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• Re: Ignition Wire Sets
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:30:01 -0800
  ...The coil to distributor wire is only about a foot long and since most Vanagons I've seen have had the coil mounted on...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 11 Jul 2016 05:41:38 -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: High resistance causing no spark?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 26 Jun 2005 02:58:35 -0400
  ...cranking, when the ignition resistor is bypassed). going back to the original post, the 16 k ohms measured across the coil wire verses the...
• Re: Eurospec problems
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:15:06 -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...
• 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...
• Re: vanagon storage
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 12:29:28 -0400
  ...coil wire connected to the coil, and ground the end that would normally connect to the distributor. this both reduces stress on the ignition...
• Which tachometer? 400-1300Hz or 800-2400Hz
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 1 May 2011 08:59:58 -0700
  ...For use on 4,5,6,8 cylinder application engines with standard coil ignitions, most square wave electronic control ignitions with tachometer output terminal...
• Fw: no spark
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:21:43 -0700
  ...COIL, DISTRIBUTOR with known good units...no spark.....checked > wires, rotor, cap....no spark.....checked voltages at coil terminal 15 ...zero > with ignition off...
• Re: 86 cabrio advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 10:19:58 -0600
  ...The actuator coil connects to the wire from the ignition switch (ground the other end of the coil). The switch contacts of the relay...
• Re: kombi on fire
  Historical mailing list - Scott Beckstead
  Wed, 4 Oct 1995 18:40:49 -0700 (PDT)
  On Wed, 4 Oct 1995, Aaron Sedgmen wrote: > Hello all Deletia Actually the coil spark is the most likely source of ignition. Since the...
• Re: What component causes the fuel pump to come on for a second or two when I turn on the ignition to the first position (no cranking)?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 11 Jul 2016 06:34:02 -0700
  ...from the pump back all the way to the body near the ignition coil, via that 2 pin connection by the air cleaner. Mark
• vanagon with hiccups
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Oct 1996 11:32:27 -0400
  ...After checking lots of stuff, it finally turned out to be my ignition coil... I used a radio shack multimeter and used the Bentley...
• Re: Engine quit
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:35:11 -0700
  ...Also the black wires at one post of the ignition coil, or the cluster of grounds at a screw below the ignition coil. Sometimes...
• engine miss
  Historical mailing list - gary domestico
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 14:22:29 -0500
  ...If I shut the ignition down and restart it will usally run better. I have changed the computer, coil, ignition relys, air flow meter...
• Re: new coil - still no spark???
  Historical mailing list - Geo Hahn
  Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:59:54 -0700
  Andy Zappe wrote: >Okay, so the intermittent stalling problem in my '85 is still going on...the ignition switch??? If that is >bad could...
• Re: What did I destroy now? (Ignition fail)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:24:36 -0500
  ...If these are all good, seems more than likely that ignition is not your problem. If you get no spark from the coil wire...
• Re: Stalling '87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Apr 1996 06:14:21 -0500
  ...The wire from the ignition switch goes int the fuse box at on connection, then another connection completes the circuit to the ignition coil...
• gas heaater parts
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Sun, 22 Dec 1996 10:31:55 -0600
  I have a friend who is looking for a Ignition coil supressor, and a glow plug supressor for a gas heater for an 80...
• Re: HELP! '64 ignition shot?
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Sun, 30 Jun 1996 23:50:33 -0700
  ...Ignition Switch 15 - Positive Power to the Ignition Coil when switch is in the ON position 30 - Positive Power Input 50 - Momentary Switch for...
• Re: '85 Ignition Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:26:17 -0400
  That's the ignition stabilizer for idle speed control I think. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
• Re: Hard/no start story, '86 2.1, AT, mostly removed AC
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Dec 2015 21:26:12 -0500
  ...You need to do some real troubleshooting. > From the ignition switch to the ignition coil the path does include > going into and back out...
• Re: Crazy idea?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:02:19 -0700
  ...The gas tach gets pulses from the ignition coil and diesels don't have ignition coils. The diesel tachs from the Vanagon era use...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:51:52 -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: Uncle... '91 won't catch
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 07:30:25 -0500
  ...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: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:50:17 -0400
  ...the ignition switch. It wasn't the switch. So, I swapped > out the coil (checking connections) and it wasn't the coil. > > So, I...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:40:39 -0700
  I bypassed the ignition switch by connecting pin 15 of the coil to power, activating the ECU relay and powering the ECU. Still the...
• Re: vw wierd ignition problem.
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:55:48 -0500
  ...vw did you replace the coil?
• Re: Help with 12v Dometic wiring
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 19:00:21 -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: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's,normal again.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:28:20 -0500
  ...SNIP > Shorts in the coil > *usually* start causing problems when Hot, but not always. Since, > however, the coil heats and expands as you run...
• Re: '87 ECU or ?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 03:05:46 EDT
  ...It dies cold turkey with no spark coming out of the high tension coil lead but there is power to the coil. Should I...
• Rough idle, then stalling and now the solution
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 21:48:24 -0700
  ...While doing this I felt a shock from the coil wire on top of the distributor! Turning the ignition off, I touched the coil...
• Re: 88 GL Distributor Woes Continue - on and on --
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:44:35 -0500
  ...sender plug disconnected - the ignition key on - I ground the > center pin connection on the connector - and checked the coil to > distributor wire against...
• Re: Cold Starts
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:26:03 -0800
  ...Eric's explanation of how the coil works is correct up to a point (do a Google search on Kettering Ignition for a review...
• Re: new ignition install but still no spark.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 15:41:16 -0500
  ...I installed a new > ignition coil but I still have no spark. Everything > else seems to be in place and I can't figure...
• Re: Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:38:15 -0700
  ...I want to > measure engine RPM without a strobe light, by connecting a frequency > counter to the Hall control unit ignition coil drive output...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:38:43 -0500
  ...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: horns that don't sound so lame
  Historical mailing list - Scott D Foss
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:33:41 -0800
  ...page 97.64 Bentley book, current track 53 shows the horn, and internal stuff, but that little coil in the horn is the coil...
• Re: plugged cat? due to bad coil?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 16:34:02 -0800
  ...lost ignition coil last > week and cranked till battery dead. is this enuf raw gas to destroy cat? > been told cat has been clogged...
• Re: Syncro water proofing
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 29 Aug 1997 17:57:20 -0400
  ...to waterproof their ignition systems, BUGPACK and couple of other aftermarket types maket little prophalactic distributor cap covers and coil covers for this very...
• Re: Hot Wire ...point voltage
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Jan 1996 20:05:00 -0800
  ...Many to most ignition systems use the full 12 volts across the >points and coil for starting, and then once running, use a resistor...
• Re: Rough idle, then stalling and now the solution
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 22:29:08 -0700
  I forgot to say that the ignition wiring kit that was installed two years ago was BOSCH "silicon supressed" 7mm wire. The coil wire...
• Help! Igintion Won't shut off!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 11:25:45 -0700
  ...and my ignition will not shut off. Turn the key and t just keeps running. I did remove and replace the coil before this...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 15:20:33 -0600
  ...coil near the block to see if a spark > is there and will jump the 1/4 inch gap .. > no spark there means ignition...
• Re: Start/Run/Then No Start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 12:37:57 -0800
  ...No start/ Yes spark II >> >> >> Ok, just ran the "ignition coil test" per Scott and Bentley 28.36. I have >> voltage for 2 - 3...
• Problem solved. Was; '87 Coil changed, still no spark and spray
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Wed, 30 May 2012 01:02:24 -0700
  ...Re: '87 Coil changed, still no spark and spray > John, > I'm sorry, it is a 1987 Vanagon. > I might have a ECU trouble...
• Re: testing Hall sender
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:41:28 -0500
  ...coil somehow involved? Ray On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Ken Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net> wrote: > Raymond, > With the ignition ON...
• Re: Wiring trouble- 1985
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:38:44 -0700
  ...wiring box where a single pin connector feeds it to the ignition coil and on to the engine relays. Was the black wire the...
• Re: My Westy abandoned me for the second time this year :(
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Jun 2001 10:29:27 EDT
  ...itself (it houses the coil driver for the ignition system). Your dealer mechanics should be able to troubleshoot your ignition system from the Bentley...
• Re: ECU and starting question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:08:20 -0700
  ...This pin also has a wire that connects itself to the ignition coil's terminal #15. On the diagram the wire that feeds the...
• Re: Looking for an 86-up instrument cluster w/tach
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Sun, 2 Feb 2014 18:27:50 +0000
  ...Connect the Engine side of the wire with a 1/4” Female Push-on to Terminal #1 on the Ignition Coil. This is also...
• 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: CA 81-83 air cooled Fuel Injection & Ignition System
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:14:25 -0700
  ...211-905-115-B, Ignition Coil > 3. 191-905-351-B, Hall Control unit, transistorized coil ignition unit > 8. 251-906-083, Idle stabilizer...
• Re: Digifant Newbs: Vanagon ProTraining Digifant Manual. Worth Getting!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:04:43 -0400
  ...Digifant I has >a throttle position potentiometer, an ignition coil power stage, and a >knock sensor set up. I believe the Digifant I system...
• engine stopped-HELP
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 18:30:09 EDT
  ...I have no spark from coil to distributor. I wiggled ignition key and still no good, IDEAS HELP, had to be towed home, still...
• Re: Tach/Dwell Meter Usage Question? / Pertronix electronic ignition
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 23:58:44 -0500
  I have a used Pertronix electronic ignition setup for sale complete with "flamethrower" coil. I was going to put it on eBay but p...
• Re: Looking for spark plug wire recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Thu, 1 Nov 2012 15:59:51 -0400
  OEM, a little more pricier, though http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/tune-up-parts-ignition-wire-set/ignition-wire-set-w-oe...
• Re: No spark
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 06:04:48 -0700
  You can remove a spark plug wire and plug it into the coil. On the other end use a spare spark plug and make...
• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:32:55 -0500
  ...the ignition switch. It wasn't the switch. So, I swapped >> out the coil (checking connections) and it wasn't the coil. >> >> So, I...
• Ignition electrical question
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Sat, 28 Oct 2000 07:29:20 -0400
  Listees, When I had my dash out the other day, I discovered that the PO had rigged a wire from #15 on the ignition...
• Starting Fix!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 04 Nov 1995 17:22:14 -0500
  ...coil when cranking. It would never fire until you let OFF the key. I finally gave up looking for the problem (maybe the ignition...