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• Re: Vacuum gauge readings
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 27 Oct 2014 05:09:06 -0500
  ...I've tried two different vacuum gauges to verify that the dashboard gauge is reading properly. >>> I've verified the ignition timing at 35...
• Re: '80 Calif. Flooding Problems
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 06:52:09 -0700
  ...and has an O2 sensor) but the ignition coil appears to be from a > Federal model. There is a Hall control unit, but no...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 4 Oct 2014 12:40:52 -0500
  ...Make sure the air deflectors are in place on both sides and the bottom of the radiator. > > How is the ignition timing set? Driving...
• Re: any flux capacitor conversions available?
  Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 12:09:22 -0700
  ...It is located in > the > ignition switch on all these GM cars. > With a new staff of engineers GM Cadillac moved the flux > capacitor...
• Re: Aircooled Running Problems
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 21:07:29 -0500
  ...The entire ignition system, including distributor is brand new and timing has just been set. I have checked everywhere for leaks in the injection...
• Re: 87 Lack of power
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:05:40 -0800
  ...Where is the ignition timing set at on your engine? > 1. What is an AFM? I see in the bentley the whole system is...
• large object into westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 09:56:07 -0400
  ...I am running a stock ignition system with > the exception of Bosch Platinum plugs. My coil wire is going bad and > it's probably...
• Voltage regulators and Battery mats
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Jun 1997 23:30:44 +0000
  ...So I put it back in and pull out the voltmeter, 13.55 ignition off (this is about .4 too high) and with it...
• Re: Help! It's raining & my bus won't accelerate.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 17:20:37 -0800
  ...When I turn off the ignition and turn it > back on it runs good for a few seconds but then shuts down again (no...
• Re: 91 Westy, idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:07:47 -0400
  ...Check the ignition timing and try to set the idle speed around 800 with the valve still blocked off. Next look for vacuum leaks...
• Re: 88 Vanagon gl "issues"
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 10:14:13 -0800
  ...At idle, the miss is usually due to an ignition problem or a > > cylinder getting a slightly different mixture than the others. Bad > > injectors...
• Re: Why no bolt-on HP upgrades to the 2.1 WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 May 2012 01:05:27 -0400
  ...The Waterboxer uses the lower compression and mild ignition timing to keep down NOX and along with those dished pistons allows to engine to...
• Re: 88 GL - did it again!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 4 Jun 2014 18:01:42 -0700
  ...If the timing of it is wrong - it could embarassing. A fella WOULD NOT want this to happen when he's over visiting someone...
• Re: digifant injection
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:02:15 -0700
  ...ingniter incorporated into the ECU, aloneg with electronic control of the ignition timing curve .... and the Digifant oxygens sensor is heated ........... oh ........ok, electronic...
• Re: need new engine for air-cooled van (overheated one)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 21:13:41 -0400
  ...This was ignition timing or maybe mixture related. The head also appears > to show some combustion gas leakage past the top cylinder seal. You...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:48:44 -0600
  ...sensors( new o2 sensor going in this >>>>> weekend) >>>>> entire ignition system is good (timing, coil, distributor, relays, >>>>> etc.). >>>>> fuel pressure is good. All injectors...
• Re: Guy's got a low-mileage 2.1 engine for sale-rebuilds
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 Feb 2015 11:13:02 -0500
  ...From experience cooling system failures tend to take out the heads first and over advanced ignition timing and/or an injector or other mixture...
• Help me (again)
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Tower
  Sun, 28 Aug 1994 22:11:26 -0700 (PDT)
  ...4) I hooked up a strobe timing light to see if the vacuum advance was working, and it only lit up every few seconds...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:48:38 -0700
  ...the most common no-start I see is ignition not working. Next might be fuel ......either pump itself, clogged fuel filter or fuel tank...
• Re: '88 Westy Vacuum leak diagnosis input
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:29:16 -0700
  ...a while back, initially thought it was a > >> > timing/misfire issue. > >> > New plugs, cap, rotor, ignition wires all needed to happen anyway, but > >> > didn...
• Re: 88 GL - did it again!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 5 Jun 2014 11:00:08 -0500
  ...If the timing of it is wrong - it could > embarassing. A fella WOULD NOT want this to happen when he's over > visiting someone...
• Re: What would you do
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 07:07:25 -0400
  ...Only the timing would give you trouble if its not electronic ignition. But you can convert it with Sure Fire or something similar. Nothing...
• Re: engine recommendations
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jan 1996 14:12:02 -0800
  ...full flow oil filter, sand seal, (Why a sand seal?) cd >ignition and hydraulic lifters. Stock carb (?), 009 dist, stock displacement >(1600), stock exhaust...
• Re: Vacuum gauge readings
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:20:59 -1000
  ...I've tried two different vacuum gauges to verify that the dashboard gauge is reading properly. >>> I've verified the ignition timing at 35...
• Re: Gasoline Grade?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Mar 1997 14:09:01 -0500 (EST)
  ...The engine management system uses this "knock" signal to adjust the timing of the ignition to eliminate the pinging on a split second basis...
• Propane vs CNG Was Propane fueled Vanagons?,
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, www.vwrack.com
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:50:48 -0600
  ...a later model OBD2 vehicle, you can remap or otherwise adjust ignition timing for alternate fuel operation. www.dualcurve.com has products to do...
• Re: 400mm Lift to Flush
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:59:18 -0400
  ...Ignition drive is from a Fairchild ignition module mounted on firewall forward of the coil. Timing is by a conventional distributor with vacuum advance...
• Re: Aircooled Running Problems
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 21:21:18 -0700
  ...The entire ignition system, including distributor is brand new and timing has just been set. I have checked everywhere for leaks in the injection...
• Re: My 1981 again
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:03:23 -0600
  ...bad ones, be sure your timing is dead on at 7.5 degrees, replace all non-Bosch ignition with genuine Bosch parts, replace the...
• Re: GEX Vanagon Engines
  Historical mailing list - Gus
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 09:11:13 -0400
  ...have over heated, run without oil > pressure, or incorrect fuel mixture-ignition timing so that the heads and > pistons were melted. This means that...
• Re: air cooled 2.0 1981 Cylinder head temp?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Feb 2014 00:28:42 -0500
  ...For the 2.1L the ignition timing is changed slightly most likely to reduce the production of NOx. > > Since the air cooled engines can...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:01:41 -0800
  ...Modern electronic ignition coil—replaces antiquated original design 7. All new injection harness and power delivery harnesses:   • Replaces old, corroded, prone-to-moisture intrusion...
• Re: large object into westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 10:51:23 -0400
  ...I am running a stock ignition system with > > the exception of Bosch Platinum plugs. My coil wire is going bad and > > it's probably...
• Still running rich
  Historical mailing list - Mike Vanderzanden
  Sat, 19 May 2001 14:59:55 EDT
  ...Checked/adjusted ignition timing. �Was retarded. �Now correct (at least close). �Made no difference. Measured fuel pressure: �36 psi at idle with vacuum connected...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 10:20:44 -0500
  ...Every time you turn the ignition on and hear the pump start you are also getting a shot of fuel into the engine. All...
• Re: The continuing saga, stuck in Tucumcari
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:13:31 -0600
  ...I found that if I followed the first rule of Vanagons: #1) Use all Bosch Ignition parts, replace everything that is prone to wear...
• Re: Is there anyone under 60 on this list???? WAS:Wife is done with Vanagon a...
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:46:56 -0400
  ...So, the Vanagon scene is going to die out *all at once* in about 20 years from now when we stop carrying ignition keys...
• Re: DEAD in my garage on New Year's Day
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 1 Jan 2000 20:54:23 -0500
  ...I have a old neon bulb type timing light that goes between wire from distributor and the spark plug. If I don't have...
• Re: van still won't start
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 16:37:09 -0400
  ...Started, idled for a few secs, and then died with the same symptoms, which are cranking, and no sign of any ignition. Not sure...
• excerpt from Electronic Design
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Sep 1996 17:07:31 -0700
  ...to the old conventional [Kettering] ignition system, >points and coil and distributor and "condenser." I set my own timing and I >adjust my own...
• Re: '88 Westy Vacuum leak diagnosis input
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Fri, 20 Sep 2024 08:55:00 -0600
  ...a while back, initially thought it was a >> > timing/misfire issue. >> > New plugs, cap, rotor, ignition wires all needed to happen anyway, but >> > didn...
• Re: Loss of Power False Air Oil Breather?
  Historical mailing list - john cianci
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 13:17:41 +0000
  ...Nor did I check ignition timing or even play with that in <DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; two years. <DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; <DIV></DIV...
• Re: What Octane Fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Thompson, Michael
  Thu, 2 May 2002 09:56:32 -0600
  ...What Octane Fuel? If the engine is pinging--your timing is screwed up--reset it-- The owner's manual sez--87--use 87--- If...
• Re: Expected Life of a Cat Converter??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:51:56 -0600
  ...Incorrect ignition timing. This practice to increase power (ha) or response and smoothness, increases the production of NOx by increasing the peak flame temperatures...
• Re: Propane Fueled Turbo Diesel Injection
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:24:16 +1200
  ...Yes, but injection-timing is critical, and will differ between fuels. Higher-flashpoint fuels will require timing to be retarded compared to distillate (so...
• Re: A bit rough idle, running. Unbalanced injectors?
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:50:26 -0600
  ...Check the ignition timing. Consider replacing the O2 sensor, > especially if the van has >80,000 miles or if you don't know when...
• Re: Gas question, seriously folks
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 07:58:39 -0800
  ...Pre-ignition can occur in a particular engine design for various reasons. For whatever reason it occurs, high octane fuel can prevent it from...
• Re: Do U carry spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:52:16 -0700
  ...Station Wagon "Pug" 75 914 1.8 (No Name Yet) Full Timing Since March 1999 oldvolkshome@gmail.com http://www.oldvolkshome.com *********************************** On Thu...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 4 Oct 2014 12:53:13 -0500
  ...Make sure the air deflectors are in place on both sides and the bottom of the radiator. > > > > How is the ignition timing set? Driving...
• Re: 88 GL - did it again!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 4 Jun 2014 20:02:43 -0500
  ...If the timing of it is wrong - it could > embarassing. A fella WOULD NOT want this to happen when he's over visiting > someone...
• Re: Total Mystification!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:55:28 -0700
  ...and modern cars are very much like that ...less and less service on them all the time..now gouing timing chaiin cam drive rather...
• Distributor Nightmare
  Historical mailing list - Jim Heissenbuttel
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 08:58:25 -0700
  ...Stopping, turning off the ignition, and restarting does not seem to help. Usually, I pull over to a safe spot, a gently coax her...
• Re: Stalling at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:15:10 -0500
  ...Idle stabilization is >>done by advancing the ignition timing. >> >>Dennis >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf >>Of...
• Re: Tips on replacing Temp 2 sensor The easy way!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:02:35 -0500
  ...Every > part of this fuel injection and ignition system can be tested and the real > problem sorted out. If I can be of assistance...
• Re: O2 sensor and digijet problems
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 23:05:13 -0600
  ...I have changed the timing to help ( 6 degrees BTDC ) it runs good most of the time, has alot more power, runs cooler and...
• Re: Do U carry spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:50:21 -0700
  ...water pump, thermostat w/O-Ring, AFM, master cylinder, accel cable, ignition switch (electrical part [gave one away to Bev at the Buses By...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 2 Nov 2011 12:07:58 -0700
  ...I am getting >> voltage at the black wire on the ignition coil and I am getting voltage at >> 85 pin, which means a signal...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - David Clark
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:29:11 -0000
  ...oil filter, oil plug. Timing belt and V-belt. Water pump and spare > 45A alternator. Points and condensor ignition system with four fresh spark...
• Re: WHAT JUST HAPPENED???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:55:53 -0500
  ...In fact, the procedure to set ignition timing calls for disconnecting the temp 2 sensor while it is running to put the timing into...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 14:48:37 -0500
  ...I believe I have assembled it with all the Injection system >>> and ignition system complete. My progress was cut short by a >>> vehicle accident...