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• Fixed--Re: No start, no spark
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:13:05 -0400
  ...It turns out that it was the distributor/Hall-effect. I swapped in my extra distributor (once I found it) and it fired right...
• Re: [vanagon] Vanagon distributor
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 08:06:01 -0400
  ...I noticed that the > distributor looks like a .009 but the rotor shaft is narrower. Does > anyone know about these distributors? > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor...
• Distributor rebuild questions?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 20:44:03 -0500
  ...I have some questions on the rebuild of my distributor (VW 0220905-205S Vanagon Federal 80-83): 1. What is the endplay spec for...
• Re: distributor wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:34:43 -0800
  That appears to be an aftermarket electronic ignition module in a 009 distributor, so I would imagine that the wires would hook to the...
• Re: 2.1 distributor (check yours)
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:59:29 -0400
  ...Is there an analogous problem I should be looking for in my distributor? All I have ever done on my distributor is change the...
• Re: 81
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:30:32 -0700
  Yes you can, if your distributor is installed correctly (distributor drive at proper angle). It's no more complicated than this: When your engine...
• Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Sondergaard, Arlene
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 08:10:42 -0700
  ...Tightened up distributor cap wires just in case and the middle one came off in my hand. It was all carbon-no wires connecting...
• Re: Distributor p/n #?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 2 May 2007 14:44:18 -0400
  ...FWIW, I use the newer type distributor cap (with posts inside the plug wire sockets) on an older type '84 distributor in my '84...
• distributor wiring question
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:38:19 -0800
  Can anyone offer guidance on where the red and black wires connect from the distributor pictured here http://zzyzx.org/Img_7395_resized.jpg
• Re: vanagon Digest - 16 Apr 2010 - Special issue (#2010-348)
  Historical mailing list - Todd
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:55:27 -0700
  So, are you saying that you DON'T have to mark where the rotor is before removing the distributor, because it won't mess...
• Re: Distributor drive shaft installation?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 13:13:46 -0700
  ...as you know now, it's very important to not take out the distributor drive ever.. and to always keep a distributor or something...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:11:21 -0700
  ...with the distributor gear mis-aligned, the only way to get the timing right was to have the distributor rotated to the end of...
• distributor connection on 90 westy
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 13:11:56 -0800
  On my 90 Westy my distributor has the 3 wire connection on one side which I think is attached to the hall sender. On...
• distributor rotation?
  Historical mailing list - jim&kim
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 08:45:19 -0700
  Does the distributor rotate clockwise or counter? Looking at the firing order it would seem counter? Having trouble seting up new engine, thanks. Jim...
• Distributor Modification
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 23:42:27 -0600
  ...I seldom see the subject of distributors addressed in either Waser Boxers or Air Cooled. Over the years I've seen simple distributor modification...
• Taking apart a distributor -- arrgh!
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 20:21:04 -0400
  I'm trying to take my distributor apart to fix the pickup. I can't get the pin out of the bottom of the...
• Re: 2.1 distributor (check yours)
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:00:09 -0700
  A'yup, this must be an age-related issue with this vintage Bosch distributor, as I recently had to R&R mine. I installed...
• Re: New distributor missing hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - Todd
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:09:41 -0700
  ...The vendor double-checked their stock of distributors and all have this new style. My non-starting problem after installing the new distributor was...
• Re: Distributor replacement choices???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:11:21 EST
  Get a rebuild kit for your distributor and install a Compu-Fire. It is a computer controlled module that sits on top of the...
• Vanagon Distributor swap?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Hayden
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 15:07:18 -0500
  Hi ! Can anyone tell me if any other VW distributors will fit my '85 1.9 vanagon? It is the hall effect type. Thanks...
• Re: DISTRIBUTOR, INSTALLING
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 12:33:49 -0600
  Scott Hall wrote: > > Howdy Volks, > I finally got the new distributor in for "Das Boot." She is a 1986 Westy with > Digifant injection. I...
• Distributor question
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 11:26:57 -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: Timing theory
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:28:09 -0400
  At 04:39 PM 4/20/2001, Blake Thornton wrote: >What determines when the plug fires? I had thought that when the >distributor rotates...
• Distributors revisited
  Historical mailing list - Jon Ulrigg (Rho)
  Tue, 8 Nov 94 13:55:33 PST
  Hi All, So I managed to locate a vacuum advance distributor for my '70 bus. Now I have another question. I have a Solex...
• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:46:36 -0700
  hi, I'm pretty sure that of the wires that go to the side of the distributor ..........there's one that's a ground...
• Re: aligning distributor
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 09:37:41 -0500
  On a 4 cycle engine, the distributor should be inserted when the #1 cylinder is at TDC for the *compression* stroke, i.e. valves...
• Re: Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:53:57 -0400
  At 02:33 PM 4/16/2010, Loren Busch wrote: >A timing light on my 2.1L WBX yesterday shows that the distributor advance...
• Unplugging Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 19:42:24 EST
  Hi All, Is there a trick to unplugging the distributor? Gosh, I've pulled, pried, twisted, prodded & poked it, but to no avail :( thanks...
• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:58:46 -0500
  Scott, after replacing the distributor and sensor, it started right up. Then lost power and died. I finally got it home under its own...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:50:12 -0800
  Allan, The big problem with having your distributor drive 180 degrees out on a Type 1 engine is that there is a retardation for...
• HOW do you remove the coolant distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 23:50:53 -0700
  ...I put my hand on top of the distributor and if there was a plug there it's gone now. Replace the distributor or...
• Re: Coolant distributor leak - common? Fixable?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:04:34 -0400
  My '85 Westy has a 2.1L Syncro engine installed complete with the cooling system, so I'll have to get a Syncro distributor...
• Re: Leak on top of engine?
  Historical mailing list - The corruptor
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:25:19 -0400
  Distributor O-ring Breather O-ring Bore plate beside the distributor.... (right of this one) http://www.benplace.com/roadhaus/100_0181.jpg Period...
• Re: Distributor drive shaft installation?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 20:36:12 -0400
  ...as you know now, it's very important to not take out the distributor drive ever.. and to always keep a distributor or something...
• Re: Why 3 Different 2.1 Distributors In Use?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 23:14:56 -0800
  ...But Jim's site warns the AG distributors are *not >interchangeable* with earlier versions. > >So now I am wondering whether there isn't any...
• Re: Sealing distributor
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 07:17:01 -0800
  ...Sealing distributor Does anyone have any good ideas on attaching and sealing the hall sensor plug attached to the distributor? Mine has become unlatchable...
• Checking vacuum diaphragm was Re: Looking for a 83-85 distributor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 7 Oct 2014 13:23:42 -0400
  ...The centrifugal advance is operated by a pair of spring-loaded weights inside the distributor body. I don't think you can directly check...
• Re: Distributor replacement choices???
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 23:39:22 -0500
  Will any of these computer distributors work in a '91 2.1? http://www.compufire.com/vw.html That seems to be the way...
• Re: 2.1 water pump r+r
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:18:24 -0700
  I did not have to remove the distributor. But mine is an 84. If you need to remove the distributor just mark the distributor...
• Re: Parts Score - Evaluation
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 02:43:29 -0400
  ...very, very early cast iron 009 distributor 36hp distributor ------ I like the early cast mechanical advance distributors (019). They have a better advance curve...
• Re: '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 15:04:22 -0500
  ...Sure beat 325 for a new distributor. dave CAREFUL! Fooling with the distributor wires while the engine is running can result in electrical shock!
• Distributor Electrical Connections?
  Historical mailing list - HC Carter
  Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:18:08 -0700
  Hey again - I just discovered that the wiring plug to the side of the distributor on my '86 Syncro is broken. It was taped...
• Visual Difference(s) between 1.9L & 2.1L Distributors?
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Sat, 4 Jun 2016 23:19:19 -0500
  ...What are the visual clues that make it easy to differentiate between 1.9 & 2.1L distributors, when they are not installed? Thanks. Cary
• Re: 84 rough running,backfire
  Historical mailing list - Philip Jones
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:59:21 EDT
  John, A similar thing happened to me in my '91, right after a messing with the distributor (a tune up). Turned out to be...
• Re: Wasserboxer Distributor into A/C 2.0
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:08:52 -0700
  > If you mean a 2.1 digifant distributor then check if there is any centrifigual > advanve mechanism. I believe these later dist's had...
• Re: Distributor replacement choices???
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 18:22:19 -0400
  ...http://www.compufire.com/ Robert wrote: > Get a rebuild kit for your distributor and install a Compu-Fire. It is a > computer controlled module...
• "Maybe" some progress towards remedying my
  Historical mailing list - Colin Moran
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 15:14:12 -0600
  Hey Marshal, Check the wiring to the distributor. There are three wires to the hall effect sensor. I had problems in wet weather with...
• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:47:32 -0700
  you should ALWAYS remove the distributor cap and make SURE the rotor is turning ............ just in case . and ......Mark's post about the distributor...
• Re: Random Instant Shutdown
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:08:31 -0400
  ...It did the pre run every time I would turn the distributor shaft a little with my fingers. Installed distributor and that fixed it...
• distributor pick-up unit
  Historical mailing list - Greg Stelz
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 15:32:47 -0800
  ...The van is at the current owner's shop, and they have the determined that the pick-up unit in the distributor is faulty...
• Timing theory
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 14:39:30 -0600
  ...What determines when the plug fires? I had thought that when the distributor rotates and makes contact with the cap, then this is exactly...
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 13:28:17 -0400
  You can test it by removing the distributor cap and pulling the distributor up far enough that you can turn the rotor by hand...
• Re: compression & advance
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 10:19:20 -0700
  ...advance spec > is for the distributor on this particular Type 4 engine? What can I do > about it? I have a spare distributor that...
• 71 Distrib. 180 off
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Jul 1995 17:30:00 -0400
  My distributor is 180 off Will this cause alot of excessove heat at high speede and somewhat normal temps in town. is the 009...
• Re: Distributor part question
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:07:56 EST
  Jason ~~~We have the distributor unit you need for $ 95.00 plus shipping to your locale. Thanks Don at DVW Import Auto Parts 1...
• Re: distributor drive shaft installation
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:26:11 -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...
• Question about a VW FOX
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Sat, 5 May 2007 09:29:49 -0700
  ...Well, turns out that I cannot get the distributor to .turn even a thousands of an inch.The aluminum distributor seems to be frozen...
• EV and other Distributors
  Historical mailing list - hal
  Sun, 18 May 97 10:38:23 EDT
  ...The problem with my EV turned out to be the total collapse of the distributor. Have any of you - EV'ers or Vanagoners ever...
• 009 Distributor in Type IV
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 31 Jul 2001 07:55:25 -0500
  ...I'm currently running a stock vacume distributor on my 2000cc Type IV. Is there any advantage to using the 009 distributor in a...
• different distributors for the 1.9 ??
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 14:12:32 -0700
  ...Are these interchangeable ???? and, when looking at the distributor where would I find these numbers anyway? btw.....anybody have one (for an 85) that...