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• Re: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 17:01:34 -0700
  ...Distributor Shaft Pin > > Hi all. > > This is for a distributor from a different VW engine but Vanagon gas engines > have the same pin arrangement...
• Re: Distributor swap - 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 5 Oct 2013 11:08:53 -0700
  Leave the timing clamp tight on the distributor. Remove the 13mm headed nut that holds the clamp down to the block. Then pull the...
• Re: Overheating Problem FIXED! Thanks all...
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 22:44:53 +0000
  ...So it's not clear why the replacement of the distributor would change anything except if the basic distributor installed position was wrong and...
• Re: Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 13:33:01 -0500
  The real test here is the position of the distributor drive gear. If the distributors appear to be in the same location, go for...
• Spade terminal on Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:03:58 -0700
  Does anyone know what the male terminal is for on the side of the distributor on later vanagons? Was it used on some years...
• Re: Overheating Problem FIXED! Thanks all...
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 02:00:18 +0000
  ...the Digijet system used an ignition distributor with vacuum devices that moved components in the distributor to change the ignition timing. After that(86...
• Bosch distributors
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 13:48:53 -0600
  ...I believe I have the distributor installed properly. The new Bosch distributor I received looked a bit different inside than the old one. On...
• Re: Distributor & Air Flow Meter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:33:34 -0400
  Unless the bushings are shot, the distributor can be fixed, (if it is really bad) and I doubt the air flow meter is a...
• Broken Hall Sender
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 7 Jun 2021 17:29:41 -0500
  The hall ender on my '91 Carat distributor is broken. It works, but the plastic part that sticks out of the distributor is broken...
• distributor spring
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:20:07 -0400
  so i just changed out a distributor in 1.9 a few days ago. then yesterday i noticed a small spring sitting in the...
• Re: aligning distributor
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 01:17:52 UT
  Remember, on a 4-cycle engine the distributor rotates once for each TWO rotations of the crankshaft. When aligned with the notch #1 cyl...
• Re: Distributor for 87 question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 19:18:35 EDT
  That ground tab was for a shield that the older waterboxers had to help lessen radio interferance from the distributor cap. Apparantly they found...
• aligning distributor
  Historical mailing list - Robert Murphy
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 15:40:09 -0700
  ...As part of an attempted tune-up on my '78 Bus, I removed the distributor to have a look-see. (Subpoint: need to replace...
• need a distributor for Long John
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 19:28:46 -0600
  Now that I've successfully transplanted Long John's distributor into Billy, I'm in need of a replacement. So, does anyone on the...
• Re: Visual Difference(s) between 1.9L & 2.1L Distributors?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 00:06:47 -0600
  ...The 1.9 distributor for the Digifant has both a vacuum and mechanical advance mechanisms. The 2.1 Digijet is fixed as the timing...
• Re: What are the 2 studs that block the distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:34:07 -0800
  ...The alternative, which i've been doing, is to remove the distributor then remove the distributor drive gear again. I'm a little reluctant...
• Re: esoteric question about 1.9 distributor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:01:12 -0700
  ...esoteric question about 1.9 distributor anybody graft a hall sensor into a type 1 distributor to get rid of the vacuum nightmare of...
• Distributor Clamp Help Wanted
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Oct 1995 15:13:29 -0400 (EDT)
  Hi Folks I'm pretty well fed up with myself in the area of setting my timing; seems I don't get the distributor...
• Re: 93 Eurovan engine electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Carl Scheider
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 09:21:43 -0600
  David Bayer said, and I quote: <<The signal from your hall sender is not making out of the distributor (assuming the EV has the...
• Distributor stuck extremely tight
  Historical mailing list - ron ourada
  Sun, 18 Aug 2013 22:05:06 -0500
  ...Trying to adjust, and the distributor won't budge. Undid the clamp, and tried some tools starting with hands on up to a very...
• Re: Visual Difference(s) between 1.9L & 2.1L Distributors?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 02:09:36 -0400
  ...Visual Difference(s) between 1.9L & 2.1L Distributors? Dennis I believe you got that Backwards ~ 1.9 is DigiJet & 2.1 is DigiFant...
• Distributor & Air Flow Meter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:28:08 -0700
  My mechanic has told me I need a new Air Flow meter and Distributor (the whole thing, not just the cap). He said my...
• Re: [T2] Can you identify this distributor??????
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:22:11 -0700
  [...] > I have a distributor with the following numbers on it: > > 0 237 023 013 (Bosch) > 025 905 205B (VW) > > but my usual on-line...
• Re: 85 1.9, Intermittent stall then no start but does crank ??
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 2 Oct 2006 06:39:34 -0400
  On 10/2/06, TC <trclark@shaw.ca> wrote: <SNIP tale of woe> Check the plug where the the distributor hall effect sensor is...
• Re: distributor wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:07:06 -0800
  ...distributor wiring question Can anyone offer guidance on where the red and black wires connect from the distributor pictured here http://zzyzx.org/Img...
• Help with distributor installation, seal question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:44:01 -0400
  ...I have a distributor installation question on an 82 aircooled vanagon. I needed to get to the lower cold start injector screw to replace...
• Re: Distributor swap - 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 5 Oct 2013 13:12:52 -0500
  ...John On 10/5/2013 1:08 PM, mark drillock wrote: > Leave the timing clamp tight on the distributor. Remove the 13mm headed > nut...
• Re: Distributor/Spark Plug die-electric grease
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:04:59 -0700
  ...New distributor/rotor, plug wires, all the fuel lines, air cleaner, fuel filter, etc. A recent post recommended that die-electric grease be used...
• Re: Distributor wire?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 May 2009 18:59:30 -0400
  At 06:36 PM 5/19/2009, Stephen Cebula wrote: >On the right side of my distributor there's a small electrical >clip. I...
• Can you identify this distributor??????
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 12:49:05 -0700
  ...I have a distributor with the following numbers on it: 0 237 023 013 (Bosch) 025 905 205B (VW) but my usual on-line...
• Re: No start, no spark
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:15:07 -0400
  While inspecting the distributor it looks like the hall sender may be damaged. I have another distributor in a 2.1L core I purchased...
• Re: esoteric question about 1.9 distributor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Oct 2014 10:36:41 -0400
  ...I want to adapt a single vacuum distributor to a hall sensor so it goes with the ecu or modify the existing distributor to...
• Re: Coolant distributor leak - common? Fixable?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:19:31 -0700
  ...but I'd try to do a system that doesn't use water distributors, if that's even possible on a 2.1 waterboxer...
• Distributor Cleaning, Advice needed
  Historical mailing list
  26 Nov 96 06:45:27 PST
  My '80 Westi has a flat spot in the acceleration at about 30 mph in second gear (CA engine with Hall effect distributor). I...
• 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...
• distributor wiring ? (Hall Generator?)
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 23:40:30 EDT
  ...Is a good seal necessary within the distributor itself, or is my only concern that dirt does not get in to the distributor. Thanks...
• Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 14 Dec 2013 23:10:05 -0600
  ...For the engine from which I am pulling a known good distributor - I follow the same procedure. 2nd pulley mark at the split - distributor...
• Re: air cooled ignition distributor questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:41:32 -0700
  'points' ............what are 'points' ???? ( joking ) how much side play is there in your distributor shaft ? there shouldn't be any . or barely any. If...
• Re: Fw: Distributor Drive Gear on 2000cc aircolled motor
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sun, 23 Apr 2000 23:12:36 -0700
  Adam, On the Type IV VW engine, if installed correctly, with #1 piston at TDC on its compression stroke, your distributor drive should have...
• Re: Need a Distributor or Hall sender near San Antonio TX
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:28:57 -0700
  sure, I have 2.1 distributors. pmail me if interested please. Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Sullivan" <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM> To...
• Re: Question about a VW FOX
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 5 May 2007 22:27:06 -0700
  ...Digifant 2 advance and retard is set by moving the distributor. It's Motronic where turning the distributor has no effect on engine rpm...
• Re: Help with distributor installation, seal question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:59:04 -0400
  ...Thanks for the quick reply There is a flat rubber washer on the distributor body that seals the sides of the distributor, but according...
• Re: 2.1 distributor (check yours)
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:48:55 -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...
• 009 Distributor in Type IV
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 31 Jul 2001 09:07:16 -0500
  ...I see that the stock distributor is what I need to be running. The 009 Distributor is for sale at $30.00 + shipping (about...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:54:15 -0800
  sure, it's quite possible to get the distributor drive shaft/gear in incorrectly, ....resulting in # 1 spark plug position on the distributor cap...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sun, 6 Nov 2005 18:55:42 -0800
  ...I've replaced the Hall Generator, Coil, and Distributor. Hooking the timing light to the wire from the coil to the distributor, I get...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Fast Forward
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:52:40 -0800
  ...The hall sender style distributor was attached to a little black box in the rain tray and this controlled the firing of the coil...
• Re: distributor drive shaft installation
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 18 Apr 2004 10:03:44 -0700
  ...distributor drive shaft installation > i think i installed my distributor drive shaft 180* out, because my dist. is > in backwards. should i leave it...
• Distributor O Ring
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Sun, 9 Dec 2007 19:38:21 +0000
  Can someone please enlighten me as to where the rubber O ring goes on the distributor? I have looked in Bentley (for my Vanagon...
• Getting rid of interference from distributor?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jul 1995 11:22:34 -0400
  ...Has anyone success- fully sheilded the distributor? My Bently book has a picture of a "radio sheild" that goes around the distributor that's...
• Re: distributor
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Jan 95 10:08:30 gmt
  > >I think I have problems with my distributor. With low rpm the centrifugal >adjustment (Fliehkraftverstellung) sticks and with higher rpm, >sometimes it is all...
• Re: Intermittant starting problem with 1986 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:20:35 -0400
  At 05:21 PM 8/10/02 +0200, you wrote: >WD-40 into the distributor??? > >Seriously?? Into the top of it, sure. Dries off...
• Re: Spade terminal on Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:36:06 -0700
  The distributor came with an RF shield that goes over the distributor cap. It has a braided strap on it that ends in a...
• Re:Has anyone R&R'd the distributor in a sy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Hoge
  Tue, 23 Apr 1996 19:03:13 -0700
  About Syncro distributor assemblies, Fred writes: >Has anyone replaced the distributor assembly in a 2.1 syncro digifant? >Where did you get your part...
• Re: Distributor part question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 11:56:40 -0800
  ...1 237 010 027 I also have Bosch Remanufactured distributors for $149.08 ($50 core charge). Cheers, Jeff www.vanagonparts.com -----Original Message----- From...
• Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:33:01 -0700
  A timing light on my 2.1L WBX yesterday shows that the distributor advance may not be working quite right, not as much full...
• 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: 2.1 distributor (check yours)
  Historical mailing list - ---------------------
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:54:01 -0400
  ...On 2.1L that >plastic part is attach to the distributor body wih a platic pin, ralely >still in place, so that connector move...
• Re: Free distributor & coil
  Historical mailing list - icculus
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 18:41:20 -0700
  Bulley, I could use distributor for my new '81. Brian -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of...
• Re: Distributor part question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 15:58:43 -0800
  ...The "exploded" page of distributor parts for the MV engine is the same illustration as that for the CV engine, and clicking on the...