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• 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: There I was.... Up to my ears in heater hose...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 09:19:32 EDT
  ...My automatic '91 Carat uses 483B and adds a rather expensive and convoluted preformed "T" hose instead of the coolant distributor just having one...
• Re: 85 westy water pump R&R w/ a/c & PS
  Historical mailing list - Pedro L. Rodriguez
  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:23:17 -0500
  ...Removed the main crank pulley and replaced the seal while I was there, didn�t remove distributor, AC or PS; did remove the engine...
• Re: unexplained power loss - help! & My EB Breakdown
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:38:25 -0400
  ...For those wondering, the old style distributor caps and coils do not have the post inside which the wire connectors fit over for positive...
• Re: distributor
  Historical mailing list - Steve Walker
  Fri, 13 Jan 95 10:56:27 EST
  I take my 009 apart all the time and clean it up, does that help?
• Re: Mystery Part unveiled
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 16:44:28 -0500
  ...The correct distributor (if memory serves me) is a 225. The 009 is a "better" advance curve distributor, but it is purely mechanical, rather...
• Re: Valve adjusting--What am I doing wrong?
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:09:57 -0400
  Look at the crankshaft pulley too to make sure you're at TDC, the distributor might have been installed wrong. Your valves should both...
• Re: TDC, AC
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Feb 1995 11:08:16 -0800
  ...The answer is, for all engines, the distributor! I would jack up all four corners of the 914 for general access, then put it...
• Re: Help with wet weather cut out problem
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 9 May 2004 16:46:48 -0500
  You could just have dirt / oil / road magnetic particles on your ignition wires, coil top, distributor cap or holding moisture in the spark plug...
• Re: '86 GL stutters, stumbles and dies intermittantly
  Historical mailing list - Neal Barrentine
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:21:31 -0500
  Now that you mention it, I had to get a new/used distributor a while back because the rotor broke and demolished the hall...
• Re: '84 power loss
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:24:56 -0500
  Jeff, There exists three funky/delicate wires on the bottom side of the distributor, leading out of the connector and into the body. After...
• Re: Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 10:40:46 -0700
  > I guess a new distributor cap and wires are NOT included in a tune up! Could be. Or as Steven suggested, maybe that centre...
• audi 3A Swap -- Jetronic LH 2.4 question
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 04:59:34 -0400
  ...Turns out the post '86 non-turbo Saabs use a non-advancing distributor just like the audi 80, so I'll be spared Frank...
• Re: Replacing the vacuum advance unit
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:56:13 -0700
  ...Thne you don't have everyting riding on just that one distributor, or whathaveyou. And a spare distributor takes up no room at all...
• Re: Looking for a 83-85 distributor
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 1 Oct 2014 12:25:56 -0700
  ...for me is that no one has any of the rebuilt distributors in stock, > and I actually only need a working vacuum can. Also...
• Oil pressure LED update
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 05:54:36 -0800
  ...Seems that the distributor cap was arcing through to the clip on an intermittant basis. This was being picked up by the oil pressure...
• slugish
  Historical mailing list - Joel Shortlidge
  Wed, 5 May 1999 12:42:55 -0500
  my '87 Syncro keeps getting slower at up shifts and stop lights. Checked distributor and no problem?
• Re: Bouncing idle
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 10:48:10 -0400
  Wrong timing can do this. Just turn the distributor a bit and see what happens.
• Re: Oil pump priming?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Wood
  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:10:10 -0400
  ...If that doesn't work, remove the distributor (mark it first) and use a 13mm (I'm not 100% on the size) socket and...
• Re: Mark vs. the Distributor - Chapter 1(was "Driving dog" pin removal)
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 03:03:50 -0600
  ...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: hall sending unit
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:05:02 -0400
  ...Take note of the numbers stamped on the distributor housing and general description i.e. breather attached to the distributor or not and year...
• 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: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 21 Dec 2013 14:00:55 -0500
  ...Replaced the Distributor > with known good one. Set the timing mark on the large pulley to the > split in the case. Set the distributor...
• Re: NPR Reporter Wants to Dump Her Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 12:20:46 -0800
  ...Check the Distributor cap for "carbon tracks", moisture and general condition. Arcing along or near the plug wires can do the same thing. Condensation...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 28 Jun 2016 06:42:44 -0400
  ...I added a zip tie to the plug on the distributor not the harness. Starts right up. Thanks to the suggestion from a Van...
• Re: Slow cranking with fully charged battery
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Tue, 22 Mar 2016 23:18:21 -0700
  ...Also make sure that there is > nothing funky going on with your distributor. > > Slow cranking could be all sort of things. I had a...
• Timing tips for Idiots
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:43:44 -0600
  ...Now, I have to assume that the vacuum advance on the distributor is toasted, and quite possibly the plate itself might be warped a...
• just helpless me again
  Historical mailing list - Steve Jevne
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:09:59 EDT
  Before I get to try the great ideas that were graciously given to me by list members I have to get my distributor drive...
• Re: discount VANAGON parts new!! check this out!!! (f)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:14:49 +1200
  ...Wonder if I could get the same result by pouring it into >my distributor. Remove end of coil, fill coil, reseal. Additive will run...
• Re: Coolant part confusion - need some help!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 18:16:01 -0500
  Hey Jeff, I recently replaced the coolant distributor in my '86 manual trans and I'll give you my advice if you would like...
• DISTRIBUTOR, INSTALLING
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 12:06:19 -0600
  Howdy Volks, I finally got the new distributor in for "Das Boot." She is a 1986 Westy with Digifant injection. I am attempting to...
• Moisture in Distributor: O-ring
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 13:45:54 -0500
  Joel- Moisture in the distributor is often a SYPMTOM rather than a problem, and you don't want to occlusively seal the distributor. What...
• Re: New distributor missing hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - Todd
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:40:30 -0700
  ...New distributor missing hall sender? Todd - That's very possible. As noted in my previous post, Bosch superseded the hall unit last year and...
• 009 & #3 problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 01 Feb 96 18:11:36 EST
  ...So, now that the overheat problem has been corrected, should there be a new distributor that would retime #3? If so, has anyone any...
• Oopsie! Correction (was:1962 timing help)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:22:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >You can avoid this, of course, by making sure the distributor rotor is >pointing at the #1 cap post when the marks come to...
• Coil Confusion
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:02:43 -0700
  ...Joy! On my old coil, there is a post inside where the wire to the distributor attaches (the "spark plug" type wire). The wire...
• Re: Coolant distributor (manifold?)...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 6 Dec 1999 16:58:52 EST
  I would not buy one USED because they are only @$26 NEW from the dealer. Robert
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:57:05 -0400
  ...Edward At 09:30 PM 8/11/2012, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >Sounds like your distributor cap has had it anyway . >New dist cap...
• Re: Karma shmarma. '71 bus Backfiring & stranded
  Historical mailing list - Jacob Shaun Dustin
  Tue, 9 Jul 1996 11:32:06 MST
  ...It turned out to be a loose distributor. I'm not sure how, because I cinched it down good & tight (or as tight as...
• Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:31:16 -0700
  ...Replaced the Distributor > with known good one. Set the timing mark on the large pulley to the > split in the case. Set the distributor...
• Re: Hall sender
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 5 Jun 2021 13:16:23 -0500
  ...search-results.php?search_phrase=distributor > > For less than the sensor kit you can get a complete distributor. Even > includes cap and rotor. > > Dennis...
• 81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joe Davis
  Fri, 15 Nov 1996 11:15:53 -0800
  ...What about the distributor? Will the electronic ignition work without the FI. It looks like it will but ???. Any suggestions on changing the the...
• Re: '86 GL stutters, stumbles and dies intermittantly
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:40:44 -0400
  ...I'll second that! Check the plug on the side of the distributor to see if the plastic has become brittle and self-destructed...
• Re: Bad O2 Sensor Symptoms?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 3 May 2006 12:33:15 -0400
  ...Intermittant problems might be a loose wire, or broken wire in the distributor. Maybe check the 3 little wires that enter the distributor. Sometimes...
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - david hardy
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 12:41:16 -0600
  ...But if your distributor is new, then presumably so is the sender...I'd closely inspect that connector, esp. inside the boot. David > ------------------------------ > > Date...
• Re: AND THE WINNER IS [WAS: 85 GL No Spark/Start]
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:40:43 -0700
  ...Inside, the plastic was split into two pieces which were just hanging, > exposing the pin of the black wire to the distributor body. I...
• Re: Weird ignition timing - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:04:19 -0700
  ...I could only get it to run right with the distributor twisted almost all the way to the end of its travel. Looking at...
• Re: Random Instant Shutdown
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:19:35 -0700
  To test for that, just unplug the distributor. My hunch is the fuel pump will still pre-runwith just key on. On 10/24...
• Initial Start-up After Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Sat, 9 Nov 1996 18:18:14 +0000
  ...Should the timing be close enough to start if I line up the timing mark on the pulley and the distributor rotor with the...
• Re: Electrical Experts. Motronic Hall Reference Voltage?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:26:51 -0800
  For most model years, the reference voltage + wire from ECU to distributor hall, also connects to the TPS (throttle position sensor). The TPS should...
• Re: New distributor missing hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:13:02 -0700
  ...Download and print the photo from the Airhead link I gave you last night, take that and the distributor back to the supply and...
• Re: '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 10:52:12 -0800
  ...Check (or have someone check) the 3 wire connector coming out of the distributor. The elbow can crack and the 3 uninsulated wires inside...
• Re: On-Line Parts Sources (Minimal Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 3 May 2002 14:00:41 -0400
  ...The discount will be about the same as on our Vanagon parts, and assuming our distributor has them, we can typically get them in...
• Re: Vanagon On Craigslist
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 13:28:37 -0800
  ...with points in the distributor .. and no 02 sensor ....really crude. All Ca models have electronic ignition and 02 sensor. I have retrofitted 1...
• Re: [T2] Distributor for electronic ignition
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 16:21:00 -0700
  ...so it appears that I > did indeed buy the wrong distributor. > So from your pages, I need to find either of: > VW 039-905...
• Re: Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 11:40:34 -0700
  On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:40 AM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: >> I guess a new distributor cap and wires are...
• Re: Need timing advice (upright aircooled)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 15:01:14 -0700
  I need some input on where to time a stock upright (1600) engine with > a 009 distributor. When timing a VW engine it's...
• re : vanagan syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:46:20 EST
  ...Need to check the distributor for play on shaft, Hall sender o.k. coil o.k. Throttle switch o.k. Injectors o.k.. Temp...
• Re Ignition problems
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:27:31 -0800
  ...electronic points faulty, rebuilt distributor misaligned, and new distributor cap shorting out or leaking or something. What ever happened to quality control, people? And...
• Water distributor
  Historical mailing list - Larry Carter
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 04:57:57 -0800
  ...I think anyone who keeps their Vanagon long enough, will end up replacing that Water distributor. The major hassle is dealing with the coolant...