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• distributor caps
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:56:35 -0500
  ...There's a choice of 3 different distributor caps for these year vehicles. Does anyone know how critical it is NOT to mix and...
• distributor cap tolerances
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:30:25 -0500
  I went to my FLAPS and bought a new distributor cap ($6) for my '84 GL, 1.9 L. I noticed that the outer...
• Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Sondergaard, Arlene
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 08:10:42 -0700
  ...Tightened up distributor cap wires just in case and the middle one came off in my hand. It was all carbon-no wires connecting...
• Re: distributor cap tolerances
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:54:01 -0500
  ...distributor cap tolerances > > > I went to my FLAPS and bought a new distributor cap ($6) for my > '84 GL, 1.9 > L. I noticed...
• Re: distributor cap tolerances
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 18:45:43 -0500
  ...distributor cap tolerances >I went to my FLAPS and bought a new distributor cap ($6) for my '84 GL, 1.9 >L. I noticed...
• Distributor help!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:42:18 -0400
  ...New plugs, new wires, new cap and rotor, new coil. Fuel system is delivering adequate fuel. I noticed today the distributor cap seems to...
• Re: Pin type ignition wires
  Historical mailing list - The Old Volks Home
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:39:34 -0700
  At 07:55 PM 10/2/02 EDT, Steve Cotsford wrote: >Some suppliers have a choice of ignition wires and distributor caps for pin...
• Why won't my Distributor Cap Fit?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Sun, 22 Sep 2019 21:01:40 -0400
  ...I've bought 2 distributor cap/rotor sets from GoWesty and at least one from FLAPS that don't seem to fit well? It...
• Re: Spade terminal on Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:39:37 -0700
  ...I think the later distributors didn't even have a screw there that could hold a ground cable from a distributor cap shield. Scott...
• New distributor missing hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - Todd
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:55:04 -0700
  Just received/installed a 'new' distributor from one of our vendors and the van just won't turn over. Popped the cap, rotor, dust...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 23:35:46 -0400
  ...For whatever reason, my "style" of >distributor cap is the kind that has male studs, and my spark plug >wires have the female connection...
• Re: Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 10:03:08 -0700
  How long has it been since the distributor cap has been changed? I would attribute it to an old cap that needed changing. After...
• Re: Distributor cap for 2.1 L--sloppy fit
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 20:44:29 -0500
  ...After an engine install, I'm > working on timing and note thatthe distributor cap seems to have a lot > of slop in its fitto...
• Re: Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Sondergaard, Arlene
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 10:27:34 -0700
  ...I guess a new distributor cap and wires are NOT included in a tune up! On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:03 AM...
• Re: Distributor replacement choices???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:11:21 EST
  ...It is a computer controlled module that sits on top of the current distributor and Eliminates the cap, rotor, points, etc. It has two...
• '90 distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Sat, 9 Mar 1996 18:57:28 +0000
  ...With the engine nice and clean I decided to check the distributor cap and rotor. I pulled off the plastic bag from the distributor...
• Re: Intermittant starting problem with 1986 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:20:35 -0400
  ...Dries off the distributor cap walls and rotor and prevents the coil lead from grounding through dampness. Any inflammable properties of the WD40 burn...
• Re: Cap and rotor burn out.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Miskow
  Thu, 25 Sep 1997 17:58:04 -0400
  ...I have an 86 Westy in which I noticed an abnormal amount of wear on the rotor and distributor cap contacts. I have to...
• Re: Distributor cap on '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bo Kersey
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 09:08:05 -0500
  I think that you are mistaken w/r to the bad design of the distributor cap. The grounded shield is designed to reduce radio...
• Re: Why won't my Distributor Cap Fit?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Mon, 23 Sep 2019 07:29:46 -0400
  ...I've bought 2 distributor cap/rotor sets from GoWesty > and at least one from FLAPS that don't seem to fit well? It...
• FREEBIE --- Two Bosch Distributor Caps
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:34:17 -0500
  For Free!!!! Two New Bosch distributor caps for WBX- the type WITHOUT the studs in the spark plug holes. You pay postage via Paypal...
• Re: how did this happen ... ?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 22:21:17 -0800
  ...turn engine by hand until rotor is aligned with mark on rim of distributor Step seven: install distributor cap Step eight: verify that wire...
• Distributor Cap and Rotor, Leads, Timing
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Thu, 7 Sep 2017 00:32:46 -0400
  ...First, I got shocked twice before I figured out that I had a cracked distributor cap while trying to adjust the timing -- did I...
• Re: Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 10:42:28 -0700
  ...has it been since the distributor cap has been changed? I would >> attribute it to an old cap that needed changing. After a time...
• Distributor cap?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 10:39:55 -0700
  ...On my '90 Westy, there is a metal cover (ETKA calls it a screening ring) over the distributor cap. Does this come off and...
• Re: Cap and rotor burn out.
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Roderick (strg)
  Thu, 25 Sep 1997 15:07:29 -0700
  ...The problem was that I was using an offbrand cap and the wrong rotor (it was from an air-cooled 009 distributor). Swapped things...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 29 Nov 2014 15:39:14 -0800
  On 11/29/2014 3:15 PM, Raymond Markett wrote: > Did you check inside the distributor cap for condensation? Thanks for the suggestion. I...
• Re: 84-85 distributor
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 10:08:15 -0500
  '83.5~'85 1.9 wasserboxer engines all use the same distributor. The distributor cap may be different (but interchangeable) depending on the coil...
• Re: New distributor missing hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:51:51 -0400
  ...Popped the cap, rotor, dust cap off and...am I wrong...is the hall sender missing??! I assume a 'new' rebuilt distributor would come...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:11:21 -0700
  ...Perhaps the loose distributor timing slipped? Or maybe all the arcing inside the cap & rotor has killed the hall sensor and it's a...
• Re: Why won't my Distributor Cap Fit?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 23 Sep 2019 21:09:28 -0400
  ...I've bought 2 distributor cap/rotor sets from GoWesty > and at least one from FLAPS that don't seem to fit well? It...
• Re: Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Rogers
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 13:40:00 -0400
  ...has it been since the distributor cap has been changed? I > would > > attribute it to an old cap that needed changing. After a time...
• Re: 2.1l: hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:37:39 -0700
  ...Zoltan recommended to clean the distributor cap, Ken questioned my AFM. The distributor cap I just cleaned, but the arm looks kind of fried...
• #1 firing position on 009? (2.0 l FI)
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 10:03:58 -0500
  ...to my stock distributor!!! The immediate practical siginificance is that I can't pop in his distributor, attach my distributor cap and drive off...
• [Fwd: Re: HELP THE VOLKSWAGEN GODS HATE ME!}:(]
  Historical mailing list - John Matchett
  Wed, 05 Feb 1997 23:03:25 -0500
  ...A new cap may have knicks on the firing cylinders, while having carbonation around the missing cylinders distributor cap contact. A used distributor can...
• Help with Distributor removal/replacement
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 07:57:31 -0700
  ...take careful note of position of rotor under cap, as to put new distributor in exact same placement 4. remove distributor (are there any...
• Re: White "corrosion" in distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sat, 8 Apr 1995 15:39:10 -0500 (CDT)
  ...White "corrosion" in distributor cap Yes, I use a non-VW rotor and cap (some after-market thing). Also, I am in a very...
• Re: Distributor p/n #?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 2 May 2007 14:44:18 -0400
  ...FWIW, I use the newer type distributor cap (with posts inside the plug wire sockets) on an older type '84 distributor in my '84...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:32:39 -0700
  ...Last night I made the beginner's mistake of replacing too many things at once.� Oxygen sensor, fuel filter, distributor cap, distributor rotor.� In...
• Re: Distributor cap on '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 19:34:31 -0400
  In a message dated 97-08-26 09:00:37 EDT, jhz@APLEXUS.JHUAPL.EDU writes: << They replaced the distributor cap (which had not...
• how did this happen ... ?
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:59:53 -0800
  ...well, i took off the wire from the ignition coil to the dist cap, and the four wires from the distributor cap to the...
• ignition trouble?
  Historical mailing list - Fetner Greg
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:13:47 -0600
  ...I pulled the distributor cap and the rotor and contact electrode (in the distributor cap) were burned up? I put another cap and rotor...
• Vanagon spark plug ignition wire set
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 06:23:46 -0800
  ...I have the small post in the middle of the cup for the distributor cap. Conventional distributor caps have a small metal cup that...
• Re: 2.1 distributor (check yours)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:19:12 EDT
  ...Remove distributor cap, rotor and dust cap (if still there), now try to move that black connector attach to the distributor, if it's...
• Re: 2.1 distributor (check yours)
  Historical mailing list - ---------------------
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:54:01 -0400
  ...explanation: > >Remove distributor cap, rotor and dust cap (if still there), now try to move >that black connector attach to the distributor, if it...
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:30:27 -0700
  Sounds like your distributor cap has had it anyway . New dist cap and coil wire.. n' yer good to go. Most people keep a...
• Re: 84 rough running,backfire
  Historical mailing list - Philip Jones
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:59:21 EDT
  ...Turned out to be a cracked distributor cap. Philip
• Re: Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 12:25:15 -0600
  ...My 87 vanagon idled rough and died this morning. > Tightened up distributor cap wires just in case > and the middle one came off in...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:21:36 -0400
  ...Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it? Every time I take off the distributor cap on my 1985 1.9 L motor...
• Re: how did this happen ... ?
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 21:28:47 -0800
  ...im starting to think i hooked up the wires leading from the distributor cap to the spark plugs wrong. i think i have the...
• Re: distributor cap tolerances
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 18:04:44 -0800
  ...Hung wrote: >I went to my FLAPS and bought a new distributor cap ($6) for my '84 GL, 1.9 >L. I noticed that...
• Re: Intermittant starting problem with 1986 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 09:39:57 -0500
  ...WD-40 into the distributor??? > > Seriously?? Yes, seriously -- fasted way to dry out a wet distributor. You take the cap off and lightly spray...
• Re: Distributor cap on '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - John H. Zouck
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 14:55:26 -0400
  ...Anyway, I > don't think that a 25,000 mile life for a distributor cap is unreasonable. > > > Bo Kersey > '89 Westy 66kmiles > > ======================================================= John H...
• Re: Distributor Cap and Rotor, Leads, Timing
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Thu, 7 Sep 2017 14:55:54 -0400
  ...Distributor Cap and Rotor, Leads, Timing > > Schooled again. > First, I got shocked twice before I figured out that I had a cracked > distributor cap...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 18:57:16 -0700
  ...Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it? Every time I take off the distributor cap on my 1985 1.9 L motor...
• 2.1 distributor (check yours)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:14:02 -0400
  ...Remove distributor cap, rotor and dust cap (if still there), now try to move that black connector attach to the distributor, if it's...
• Re: '90 distributor cap
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:33:53 -0500
  ...s for the distributor cap and >rotor for me for a '90?? Really appreciate any information on this. > > The balck cap you recieved is...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:25:52 -0500
  I once had a bad rotor (Bosch) in a SAAB distributor. You also might have a very dirty distributor cap. Did you look for...
• Re: Distributor wire?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 May 2009 18:59:30 -0400
  ...Is it a ground strap? That ought to be the ground for the metal distributor cap shield. -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws...
• Distributor cap for 2.1 L--sloppy fit
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 19:12:51 -0500
  ...After an engine install, I'm working on timing and note that the distributor cap seems to have a lot of slop in its...