Michael ~

The Magnacore wires were coming up on their second year installed. After
the fire the insulation was just a white powder. The coil to distributor
wire was completely powdered while the dizzy to plug wires less so.

It's no more than a hunch that these were the source of ignition.

John Meeks
'91 Vanagon MV Phoenix
Northern Michigan

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On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 10:16 PM, MICHAEL H <vwdash80@yahoo.com> wrote:

> ! AAAHHHH !!   =( 8 o)  {Phyllis Diller hair, Macaully Culkin face, Pee
> Wee Herman voice} John, how long were the Magnacores in there ? my 85 GL
> 1.9 is running on those and it's chilly around here ! they're supposed to
> be some kind of guaranteed and I still have the box.    mike
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 10:25 PM
> Subject: Re: Fire!
>
> Dennis,
>
>
> My fire started only one mile into my trip to work on a chilly day.  I
> doubt the exhaust manifold had reached 420� or the flash point of motor
> oil.
>
>
> I'm still blaming a failed (Magnecor) ignition wire.
>
> Happy holidaze everyone!
>
> John Meeks
> '91 Multivan
> Stock 2.1
>