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• Re: 2nd Battery setup questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:17:30 -0800
  ...the relay is activated by the alternator > charging, > not just the ignition key being turned. That prevents the run-down > battery > from robbing power...
• Re: 84 Electrical-Fusible Link?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 19:38:40 -0300 (ADT)
  ...I track the "ignition" portion of the wiring >diagram. I see connections to fuses in the fuse panel, but no >fusible link. I trust...
• Re:Tach was The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Apr 95 8:15:14 EDT
  ...In effect the coil is being grounded by the tach, is it not? Would this effect electronic ignitions more or less? DC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment...
• Re: Ignition wire slipping off?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 14:09:21 EST
  Had this problem on my '85. Just get a small screw driver and insert it into the plastic housing and pry a little to...
• Re: Running Diesel Engines on Propane
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 01:24:21 -0600
  ...It is possible to convert diesel engines to LPG, but very expensive, as the compression ratio has to be lowered and a spark ignition...
• Diesel Heater Fix
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 19:29:11 -0500
  I had a problem with my DA-6 only working with the timer pushed in and turned , but not with the ignition on. Robert...
• fuel system leak?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 20:43:55 -0400
  I notice that when I turn my ignition key, I head the fuel pump run once for almost a second, then stop, then it...
• 86 cabrio advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Tarheel
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 06:34:33 -0500
  I am having ignition problems with my 86 cabrio. Starts right up, drive it a little while stop, and it will not start,,,no...
• Re: '84 rough running, backfire
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 15:19:36 -0400
  ...What it lacks is direct ECU control of ignition timing. david At 01:11 PM 4/20/2001, Steve Cotsford wrote: >Please note that...
• Re: Alternate Fuels etc. - Some info
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:29:38 +1200
  ...die. > >David Brodbeck, N8SRE >'82 Diesel Westfalia >'94 Honda Civic Si It looks that way, but it only needs an ignition breakthrough, I believe...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 16:26:37 -0700
  ...Pull over, ignition off, back on, ran fine, hit again in five miles, pulled into a rest stop for five minutes, started and ran...
• Re: need key for ghia
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:12:23 -0400
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=841688 Jonce >Hey guys-I have pulled the ignition out of my 69 ghia. The...
• Auto running lights?
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:31:58 -0700
  ...Is there an easy mod to make the running lights turn off with the ignition? I have left the lights on and walked away...
• Re: Electrical Gurus help needed 88 van.kinda long
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 02:03:53 +0200
  ...I then ran a jumper wire from hot in the > ignition switch harness straight to the starter...fired right up. So, I > knew i...
• Re: Scraping steering wheel - not screws
  Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
  Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:14:38 -0700
  ...Cheers! On 3/19/08, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote: > > Ben, > You can adjust the ignition switch housing which will in turn give...
• Re: How to get the tumbler out of a lock mechanism?
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Thu, 2 Feb 2012 05:53:12 -0600
  ...Take the top and bottom covers from the ignition switch. Once you see the naked ignition lock system, it will be more apparent. Unless...
• Re: First ride of shame, fuel issue
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 27 Jul 2019 08:52:50 -0600
  ...With key on are you actually getting power to the ignition coil, which also goes to the ECU? Need a meter ensure it is...
• Re: Crazy idea?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:04:15 -0500
  ...The gas tach gets > pulses from the ignition coil and diesels don't have ignition coils. The > diesel tachs from the Vanagon era use...
• Re: No Juice to ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 14:50:34 -0800
  ...I order >a new ignition coil before any testing cause of time >and my old one was pretty trashed. Still no start. > >So this...
• Re: 85' won't start :-( any clues??
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:14:45 -0400
  ...I realize that means that it's either the starter, >the solinoid, or the ignition switch. I was hoping that someone might know of...
• Re: Stuck Solenoid????
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 18:12:31 -0700
  Steve, I'm not sure on how your solenoid is wired, but on my 81 it is direct from the ignition switch. As the...
• Re: VERY hot exhaust issues
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 22:07:28 -0400
  ...The Rabbit had an electronic ignition and the little round "key" that locks the hall sender trigger cage to the distributor shaft was missing...
• Re: Battery recharge and stereo
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:59:44 -0500
  ...so you >> have to have the ignition on to play the radio (which is bad for the >> ignition, in addition to drawing more power...
• Re: no headlights cept pulling back on turn signal stick - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:35:06 -0400
  ...Why are you suing ignition switched power for the source? Defeats the whole purpose. The controls wiring will take care of turning off the...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 23:42:04 -0600
  ...The ignition spark is by >>> definition according to engine position and the fuel injectors fire >>> based on the same triggering event that the ignition...
• Re: Spark plugs: Gap ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 21:55:28 -0800
  ...The VW ignition system > is really tolerant of excessive gaps until the coil says enough and fails > internally from the high voltages. Lean and...
• Re: Van won't start with strong gas smell...
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 4 Dec 2005 10:39:39 -0800
  ...1) Are you getting spark? If the plugs don't fire, you do not have "secondary" ignition. If you don't, check for power...
• Re: i dont know!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 11:36:27 +0200
  ...In an ignition system, this phenomenon is put to work by the action of a shutter wheel in the distributor that interrupts the field...
• Re: Help!'84 Westy electrical short
  Historical mailing list - mark keller
  Tue, 28 Oct 1997 11:07:15 -0400
  ...I suggest you consider the relays that are always on when the power is on, ie an ignition or power to run relay. What...
• Re: 87 No Start,check this
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Sat, 2 May 1998 21:59:01 EDT
  ...If you don't have ignition power (15 power curcuit) to your coil, the problem is a burnt connector at the back of your...
• Re: Engine stops, then restarts itself ... sometimes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:17:27 -0400
  ...Engine stops running, like the ignition switch is >turned off. All electrical for the rest of the car seems fine: all >dashboard elec. is...
• Re: Tach goes down, engine cuts out, then back again ...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 2 Oct 2006 20:14:16 -0400
  Because the tach drops to zero when the problem occurs, the engine is losing it's ignition electrically. It could be the Hall sender...
• Re: Octane mistake
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:07:14 -0700
  ...Some high > compression engines need higher octane to prevent pre-ignition. The > 2.1 wasserboxer could probably run on 40 octane. Higher octane gas...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:10:11 -0800
  ...or you can wire to the > ignition switch so that paralleling the > batteries when starting is > automatic. > > Either way, you'll need to use...
• What component causes the fuel pump to come on for a second or two when I turn on the ignition to the first position (no cranking)?
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Sun, 10 Jul 2016 22:41:16 -0700
  It's not currently happening and I suspect it's why my van won't start. I normally hear some relay click off around...
• Re: Fuel Injector Question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:17:02 -0500
  ...fuel injection system problems/failure on a 1980 >Westy with electronic ignition system? Somebody here undoubtedly knows, but until they show up I'll...
• Fridge, keeps blowing out and backfires durring ignition
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:43:31 -0700
  Hey guys, someone mentioned they were having similar issues to mine about a week ago.. My fridge keeps blowing out, hard starts sometimes and...
• glove box key
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:41:21 -0500
  I've never seen a glove box lock using the N series key that the Vanagon ignition and ndoors use. All of them I...
• Re: no fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:15:50 -0700
  ...at relay. > > Starter is slow as well. > > Brand new battery, tested. > Brand new fuel pump, tested. > > Where too next? > > Ignition switch? > Grounds? > > TIA, > > dylan >
• Help... Won't Start!
  Historical mailing list - Holm
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:06:26 -0600
  Last year I had that problem and (after much dicking around) it turned out to be the ignition switch. Definately first try tapping the...
• Re: sparkless!!
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Clay
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 21:37:56 EST
  ...writes: << As have been said several hundred times before, check the ignition switch!!! This is a well known cause of sudden loss of power...
• Re: Defeat/NOT
  Historical mailing list - LAWS HOME
  Sat, 11 Sep 1999 11:06:40 -0400
  ...I did get it going!! WOOOO-hooooo!!!! I'm not sure which it was but I installed a new ignition module and battery and...
• Door buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Jason Stevenson
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 20:51:47 -0500
  ...buzzer that goes off when you leave your key in the ignition? Mine is glitchy and goes off when it isn't supposed to...
• Re: re. O2 sensor output voltage
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Nov 2000 16:39:35 -0500
  In the Digijet system the idle stabilizer changes ignition timing to keep speed (roughly) constant -- in the Digifant there is a variable auxiliary air...
• Re: 91 dead on the freeway tech expertise needed !
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:32:34 EST
  ...It is the solid state equivalent of ignition points. Resides in the distributor. Ken Lewis
• Re: FW: Time to check the fuel lines! R & R !! No burnt VW's in 2005!
  Historical mailing list - Detroit Bus
  Sat, 1 Jan 2005 16:04:00 -0500
  ...I thought it was an ignition prob because I took apart the distributor cap to make room for the fuel lines Turns out the...
• Re: Hot start relay
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:32:00 GMT
  ...Made a differnce, but I still had to repalce the ignition switch. Not the lock tumbler, but the palstic switch that mounts under it...
• 87 Misfires when damp
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 09:36:50 -0400
  ...The stumbling is cured by turning the ignition off and back on again, and goes away after about 5 or 10 minutes of driving...
• Parting out 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:48:12 -0800
  ...bolts onto the bumper frame What I want to know is if I can shoehorn the electronic ignition into my 2.0 AC? Nathaniel
• Re: Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 00:57:55 -0400
  ::: :::Yesterday I had a brain wave while working and decided that the ignition :::switch was the problem. It had been hard to start up...
• Re: Starter solenoid powered by fuel pump circuit....arrrrgg...long...help!!!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:51:00 -0500
  ...One to the main power...one for the ignition/instrument panel....one for the fuel pump and the last one for the starter solenoid...
• Re: 85 Vanagon dying while driving
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sat, 10 Jul 1999 01:26:40 -0700
  ...My money is on the ECU for the answer to the "off-again-on-again" thing, although there is a slight possibility the ignition...
• Re: [Syncro] The Syncro project arrives...(won't start)
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Wed, 23 May 2001 13:29:00 -0400
  ...Figured that either the solenoid or the ignition switch was shot, but heard it click once. My battery was good. Wiggled the key in...
• Re: Another D15 connector failure example- The fix!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 20 Feb 2022 07:32:32 -0800
  ...Back in the air cooled days the back up lights where actually tapped off the ignition coil with an inline fuse. So was the...
• Re: Engine oil
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 7 Aug 2022 08:41:55 -0700
  ...The pre-ignition, > detonation control is just another consideration for using oils that are > designed for gasoline, not diesel engines. Pre-ignition is the...
• Problem Solved! was: Van Dies, Relays clicking...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:00:57 EST
  ...Then I took a new ignition switch with me and tried to take a trip to town. The van died when I backed into...
• Re: HELP! '81 cratered on the way to work this morning...
  Historical mailing list - ok artguy
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:19:40 -0600
  Bill- So under normal circumstances, there's power to the solenoid all the time, but it's only activated when the ignition switch is...
• Re: My Ignition switch replacement experience
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:28:04 -0800
  ...good instructions I'll try them out as soon as my Ignition switch arrives. I ordered it from Busdepot so it might take awhile...
• Vgon syndrome on a 1.9WBX
  Historical mailing list - zampano
  Mon, 12 May 2003 18:12:38 -0700
  ...So I went and exchanged the OxSensor, checked visually for all the vacuum hoses and tightness, all connectors, all ignition wires etc. Went for...
• Re: Question about ignition timing..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:58:23 -0700
  ...Question about ignition timing.. > > Keeping the 1.8 head will raise my compression ratio to 10:1, I am > >> told. The digifant EMS does...