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• Re: Help w/2.1 What am i missing?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 22:13:26 -0400
  What colour is the sparks? That sound like a spark/timing problem. Any engine in the world will at least do something with fuel...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - not starting after a 300 mile trip
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:55:56 -0400
  ...If sparks, check if you have fuel pressure, regulator could be bad! Just today, same problem with a customer.... ignition switch was bad! Good...
• Blue sparks afire
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bushore
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 22:26:34 -0500
  ...Anyway, I pop the hatch and much to my chagrin, see the little blue sparks jumping out of my wires :( I grabbed hold of...
• Re: Help w/2.1 What am i missing?
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:17:05 -0400
  ...VANAGON@GERRY.VANAGON.COM; vr6vanagon@HOTMAIL.COM > > What colour is the sparks? > > That sound like a spark/timing problem. > > Any engine in the world...
• Re: Need referral to replacing short FI hose (between injectors and fuel rail)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:49:05 -0700
  ...Make sure the line is empty of fuel, the sparks from > the cutting discs could start a fire. Cut off the clamps and easily...
• Re: Blue sparks afire
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 8 Apr 1995 10:09:28 -0700 (PDT)
  On Fri, 7 Apr 1995, Matt Bushore wrote: > > I grabbed hold of the wires, and now the little sparks > were jumping to me, but...
• Re: battery explosions + a theory
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 01:05:37 +0100
  ...explosive gases when charging, and sparks may occur when you connect the clamp to the battery post. Sparks still occur if you clamp the...
• Re: Singlecabs and Doublecabs Available
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:18:18 -0400
  <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Budd, FYI <br>Bob Sparks has a double cab TriStar...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 21:00:36 EST
  George ~~ Very good true imfo // keep up the good work Don at DVW !!! www.dvwimportautoparts.com
• Smoking power window-part 2
  Historical mailing list - John Koloen
  Fri, 28 May 1999 19:42:25 -0500
  ...No smoke, no sparks. I then reinstalled it and again I have smoke and sparks coming from the back of the window regular post...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:05:51 -0800
  back page of bentley has it, along with 10^3 other usefully tidbits of technical verbage.
• Re: Thoughts on State of the List
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 8 May 2004 22:19:56 -0500
  ...more > tangible aspects of the machine. > When these two idologies meet, sparks can ensue... so if i'm idealistic (but not youthful?) and identify...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks ( New Question)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 17:37:59 -0800
  What's the record for longest running thread?? OR... How long can 1000 Vanagonites beat a dead horse (or spark)?? Viel Spass, Jeff
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks ( New Question)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 18:12:24 -0800
  ...Correct Gap of Sparks ( New Question) I think the one on curves is about the longest I've seen. Re: Curves (no Vanagon content...
• Re: Shocking Photo
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 15 May 2007 22:22:49 -0700
  ...If it has jumping sparks inside the engine won't run either. Try another rotor. Make sure the distributor shaft is not lifted (a...
• Stinky Remarks (was seats)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Apr 1996 11:57:57 -0700
  Can't we all just get along ! Avoid sparks near gasoline ! Lighten up ! peace out ! Jody ps I like fart jokes...people who don...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:06:58 -0700
  ...Gap of Sparks > > I thought Bosch plugs were preset to gap no problem... > > > > > > > >> >> As to the slow starting, there's lots of things, but...
• Re: HELP!! Rain kills my vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Wed, 24 Jun 1998 17:15:43 EDT
  Try the old spray bottle in the dark routine.....follow the sparks you should see as you spray the entire ignition system, engine running...
• Re: Rebuilt Tire? (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:50:16 EST
  ...And people stay the heck away from you because all of the sparks flying everywhere. >> and you can do wicked burnouts too!!! (i've...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 08:42:41 -0800
  Yup. <http://greenmini.mrbean.net.au/~rover/ketterin.htm> Jim Mike Miller wrote: > Somebody on this list has got to know how this works...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:37:23 -0700
  ...Gap of Sparks > > So what happens when the sparks you've got installed are not of the correct > gap? I use only W7CCO by...
• FS 85 parts van, $950 Sparks, MD USA
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:32:42 -0500
  ...Chris Harring skycommando@hotmail.com 410-472-2964 Sparks, Maryland, USA
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sat, 14 Feb 2004 17:26:58 -0800
  ...Finger Sparks > > Seriously, it works even though it's actually an insulator (eg, > "dielectric"). The film of grease is displaced by metal to metal...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:16:49 -0800
  So what happens when the sparks you've got installed are not of the correct gap? I use only W7CCO by Bosch >From: Mike...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 22:14:18 -0000
  ...Correct Gap of Sparks > At 01:19 PM 2/20/2003, you wrote: > >I agree with this theory but if the time differential is...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:25:48 -0500
  At 10:38 AM 2/15/2003, Mike Miller wrote: >Where's David B when we need him? > >Sylvan! Wake the old bear up...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks ( New Question)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 17:53:23 -0800
  Probably tires. On 2/22/03 5:37 PM, "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@TSSGI.COM> wrote: > What's the record for longest running thread?? > > OR...
• Re: Need referral to replacing short FI hose (between injectors and fuel rail)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:06:49 -0400
  ...Make sure the line is empty of fuel, the sparks from >>the cutting discs could start a fire. Cut off the clamps and easily...
• Re: '81 Vanagon Ignition Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 07 Sep 1995 09:25:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...from the manifold to come into the distributor, you have >enough sparks there to ignite it. Geez, now THAT would ruin your whole day...!!!
• Re: Battery ground
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 18 Apr 2015 10:13:55 -0700
  Not without sparks! Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Apr 18, 2015, at 6:39 AM, Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > No...
• Engine died, great update, it starts!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:16:40 -0700
  ...But it sparks and catches. Thank you all very very much for your help. I really would have been lost without you folk. Cheers...
• Is my auxillary barttery working correctly ?
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:37:50 -0700
  ...Is this correct? Second, I disconnected the batteries, or tried to, to replace the altenator today.I got sparks when I disconnected the neg...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 23:07:21 -0800
  ...Gap of Sparks >> >> So what happens when the sparks you've got installed are not of the correct >> gap? I use only W7CCO by...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:18:43 -0500
  At 10:38 AM 2/15/2003, Mike Miller wrote: >You're probably right but doesn't when the points close [either directly or...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 00:20:57 -0700
  ...Gap of Sparks >>> >>> So what happens when the sparks you've got installed are not of the correct >>> gap? I use only W7CCO by...
• Re: extra precautions on fuelin up.
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 6 Dec 2005 18:45:11 -0800
  ...The ignition occurs around the handle of the nozzle when the static charge on the woman is grounded and sparks in the midst of...
• '84 battery dies
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Apr 1997 15:02:37 -0500
  ...When I pulled the battery in the fall, I accidentally made some sort of connection and sparks went flying. At that point I wondered...
• spark plugs: 8 plugs in a 4-banger!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 13:48:33 -0700
  ...So is that then 8 sparks at a time?! Out of control Cheers! Matthew Matthew Pollard http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 Dept. of Chemistry...
• Blown fuse
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mund
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:07:22 -0600
  ...try to replace the fuse with another 8 amp fuse it sparks and blows right away. So obvioulsy I've got a short or...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:42:50 -0800
  Mark Dorm wrote: > I thought Bosch plugs were preset to gap no problem... > I have used Bosch Platinum plugs for about 15 years and...
• Re: AFM issues
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 11:00:29 -0400
  ...Be >careful using it near the altenator ,sparkplugs, and distributor, as there >are sparks present in these areas
• Re: Two problems with this list
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 9 Oct 2005 01:16:54 +1300
  ...So, if anybody does anything at all along those lines, it's those bright sparks who just put in thrie zipcodes... how useful!!
• Re: Mosquito Net/No See 'Ems
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 22:11:36 -0500
  I dunno 'bout this French-Canadian "Sparks from Hell" story. I think there has been a mixup in translat'in, somehow, from Spanish to...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 18:25:20 -0000
  ...Correct Gap of Sparks > So what is the correct gap of spark plugs. I want to take mine out and > check. When I put...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 19:28:15 -0700
  ...Correct Gap of Sparks > > So what is the correct gap of spark plugs. I want to take mine out and > check. When I put...
• Re: Is my auxillary barttery working correctly ?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 18:58:38 -0400
  ...Is >this correct? Second, I disconnected the batteries, or tried to, to >replace the altenator today.I got sparks when I disconnected the neg...
• Re: '81 Vanagon Ignition Weirdness
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 95 09:59:12 +0200
  ...from the manifold to come into the distributor, you have enough sparks there to ignite it. Also, the engine could suck false air there...
• unstable engine when cold
  Historical mailing list - Michael Lars Olsen
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:30:26 +0100
  ...I've replaced all sparks and there's no waterproblem (loss of water, overboiling or so). Any ideas ??? Best regards Michael 1983 1.9...
• Can't get the gas going ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:54:40 -0800
  I have fuel pressure, I got sparks, good timing, changed the relays, still not gas spraying into the engine. I know, there is a...
• Re: Filling from a 40-lb propane tank?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:09:09 EST
  ...Like creating static sparks. >> I can see it all as clearly as a scene from Christmas Vacation III: "Honey, how can you work with...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:00:59 -0700
  I'm far from any kind of expert or mechaninc but have been doing basic tune-ups on my vehicles for 40+ years and...
• Re: If it's not one thing, it's another...
  Historical mailing list - George Hahn
  Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:51:52 -0700
  ...lead near the > plug instead of on it, and watch for sparks... I keep a spare plug for checking ignition, stick it in the...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:51:07 -0500
  At 11:42 AM 2/15/2003, Jim Arnott wrote: >Yup. <http://greenmini.mrbean.net.au/~rover/ketterin.htm> > >Jim > >Mike Miller wrote: > >>Somebody...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:14:22 -0800
  Frank, do you have a container of dielectric grease which says the stuff is a conductor??? That's really shocking. Hehe. Seriously, it works...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:55:09 EST
  In a message dated 2/13/04 6:01:15 AM, RAlanen@AOL.COM writes: << Dielectric grease is a conductor >> Thanks, Frank! You have...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 09:03:58 -0700
  ...Gap of Sparks >>>>> >>>>> So what happens when the sparks you've got installed are not of the >>>>> correct >>>>> gap? I use only W7CCO by...
• Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:24:09 -0800
  I thought Bosch plugs were preset to gap no problem... > >As to the slow starting, there's lots of things, but have you checked...
• Re: Stinky Remarks (was seats)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 24 Apr 96 18:36:56 CDT
  On Wed, 24 Apr 1996 14:02:31 -0500 Drew, Jody IHS-STAFF said: >Can't we all just get along ! >Avoid sparks near...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 07:38:23 -0800
  ...Gap of Sparks >>>> >>>> So what happens when the sparks you've got installed are not of the correct >>>> gap? I use only W7CCO by...
• Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:49:43 -0800
  So what is the correct gap of spark plugs. I want to take mine out and check. When I put mine in I assumed...