the body. I bought a couple and plan to...
• Coil changed, still no spark and spray
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Mon, 28 May 2012 21:15:30 -0700
  ...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: American Automobiles, English Motorcycles, Women, and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 13 Nov 2000 14:05:22 -0700
  > Coil hot wire decided to fracture off the connector, at the coil. > Just didn't see it at 8:30 last evening, on the...
• Re: Electrical question (Coil terminals)
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:59:28 -0700
  ...Disconnect the wire from the coil that gives you 12V. If the wire still gives you 12V then it is the positive terminal that...
• One more question for the list
  Historical mailing list - Riley Kettner
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:53:16 -0700
  Thanks to the help of list members i have mustered the courage to test my coil for spark. There is no spark at the...
• FS: Digifant Fuel Injection System
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:50:23 -0500
  ...Air Box Air Flow Meter Throttle Body Idle Stabilizer Valve Coil Coil Bracket Black Box On Coil Bracket With 2 Relays Inside Complete Fuel...
• Electrical question (Coil terminals)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:32:36 -0700
  Hi all, I am looking to find the Neg pole terminal on my coil. Mine has a plastic cap on the top meaning I...
• Re: Digijet Digitool Info
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 07:03:05 -0600
  ...Hooking a led circuit (light emitting diode) direct to coil minus takes out the digitool coil led. I have installed filters on all digitools...
• Bucko Update lll
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 23:13:05 -0800
  ...My other Vanagon, a 2.1 WBX, had a coil go out a few weeks ago.Before the coil went out, it ran rough...
• oil drain plug repair
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 9 May 1995 13:22:42 CST6CDT
  ...the most expensive repair was to install a heli-coil (dealer did not have the 'kit' to do this) so i choose that route...
• Re: crank, wont start
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Nov 2015 23:34:26 -0500
  Until recently I have not seen the coils fail often. I doubt I have done a dozen and I know of 5 in the...
• Fwd: Digifant Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 11:51:44 EST
  ...Knowing that the van cannot run without the coil being pulsed, I checked the connections and found the LED for the coil to be...