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• Re: Starting problem?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 06:15:05 -0400
  Larry; Sounds like the Hall effect sensor in the distributor is reaching the end of it's life cycle. If you have a clamp...
• Re: ignition? injection?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 5 Jan 2003 11:32:23 -0500
  ...A clamp on timing light is an easy, non invasive tool if you have one. If no spark I would suspect the hall effect...
• Re: Shady Boy awnings
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Sat, 22 Jul 2000 18:24:23 -0700
  ...Has anyone got one? They look nifty--10'x6' canopy of Sunbrella cantilevered out on fiberglass poles from the annodized aluminum box which clamps...
• 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: Injector Ordeal-OVER!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:50:35 -0800
  ...It looks as though I did not tighten the clamp enough around the distributor-it had riden up enough that it was not turning...
• Re: Should the fuel pump always run with key on?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:51:21 -0700
  ...One of them right next to the > distributor. Acck! > As it turned out, ALL the hose clamps were extremely loose. > the rubber hoses themselves...
• Re: 81 Aircooled - Replacing Condenser
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Thu, 23 Jul 2020 17:13:33 -0400
  ...service remove the nut that holds the clamp in place and lift the > distributor out clamp sand all. When you put it back with...
• Re: Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit, was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:12:26 -0400
  ...You will still need to buy new pipes to get good ends for >this "fix" to clamp to. If you have good pipes and...
• Re: Restoration Shopping List
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 1 Mar 2016 13:20:51 +0000
  ...I have a diesel fuel tank filler sleeve and clamp. I will have to go to an offsite storage shed to see what condition...
• Re: '81 Vanagon: 12V source in engine compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 08:47:04 -0700
  You can clip the pos clamp to the + side of the coil and the ground to the body or distributor cap clip. Much easier...
• Vanagon MPG
  Historical mailing list - Danny
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 09:24:58 -0700
  ...used a paint pen to make a mark on the distributor and clamp just in case it ever moved I would know where it...
• Trip to Ken Wilford's
  Historical mailing list - Ed Henckel
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 12:03:33 -0700
  ...The new fuel lines and clamps were installed with no big problems and now feel safe from those dreaded 'it burned up' stories. Ken...
• mileage down after fuel hose change
  Historical mailing list - Patrice Belzer
  Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:39:14 -0600
  ...clamp line). Then my mechanic (a good guy, but not VW specific) recommended he move the junction of hoses away from the distributor cap...
• Re: Injector Ordeal-OVER!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 08:43:32 -0800
  ...It looks as though I did not tighten the clamp > enough around the distributor-it had riden up enough that it was not > turning...
• Re: Distributor woes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:54:19 -0400
  It is possible that the distributor drive pinion was not properly shimmed or the case wore out underneath it. There should actually be two...
• Re: Engine still not start!!!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 6 May 2002 06:54:48 -0700
  ...cylinder at TCD & distributor mark at rotor for #1 cylinder line up per Bentley manual > loosed dist locking clamp & moved distributor left / right.. it...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:23:10 -0400
  ...replacing the entire distributor? > > I'm newly moved to the bay area (Oakland) -- can anyone recommend a > local part shop that would have 'em...
• Re: Shady Boy awnings
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:41:16 -0700
  ...from a distributor in San Jose. > Anybody know anything about these Lazy Boys? > > Phaedra > '85 Westy-Wolf > "Hester"
• Re: quick question: my plastic firewall fitting is made of metal?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:59:33 -0500
  ...Anybody heard of >> a metal replacement for these before? The clamps on the connecting >> hoses (and ONLY these hoses) were screw-type clamps, so...
• Re: No start/no spark
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:34:19 -0400
  ...the 13mm nut that holds the distributor clamp to the block, >> you can lift the distributor/clamp out and spin it by hand. Every...
• Re: rough idle, gas guzzling, oil dripping van
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:37:05 -0500
  ...Check the breather tower base, attaching nuts(4).Check any hoses,and put hose clamps on questionable connections. If your brave, use a propane...
• Restoration Shopping List
  Historical mailing list - Peter Kraiker
  Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:49:25 -0500
  I'm compiling a list of parts I need, many appear to be available from our trusty vendors/distributors. A few on my list...
• Re: Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit, was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:21:23 -0700
  ...Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty > On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:40 -0400, "Jim Johnston" <inmytree1@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > I can...
• Re: Injector Ordeal-OVER!!!!
  Historical mailing list - ****************************
  Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:39:23 -0600
  ...It looks as though I did not tighten the clamp enough around the distributor-it had riden up enough that it was not turning...
• Re: Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit, was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:15:41 -0700
  ...I suspect that it's not just cooling system pressure, but also that the clamp is squeezing the soft tube, pushing the steel insert...
• Re: Fuel clamps, fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:40:14 +0200
  snipped ------- What's the easiest way to get the metal crimp-type clamps off the rubber fuel lines? end snipped ------ These can be tricky...
• Puh-Leeeze Van-Again!!!
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Hayden
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 20:52:02 -0400
  ...distributor popped out, approximately 1/4", while cruising down the highway. I put it back in, timed it and put a new clamp on...
• Re: loss of power
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:24:49 -0500
  ...I've checked timing, replaced all vacum hoses,replaced distributor, cap, rotor, plugs. I am changing the fuel pressure regulator today. I hope that...
• Re: Did I buy the Right Vehicle? Am I hearing all the bad.
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 24 May 2005 10:14:55 -0400
  ...tank and cap -REPLACE ALL FUEL LINE AND CLAMPS WITH SOME GOOD STUFF (FI CLAMP) -Have those head gasket tripple check -To push a...
• 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...
• Setting timing on '85
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:09:53 EDT
  ...Pull idle stabilizer plugs and plug together Pull distributor vacume lines Clamp induction wire on spark plug lead (which one) Shine on pulley. What...
• Re: '85 timing question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 23:50:16 -0500
  ...Oh yeah -- tighten the distributor clamp bolt. FYI there is also a more circular mark on the next-outer pulley edge -- that's TDC...
• Re: Engine still not start!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 6 May 2002 09:20:04 -0400
  ...cylinder at TCD & distributor mark at rotor for #1 cylinder line up per Bentley manual loosed dist locking clamp & moved distributor left / right.. it...
• RE: misc.
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 15:57:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...intake air distributor. Hmmm, so that might explain the >varying degrees of brake boost I had been experiencing :) . Anyway, got >hose clamps at the...
• Re: Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit, was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:59:07 -0400
  ...Are they just sleeves that fit > into the ends of the plastic tubes to reinforce them at the clamping points? > Why do they slide...
• RE: fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 28 May 1996 11:56:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...clamped? My carelessness in letting those lines get old enough to crack, could have resulted in an unclamped line popping off, giving the distributor...
• Re: quick question: my plastic firewall fitting is made of metal?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 3 Feb 2008 18:54:59 -0600
  ...Anybody heard of > a metal replacement for these before? The clamps on the connecting > hoses (and ONLY these hoses) were screw-type clamps, so...
• Re: Injector Ordeal-OVER!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 10:32:38 -0800
  ...It looks as though I did not tighten the clamp >> enough around the distributor-it had riden up enough that it was not >> turning...
• Re: Injector Ordeal-OVER!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:18:16 -0800
  ...It looks as though I did not tighten the clamp enough around the distributor-it had riden up enough that it was not turning...
• Re: Mufflers & Waterpumps
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 10:57:11 EDT
  ...I even have the plastic coolant system parts in stock (those pesky bleeder valve thingees for the 1.9l vans or the coolant distributor...
• Re: Igntion coil failure
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:18:53 EDT
  ...that stick up in the centers of the connectors on the distributor cap and coil. However, all the replacement coils I have been able...
• Re: size of nut (bolt?) on crankcase pulley?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:38:42 -0800
  ...Simply remove the 13mm nut that holds the dizzy clamp down to the block and swap the dizzy with clamp attached but undisturbed. This...
• LED bench/barbeque lamp
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 11:13:37 -0500
  ...I have no idea if you can get a replacement from the maker/distributor or not. But the loss of the battery pack kills...
• Re: Distributor woes; carry JB weld
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:41:02 +0000
  ...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: Fuel hose - what kind do I need?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:28:24 -0800
  Ken Wilfey sells the fuel line kit and clamps... www.vanagain.com Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Last" <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Fuel pressure & injectors
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 10:56:50 -0400
  ...is a tee just inboard of the distributor -- remove the screw closing the test leg and clamp a piece of 7-mm fuel hose...
• Re: Spare Parts you MUST carry!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:14:33 -0500
  ...distributor >plug wires >main relay >coolant hoses >temp sensor >coolant manifold >fuses >headlight bulb >alternator >starter motor >expansion tank cap >fuel line >hose clamps...
• Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 May 2011 19:40:01 -0700
  ...and idle stabizer, and by rotational position of the distributor ..ie. where it's clamped down. the Idle stabilizer is between Dist and Ignitor...
• Re: Engine Died
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 07:56:22 -0700
  Geoffrey, Brilliant! ( no pun intended) I do have a timing light, I can tape or clamp the trigger on and aim it so I...
• Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 16:33:43 -0700
  ...and the small one a distributor cap a distributor rotor half a dozen misc good german hose clamps a box of misc coolant hoses...
• Re: Mystery Coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Mark G
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:20:27 -0500
  ...Lovely. (Almost as good as when my Type 3 lost an injector seal and the injector was shooting gas onto the distributor. Sometimes I...
• Vacuum lines for charcoal filter/replacing Syncro fuel sender
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:24:01 -0700
  ...them as "to distributor vacuum advance unit". Is there a vacuum that can't be compromised? Can I just clamp the hoses and then...
• Re: quick question: my plastic firewall fitting is made of metal?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:09:54 -0600
  ...Anybody heard of >>> a metal replacement for these before? The clamps on the connecting >>> hoses (and ONLY these hoses) were screw-type clamps, so...
• Re: Anyone have a copy of the Ultimate Trip Checklist?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:38:28 -0400
  ...Inspect air filter, air flow meter, intake hoses, clamps, tubes, leaks, connections, condition. Note:________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____ Ignition system: Inspect distributor, cap, rotor, points, advance mechanism, hall...
• Re: Should the fuel pump always run with key on?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:47:04 -0600
  ...One of them right next to the > distributor. Acck! > As it turned out, ALL the hose clamps were extremely loose. > the rubber hoses themselves...
• Re: Show and Tell - Water Pump Change Out
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 06:59:22 -0500
  ...i just cut the clamps off that with a dremel tool and replaced the hose and clamps...don't try to save it (the...
• Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 23 Dec 2013 01:20:17 -0600
  ...John On 12/23/2013 12:14 AM, Scott Daniel wrote: > was the clamp holding the distributor from rotating loose ? > The direction the shaft...
• Re: leaking gas when engine is on (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:31:50 -0700
  ...I'd be going in there with what I suggested, + several feet of fuel hose, hose clamps, tools and do the fix inside, out...
• Re: does aux air reg affect idele after warm up 1.9
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 May 2016 20:26:10 -0400
  ...I fixed it with a bit of thin rubber sheet, some thin aluminum, and a hose clamp that went around the whole works including...
• Re: Any experience with this part?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:39:22 -0600
  ...Since the coolant was still hot, it cracked a hole in my plastic coolant distributor. Long story short, I decided to get the stainless...