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• Re: Sputter, Sputter, Cough, Cough, Die. (no, not my ex wife...)
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:05:06 -0400
  ...Just had > the full work over (new radiator, h20 pump, cap, rotor, plugs, wires) and > now it drives like crap. TJ Just wondering if...
• Re: What Is This Type Of Connector Called?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:05:55 -0400
  At 02:58 PM 3/19/2010, Loren Busch wrote: > I find cigarette lighter plugs, for many >reasons, to be very unreliable and finicky...
• spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Michael Tevis
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:23:59 -0400
  ...anyway, i took the plugs out and they are Bosch W8DC. most vendors sell the W7CC or WR7CC. bus-boys.com shows a W7DTC...
• Re: bosch plugs
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:38:24 -0500
  ...Came back 3 months later, dead, again" My reply is check for Bosch platinum plugs, if so, replace the coil again, and replace the...
• Re: 3-pronged spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:11:59 -0400
  ...Dave At 11:43 AM 6/17/98 -0400, Mark Schrope wrote: >I was thinking about putting 3-pronged Bosch plugs in my 89...
• Re: Rubber Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:30:13 -0700
  ...How about "After I removed my bumpers and put on the Van Cafe Big Bumpers I found the plugs I needed for some holes...
• Re: 84 Westy Gas Mileage?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Sep 1996 06:39:16 PST
  On Tue, 17 Sep 1996 20:35:35 -0500 ERIC ZENO <emz@VIPER.NAUTICOM.NET> writes: > Platinum Spark Plugs??????$#%#$%^ > > In a matter of time...
• Re: 80 air cooled oil galley plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 00:44:42 EDT
  The engine rebuilder we used (before he & I retired from cars) always staked them in place and JB Welded the galley plugs after installation...
• Re: 82 Diesel Glow Plug Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:28:36 -0400
  ...The fast plugs draw about 10A, the slows 7-8A. You probably don't want to put all fast plugs on a slow relay...
• RE: Debate: Freeze Plugs in Fan Shroud!
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  28 Jun 1995 13:39:28 -0800
  _______________________________________________________________________________ A friend put Freeze Plugs (1 5/8") in the holes in the fan shroud where the hose to the heat exchangers usually go...
• Glows plugs
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 14:13:13 -0500
  ...To check, remove the bolts holding the electric wire to the glow plugs. Put an ohmmeter between the terminal (where the wire was) and...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:49:11 -0400
  I can't blame just those plugs for major failures but it can add up. But when holding the heads in my hand I...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Oct 94 9:30:48 EST
  ...BTW there was athread on rec.autos.vw discussing the merits of platinum plugs and basically it came down to this. If your ignition...
• Re: Do waterboxers have core plugs (freeze plugs)?
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Mon, 23 Dec 2013 13:16:59 -0500
  In Canada NAPA has an oil pan heater obviously made for the WBX as it bolts on perfectly to existing fastener locations. Manufactured by...
• Part Number for 1.9 TDI Glow Plug?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:16:29 EST
  A friend of mine is looking for the part number for the glow plugs for a 97 Jetta TDI. I wouldn't think a...
• Re: Do waterboxers have core plugs (freeze plugs)?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:14:54 -0600
  ...aqua@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > My 83 diesel I4 has 3 core plugs, one of which I've replaced with a 120v block heater for...
• Re: Propane Tank Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Dave C
  Thu, 11 May 2000 11:52:00 -0400
  on 5/11/2000 11:20 AM, Bulley at gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM wrote: > This brought to mind some steel plugs I sent to...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:47:37 -0600
  ...When I put in the > Bosh plugs (these are single tip, but the super-plug > platinum none-the-less) the RPMs at idle increased...
• Re: 3 probe plugs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 17 May 2002 06:13:23 EDT
  ...3 probe plugs My experience exactly. These are the BEST spark plugs for the waterboxer ! Cheers�� Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada <A HREF="http...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 23:52:22 -0400
  ...Malcolm > > --- Derek <helios@SABER.NET> wrote: > > >> BTW if those plugs you put in are the single > > >> electrode, they are going to kill your coil...
• Re: Spark plugs: Gap ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 21:55:28 -0800
  ...When the center electrodes are worn enough that the plugs need > to > be re-gapped it is time for new plugs. > > The Platinum tipped...
• 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...
• 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: Street camping
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Wed, 19 Oct 1994 12:23:31 -0700 (PDT)
  ...You get the foam plugs at most drug stores. The wax plugs and other types are uncomfortable. The foam plugs are comfy. However, if...
• Re: Amateur questions: Wrong spark plugs? Coolant corrosion?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 03:54:20 -0600
  Hi take a close look at the tip of the terminal on the new plugs, the larger terminal may unscrew. I've used b6es...
• Re: Tires, wiperblades and spark plugs.
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:30:51 -0400
  ...Y370's (if available) or Y-356; 18" for the blades, and Bosch "Super" or triple points for the plugs. Some will argue for...
• Re: Needed: Headlight plugs/wires for 7" rounds
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:43:56 -0700
  ...to do the install is a set of > the round headlight plugs, with the terminals like this: | _ | > Preferably with some ends of wire attached...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:22:11 -0700
  ...That's one of the reasons I swear by the tri-tip plugs, which, incidentally are the plugs VW specifies for my '85 Westy...
• Re: 3 probe plugs
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 16 May 2002 08:38:22 -0700
  ...Although the gap was pretty big on my 100K plugs, there was no appreciable wear on the side electrodes. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: Do waterboxers have core plugs (freeze plugs)?
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Wed, 25 Dec 2013 22:45:45 -0500
  Lots of theory here but if you can get a WBX to start in Calgary in the winter with the Pyroil unit installed I...
• Bosch Spark Plugs Web Site
  Historical mailing list - �ric Giroux
  Fri, 12 May 2000 11:54:53 -0400
  ...I wonder part number 7598 is the W7CC0...must be. �ric Here are the Bosch Spark Plugs available for your 1984 VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON CAMPMOBILE...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Ignition System
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:06:39 -0400
  Most American cars use a carbon core wire (resistance over full length) and resistor spark plugs. The VW uses stranded copper or tinned stranded...
• Re: Fuel system...follow up
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Dawson
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:20:02 -0400
  ...How can you tell if the plugs are single electrode? They look very similar to the old ones. How can I check the CAT...
• diesel glow plug differences
  Historical mailing list - Lance LeBaron
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 11:35:09 PDT
  ...Not supposed to mix the plugs or the timing relay. Mine were the fast type. I bought them from the Parts Place in Michigan...
• Re: 82 Diesel won't start
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:47:46 -0700
  ...It could be bad glow plugs, as more of the glow plugs die it gets harder to start. There's probably a procedure for...
• Re: Fuel system...follow up
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:26:08 -0400
  ...BTW if those plugs you put in are the single electrode, they are going to kill your coil, and leave you stranded. I've...
• Re: spark plugs N peanuts
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 05:49:17 EDT
  ...Before I get the standard type plugs I wanted to query = > the list and see what type plugs some of you recommended and how...
• Re: problems with bosch platinum spark plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 07:04:59 -0400
  ...i understand the platinums tend to run a little richer..what should >i do, go back to regular bosch plugs...adjust the carb? what...
• Re: question of oil level
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Sep 1994 10:49:54 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I can't get to the spark plugs without unhinging the radiator...I'll only change plugs 4 or 5 times...I go up...
• Re: What about New Bosche Plus 4 Plugs?
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Wed, 6 Jan 1999 04:19:07 -0500
  ...four times for each plug? Since regular plugs are around $1.50 each, and last 25,000 miles, seems like you are not gaining...
• Re: I buy it, was: Cold starts fouling plugs, was Plat Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Desanti
  Fri, 28 May 1999 03:50:27 EDT
  In a message dated 5/26/99 2:12:20 PM Alaskan Daylight Time, sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM writes: << Anyone have a ready supply of...
• Re: Bosch 4-pronged spark plug not for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 18:18:48 EDT
  In a message dated 10/21/99 10:53:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dave@251.ORG writes: > What plugs did the rep reccomend...
• Need Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 08:55:18 -0500
  Hi Listers, I'm fairly new to the Vanagon family, I recently bought a '87 Syncro! I'd like to replace the plugs, oil...
• Re: Aluminum in the threads
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 27 May 2002 08:42:17 -0700
  (snip) Torturing of new spark plugs according the Bosch automotive hand book is done by turning the plug until the gasket makes contact with...
• RE: re. Bosch Platinums
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 23 May 1997 07:19:29 -0700
  ...I just replaced my Bosch Platinum plugs after 50,000 miles on them. This is what I found: 1) Even tan coating on all...
• Debate: Freeze Plugs in Fan Shroud!
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Wed, 28 Jun 1995 14:29:17 MST
  ...A friend put Freeze Plugs (1 5/8") in the holes in the fan shroud where the hose to the heat exchangers usually go...
• Re: Gapping Bosch Super W7DTC spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 6 Oct 2000 05:31:53 EDT
  ...LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > Gapping Bosch Super W7DTC spark plugs? Good spark plugs for the waterboxer ! Use 'em just like they come outa...
• Re: Running on 3 Cylinders
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:49:19 -0400
  The #1 and #3 plugs can suffer corrosion between the ends of the plug wires and the plugs. This phenomenon baffled me until it...
• Re: Rubber Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:25:47 -0700
  ...wrote: > Anyone know where I can pickup some round rubber/plastic plugs? I'm > looking for something that will fill a hold in sheet...
• Re: Lubrication
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:23:25 -0800
  ...Pull spark plugs. Crank until oil pressure light goes out. Install plugs. Fire it up. That's how I'd do it. Jim > Zoltan...
• Re: Vanagon starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:55:04 -1000
  ...fuel being squirted in ...and 'more fuel than spark combined with old plugs and plug gaps ' ..and you have wet-fouled plugs. at least...
• Coils and Platinum Plugs!
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 20:10:27 -0800
  ...something changed after you change to platimum plugs.. Anybody else on this list seen this problem with platinum plugs? Yau-Man Chan 87 GL
• Spark plugs...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:22:44 -0700
  I changed the spark plugs for the first time. The van came from Colorado, and Bosch W8CC's were installed. I installed the W7DTC...
• Re: 3-prong Spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 18:45:53 -0800
  ...3-prong Spark plugs? > Some correction/clarification is in order here. > > First of all, the part numbers for the correct tri-electrode Bosch plugs...
• Re: Dead Sparking Plug!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:32:08 -0600
  that was a box of 6 plugs. I just automatically think of 4 plugs nowadays, and typed before thinking. mcneely ---- Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX...
• Re: Spark Plugs -Tri Electrode / Factory Alloy (just one) wanted
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 11 May 97 00:32:42 CDT
  On Sat, 10 May 1997 14:51:24 -0500 you said: >Is there any one out there using Bosch tri - electrode plugs in their...
• Re: 4 prong platinum bosch plugs
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 25 May 1999 22:35:57 -0500
  ...I have >tried ALL of my FLAPS with no luck. > >2nd queastion - Has anyone heard of a reason not to use platinum plugs >for...
• Re: slightly oily plugs
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 14:15:52 -0500
  ...slightly oily plugs > Just before I left for my first road trip > (from OKC to Dallas and back - about 400 miles) > I installed a...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 03:52:44 +0000
  ...vanagon single electrode plugs >Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 23:52:22 -0400 > >I've use them also. Time has nothing to do with...
• Syncro Wiring Question
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:57:25 -0800
  ...On the driver side, by the charcoal cannister, I now find there are two identical 2 pin female connectors where the level sensor plugs...