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• Re: The details of Motronic (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 20:04:02 -0700
  ...The electronic pointless ignition found in the Vanagon has a sensor in the distributor called the Hall sensor. There are four apertures on the...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 16:49:59 -0800
  I like to do the test with the distributor in my hands, key on, and turning it by hand. what you should get for...
• engine stopped-HELP
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 18:30:09 EDT
  ...I have no spark from coil to distributor. I wiggled ignition key and still no good, IDEAS HELP, had to be towed home, still...
• Re: size of nut (bolt?) on crankcase pulley?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:57:17 -0600
  ...I was getting an ignition pulse. to the injectors. What I'm saying here is -before tearing into the distributor, make sure all connections...
• static timing help!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wies
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 21:55:38 EDT
  ...to condenser wire, ignition on. Move crank pulley slowly, voltmeter jumps to 12V at 7.5BTDC after some adjustment. *Tighten distributor*. Start engine, idles...
• f/ Distributor cam lube.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:40:48 CST6CDT
  ...well, i have a tube of Ignitionlube (TM) that my father DID give to me. very old. still plenty left. probably last my lifetime...
• Re: Vacuum Line Routing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:21:28 -0800
  ...vacume advance on the ignition > distributor. I have a "T" in the line coming off the intake air > distributor but don't remember where...
• Re: Real time help needed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 28 Mar 2020 17:15:40 -0700
  ...Remove distributor cap > > Pull center wire from cap and set end of wire on metal > > Loosed the 13mm nut that holds the distributor clamp...
• Re: Ignition Coil Wire Routing
  Historical mailing list - Dave Seasholtz
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 14:56:53 -0500
  ...on the > ignition coil on my 1982 air cooled westy. I have a green wire from the > points/condenser in the distributor, a wire...
• Re: How Long Does it Take Your Van to Warm up? Cont.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:19:35 -0400
  ...The ignition is a separate system and idle speed stabilization is done by advancing the ignition timing. The distributor uses both vacuum and mechanical...
• Re: need afm to throttle body hose aircooled,
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 10:38:07 -0700
  ...The California models have electronic ignition (different coil and distributor, and ICU, and the different wiring harness that works with them), different FI components...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Ignition System
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:06:39 -0400
  ...2.1 WBX ignition system. It seems quite conventional, the ECU pulses the coil, the spark goes to the distributor and then on to...
• Re: Emisson Control unit question
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:33:48 -0400
  ...Thanks, Doug >Actually, turning on the ignition only starts the ECU. The ECU then runs >the pump for a few seconds to bring up...
• Re: Wierd (Ignition?) Problem...
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:58:46 -0500
  ...I even > have remote start installed and that doesn't work so it isn't the > ignition switch. The Distributor is original with 209...
• Re: electronic ignition
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:57:53 -0600
  compufire does not make a unit for your distributor. If some VW parts dealer says they do he's lying to you to make...
• Re: Slow cranking with fully charged battery
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 21 Mar 2016 11:38:56 -0400
  ...ignition system are up to snuff. This includes your grounds. Also make sure that there is nothing funky going on with your distributor. Slow...
• Re: Unleaded Regular or Unleaded Premium?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:17:33 -0800
  ...Distributor with vacuum advance and vacuum > retard - generally considered the best performance non-knock sensor > distributor. If there was a knock sensing ignition present...
• Timing theory
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 14:39:30 -0600
  ...also built into the distributor)? And finally, surely there are cars without distributors. Do they have a separate ignition coil for each cylinder? thanks...
• Re: What next? ... GREMLINS STILL OCCUPY 80 CA VANAGON
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 17:47:42 -0800
  ...body of the distributor grounding out the signal the ECU uses to sense rpm and pistion position. No signal, no ignition and no fuel...
• Re: Passed Smog Test! (one more question)
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Thu, 08 Feb 1996 07:55:30 -0500
  ...Visual > Inspection: > ... > Ignition Spark Controls > Carburetor Oh, yeah, one more question: How do they know if you have non-standard distributor or something? Is...
• Re: intermittent fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:38:39 -0400
  ...hall sender in the distributor sends a signal that not only tells the injectors to fire, and the ignition system to spark but also...
• Re: Looking for some more 1.9l Vanagon Thermostat Housings
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Tue, 21 Mar 2017 17:52:46 -0400
  ...I am also in > > need of some 1.9l ignition distributors. If you have either in decent > > condition, please email me. > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Ken Wilford...
• Re: Plastic bag over distributor..
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Sun, 12 Nov 1995 14:06:28 -0500 (EST)
  ...My '90 has a black plastic bag that is designed to fit over > the distributor, and ignition leads. It has elastic at the bottom...
• Re: GAUGES
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 14:02:59 -0500
  Scott, Bosch makes a rev-limiting ignition rotor. At a preset RPM, it disconnects the ignition path to the distributor cap. I'll have...
• On 2.1L is TDC the U groove on pulley?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 14:07:50 -0500
  ...2500rpm with temp II disconnect but in the engine section under Ignition distributor installing, page 13.39 the white arrow in the picture is...
• Re: WTB: Injector Driver Module
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:53:30 -0700
  ...The part number you refer > to is correctly called an Ignition Control Module - runs the Hall Unit > on the distributor. Fits 79 Cal Bus...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:33:12 -0500
  This was caused by pre-ignition. Ping, knock, whatever some wish to call it. Most likely cause is over-advanced ignition timing and maybe...
• Re: Mystery Part unveiled
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 16:44:28 -0500
  ...Ignition doo-hickey >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Its entirely disconnected and there are points in the distributor. However the condenser (looks like) is mounted on the outside of...
• Re: Wierd (Ignition?) Problem...
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:00:32 -0800
  ...the distributor. When the right wire breaks, no power gets in to the Hall sender. No power, no signal. No signal, no ignition. To...
• Re: Help with van bucking and spitting
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 09:51:17 -0500
  ...Coil Distributor Rotor Cap Ignition Wires ************* Plugs Check all your ignition circuit connections: at the coil and at the distributor. Make sure that you...
• Re: Fridae Question about ignition timing..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:22:25 -0700
  ...Check for distributor shaft side play...shouldn't be any of course. change to electronic ignition if you can. Really 'wakes up' and points...
• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:37:50 -0700
  ...I removed the > distributor and will take it down to have the sensor tested tomorrow morning. > > If it is the sensor, anybody have a...
• Re: '81 Vanagon Ignition Weirdness
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 95 09:59:12 +0200
  ...allow the fuel mixture from the manifold to come into the distributor, you have enough sparks there to ignite it. Also, the engine could...
• Ignition Timing Procedure 1986+ Vanagon 2.1L Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:45:09 -0800
  ...If not loosen distributor and make adjustment. Don't forget to retighten the distributor if you had to loosen it. Tabe, I don't...
• 2.1 WBX Ignition System
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:09:32 -0300
  ...2.1 WBX ignition system. It seems quite conventional, the ECU pulses the coil, the spark goes to the distributor and then on to...
• Re: 86 running problem
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:16:15 EST
  ...Filters, distributor cap and rotor, plugs, and then go through the tests of the ignition system that Bentley discribes. If you have another 86...
• Help Needed with Ignition Problem 86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - William Ward
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 21:04:25 -0600
  ...I've replaced spark plugs, rotor cap, distributor cap and ignition coil with no change in the problems. My local VW specialist knows mechanics...
• Re: Mystery Electrical Trouble
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 14:30:19 -0400
  ...ignition controller inside the ECU (2.1l, right?) You're getting extra ignition pulses, either the driver is going nuts or the distributor is...
• Has anyone R&R'd the distributor in a sy
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Apr 1996 10:00:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...ignition system since it really isn't running smoothly and my local mech scoped it and found some problems he relates to the distributor...
• Re: 2.1 distributor drive gear installation question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:59:06 -0700
  ...When it is wrong you will find it impossible to adjust ignition timing. With #1 piston at TDC the distributor rotor will point to...
• Re: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:58:26 -0800
  re "disable the ignition by pulling the coil wire from the distributor cap - then pull a fuel hose in the engine compartment and activate...
• Re: Hall sender/advance ?'s
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 21 May 2001 11:18:34 -0700
  The Digiject FI system and the hall sending ignition are totally separate from each other in the 1.9L wasserboxers. The ignition system in...
• 82 I4 rough idle
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:09:29 -0800
  ...Hall effect ignition. Stable idle, but rough. No apparant vacuum leaks. ( ie no change in idle after spraying carb cleaner around the fittings etc...
• Bad distributor (was: Re: testing the ignition coil (85 1.9L))
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 17:22:37 -0500
  ...I have determined that it wasn't the coil at fault, nor the ignition control unit. Nor the distributor cap, or the idle control...
• Re: Throttle Switch and Failure to Start.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 07:38:30 -0400
  ...Carefully clean distributor cap inside and outside, all HV ignition wires, end of coil where the wires attach. Reconnect wires properly :-) Larry A.
• Re: timing the 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:39:31 -0800
  ...http://www.oldvolkshome.com/ignition.htm#V8384 > > 1985: http://www.oldvolkshome.com/ignition.htm#V1985 > > One more thing to keep in mind when timing...
• Re: spark plugs: 8 plugs in a 4-banger!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 14:35:28 -0700
  ...that set up? dual ignitions/coils/distributors? > or just one setup with 2 leads for each cylinder at > the distributor? > > > > ===== > Sudhir Desai > desa4622@kettering...
• Re: Hot Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 3 Nov 2005 11:19:23 -0500
  ...Turned out to be something down inside the distributor.Forget what it was called.Part of the electronic ignition. The heat caused the problem...
• Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:18:12 -0500
  ...I removed the distributor and will take it down to have the sensor tested tomorrow morning. If it is the sensor, anybody have a...
• Re: What coil part number for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:21:25 -0700
  ...two different ones could be used depending on the > > distributor cap and/or ignition wires being used on 83.5-85 models > > > > Bosch 00041...
• Re: 84 and 85 engine differences?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 12 Apr 1998 20:48:21 -0700
  ...The distributors are different as shown on my ignition.html webpage on my site. They could be interchangeable between 84 and 85, but I...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:56:00 -0800
  It would be very handy to have a spare distributor to try. you might check for wet-fouled spark plugs first thing. After that...
• Re: testing the ignition coil (85 1.9L)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:11:23 -0400
  ...if no spark, pull off >> coil wire at distributor and again crank and look for a spark a few mm to >> ground. if no...
• Re: Strange No Start
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 15:58:45 -0600
  ...Seems like the > failure is somewhere between the coil wire and the end of the individual > ignition wires. > > Could the ignition wires be bad...
• Re: 88 GL Distributor Woes Continue - on and on --
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:46:07 -0500
  ...plug disconnected - the ignition key on - I ground the >> center pin connection on the connector - and checked the coil to >> distributor wire against a...
• Re: The "syndrome" solutions
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 21:47:34 -0500
  ...Being the > hall sensor in the distributor it must also used by the ignition to time > the spark plugs in each cylinder while the...
• Name your price for used 85 1.9L parts!
  Historical mailing list - Weibel, Pius
  Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:07:22 -0600
  ...it) distributor ECU A set of heads (also less than 10K miles) near complete wiring harness for engine power steering/assist pump ignition control...
• Re: i dont know!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 11:36:27 +0200
  ...In an ignition system, this phenomenon is put to work by the action of a shutter wheel in the distributor that interrupts the field...
• Re: 91 dead on the freeway tech expertise needed !
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:32:34 EST
  ...It is the solid state equivalent of ignition points. Resides in the distributor. Ken Lewis
• Re: FW: Time to check the fuel lines! R & R !! No burnt VW's in 2005!
  Historical mailing list - Detroit Bus
  Sat, 1 Jan 2005 16:04:00 -0500
  ...I thought it was an ignition prob because I took apart the distributor cap to make room for the fuel lines Turns out the...