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• Re: 1.9l Wasserboxer stumble...
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 00:16:28 +0100
  ...Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > All ignition components are new (cap, rotor, wires, plugs), The airfilter is new, the ignition is right (5deg. BTDC), etc. > > > > > > > > Help! > > > Christian...
• Re: '84 westy with "MV" engine number, Is it a 2.1L???
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 May 2000 20:49:07 -0400
  ...Most (maybe all?) 1.9 >> 2.1 conversions retain the 1.9 injection/ignition system. >Now I am in a position to speak. So...
• Re: delayed start
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 2 Jan 2001 22:22:42 EST
  ...Check the ignition switch. << 2) After driving a couple of miles, >> The speedometer needle is moved by magnetic induction. Remove the instrument cluster and...
• Jacobs Compusensor ignition system FS/71 beetle stuff and some VG parts.
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 03:45:33 -0600
  ...Only requires a point style ignition. Easily mounts on the firewall and then jumper leads to both sides of the coil. Sell it for...
• Re: Fire Talk - Campers
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:20:48 -0700
  ...Either way, there was a very heavy gaseous mix of propane or gasoline in the air just waiting for an ignition source... All of...
• Re: Fire Talk - Campers
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 15:00:03 -0700
  ...Either way, there was a very heavy gaseous mix of propane or gasoline in the air just waiting for an ignition source... All of...
• Re: Radio stays on
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:54:57 -0500
  ...Allan On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:52 -0500, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > Vanagons never had the radio wired to the ignition...
• Re: Alternative to locking gas cap?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:17:32 -0700
  ...my '91 Jetta used the ignition key as > the gas cap key, but my '91 Vanagon has a separate smaller key. I have > no...
• Re: Aux battery kit from Bus Depot (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 20:04:22 -0800
  ...It connects both batteries in parallel when the >ignition switch is turned on, and isolates them when the ignition switch is >off. Very simple...
• Intermittant Start problem...
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Harris
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 21:52:37 -0800
  ...I figure, pointless ignition so I replace cap, rotor, plugs, wires, fuel filter, air filter, oil, filter, etc. Except points and condensor since I...
• Re: '88 GL ignition miss, stalling
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:07:29 -0800
  ...The ignition system etc. connects to the 15 buss. P 97.133 shows S18 as the fuse for the seat belt and brake warning...
• Re: fog lights won't turn off
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 6 Dec 2016 17:56:13 -0500
  ...I have them wired such that they're not switched through the > ignition so the switch is the only way to turn them off...
• Re: Ignition Switches and Hot Start Relay and Starter Motors (long)
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 8 Sep 2016 13:54:43 -0600
  On 7 Sep , 2016, at 7:43 PM, Richard Koerner wrote: > after a long freeway run, several hours. Would pull into lunch spot, eat...
• Starter hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 09:10:10 -0700
  Since buying it earlier this year, the starter on my 87 Westy hesitates when I turn turn the ignition to start. There's an...
• Re: Found an old key...
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:34:37 -1000
  ...On 8/25/2014 1:25 PM, Geneva Saint-Amour wrote: > I think it is a Bosch style ignition key. I have photos. I...
• 1984 1.9L/autotransmission ** flat spot around 2500 +/- 400 rpm when driving
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:57:26 -0400
  ...I replaced much of the ignition system, replaced the old fuel tank with a new one, and checked for vacuum leaks. When I installed...
• Re:Tach was The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 95 8:23:57 EDT
  ...I am wondering if the length of wire running from front to back creates significant resistance and if so does this disrupt the ignition...
• Help: RFI Noise Suppression
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Sat, 9 May 1998 20:50:06 -0400
  ...The noise is coming from the engine, but I'm not sure (yet) if it's from the ignition system or the alternator. I...
• Re: Yet another EE talks batteries
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 17 Jun 2000 18:35:42 -0400
  ...from the starting battery to the > aux battery with just the ignition turned on, only when the alt is producing a > voltage. > > Larry, > I...
• Sunday help needed
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:38:40 -0400
  I just changed out the ignition switch on my '84 Vanagon, and it looks like I am in over my head on getting things...
• Standard wiring circuit numbers list
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:12:22 -0300
  ...1 = Ground (0 Volt) 15= Switched Positive (Hot when ignition is on) 30= Always hot "12 Volt" x=? 97=? 97a=? etc... If this is...
• Re: O2 sensor stuff
  Historical mailing list - Holly and Chris Mills
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 21:05:15 -0600
  ...Discovered this after many tuning sessions and many ignition part replacements. Chris in Mid-TN ICQ# 5944649 1978 Volkswagen Westfalia (almost done) 1965 VW...
• Turn the key, click, but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 16:01:57 -0700
  ...a heavy duty tester and its great. Battery connections were cleaned. Ignition switch? Ground cable connections? Or something I never heard of? Zoltan [text...
• Re: Ignition Wiring, 1980 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 15:51:40 -0500
  Double black wire to bottom of coil. Thats terminal #15 Tach, Computer, Points to top. Thats Terminal #1 On Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12...
• Thanks everyone!
  Historical mailing list - blytz
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 19:07:02 -0600
  ...I discovered that the "canister" behind the coil (ignition) was simply part of the cruise control, and it's been removed. I've got...
• Headlight problem?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 19:10:51 -0500
  ...I think it's either the ignition switch or headlight switch. I'm leaning to the headlight switch as I do have hi beams...
• Re: fog lights
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 22:11:22 -0700
  ...Mine are wired so they are turned on and off with the ignition, just like the headlights. Hector ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Zappe" <Zapvw...
• Re: FW: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 22:19:37 -0700
  ...be wrong or how to fix it? > > > When this happened to me it was the headlight switch on the dash, NOT the > ignition switch. > > >
• Re: No start after Temp II replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:32:14 -0500
  ...I would, turn on the ignition, pull the center wire out of the distributor (from the coil), lay it on the engine block and...
• Re: moisture/hesitation update
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 21 May 2008 21:22:56 -0500
  Try misting the ignition wires with water while it's idling. In the dark you may see some arcing. Larry A. On Wed, May...
• Won't spray gas, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:22:36 -0800
  ...Hall sender is working, changed ECU, fixed ground for ECU, changed ignition switch, just in case. I have good spark, fuel pressure is 35...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:47:37 -0700
  ...In a > waterboxer, the fuel pump runs for a few seconds when > the ignition is turned "on"--before "start." > > In the air-cooled, this...
• Re: more mysterious circuitry
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 20:38:20 -0400
  ...When the ignition > is > switch on the 12v goes through the resistors to allow enough current to > "activate" the alternator". Some rotor current is...
• Re: 2.2 engine hiccups at 3300 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 4 Sep 2017 12:58:48 -0400
  ...With ignition on, engine off, Coax shield outer green copper wire zero volts to ground, center lead of green wire has .44 volts to...
• Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:47:48 -0600
  ...A Gasoline, (spark ignition) engine has to run with a controlled fuel-air mixture. In order for the engine to run at a given...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:16:01 -0700
  ...Mark Dan Hall wrote: > Following the sage advice of our esteemed list members, I began > tracing the black wire from the ignition switch to...
• Re: Replacing FI with Carbs on WBX 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 7 Mar 2009 12:32:43 -0800
  ...You > can see it throughout �automotive development - electronic ignition > replacing points, distrbutorless ignition systems replaceing ones with > distrubutors , etc. etc. > �There was the electronic...
• Re: Unleaded Regular or Unleaded Premium?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 22:02:01 -0800
  ...I ran my 1980 Rabbit PU with a 2.0L ABA engine for an entire summer without a knock sensing ignition. I used 94...
• One more %^$ part...
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:14:27 -0400
  ...Figured it had to be the fuel pump, until I switched the ignition off and on again and it totally recovered for about 30...
• starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:02:24 -0800
  ...A new ignition switch and a Bosch Hard Start Relay kit. The relay will probably do it the easiest but for $5 more get...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:21:28 -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...
• Spring Maintenance...(long)
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 08:12:08 +0000
  ...I then installed the battery (charged monthly when in storage) into the freshly waxed battery box :) Put the key in the ignition, turned the...
• Re: Electrical Fire in the Engine Bay
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:56:46 -0500
  ...I immediately put it in neutral, turned off the AC, > >> recycled the ignition switch, but nothing happened. None of the panel > >> lights came on...
• Re: Strange electrical problem: Headlights don't work (among other things)
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:30:33 -0700
  ...I then proceeded to wiggle the connector on the ignition switch. Lo and behold, the lights flicked as I wiggled the connector. I forgot...
• Re: Smacked the steering wheel and the van died
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:33:02 -0500
  ...I do know the PO installed a new > ignition switch assy about 5 years ago (key doesn't match doors). > > Mark K > 1986 GL...
• HOT START III
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Aug 94 19:30:18 EDT
  ...After the ignition is turned on after 5 or so seconds the light connected between the two points slowly dims signalling the cold start...
• Re: Wierd Electrical Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 08:40:04 -0700
  ...electrics went dead (even the radio, which isn't on the ignition circuit). Naturally, this killed the spark to the engine as well, so...
• Re: Daytime Running Lights
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 7 Jul 2023 18:25:24 -0600
  ...do wiring so the parking lights turn ON > automatically when the ignition is ON - or have a link on how to do it? > > thanks...
• 91 DoKa
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:45:47 -0400
  ...I swapped out the ignition switch and cleaned the contacts to the brain box, and it still failed. Then, yesterday, no problems. So, what...
• Looking for good used or rebuilt Air Flow Meter for 81 AC California Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 5 Jun 2015 09:06:45 -0400
  I have a customer that needs an Air Flow Meter for an 81 Air Cooled California emissions Vanagon (electronic ignition). The part numbers are...
• Erosion between valves
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:55:34 -0800
  ...Surely it is related to ignition or explosion or something of that kind. This engine has overheated badly. One of the cylinders has even...
• Re: Vanagon key blanks
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 2 Dec 2011 10:57:03 -0500
  ...Mine are giving me a real trouble with the ignition, > however are working well with the doors....go figure. > > Thanks, > Tony >
• Re: Really Dumb Question About Aux Batteries Install.
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:10:04 -0700
  ...nothing and the 'fridge is disconnected from both batteries with the ignition off, same as before. So what is gained unless other wiring changes...
• Re: Westy auxiliary battery s...
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 8 Feb 1995 18:57:51 -0800 (PST)
  ...I understand the relay theory about isolating one battery > when the ignition is off, but is this also the way they both charge while...
• Re: Ignition System Question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 15:54:12 -0400
  I checked my fuel injectors last night and found that when I disconnected power from the left rear cylinder the idle did not change...
• Re: Hesitation shuffle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 09:24:03 -0500
  ...That's not the problem here, though, because he clearly stated that cycling the ignition did *not* fix it. That's not to say...
• Re: Emisson Control unit question
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:04:25 -0400
  Hi Dave, Turning on your ignition starts the fuel pump --- nothing to do with the ECU (which, incidentally is Electronic Control Unit --- not "Emission...
• Re: relay starter solenoid fix=brake warning light!?!
  Historical mailing list - Adam Behle
  Wed, 28 May 2003 00:18:01 -0400
  ...In a nutshell, the ignition switch hot lead is connected to the relay which switches constant power (taken off the starter) to the solenoid...
• Accessory position?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Maikranz
  Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:49:17 -0800
  ...My 81 does not have an accessory position to turn on the radio, you have to turn the ignition on. What problems could be...
• fuel pump question...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 08:58:10 -0600
  ...Previously, the only time that I could hear it was at the first turn of the ignition key, when it got power there would...