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Help!! Ignition problem!
Historical mailing list - J McCavitt
Mon, 12 Aug 2002 15:12:31 -0700
...Cranks fine, appears to have no spark. Put on a new cap and rotor, no help. When key is turned to "on", but not...
85 vanvagon 1.9 electrical prob
Historical mailing list - David Rack
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 21:17:04 -0700
...One time this happened I had my girlfriend try to start it so I could see if the spark plug wire was sparking, it...
Re: Help diagnose Cinco
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:16:42 -0500
Here is how I would adjust the engine to install the dist.Loosen the spark plugs so the engine will turn over easily.Remove...
Re: No spark, help
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:51:23 -0700
...I checked for spark >> from solenoid, no spark. Exchanged solenoids, still no spark. Cleaned >> groundwires still no luck. Van ran great just yesterday. >> >> Can...
Re: Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
Historical mailing list - Mike South
Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:26:52 -0600
...Under normal circumstances there aren't > any sparks available in the engine room, unless of course the > sparking inside the distributor or from the...
Corroding spark plugs in WBoxer
Historical mailing list - Atkinson, Scott (CLW, Floreat)
Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:29:22 +0800
Hello all I am having problems with spark plugs in my Vanagon. Install new ones and all is OK for about 6 months, then...
Re: Spark plug torque
Historical mailing list - pensioner
Sun, 26 May 2002 10:12:27 -0700
If you muse over how the sparkplug works as a threaded device, it comes to mind that the crushable gasket acts as a minor...
Re: Transmission Noise ?
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:44:56 -0800
"...single spark plug being literally falling-out loose in an operating engine." In a '62 Ford station wagon being driven by a nun, no...
<No subject>
Historical mailing list - d t
Sat, 4 Nov 2000 03:23:17 MST
...I took them off the spark plugs and all seemed clean except for one which was a bit oily inside (suggesting spark discharges over...
Re: No start/no spark
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:01:18 -0700
...I do the ole 'spark jump' test with the coil wire ...pull the center high tension lead out of the dist cap, arrange it...
Re: Dometic Piezo Electric
Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:31:38 -0600
...I did bend the "wire" to within1mm or so to even get the weak spark! I think it has to be the igniter button...
Re: Can't start the engine...
Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:35:00 -0500
Did you run out of gas? Are the injectors dirty? Are the spark plugs needing to be replaced? How's the air filter? (You...
broken spark plug removal?
Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
Mon, 20 Jul 1998 14:32:09 -0700
Hello- I happened to shear a spark plug off its threads over the weekend. Does anyone know if there are easy out type tools...
Re: Power loss still in '85
Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 09:57:35 -0800
...I have seen all kinds of unusual steady and intermittant spark paths around the coil, distributor cap, and plug wires over the years. Sometimes...
Re: Stripped drain plug solution?
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:18:03 -0500
...In looking for the correct HeliCoil, I came across a lot of much > cheaper kits for spark plugs. These are the same diameter, but...
Re: what size is the spark-plug thread?
Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
Fri, 9 Nov 2001 09:43:33 -0800
I went out to look at the spark plug holes, and I can't find them. Can anyone tell me where to look? Daniel...
Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start
Historical mailing list - Vince S
Sat, 11 Sep 2004 13:37:34 -0700
Assuming your diagonose of no spark at #1 is accurate. The most likely cause of ignition problem (on a vehicle that was running before...
Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 16 Feb 2003 19:10:49 -0600
...You didn't say that you have checked for spark. > Pull a wire off a spark plug, stick a screwdriver into the end of...
Re: How to remove O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 19:00:52 +0000
...Jim On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 1:57 PM Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com> wrote: > Dennis, > The "tool" from NAPA -"Spark plug opening...
Re: Mirrors, Spark Plugs, Oil temp gauge
Historical mailing list - Rob
Mon, 07 Jul 1997 13:07:47 -0400
At 01:49 PM 7/7/97 -0500, Lon Herman wrote: > >(3) Spark Plugs. Though I know this is one area where opinions abound...
Re Turbo Muffler, Jacobs ignition, don't work
Historical mailing list - Modl6971
Thu, 30 Apr 1998 02:12:43 EDT
In a message dated 98-04-29 18:55:45 EDT, gstearns@SPRINTMAIL.COM writes: << So you're saying that any spark will do...
Re: install fuel pump and friends
Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
Sat, 5 Jul 2003 09:58:30 -0500
...You might be able to put some electrical connector sealant - anticorrosive on the terminals. >>> Sparky Bartee <sparky_bartee@YAHOO.COM> 7/5/2003 12...
Re: install fuel pump and friends
Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
Sat, 5 Jul 2003 11:32:14 -0400
...drain out like mad when you disconnect. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sparky Bartee" <sparky_bartee@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, July...
NGK part number for 3-electrode spark plug
Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 20:06:58 -0600
...3-pronged spark plugs >Anyone have a part number for the NGK equivalent to the Bosch W7DTC?
Re: oh shucks, here we go again
Historical mailing list - No Name Available
Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:55:18 EST
Folks, I just use an old used spark plug for a tester. I have soldered a smaller battery type, brass spring clamp to the...
Re: spark plug blow out
Historical mailing list - Terry K.
Thu, 30 May 2002 13:20:12 -0500
...spark plug blow out My spark plug blew out yesterday, I tried to thread it back in and it wont go. I think I...
Re: spark plug blow out
Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
Thu, 30 May 2002 22:15:34 -0700
...spark plug blow out > > > > My spark plug blew out yesterday, I tried to thread it back in and it wont > go. I think I...
Tach for van
Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
Wed, 21 Nov 2001 05:51:52 -0800
...The second possible is a digital that has an inductive pickup that gets hooked to a spark plug wire. Does anyone have any experience...
Re: Found a timesert in the spark plug hole
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 3 May 2010 16:39:49 -0700
...Found a timesert in the spark plug hole >> >> >> Mark, >>> >>> 2 spark plug seal designs exist. >>> >>> The square seal is the one with the crush...
Re: Spark plug wires
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:19:07 -0700
...the upper left wire goes to the upper left spark plug (#3). The lower left wire goes to the lower left spark plug (#4...
Re: No spark in the Digifant
Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:25:31 -0400 (EDT)
...I found there was no spark. I replaced the spark > plugs, rotor, dist cap and one spark plug wire. then the was no fuel...
Oil drain plug (Westy 85)
Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon
Thu, 18 Apr 1996 09:23:14 -0400
Hi, My mechanic had installed (as a patch) a spark plug as oil drain plug. He said to me that the oil pan treads...
Re: Low Compression after Spark Plug Incident
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:49:25 -0600
...The van > was > running fine before the spark plug incident. So, strangely to me, it > seems > that the spark plug incident on the #2...
Re: Won't Start After Being Off for +1 min.
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:25:37 EST
...Connect the primary ignition wire to the sparkplug, ground the plug and crank it. If you have spark, immediately reconnect the wire and try...
Re: Spark plug gap
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:02:54 -0500
...Spark plug gap Have an 83 1.9L wtb vanagon just seeing what people think is the best spark plug gap to run. Sent...
Vanagon Sparkplugs Wires
Historical mailing list
Sat, 2 Sep 1995 13:06:15 -0400
...Is there a special way to get the sparkplug wires off? Just pulling like on the '72 doesn't seem to work. Please help...
Re: spark, stumble, and misses...
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Tue, 17 Oct 1995 09:30:54 -0700 (PDT)
Jose Antonio Madriz writes: > > What i thought initially to be a carburator problem in my '73 bus is > manifesting now as a spark/distributor...
Re: Spark plugs: Gap ?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 6 Dec 2009 21:55:28 -0800
...Thanks for the primer on sparkplugs.. Don Hanson On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote: > How...
Re: 2.1l Spark plug wire routing
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Fri, 28 May 2010 12:34:01 -0400
...2.1l Spark plug wire routing Hi, I have a 91 Westfalia, standard, 2.1l. I have just started to do the work on...
Refrigerator Ignition System(s)
Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:30:45 -0700
...I press the ignition button, and there is a single piezo spark. In a couple of posts, one recently, there was a reference to...
Re: Lousy mechanics RE: Start up,back fire?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 19 May 2015 10:19:49 -0500
A loose spark plug? Pretty fundamental. ---- PSD <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > Gentlemen, I can see how a loose spark plug would make you lose...
Re: No spark
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Sun, 23 Jul 2000 20:52:42 -0400
...No spark > John, > Thanks for the info, But i thought that was a fuel > injection control unit. > Shawn
No spark, no start 88
Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:16:05 -0500
...I am not getting any spark. Just cleaned the ground contacts, they needed it. No help. I haven't checked the Bentley yet for...
Re: Spark Plugs
Historical mailing list - Brenton Tait
Fri, 8 May 2009 05:19:32 +0200
Hi Jst a stupid question, went to buy some spark plugs today and asked the salesman about BOSH plugs, as I believe they are...
Ignition Coil and Hall sender
Historical mailing list - Germain
Fri, 28 May 2004 21:02:48 -0400
...I disconnected the coil wire on the distributor and while the engine was cranking, I didn't see any spark coming out the coil...
Re: 1988 Vanagon won't start
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Tue, 2 Mar 2010 08:35:30 -0500
Leo, pull the spark plugs and look at them. I have had vans stall and foul the plugs or someone overfills the van on...
Re: oil drain screw striped
Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
Wed, 10 Feb 1999 14:09:37 -0700
...However, the size is the same as for a spark plug, but the pitch isn't. So, what I would do next time is...
Re: Fridge, keeps blowing out and backfires durring ignition
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:07:02 -0400
...I start sparking >*as soon* as I push yellow button. If you spark on every stroke of the air pump starting just before you...
Re: Tires, wiperblades and spark plugs.
Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:30:51 -0400
Its time to replace my tires, wiperblades and sparkplugs. What are good brands? (details would be helpful. Thanks, Floyd Truskot Yokohama, Bosch, and Bosch...
Re: Spark Plugs
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Fri, 8 May 2009 03:37:12 -0500
...Brenton Tait wrote: >>Jst a stupid question, went to buy some spark plugs today and asked the >>salesman about BOSH plugs, as I believe...
Re: 3 probe plugs
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 16 May 2002 08:38:22 -0700
...My understanding is that, as one electrode gets hot, its resistance increases and the spark then shunts over to a different one, etc. Although...
Re: broken spark plug removal?
Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:06:04 EDT
Were those 50 year old spark plugs in aluminum heads? Heat should only be used with extreme caution when trying to remove any bolt...
Re: How to remove O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 14:56:59 -0400
Dennis, The "tool" from NAPA -"Spark plug opening thread chaser" is marked on one end 18 MM other end is 14 MM. I guess...
Re: Cause of weak spark?
Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
Sat, 19 Sep 2015 17:40:56 -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: [Syncro] No Spark
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Thu, 6 Apr 2000 22:19:56 -0400
...I tried a second and third set of caps and rotors and still > no spark. > > What could have happened? > > Please copy me directly on...
Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Mon, 1 Dec 2014 17:38:07 -0800
On 12/1/2014 4:35 PM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) wrote: > It's not hard to check for spark out of the...
Re: Engine power loss (need help)
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Thu, 17 Oct 2002 15:43:06 -0700
...have performed: > - Compression test on all cylinders (good) > - Removed sparkplugs and checked for spark (good) > - Removed fuel injectors and checked for spray (good) > - Checked...
Re: Another no start problem
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:41:57 -0400
...Could a bad connection here be my problem? >It spins over, but I have no spark from the coil, although sometimes I do >get...
Re: How often should one replace sparking plugs?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 13 May 2009 17:08:38 -0700
> Non-professionals often don't tighten spark plugs tightly enough, in my > expereince - seen lots of loose ones. > > Scott > www.turbovans.com > This I...
Re: Electric burner starter
Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:00:32 -0400
...Where > did you get > the starter from? Peace > superflydisco > '85 westy 'Jackie Brown' I am sure you could install a snap sparker from a...