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• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:31:26 -0500
  On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:47 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > you should ALWAYS remove the distributor cap and...
• Re: how did this happen ... ?
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 22:02:36 -0600
  ...well, i took off the wire from the ignition coil to the > dist cap, and the four wires from the distributor cap to the...
• distributor wiring ? (Hall Generator?)
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 23:40:30 EDT
  ...looking at the distributor cap and rotor to determine if I need new one, I saw gunk on the cap...hmmm... what is this...
• Re: No Start
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 15 May 2007 10:41:22 -0700
  ...If you remove the distributor cap there is a mark on the rim of the distributor for the 1st. Put the cap back on...
• Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 07:24:20 -0700
  Every time I take off the distributor cap on my 1985 1.9 L motor (which I did last night to replace), it's...
• Rebuilt distributors 1.9WBX
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 19:18:58 -0400
  Are rebuilt distributors from the list vendors reliable? Do they come complete with Hall detector, etc., or do you have to add stuff besides...
• 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: 2.1 distributor (check yours)
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:59:29 -0400
  ...looking for in my distributor? All I have ever done on my distributor is change the points, condensor, cap, and rotor...and of course...
• Re: 2.1 distributor (check yours)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:58:28 -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: 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...
• Rough idle or misfiring during partial load
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Rough idle or misfiring during partial load
  July 15, 1987
  ...the distributor cap, it is necessary to remove the shield and check for white spots or burn marks on the distributor cap. if white...
• Rough idle or misfiring during partial load
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Rough idle or misfiring during partial load
  July 15, 1987
  ...the distributor cap, it is necessary to remove the shield and check for white spots or burn marks on the distributor cap. if white...
• 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...
• 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...
• Fwd: [VANAGON] Distributor woes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:20:17 -0400
  I popped off the cap and checked the rotor. It and the shaft spun freely.? No t good.? I tried reseating the shaft and...
• Re: Help with Distributor removal/replacement
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 10:17:52 -0600
  ...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: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 20 Jan 2017 17:05:18 -0800
  ...that may be loose somehow, allowing distributor shaft and the rotor to move up too tightly against the contact on the distributor cap... For...
• Re: New distributor missing hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:21:12 -0700
  ...Popped the cap, rotor, dust cap off and...am I > wrong...is the hall sender missing??! I assume a 'new' rebuilt distributor > would come...
• Spade terminal on Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:03:58 -0700
  ...My van is an 87 but the engine was replaced and I noticed my distributor cap is shielded which I think is different than...
• 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...
• 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...
• How long to expect a Cap and Rotor to Last
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:18:33 -0700
  Just out of curiosity, how many miles should I expect the distributor cap and rotor to last in a '90 2.1L w/Digifant?
• Distributor cap on '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - John H. Zouck
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 08:58:21 -0400
  I thought I'd throw in this about a distributor cap problem on my '88 Westy, in case it has not been covered, and...
• Re: Distributor
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 16:18:11 -0500
  ...They come with a new distributor cap and rotor installed. I have some available in my California warehouse so it either would be there...
• 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...
• Stalling solved (knock on wood)
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 20:23:49 -0500
  ...I had replaced the cap, rotor and Hall sender, without any luck. Just replaced the entire distributor, and that did the trick. deb '85...
• Re: Go Westy tune up kit
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:20:56 -0700
  ...at the distributor end to work with both the 03010 (non pin) and 03212 (as well as the 03214) distributor caps. Airhead sells 'em...
• '89 2.1i digifant cutting out. Really need some help on this one... ; SOLVED?
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Bowen
  Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:31:10 +0100
  ...I think the distributor cap that I put on there a couple of weeks ago was a bad match for the rotor arm. I...
• Re: '90 distributor cap
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:19:45 -0500
  ...t bad, but the distributor cap was due for replacement. >No problem, I thought. I bought a new cap and rotor last fall from...
• Re: Wasserboxer Distributor into A/C 2.0
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:08:52 -0700
  ...You can take the whole shebang -- coil, distributor, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, ignitor *and* stabilizer and get a very nice Hall-effect electronic ingnition...
• Re: Distributor replacement choices???
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 18:22:19 -0400
  ...It is a > computer controlled module that sits on top of the current distributor and > Eliminates the cap, rotor, points, etc. It has two...
• rebuilt distributor
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 08:24:55 -0700
  ...Any thoughts/ pros/ cons on using a rebuilt (as opposed to new) distributor for an 84 1.9L? How would you rate the difficulty...
• Re: Timing theory
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:28:09 -0400
  ...plug fires? I had thought that when the >distributor rotates and makes contact with the cap, then this is exactly >when the plug fired...
• 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: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:42:59 -0600
  ...I'll see what I can do... > Edward > > > At 09:30 PM 8/11/2012, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >> Sounds like your distributor cap...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 23:36:42 -0400
  >Ralph, I just took a stud-type cap and fitted the metal shield to it >(bloody nuisance). I then removed it and fitted a...
• 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: 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: good news, I think
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:51:35 -0330
  new distributor cap, cleaned the spark plugs, and I'm not sure what else. The bill is all full of cryptic abbreviations! It says...
• Re: Looking for parts
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Mon, 17 Aug 1998 18:01:41 -0600
  ...Westy. >> >> wiring harness >> cap >> rotor >> plug wires >> plugs >> hallsender? >> distributor? > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU >Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >
• New Style Spark Plug Wires
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 09:57:13 -0400
  Has anyone replaced their spark plug wires with ones having the new style connectors which require the distributor cap to have the little studs...
• 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...
• Re: "On the cheap" tune-up
  Historical mailing list - David Baker
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 22:49:15 -0500
  Seems to me we used to do this all the time -- clean the distributor cap contacts with emery paper. In a pinch, I've...
• Re: 85 misses when wet
  Historical mailing list - zaranski
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 06:22:38 -0500
  This is a typical symptom of a cracked distributor cap, but it could be a number of other things as well. When it occurs...
• 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: Distributor Cap
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 02:50:27 UT
  ...Distributor Cap I agree with John. It's not a bad design; it's a good one; twice good! Think about it! The grounded...
• Re: HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:00:32 -0400
  Hey Jeremy, Did you buy a Bosch distributor cap or an aftermarket one? I'm having funky things (similar, but not as serious as...
• Hall Unit
  Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 18:48:12 -0700
  ...Bottom line, no spark, no start, and all I did was change the distributor cap. Dan Fleming
• Re: Carbon Tracking??
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:06:53 -0500
  ...They are simply little gray tracks inside of the distributor cap that cause misfires which are mostly noticed under a load. Looking on the...
• Re: 81
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:30:32 -0700
  ...ignition rotor needs to be pointing to cyl #1 on the distributor cap. At this position, your fan pulley notch should align with the...
• Re: New distributor missing hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:00:14 -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: Shocking Photo
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 15 May 2007 22:22:49 -0700
  ...All I did was put on a new > distributor cap and rotor and then put the old parts back on. I have spark, > fuel...
• Re: New distributor missing hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:20:29 -0700
  ...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: Distributor woes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:35:02 -0700
  ...Fwd: [VANAGON] Distributor woes I popped off the cap and checked the rotor. It and the shaft spun freely.? No t good.? I tried...
• Re: #1 firing position on 009? (2.0 l FI)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 08:15:52 -0800 (PST)
  ...a 009 distributor???? Help!! Where does your #1 > fire on your distributor relative to the notch that fits into the > distributor cap ??? All service...
• Re: Go Westy tune up kit
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:11:21 -0700
  Actually, there a 4 different pin-style distributor caps for the Wasserboxer (Bosch #s): 03 212 1985 1.9 (Note: Will work on 83...
• Re: High resistance causing no spark?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 16:32:13 -0500
  ...I tested the lead >from the coil to the center of the distributor cap and it showed >~16,000 ohms of resistance (if I...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sun, 6 Nov 2005 18:55:42 -0800
  ...electrode in the cap. So now I'm really confused. I see several possible explanations: 1. I put the distributor in wrong -- I'm...
• Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Mark Edwards
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:34:36 -0600
  ...No spark at all on the #1 at the distributor cap, didn't bother >checking the rest. You have a lot on your plate...
• Looking for parts
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sat, 15 Aug 1998 13:52:25 -0600
  I am looking for the following for an 82 Calif. Westy. wiring harness cap rotor plug wires plugs hallsender? distributor? Bill