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• Re: Hall effect sender question and stuttering
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:07:30 -0700
  The black connector on the distributor housing needs to be straight. Sometimes the clips inside the distributor which hold it in place break. As...
• Wrap Up: Oil mess on rear hatch after high speed run on freeway
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:43:33 -0700
  ...Can someone tell me if there is a pressurized oil feed to the distributor shaft? I replaced: 1. Oil breather tower seal. 2. Rear...
• Re: Looking for some more 1.9l Vanagon Thermostat Housings
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Tue, 21 Mar 2017 17:50:12 -0400
  Man, you really do collect the worlds right square headlights, 1.9 thermostat housings, and distributors! Lol. I'm all out, you've gotten...
• Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:43:49 -0400
  ...Obvious problem, the wire from the coil to distributor was bent off at an angle with burn marks all over the place. just touched...
• Not breathing right
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Sun, 20 May 2001 16:08:34 -0600
  ...2 #s at idle at the throttle body and 6-7 #s at the distributor/ air distributor port. Shouldn't my idle vacumn be...
• Connecting an external tachometer to a 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:13:44 -0500
  OK, I have replaced the distributor in my 1988 GL with a new one. On pulling the old distributor, I noted lots of corrosion...
• Re: The Thing I Hate the Most About My Vanagon Is..
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 10:27:49 -0500
  ...I think you need to take a repair manual and go step by step in making fine adjustments, adjust the valves, clean your distributor...
• THANK YOU LIST - CYLINDER #'s and FIRING ORDER -
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:14:56 -0400
  ...Am I >correct? > >Cylinders > >FRONT OF CAR >cylinder 4 - block - cylinder 1 >cylinder 3 - block - cylinder 2 >REAR OF CAR > >Distributor (roter goes counter...
• Re: New distributor missing hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - Todd
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:18:52 -0700
  ...New distributor missing hall sender? Hi Todd - Looked at the 1237 010 039 this morning and it looks exactly like the 1237 010 027...
• Re: no-start/bucking/stalling condition
  Historical mailing list - Greg
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 19:50:13 -0500
  ...It's puddly and slushy out, fwiw. * I noticed when I had attached the plug wires to the distributor, how little grip the distributor...
• Re: Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:59:12 -0600
  ...Starting on the distributor was >> so easy. And that distributor looked and operated just like any >> automotive distributor except the distributor cap had 7...
• Bosch 050 distributor
  Historical mailing list - Jesse L Reynolds
  Sat, 29 Apr 1995 14:58:07 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Has anyone used a Bosch 050 distributor? Are they good for the Type IV engine? How are they timed? BTW- I am not the...
• Re: Ignition and Carbs.
  Historical mailing list - Stebbins
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 14:30:43 +0200
  Yes, my Cdn 91 syncro westy is running a 090 Bosch distributor and a Solex Single progressive carb. It runs fine and is a...
• Re: Gas gouging
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 12 Sep 2001 21:10:37 -0500
  ...rest > operated by independent dealers and distributors. "We have not raised prices > to these dealers or distributors and we are encouraging them to act...
• Distributor Woes - Resolved!!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:05:58 -0600
  ...would not start - and suspecting the Hall Sensor - I pulled the distributor from my '91 Carat project vehicle =- stuck it into the '88GL giving...
• AND THE WINNER IS [WAS: 85 GL No Spark/Start]
  Historical mailing list - Marc Theune
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 16:46:44 -0400
  ...There's a really dodgy connector on the outside of the > distributor. The wires from this leading inside the distributor to the > hall sensor...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:00:28 -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...
• Re: Real time help needed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 28 Mar 2020 17:15:40 -0700
  ...Remove distributor cap > > Pull center wire from cap and set end of wire on metal > > Loosed the 13mm nut that holds the distributor clamp...
• Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 21 Dec 2013 20:24:04 -0500
  ...Distributor Woe's continue!!! Volks, On my '88 GL - I pilled the distributor - and found the Hall Sender connector that sticks out - to be...
• Re: Help... Engine troubles, rapid backfiring under load.
  Historical mailing list - Nate Saylor
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:49:49 -0700
  So I wiggled my hall sender plug at the distributor (per some advice) and it had a good bit of free play. The plug...
• 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: static timing help!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:38:44 -0400
  On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Paul Wies wrote: > 82 Vanagon with original type distributor and Weber carb. > > According to St. Muir air cooled engines...
• advance mechanisms on digijet distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:03:07 -0700
  ...There is: * Static setting (just the twist of the distributor - sets the baseline for centrifugal and vacuum) * Centrifugal advance (rpm based advance... seems to...
• 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...
• Re: Hall Sender
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 08:28:42 -0600
  ...Do you have to completely remove >the distributor to replace this part? I've got my cap off and removed the >screws holding 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: Distributor replacement choices???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 19:27:37 EST
  ...I have not actually used the unit, but I like the idea of not having a distributor cap and rotor to mess with or...
• Re: Hall Unit
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 9 Apr 2000 21:08:17 -0400
  ...So I put on a used > distributor. Now it has voltage, but still no spark. Probably it is the > same as the first distributor...
• Re: Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:43:41 -0800
  ...Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX > > >> As long as you swap the timing clamps along with the distributors you >> should...
• Re: ATTN: 80-83 Owners
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 11:01:39 -0500
  ...What I've gleaned is that the Type IV 2000cc needs the 42 degrees of advance of the stock 205s distributor (could be wrong...
• Re: electrical problem--apparently solved
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:05:33 -0500
  ...I mean the "rebuilt" distributor from them is really a brand new unit. The body is new, it has a new hall unit in...
• Re: Distributor question
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 15:00:37 -0500
  ...I need to use the complete distributor assembly from the old engine. Does anyone have a method to extract the distributor drive from out...
• Re: #3 late timing + Minutiae: Timing
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Nov 95 13:38:30 +0100
  On Mon, 13 Nov 95 17:57 CST Jim Bryant said: >>in 1965 Volkswagen gave a special grind to the cam in the distributor...
• Wiring harness to distributor plug
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Sun, 22 Sep 2013 23:40:30 -0700
  ...It's the connection from the coil to the distributor. The wires in my plug were kinda stiff/hard and of course I was...
• Need� Heater coverPlate & Air Distributor
  Historical mailing list - M Kaz
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 15:18:31 -0400
  Hi All, Is anyone parting out their watercooled van? I need a heater cover Plate & air distributor, preferably in brown. These are the plastic...
• FI Vacuum leak 83 Westy?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Jun 1997 04:45:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The spark plugs, wires, and ignition distributor cap seem to be OK. It has a rebuilt water-cooled engine (or actually long-block) with...
• Re: Points and rotors
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 10:27:56 +0100
  ...Bosch 1 235 522 056 Distributor cap 1.9 wasserboxer Bosch 1 235 522 193 Distributor cap (or 1 235 522 056 this one...
• Re: Grills, grills, grills
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:27:42 -0700
  Bell Industries could become a Canadian distributor? ;^) You could offer up new grill options with each purchase! Neil. On 8/24/21, Alistair Bell...
• Hall Sender Connector "Loose"
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 14:58:34 -0400
  Hello all, I noticed that in my '87 syncro wesfalia the hall sender connector sticking out of the distributor is loose. One of it...
• What is this connector for?
  Historical mailing list - Pernice, Vincent
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 15:34:44 -0400
  Just below distributor cap, on the right side of the distributor itself I have what appears to be a "prong" that would accept a...
• RE: Hi Again + 1962 timing help
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 10:32:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Set the engine at 7.5deg BTDC (or whatever), >set the distributor at the exact point it sparks as you rotate it. > >What advantages...
• Re: Centrifugal Advance problems
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:01:49 -0700
  ...I verified > this by shinning the timing light with the vacuum line > to the distributor removed. When I rev the engine, > the timing mark...
• Re: Injectors get no juice
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:26:24 -0800
  ...Basically, you mark rotor and distributor position, loosen and pull distributor out far enough so rotor can be turned by hand. Turn key to...
• fuel lines; the injector side
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 12 Jun 1999 08:29:20 -0400
  I can see the short hoses between the fuel distributors and the injectors have microcracks, so it's high time to change them. I...
• Re: Distributor Nightmare
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 23:08:11 -0400
  ...I have been given a very complex explanation about how there is a magnetically active paint inside a particular part of the distributor that...
• Re: 93.4% of the way there
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:13:07 -0800
  ...Assuming the distributor drive was installed correctly by Boston Engine, the rotor should point to #1 cylinder when #1 pistion is at TDC on...
• Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:09:31 -0800
  ...my thinking would be drawn to the distributor. I'd try a known good one for a first step. It's mandatory in my...
• Re: Setting time timing - unexpectedly need help.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:39:53 -0500
  ...I have done > this many times before, but the usual is not working. > > Distributor is tending to creep towards more advanced timing. The clamp...
• Re: Hall Sender
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Mon, 10 May 2004 21:26:16 -0400
  ...I saw in some thread that you need to redo timing once the distributor have been removed in put back in place. WHY? According...
• Re: Digifant timing/tuning help needed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 May 2010 05:45:41 -0400
  ...There is no vacuum can on my distributor. The mechanical advance distributor is used with the 83-85 digijet setup. Greg On 5/27...
• Re: Mystery module. what the heck is it? '72
  Historical mailing list - Ed Gould
  Thu, 19 Sep 1996 11:05:10 -0400 (EDT)
  Andy; I do have a '72 and the stock distributor and carbs. (actually, the carbs are a little newer but the part numbers are...
• Re: Update: No start after rain
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 12:58:24 -0700
  ...wrote: > QUESTION: > Where the wires for my sending unit enter the distributor, there is a > black braket kinda deal that guides them in. On...
• The Red Line Dealer in Quebec
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 11:01:17 -0300
  ...Can >you please sent to me the address/phone # for your Canadian Distributor >for your products? Thanks you. Malcolm Stebbins<color><param>0100,0100...
• Oil Light and Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - b.t.allen
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:41:21 -0500
  ...There is a brown ground wire that runs from to top of the engine, past the distributor and water pump. Disconnect that from the...
• Distributor Woes - One Lives - One Dies
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 17:06:19 -0600
  The Vanagon Spirit giveth, the Vanagon Spirit taketh away - Long Live the Vanagon Spirit!! The Red Brick lives! The distributor problem was solved with...
• Re: coolant hose size question
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:17:18 -0800
  Edward, I am looking at the coolant distributor tower off a 90 part #251.121.438B and the dia of the flange for the...
• Re: new ignition install but still no spark.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 15:41:16 -0500
  Make sure the magnet is still on it's holder not stuck to the wheel in the distributor. The wheel has 4 opens and...
• Re: Mark vs. the Distributor - Chapter 1(was "Driving dog" pin removal)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:53:32 -0800
  ...the Distributor - Chapter 1(was "Driving dog" pin > removal) >Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:02:57 -0800 > >[Before you read another word, if...
• Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 21 Dec 2013 21:25:56 -0600
  ...Distributor Woe's continue!!! > > Volks, > > On my '88 GL - I pilled the distributor - and found the Hall Sender > connector that sticks out - to be...
• no spark, no gas, no love
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 17:34:43 -0800
  ...When I went to check the fuel distributor (CIS system) by pulling an injector and cranking the system, I get no fuel. Pump is...