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• Re: You are kidding, right? Re: DIESEL is............
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Wed, 20 May 1998 01:28:10 -0400
  ...s funny to hear y'all gasoline-burners picking on compression > ignition motors. I am forced to beleive that these somewhat derogatory > comments result...
• stereo power - with the key or without.
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 03:44:16 -0400
  ...You can get your stereo to power up with the key in the ignition and NOT turned. Thus, insert the key (no turning necessary...
• Re: 86 Westy cuts out sporadically, now won't start
  Historical mailing list - Helge Weissig
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:54:21 -0700
  ...Putting the new ignition wires in probably cured the dying at rapidly dropping rpms but it may have been a combination of the two...
• no power: running lean (i think)
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 15:47:24 -0600
  ...new cap and rotor, 15w50 oil and filter, new air filter, new ignition switch less recent maintenance: new OXS, new plugs when i drop...
• NEW mystery - Subaru Conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 27 Aug 2022 21:57:46 -0500
  Cruising at 65 mph, the engine shuts off as if someone turned off the ignition. Foot held on the gas pedal and vehicle slows...
• Re: Vacuum line question again
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 12 May 2022 18:46:51 -0700
  ...I want to change the vacuum lines on a 1.9 ignition set up what > would I need? > > Hoping someone has some tips. > > Eric...
• 88 GL Failure to start - the Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 07:35:48 -0500
  ...I drove a bit with the new coil and could not get the ignition to fault. Started every time. Will see what today brings...
• Re: Broken Down - Alberta - Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:54:16 -0700
  And by "plugs" I meant "connectors" though you should check that all ignition wires are seated. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:52...
• Re: Fuel pump noise?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:49:19 -0700
  ...It's is frequently suggested to first turn on the ignition and listen for the buzz of the pump before starting the car. I...
• Re: Ignition Switch "Su" Power
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:30:20 -0500
  At 09:47 PM 1/24/2013, neil n wrote: >I'm sure the path from 30 to Su would be more than enough...
• Re: Ignition Switch Housing Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 9 Dec 2012 17:38:45 -0800
  Is it unlocked? Turn the key. Jim "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars." - Walt...
• Won't start
  Historical mailing list - tina canny
  Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:52:19 -0800
  ...I have had a new starter and solenoid new ignition switch and new battery recently. Any ideas why letting it sit it would start...
• Re: installed new engine.. now have ecu/fuel pump woes....anyone help me?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:29:07 -0400
  ...good luck The aircooled engines use the AFM to permit the fuel pump, but the WBX use the ignition timing pulse instead... Yours, David
• Intermittent starting
  Historical mailing list - Corey Deahl
  Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:40:13 -0400
  ...Crank position sensor (it's resistance is reading correctly)? Ignition module (doesn't explain running poorly)? Please help!!! I want her running before summer...
• Re: Alternative to locking gas cap?
  Historical mailing list - Rey Wood
  Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:48:12 -0400
  " I keep my gas cap key on the same ring as the ignition key, then I don't leave the cap behind by mistake...
• Re: 86 Camper Engine Elect Problem..Help
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 17:37:56 -0500
  ...Check that you have good, clean, tight connections throughout the ignition system. Other posibilities could be the voltage regulator and/or the alternator. -Gregg
• [Fwd: Ignition System Question]
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Fri, 9 Oct 1998 22:28:44 -0700
  Hi Dave. How did you make out with the injectors? I'm having the same problem except that I can't get the rpm...
• Re: Poor Ground and Head Problems?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 16:29:22 -0400
  Brian, if the head isn't grounded then all of the current from the ignition system must make its way back to the battery...
• Re: [Re: Which cylinder isn't firing??]
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 19:46:28 MST
  Lawrence Johnson <larry_avery.johnson@SYMPATICO.CA> wrote: > d t > You could systematically remove each spark plug ignition wire one by one > from the...
• Analyzer question
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Wed, 23 May 2001 14:45:54 -0700
  ...This model is also a ignition/battery tester. Thanks. Pat Callaghan 82 Westy Portland, OR. http://www.users.qwest.net/~patcal
• Re: Door buzzer - I killed it! -"mexican hat dance"
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 09:58:42 -0500
  With the ignition off, but the lights turned on the system circuitry turns off the head lights but leaves the parking lights on. I...
• Re: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Ed Sato
  Sat, 29 Dec 2001 16:53:44 -1000
  ...Do not turn ignition key over to crank the motor. Aloha, Ed
• Thinking of selling the van...Anyone Interested in So Cal area?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:55:50 -0800
  ...1990 White 2.1 L motor with some modifications, intake, exhaust, ignition, and ratio rockers... 4spd tranny 16" Ronal R28 Wheels Grey Cloth/Grey...
• Re: Paging VW Van Full Timers
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 11:08:31 -0700
  ...Paging VW Van Full Timers > > Sounds good except, uhhh, what is "Full timing"? Is it like, an ignition > problem? > > -- Rachel > http://www.Gnarlodious.com...
• Re: Speed sensor
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Wed, 28 May 2003 23:55:35 -0500
  ...But, new automobile have DIS (Distributorless Ignition System). Is good. Give mechanic something to confuse customer with. Good evening, Mr. Jorge Fred
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 09:30:59 -0500
  ...But I'd argue that considering that multi-electrode plugs didn't even exist yet when the Vanagon's engine was designed, its ignition...
• Re: Ignition Kill Switch
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:50:28 -0600
  A push/pull circuit breaker could also be used. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Richard A Jones wrote: > An alternative is a switch in...
• ignition lock difference?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Chasteen
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:46:00 -0800
  i ordered a new lock cylinder from a local vw place for my 85. the one i got, 251905855B, the key blanks look deiifernt...
• S.O.S. Vanagon stuck 20 miles N of Orlando in Maitland, FL
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 17:44:16 -0400
  ...Suspect bad ignition module. Please call Larry @ 404-579-3646 if you have parts, advice, or info. about local options. This group is my...
• Re: Currently in Bend
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:08:53 -0700
  --- PHIL MURPHY <phil.murphy@shaw.ca> wrote: > The Pertronix ignition has been giving me some trouble, Over the 10 years that I had a...
• Re: Bus won't start after winter storage
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:48:30 -0700
  does the fuel pump relay click when you turn the key on? (have a helper turn the ignition) If so, check for voltage at...
• Re: Start/Run/Then No Start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 18:08:39 -0800
  ...I have >> voltage for 2 - 3 seconds when I turn ignition on. >> >> Can I conclude that my ignition switch is OK? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Skip >> 84...
• Re: Outside Temperature
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:43:40 -0500
  ...temp (I have > it wired into the ignition circuit so it only displays when the ignition is > on), it's all black and blends...
• Re: Headlight Alarm
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:06:59 -0700
  ...off when the driver door is open > and key is in ignition? > > > Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > >No need? Horse hockey...
• Re: please help -- starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 14:44:41 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Battery (+) | Ignition wire--------+--------Ground from switch | Starter Solenoid The "+" is the relay. The current from the ignition switch trips the relay and dumps Battery...
• Re: Subject: 86 Vanagon intermittently shuts off at speed
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:45:20 -0500
  ...Reseting the comupter, by turning the ignition switch off and on, will not fix a fuel pump, of unclog a fule filter. Water in...
• Re: Oil Filter Worries (and other nuggets...)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:34:21 -0400
  If you have a failure of the electrical part of the ignition switch .... it can be such that the engine will crank but receive...
• Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss (second update)
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:03:53 -0800
  ...Did you know the > key-on power (terminal 15) from the ignition switch goes first to the > headlight switch? It branches on from there...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:23:57 -0700
  ...suggested the ECU (I've ruled out fuel pump relay and ignition switch). > > For those of you who are good at reading the circuit...
• Re: NEW mystery - Subaru Conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:23:48 -0500
  ...I DO get a red alternator/battery light when I turn on ignition and start the engine or shift into neutral with engine running...
• Re: Loud knock when starting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Schiesser
  Sat, 19 Aug 2000 15:41:08 -0700
  ...At about 105,000 miles, > it also started intermittently making a knock/boom > sound upon ignition. > > Did anyone from the list respond to you...
• Re: ECU and starting question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:43:21 -0700
  ...This pin > >> also has a wire that connects itself to the ignition coil's terminal #15. On the > >> diagram the wire that feeds the...
• Re: Outside Temperature
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:57:04 -0800
  ...temp (I have > it wired into the ignition circuit so it only displays when the ignition > is > on), it's all black and blends...
• Re: Hot Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Wilsher
  Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:00:08 -0800
  ...BTW, my first suspicion was that it was related to the ignition switch (current bleeding over from the #15 terminal on the switch to...
• Getting a Key Cut From the Lock Code '65 Type II
  Historical mailing list - John Grunkemeier
  Thu, 7 Jul 1994 16:07:49 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I don't know if it is possible to rekey the ignition; but it is fairly easy to rekey the door locks (at least...
• Re: Switched power for vanagon radio
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 14:57:06 -0700
  Why not just run it to the "key in ignition" wire that makes the open door chime go off. Key in - radio works, key...
• Re: 40 minutes drive and then cuts out.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:09:50 -0700
  ...found no ignition.. then a while later , it had ignition. put in a different distributor .. fixed. bad hall unit is my thinking. I put...
• Update: Engine cranks but NO JUICE to coil...poor thirsty coil : (
  Historical mailing list - Don Griffin
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 23:14:13 EDT
  ...I checked and cleaned all the connections I could follow to the coil and battery and also checked the connections to the ignition switch...
• Re: # warning buzzer for turn signal and parking lights left on
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:54:19 -0400
  ...Hook the red end to the parking light circuit, and the black end to some line that switches on with the ignition. Result is...
• This week advice.....
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:13:28 -0400
  ...You should always have 12v at the alternator, even with the ignition key OFF and OUT. without the ignition key ON, check with a...
• Re: Archive question and ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:07:11 -0700
  ...com> wrote: > > All, > I was looking for info on changing my ignition switch (the electrical > part > not the whole assy) so like a good...
• Re: I need help, please
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 3 Dec 2022 12:21:27 -0500
  Hi Dan, Any updates on your situation? Can you remeind me of the year and engine ignition system for your van. Any additional info...
• Re: Parts Washer
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Tue, 9 Feb 2016 21:43:24 -0800
  ...Also, if your parts washer is near an ignition source you'll want to check out water based solvents. Finally, wear gloves. I blame...
• Re: runs rough in rain
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 13:59:06 +0200
  ...It shifts the ignition point for higher rpm if the engine goes to die. Helmut '80 Camper
• Re: Vanagon Ignition Timing
  Historical mailing list - John Welsh
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 14:09:07 +0000
  Tim Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > do you know the price for the MSDS guard? Any ideas on how/where > exactly it attaches? thanks, Tim Tim...
• Re: compression & advance
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:07:57 -0400
  ...book calls for 7.5 * BTDC for the non-California vans (points and condenser ignition) Sean Bartnik Johnson City, Tennessee '81 Vanagon L Westfalia
• Ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Fri, 26 Feb 1999 17:30:50 -0600
  Listees, I have an 82 Aircooled 2.0 overhauled, balanced, all emissions(deceleration valve, EGR valve, cat.) removed, installed a glasspacked stainless muffler, K...
• 85 Vanagon wont start!
  Historical mailing list - Peter Brandt
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:38:13 -0400
  ...it would not turn over, crank, nothing, silent! I turn the ignition on/off a few times then it fires right off. This morning...
• Re: 1988 Camper Manual Download
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 3 Jul 2012 12:09:38 -0700
  ...Refrigerator model must have changed between > those years. > My understanding is that the 'fridge ignition system was different in 90/91 model years. I...
• Re: Electrical ground locations
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:27:56 -0500
  ...two ground points under the ignition coil / relay mounting plate on the left side engine bay sheet metal. Grounds include fuel injection and lighting...