"Igniter if it's not inside the ecu."

What the dickens is an igniter?

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.

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On 08/29/2011 07:34 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> I agree not necessary to carry a spare throttle body.
> the worst that is likely to happen is an idle problem ..
>
> 'anything that can prevent you from moving' is what I go by.
>
> Starter is heavy ........and with manual trans you can always push or tow
> start if you have to, so I never carry a spare starter, usually anyway.
>
> yes on the water pump unless it's pretty new.
>
> absolutely on the ecu ..
> they are generally quite good ...
> I can think of 3 that were genuinely bad in the last 2 or 3 years...among
> maybe 70 EFI vanagons.
> One was just a couple of months ago.
> I seriously carry a known-good spare ECU ..
> if that thing takes a dump on ya.....you ain't goin' nowhere.
>
> mandatory I'd say.
> Temp Sensor II for sure.
> distributor for sure.
> Igniter if it's not inside the ecu.
> a spare good plug wire or two ..
> left over tune up parts that are still good.
> oxygen sensor ..
> real like scenario....
> I just had a hose blow out ...spewing coolant all over the engine.
> That lead to a so-so used distributor cap crapping out ..
> and a didn't-look-bad-at-all oxygen sensor crapping out as well. ..
> though you can always keep moving with the 02 connected if you need to. Not
> as smooth, burns more gas....but still runs all right.
> Air intake boot ..if I have one of those ...I carry that.
> and a box of misc hoses, hose junctions, and hose clamps.
>
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "neil n" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 5:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Minimum spares kit. Was: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty
> Darn Quick
>
>
> I had a real tendency to carry way too many spares.
>
> Here's a before and after of paring down:
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/MiscVanagonWestyPics#5387387355555099026
>
>
> Like I really didn't need the extra throttle body. ;) I still
> tend to carry too much stuff, but there are times when I add something
> to my rig or fiddle with things. Nice to have the extra stuff for
> that. If I had an SO and/or kids, I wouldn't have time for that kind
> of thing while on the road!
>
> What one carries depends on the engine too. In terms of a minimum, I
> carry spares for parts that when failed, would cause a no start
> situation:
>
> Ones shared with WBX:
>
> starter (this one could be debatable but it would depend on the situation)
> ign. switch
> Distributor, cap/rotor, tension lead to/from coil.
> fuel pump
> alt/water pump belt
> coil
> wires/tape/various connectors etc.
> gasket material
>
> I suspect I really should carry a water pump and ECU too. There's
> probably things I've forgotten
>
>
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Poppie Jagersand
> <poppie.jagersand@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>
>> I also ask: How many spares should one really carry? Wife drives Toyota
>> with no clue what to do if it stops... So do 99% of others whether they
>> drive a car or RV.
>>
>> I used to have spares and tools filling the whole storage under the
>> bench,
>> but with a growing family there's need for the wife and kid's stuff too!
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
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