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• Trip report - NJ->Canada
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Oct 1995 15:07:42 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Off by about 12 degrees! So I reset it, and put the wrench on the distributor clamp nut, thinking "This time I'll tighten...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 17:05:13 -0800
  ...Neil On Saturday, January 21, 2017, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote: > Neil, > > Check distributor rotor shaft play. You will have remove the dizzy...
• Re: Zoooooom!
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 00:10:36 +0100
  ...Working gingerly, right through the moving belts, he loosened the distributor and turned it. Immediately the idle smoothed out. Holding the light in one...
• Re: Timing Mark
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:08:53 -0700
  ...OK? And only then put the distributore in the right place. The mark on the pulley will be important when you use the timing...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 18:55:31 -0500
  ...very valuable to have a spare distributor .. if the ecu is the brain .. the distributor is the heart ....it tells the ecu the engine...
• Re: Intermittent Wiper Relay Upgrade - Answer
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 6 May 2002 10:53:00 -0400
  ...Someone ordered one from me, and I sent him the relay that my distributor provided under that number. He received it and it was...
• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:31:59 -0700
  ...I narrowed it down to the CMP sensor (hall sender) on the distributor. (long story) Replaced the distributor (hence CMP sensor). Runs great now...
• Timing the watercooled?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Mon, 16 Dec 1996 20:16:47 +0000
  ...Bentley shows (page 24-24a-b), on the later version, distributor retard and fuel pressure regulator share the same vacuum source. I capped off...
• Re: ring around the dizzy and other questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 03:12:27 EDT
  ...That sheild that goes around the distributor cap is to help sheild static so your radio won't buzz with RPM levels. That wire...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 20:55:58 -0500
  Check to see if the spring is under the distributor. That missing spring will let the distributor jump up. Might be a small thing...
• Lever on Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:27:59 -0400
  ...s attached to a long spring stretching across almost to the distributor, just seems to stay at whatever position I move it to. What...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:52:18 -0600
  ...Plus cars don run on magnetos which do not require external power to operate in the same way a distributor does. John On 11...
• The black box in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:52:07 -0800
  You guys people were a great help with the distributor question. Subject vehicle, 1982 Westy 2L aircooled. I'm rewiring this Westy There is...
• RE: Help me ID Euro-Camper
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 29 May 1996 09:18:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...single port upright with a motorola alternator and a 009 >(aftermarket) distributor, not to mention so much emissions >gadgetry that at first I thought...
• Re: Oil pressure
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 20:48:37 -0500 (CDT)
  ...It sticks right up behind (actually, in front of -- FIF) the distributor and there's no need to snip the tin. Moreover, the T...
• Hot start problem, '91
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 May 1997 21:28:35 -0400
  ...Reading through the news group, I relocted the wiring harness to the distributor to on top of everythning else, and it started. Too soon...
• Zip Tie Tricks anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Racer X
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 20:22:28 +0000
  ...I've misplaced the little metal clip that holds the wiring connection to the Hall Sender unit on the distributor. Does anyone have any...
• VW Trends Eurospec Article
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:55:20 EST
  Uh, Chris forgot to mention (or didn't know) that Overland parts is a distributor and you can't buy directly from them you...
• Re: Crazy Tach
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Thu, 6 May 1999 02:09:43 -0700
  ...I popped the hatch and fiddled with wires from from the coil, distributor, and anything else that I thought might help. Drove 600 km...
• Petronix Electronic Ignition--
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sat, 4 May 2002 22:38:28 -0500
  Hi all, I have a brand new, never opened Petronix points eliminater set-up for a stock 70 to 83 VW vacuum advance distributor...
• Excessive Idle
  Historical mailing list - Darren
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 15:40:37 -0500
  ...plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor. Any ideas on what I might be missing? Thanks, Darren
• Distributor drive pin...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 15:33:18 -0500
  The reason I said that it was tapered was that it ONLY came off when I drove the pin out in ONE DIRECTION. I...
• Re: Running rich.....
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:33:07 -0400
  ...Last time I replaced the distributor cap 3 days before a trip the idle stabilizer failed and the fuel pump quit. The kind of...
• 81 Vanagon Type 4 Motor Timing
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Wed, 8 Apr 2020 09:36:58 -0400
  ...The problem is that I cannot advance the timing because the vacuum can on the SVDA distributor is up tight against the cold start...
• RoadHaus - Oil Leak / Final Diagnosis & Partial Fix
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:36:18 -0800
  ...top area under distributor - decided on a second opinion 2nd shop - Eero Volkswagen of Anchorage Diagnosis, - Multiple leaks but they were not sure exactly...
• Replacing distributor with Jacobs--What would you do?
  Historical mailing list - johnny89
  Fri, 5 Jan 1996 19:50:18 -0300
  ...Recently during a tune up session I found out I have a 009 distributor & blue coil. Apparently this combo doesn't really work well...
• Re: Removing the axle shafts (was: Towing a Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:55:40 -0500
  Not to defend Wally World (or the tow guy), but it would be pretty difficult to break your coolant distributor during a tow or...
• 85 vanagon-takes gas, klacks like a diesel
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Callahan
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 23:43:41 +0000
  ...Nearest Thing I can track it down to now is I can *feel the rapid mayhem right at the intake air distributor box. It...
• Re: 85 vanvagon 1.9 electrical prob
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 08:52:36 -0400
  ...There's a Hall-effect timing generator inside the distributor (unlikely), a delicate connection at the distributor (possible), an idle stabilizer module (small green...
• need help from an expert (or someone with a lot of experience with vanagons)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:22:34 -0700
  ...idle...I know I put the distributor drive shaft in 180* out, but I turned the distributor around, and the timing marks line up...
• Where does the signal come from for a tach
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 18:22:11 -0700
  ...So, I know you must bring a wire from the distributor (or the coil?) up to the dash to supply the signal, but I...
• Re: Distributor woes; carry JB weld
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:12:00 -0400
  ...Re: [VANAGON] Distributor woes; carry JB weld I really advocate carrying JB weld or a bonding product like it. One that sets up fast...
• Ecu fix addendum
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:49:29 -0700
  Between machine ops I swapped the original distributor back into van. Was a bit of cranking before it started. Then on it’s perfect...
• Distributor for 87 question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gilbert
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 10:51:48 -0700
  Hi, I recently installed a new disto in my 87 syncro. The new disto's dont have that screw hole on the side like...
• looking for 2.1l intake box
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 18:47:02 EDT
  I am looking for a good, used 2.1l Vanagon air intake distributor ( the black steel box on top of the motor that the...
• Vacuum Diagram
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 21:45:15 -0800
  ...This distributor vacuum Unit has a second nipple which then feeds back to a tee at the AFM. Sincerely, Mark Keller
• Re: Need ideas for serious No-start condition, please
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 18:16:29 -0700
  ...I'll second the Hall sender in the distributor, especially if any part of the dying seem like a switch is just turning off...
• German Auto Tools Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Naylor II
  Sat, 26 Oct 2002 12:29:01 -0700
  Dear Volks, Some time back an email was sent to the list for a company that distributed high quality German tools designed for the...
• Re: Mark vs. the Distributor - Chapter 1(was "Driving dog" pin removal) (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 21:39:45 -0800
  Damon Campbell wrote: > Ummm.... you're going to do all the machining of the > bulk purchase, and i'm just going to take a...
• Re: temp sensors?
  Historical mailing list - jonathan waters
  Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:34:56 -0700
  ...Even O2 & Cat... > > > > not to sound too cavilier ......but I almost don't even check in bosch > distributor caps on waterboxer engines anymore. > I...
• Re: Why not CIS? RE: Images of South African van on website
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:04:54 -0800
  ...start spraying weird > patterns, and God help you if the fuel distributor fouls. > Then you have things like the accumulator that leak fuel underneath...
• Distributor woes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:12:57 -0400
  ...The tines at the end of the distributor were chewed up so I suspect that the distributor has been internally loose for a while...
• Re: Stalls and refuses to re-start when ambiante temp above 25C
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Wed, 4 May 2016 20:28:59 -1000
  ...it was the distributor . specifically the Hall Sensor ( tho check the wires on the side ..a weak point. ) just had a case of this...
• Re: Vacuum System Parts on 1.9 - "Y's" and Constrictors...
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:24:01 -0400
  ...As for the constrictor, is this mission critical if it has no effect on the distributor? If so I figure I can just call...
• Re: 009 and carb leaks
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 1 Dec 94 13:38:44 PST
  ...As soon as I put my stock dual diaphragm distributor back in and hooked up the vacuum lines, it purred like a kitten. Why...
• RE: loss of power on hills
  Historical mailing list - H. Steven Dolan
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 13:52:21 -0400 (EDT)
  ...If that doesn't help, look in the Bentley on the distributor. > > If it were me, I'd do the following: > <really nice procedure...
• Re: Distributor cap for 2.1 L--sloppy fit
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 18:37:58 -0400
  ...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: radio whine - success, failure, success
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:49:22 -0700
  Hmm-mm, my 85 has the grounded "can" around the distributor, too.� Makes it very difficult to remove/replace distributor cap...annoying...I have...
• Re: no spark (after timing/dwell checked?)
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:16:19 -0700
  ...it's been awhile since I've owned a Vanagon with a distributor (i'm a diesel guy), so this is from memory, and...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:40:39 -0400
  ...It drives the distributor, but AFAIK, if >> > > distributor not installed, it doesn't need to be in any special >> > > position in relation to the...
• Re: '85 (Digijet) Hall Sensor Symptoms
  Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 03:23:26 +0100
  The Hall sender is in the distributor. To replace get a distributor rebuild kit (about $US75 or thereabouts) Erik V. Citerat fr�n Rob...
• Re: The "syndrome" solutions
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:50:21 -0700
  ...I was somewhat surprised when I pulled the connector at the distributor and the engine didn't stop. Larry A. Vince S wrote: > Larry...
• Re: good news, I think
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:12:16 -0800
  ...Thursday, December 22, 2011, 1:21 PM new distributor cap, cleaned the spark plugs, and I'm not sure what else. The bill is...
• Re: Go Westy Coolant Pipe Repair kit - extra parts needed FYI!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Thu, 21 May 2009 14:09:43 -0400
  ...wrote: >> RE Gowesty, I never saw anything about the "special coolant >> distributor kit" where did you see that? When I ordered it they did...
• Name That Part - Bonus Round
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:26:23 -0600
  ...Also, related to that, just forward and slightly to the left (driver's) side of the distributor is a hole in the tin cover...
• Re: 2.2 engine hiccups at 3300 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 27 Aug 2017 08:35:16 -0700
  ...so it's a good idea to get a new one to rule it out - check the wiring on the distributor
• Re: Help w/2.1 What am i missing?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 22:13:26 -0400
  ...A sudden lost of power like you had is cause by an electric problem or a mechanical failure of the distributor. Ben
• Re: Help Help 009 Distributor?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Nov 1994 14:58:30 -0600 (CST)
  Well, you asked for it. I have been running a 009 on my '71 for I don't know how many years. I bought...
• '83.5 distributor into '78
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Nov 1996 21:36:35 -0800
  Has anyone installed an early wasserboxer (1.9) ignition into a 2 liter ac motor. I'd really love to get rid of the...
• Re: JCWhipme where are you?
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 23:22:13 -0500 (EST)
  On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Lawrence Johnson wrote: > Would someone please enlighten me: > > Just what is a JC Whitney; mail order distributor, box store...