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• Odd plate?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 21:28:56 -0600 (MDT)
  ...To the left of the distributor was a flat plate with 2 bolts holding it in place. It looked very out of place there...
• some breadloaf parts for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 06 Jun 1996 18:26:13 -0500 (EST)
  ...willing to sell or give away to those in need: -79 distributor -12V coil -front and rear bumpers(dinged up, but not worth junking...
• '81 #3 cylinder
  Historical mailing list - bill
  Wed, 26 Mar 1997 17:48:36 -0700
  As I reported earlier, pulling off the #3 wire from the distributor makes no difference how the engine runs. I checked the spark, and...
• Re: remanufactured syncro driveshaft
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:15:06 -0400
  ...Six States Distributors 1112 W. 33rd South Ogden UT 84401 801 488 4688 Part #BO 41203, Size 3 U-joint, 49.95 each + freight...
• Re: water/fridge annunciator panel
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 19:22:41 -0800
  ...original distributor for the water tanks, fill inlets, etc.... 423-908-9384 Bill 90 Westy Syncro -----Original Message----- From: Steve Sandlin <ssandlin@LCC.NET...
• Dead Vanagon fixed
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 13:14:35 -0700
  ...I checked, and it had broken off of the distributor and the wires were touching metal. Taped it up, and she started right up...
• Re: Sloppy timing?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:53:55 -0500
  ...Time for a distributor rebuild? >
• Re: Intermittent Wiper Relay Upgrade - Answer
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Mon, 6 May 2002 11:18:25 -0500
  ...Someone >ordered one from me, and I sent him the relay that my distributor provided >under that number. He received it and it was...
• VW parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Roger Lippman
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 21:47:59 GMT
  ...distributor 03 001 1 Distributor cap 64-69 04 006 2 Rotor 64-69 03 037 3 Distributor cap, 61-64 big distributor 04...
• Re: '84 westy with "MV" engine number, Is it a 2.1L???
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 May 2000 20:49:07 -0400
  ...The Digifant (for 2.1l) has an ECU mounted in the cabin under the rear seat, no vacuum piping to distributor, and a prominent...
• Re: Cuts off on startup
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sat, 12 Mar 2016 10:10:21 -0800
  ...I have > replaced a few though ...one ever decade maybe. > > 5.5 Ground wire for distributor harness....it's right next to the > distributor...
• Re: 81 Westy 2.0 Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 17:45:12 -0600
  ...Spring under your distributor, tie it to your distributor with a small bundle tie. 2. Thrust washer under your distributor drive, tie it to...
• Low Bank Account
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:16:51 -0700
  ...Was always gonna install it and make an all VW eliminated points distributor. How about $50 for the distributor, the harness and the control...
• Re: Vanagon Stalls Out While Driving
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Thu, 1 May 2025 17:54:08 +0000
  ...Yes, all 4 injectors are wired in parallel and all fire at the same time.The hall unit in the distributor feeds pulses to...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 4 Dec 2013 18:47:41 -0500
  ...I saw the same thing when we built our distributor replacement (replaced the stock hall sender with a better square wave output hall sender...
• Re: No spark, clueless
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Wed, 29 May 2013 21:50:27 -0700
  it sure helps to have a known-good spare distributor. don't even have to install it into the engine to see if it...
• Re: Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - frank
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:18:28 -0400
  ...long as my fuel injectors are working, I assume that my distributor is working ok, right? When I pull a plug, I get a...
• Re: Vanagon Stalls Out While Driving
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Mon, 19 May 2025 14:48:13 +0000
  OH, wait, you were commenting on the position of where plug 1 landed on the dizzy.   The distributor drive gear position shouldn't affect...
• Still trying to diagnose an off idle stumble.
  Historical mailing list - Blake Sartin
  Sun, 2 Nov 2014 20:24:51 -0500
  I have cleaned contacts in the distributor cap, set timing, even tried advancing it a bit. I have replaced the malfunctioning vacuum advance. The...
• 1984 1.9L/autotransmission ** flat spot around 2500 +/- 400 rpm when driving
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:57:26 -0400
  ...These included the distributor and the AFM. Should those items need replacement after eight years (but only about 30,000 miles)? John
• Re: Rev limits
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Mon, 15 May 1995 16:44:29 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Cheap insurance, but I I still have the original distributor and rotor from our long gone 72 bus. The rev limit on the rotor...
• Re: Distributor Cap
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 11:34:58 -0700
  I agree with John. It's not a bad design; it's a good one; twice good! Think about it! The grounded shield allegedly...
• Re: Need source for Hall Sender ASAP!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 09:12:05 -0100
  ...The parts > store and dealer (local) want me to buy the whole $300 distributor! > > I also need a source for a cat and muffler...
• proper way to change hose ?
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Sun, 16 Jul 2000 15:36:44 -0700
  what is the proper way to change the hose? My 2 hoses coming off the water distributor is dry rotted I noticed this 2...
• Re: poor idle update
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 09:31:46 -0500
  ...4"?)air hose in the process of doing this work. > This hose is located a few inches below and behind the distributor (when [snip]
• Re: Need a name
  Historical mailing list - Mike & Mary Collum
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 00:35:50 -0400
  ...don't know about the distributors, though. Mike '84 GL ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Keezer To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Friday, June 15...
• digifant f.i.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:00:44 EST
  ...One option is to convert to carbs, point distributor. Go back to the old days . Any comments? (not about my mental health or parents...
• Coolant flow question
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:55 -0400
  ...the way back to get coolant from the engine compartment coolant distributor? This would be on my '88 Vanagon, BTW. What I am trying...
• Re: Intermittent engine miss- update
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 13:23:45 -0700
  ...Of course it did start leaking from the coolant distributor. Sigh. Dealer has them and apparently they are specific to the syncro. SIGH. Back...
• Re: No start after Temp II replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:32:14 -0500
  ...I would, turn on the ignition, pull the center wire out of the distributor (from the coil), lay it on the engine block and...
• Won't spray gas, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:22:36 -0800
  ...The following has already been done; Changed relays with known good ones, changed distributor, to make sure Hall sender is working, changed ECU, fixed...
• Re: Fuel injection trouble
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:11:12 -0400
  ...The other likely culprit would be the hall sensor in the distributor. I can't remember if you have already tried to replace the...
• Re: Zoooooom!
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 19:12:09 -0400
  ...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: Sherpak car top carriers
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:34:47 -0500
  ...I even offered to do an informal poll on the Vanagon Mailing List and to contact several distributors of custom VW aftermarket products. All...
• Re: 88 Vanagon Rotor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 31 Dec 2002 06:56:06 -0800
  ...88 Vanagon Rotor Replacement > > > My 88 Westy has a very burnt distributor cap > (inside) and the rotor doesn't > look much better. > > Replacing the...
• 1.9L engine parts
  Historical mailing list - Connor McBryde
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:46:03 -0500
  ...Bosch factory rebuilt 90 amp alternator with remaining warranty Bosch ignition wire set Bosch distributor cap, rotor Bosch oxygen sensor, single wire Water pump...
• Re: Vanagon Stalls Out While Driving
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 17 May 2025 10:19:43 -0600
  ...Timing seems ok, but #1 plug wire on dizzy seems to be in a somewhat different location than with the previous distributor. > > > On Sat...
• Re: Like an Old pair of Jeans
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:01:51 -0500
  ...Something to know about - the 'Good 'Ol Boy's" at Van-Cafe sell a steel distributor/manifold - of their design and manufacture I think...
• Re: Intermittant starting problem with 1986 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 11:55:44 -0500
  ...The inside and outside of the distributor cap and the end of the coil should be cleaned very carefully this way. Remove the wires...
• Re: Gutless when first started - fixed?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:44:41 -0400
  ...Ken Lewis asked whether the mechanical advance might be sticking? > Advised adding a few drops to the felt button under the distributor's > rotor...
• Re: Fuel Line replacement - Fuel pressure test?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:56:36 -0700
  ...connect your FP gaue to the testing port, on that triple T by the > distributor. > 7mm hex nut there. Connect FP gauge hose there. > >
• Re: Stuck in Needles, need advice
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:51:28 -0800
  ...Thinking of having a new ecu and hall sender and/or distributor fedex'd. .but kind of a crapshoot. Any advice appreciated. > David > > Sent...
• HELP 84 westy misfires between 2800 & 3000 rpm's THANKS
  Historical mailing list - Josie Lamb Williams
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:34:03 -0400
  ...I'm thinking distributor timing advance, wiring harness, vacuum leak, ECU. Seeking words of wisdom from the experienced. We do 20+ Art shows from...
• Re: does aux air reg affect idele after warm up 1.9
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 May 2016 19:43:57 -0400
  ...The vacuum advance >works fine but the distributor does leak a little at the base
• Re: 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 16:11:33 -0400
  ...NO!!!! the cheezy JC whipme custom look has spread from stoopid beetles to the Vanagons!!!! watch out for those flourescent pink distributor caps!!!! ;<) chris
• Re: Ignition and Carbs.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 18:04:46 +1200
  ...Has any one >ripped out the electronic ignition and fuel injection and put in a points >type distributor and carbs? >Ken Nelson Don't...
• Centrifical Advance Sticking?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:15:10 -0500
  ...up higher? I am going to take a look at my distributor shortly and was wondering. The book says to lubricate something near the...
• Re: still not starting..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 08:49:11 -0500
  ...You might need to remove the distributor drive and reposition it, keep an eye for the washer under the drive. Put grease on it...
• Re: ECU flooding plugs
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 06:14:59 -0700
  ...The ECU does look for a signal from the hall effect distributor before it continues spraying. so what I suggesting is the sequence goes...
• Re: 87 Help AGAIN
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Nov 1996 09:31:00 -0800
  ...It *seemed* like a distributor problem... surprise, a new distributor didn't help. However, its also easy enough to check Tonya's- its the...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Thu, 30 Jun 2016 12:42:22 -0700
  ...with the engine warmed up and idling smoothly, and the distributor loose enough to turn it with your fingers.. while idleing ...turn dist counterclockwise...
• Tires for Vanagons/Reinforced sidewalls/Winter tires
  Historical mailing list - Pavneet Arora
  Tue, 8 Oct 1996 12:01:00 -0400
  ...The main Conti distributor in Toronto gave me a set of Contis with the purported reinforced sidewalls. He said that these were a newer...
• Re: Help with Timing of Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 10:52:25 -0500
  ...In fact, the more I move the timing BTDC (Rotate distributor counterclockwise) the better the engine runs. Eventually the distributor hits a side and...
• 2.1 engine, other parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 17:54:22 -0600
  ...alternator, p/s pump, a/c compressor, engine wiring, ECU, coolant distributor pipe, coolant distributor block, engine mount beam, air filter box, AFM, injectors...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's,normal again.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 08:33:09 -0500
  ...a meter; so a new coil, cap, rotor, polug wires and distributor are soon to be installed. Happy Trails, Greg Potts 1973/74/79...
• Re: ECU for CA
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 23:27:32 -0700
  ...You also have electronic ignition system with NO points in your distributor! Your timing is also different. Bill V. "I'd Rather Be Hiking...
• Re: JUST BRAKES franchise warning!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:52:02 -0700
  ...and if they are really getting shafted by their distributor then the > should take out their frustration on the distributor > not piss me off...
• Re: melting lower thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 9 Mar 2013 20:50:56 -0800
  ...On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mike Bucchino Sr <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote: > They have local distributors. > > Sent from my iPhone...
• Re: good FI books?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 9 Nov 1994 16:35:45 CST6CDT
  ...Take your distributor cap off and clean the inside out with carb cleaner, then blow dry with compressed air (ok, use a rag). I...
• Re: How do I get the #&(*&!$# distributor gear on the crank?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 20:46:42 -0800
  Dennis: It's clear that I've been too timid about applying the heat. I'll try again tomorrow and be a little more...