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• Re: Noisy lifters, rockers, at startup, etc (long)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:11:06 -0400
  ...cranking the engine with coil wire disconnected at distributor cap and grounded to block with a clip lead is fine, but leaving the disconnected...
• Re: What is the best grease for CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:23:56 -0500
  ...I once made a temporary repair to a crack in a distributor (while away from home) with this stuff. Mike ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the...
• Re: '79 Bus emissions controller
  Historical mailing list - Bob
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 10:11:50 -0500
  ...He bought a new computer, 2 air flow meters (both bad, BTW), air injector valve, 3 distributor caps/rotors/points, new double relay, and...
• Re: Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:55:09 -0400
  ...Coil, distributor pick up, bad cap, >rotor, etc. > If you have spark, them check for fuel delivery. This can be done by >removing the...
• Fuel injector question - non starting
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 10:55:13 -0700
  ...Things I've checked: - I believe I'm getting fuel as I've pulled off the fuel line at the plastic distributor rail with...
• Re: Dead Sparking Plug!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:52:08 -0800
  ...First looked at > the distributor - near new. Next tested the lead by running the engine > and putting a strobe on it. totally dead. Pulled...
• Timing Questions
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 10:16:34 -0600 (CST)
  ...With the tachometer attached to the distributor side of the coil, I should read the 8-cylinder RPM scale and multiply by 2 to...
• Re: The '71 single cab that isn't
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 08 Sep 1995 09:02:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Completely stock 1970 parts except the 009 distributor, but I also have the original (vacuum diaphragm) distributor too. I also have a set of...
• Adjusting valves on '91 Carat?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 08:40:29 EDT
  ...I have set the distributor to show #1 at TDC and after figeting with the push rods to get them to fully seat, have...
• Re: Ignition Failures
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Mon, 3 Feb 2014 22:34:06 -0500
  ...I happened to have another distributor handy with a good hall sender - so Installed it in Ol' Red. Fired right up it did. Decided...
• 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...
• Re: CIS Puzzler (Jetta content only)
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 10:34:14 -0500
  ...The transmission seems to shift > smoothly between gears and is full of fluid. > > If I turn the distributor counterclockwise a bit the idle goes...
• Re: Ignition Timing - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:19:10 -0500
  ...Restart the engine, loosen the distributor collar bolt (10mm wrench), tweak the idle to within the range specified on the sticker on the back...
• Re: westys & climbing mountain roads
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 14 Feb 2016 09:08:10 -0800
  ...if your engine is stock 1.9 or 2.1 here what I do: - keep the engine well tuned and clean (spark lugs, distributor...
• Re: Surging idle on '87 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 9 Oct 2014 08:02:31 -0400
  ...Been tuned up, new hall sensor and distributor too. Says idle > stabilizer hums like it should. He may have messed up the throttle body...
• Looking for 2.1l engine complete in Florida area
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 7 Jan 2014 13:45:47 -0500
  I have a customer that needs a good, used 2.1l engine along with the wiring harness, ecu, distributor, idle stabilizer, idle air valve...
• Re: Dealers and Vanagons, was Re: Pics Of The Blue Star
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:06:12 -0600
  ...Even parts that I have determined are available from the distributor, Cable refuses to even try to look up. A new dealer has opened...
• f/ Distributor cam lube.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:40:48 CST6CDT
  someone had made a joking reference that one tube of this stuff will last a lifetime and can be handed down to future generations...
• Re: Martha's Stroy about Gas Smells
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 23:39:50 -0700
  ...But when they get old, they loosen up, eventually >pop off, and spray fuel all over your nice, sparky generator and/or >distributor. Red...
• hot starting problem
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 15:04:54 -0500
  ...Spark plugs, wires, distributor cap, and rotor are all new. Could the charcoal canister subsystem be a source of problems? Engine starts fine cold...
• Re: 84 Vanagon PsychoCar
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:08:44 -0500
  ...you considered an electrical problem? Clean your grounds, check and test distributor cap, rotor, and plug wires, is the alternator putting out the proper...
• '85 Digijet Timing
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:20:43 -0400
  ...Disconnecting the vacuum lines on the distributor did not affect the timing at idle. (Haynes says to disconnect them, Bentley says no.) I am...
• My Census Info
  Historical mailing list - Theresa Rennert
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 17:18:46 -0700
  ...Currently I am an inside sales pro for cellular resellers and distributors. Oh yeah, baby, I can cut you a deal! Education: Product of...
• Re: 87 Won't Start - Part III
  Historical mailing list - Various
  Thu, 28 Aug 2003 20:56:17 -0300
  Whith it seeming to only fire on two cylinders, first things I'd check are the distributor/rotator my 2� worth Fred -----Original Message...
• Re: 1986 VanagonGL Auto - Mileage
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Tue, 3 May 2005 07:03:42 EDT
  ...Engine has been gone >> through once or twice by my mechanic. Distributor has been replaced & >> retimed. >> Right now, I am getting a little over...
• For Canucks Only -what kind of battery?
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:51:35 -0800
  ...http://www.batterydirect.com/en/battery_distributor_british_columbia Regards Phil Z. Campbell River, BC -------------------------
• Re: Hall Effect Sender? Speedo question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Thu, 29 May 2008 14:32:30 -0700
  ...without my Bentley close to > hand, I seem to recall that the distributor on post-86 buses has a hall > effect sender on it...
• Re: Looking for parts
  Historical mailing list - pepperd
  Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:26:27 -0700
  ...for the purple vacuum line and restrictor that connect to > the distributor advance mechanism and to the charcoal canister valve. > Anyone has those for...
• Re: Buyers beware - Fuel tank sealing kits
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 25 May 2012 19:40:03 -0500
  I agree - it could be nothing more than part a selection out of a misleading distributor parts catalog by the vendor. And if this...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:36:34 -0800
  ...you might enjoy this ...years ago in the 70's I worked on some Dodge V-8 ...had the distributor out ... needed to know...
• Re: Zoooooom!
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 12:35:42 +0100
  ...It was fully 3+ degrees > > retarded. > > > > Working gingerly, right through the moving belts, he loosened the > > distributor and turned it. Immediately the idle smoothed...
• Re: Dead Sparking Plug!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:50:34 -0800
  ...First looked at > the distributor - near new. Next tested the lead by running the engine > and putting a strobe on it. totally dead. Pulled...
• Re: testing Hall sender
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:49:12 -0500
  ...For an easier/safer method use one of >> these >> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=4445 >> >> The distributors connector is too...
• Re: Hall sffect sender/ engine in '90 Vanagon cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 20:03:45 EDT
  ...on my '84 a few months ago and I exchanged the distributor with the one from my parts van. The symptoms I'm currently...
• Re: First, apologies
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:55:50 -0400
  ...Make sure you check the two screws that attach the throttle body to the air distributor first, that was the biggest air-leak on...
• Re: 88 vanagon gl "issues"
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:53:52 -0800
  ...Some questions: > > > > > > The TEMPII sensor is a real good candidate. > > > > > > > > > Where exactly is the TEMPII sensor? > > > > > > There are some wires/traces under the distributor...
• Re: What coil part number for my van?)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:56:48 EDT
  ...The one with the "pin in the hole" goes with the new style distributor cap that has "pins in the holes" and therefore all...
• Re: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 17:11:54 -0700
  Ok. They have the pin listed under "engine", not "ignition" http://techtonicstuning.com/main/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_13_61...
• Image links. Bosch Rotor and cap (Jetta engine in vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 24 Jan 2017 12:13:14 -0800
  ...That was with distributor installed but clamp at base removed. > -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https...
• Re: Throttle Switch and Failure to Start.
  Historical mailing list - Raceing Cajun
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 07:20:28 -0500
  ...Carefully clean distributor cap inside and outside, all HV ignition wires, end of coil where the wires attach. Reconnect wires properly :-) Larry A.
• Re: Propane fridges: '76-'79
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Thu, 20 Jul 1995 11:45:26 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I got it from a propane distributor in Canada, but you might be able to order it from an RV store in the US...
• Re: Wretched Excess
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 04 Apr 1996 12:20:19 EST
  ...the end of the cargo deck to accommodate the carb and distributor. I should have taken some measurements from the V-8 while I...
• Timing on rebuilt engine
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 20 May 1999 15:39:21 -0400
  ...I have swapped ECU and distributor one at a time with another 1.9l, no change. Engine appears to be shy of power, not...
• 1.9l Vanagon waterboxer Complete FS $900
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:17:17 EDT
  This is a good running engine with new waterpump, new distributor cap and rotor, new plugs, and wires, new muffler, oxygen sensor, and passenger...
• Re: the nuts and bolts of exhaust work thinking like a plumber
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Tue, 8 Apr 2003 09:49:52 -0700
  ...Contact your local sealant distributor. The local FLAPS won't have it and probably won't know what you're talking about. <http://www...
• Re: engine stopped-HELP
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:35:00 -0400
  ...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: Bosch Grease
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 21:08:24 -0700
  ...Tim, > >I'm not sure where you're getting your Distributor Lube (5 700 002 005) >from, but I pay less then $6.00...
• Re: tune-up 20 ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:37:36 EST
  ...Wires should be changed at 20 thou.We handle a 009 performance distributor and a electronic system that is compatable with it .You will...
• Re: 2.1 won't run when hot
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:49:05 -0400
  ...Whether or not it stops flashing, one way or another, that should help you isolate your problem. (Temp sensor? Distributor? coil? Computer?) --tabe johnson...
• Re: new slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:16:38 -0500
  ...The bucking from a broken distributor wire has caused lasting problems. When shifting into first(at a stop sign), I sometimes slip into reverse...
• backfireing ---stumbleing,stalling and worse,when cold
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:57:26 -0700
  ...Any ideas? I noticed little slots where the vaccum advance attaches to the distributor,on the1.9. Is this for an adjustment? Maybe I...
• Re: Tune up help pleeassseee!
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 10:54:36 EDT
  ...distributor) >> >> two things here to visually inspect (and listen !) fuel injectors >and >> distributor,depending on both the age and mileage of the car >consider...
• Re: The coninuing distributer saga - LOOONG
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sat, 1 May 2010 15:46:00 -0400
  ...If he had done each task separately then he would have to pull the FI parts, swap the distributor, re-install the FI parts...
• Re: first try = first run = no running anymore
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:25:12 -0500
  ...I think this because when I >> removed the distributor to inspect it last night I couldn't easily turn the >> center shaft until i...
• Re: testing Hall sender
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:41:28 -0500
  ...For an easier/safer method use one of > these > http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=4445 > > The distributors connector is too...
• Re: Fantastic New Discount Parts Source
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Jul 1996 16:28:13
  ...I imagine I could set up an account with this distributor as well. My main interest is air-cooled busses, so I doubt that...
• Re: Coil Fires, 7.5KOhms
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:14:05 -0700
  ...The field induced by the saturated core collapses and causes a high voltage spike to occur on the secondary lead to the distributor. This...
• Report on buslab boys, the story continues
  Historical mailing list - Fryday
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:33:45 -0800
  ...A week later, one of the distributor cables failed, so I brought it back and they fixed it in a minute. Last week, had...
• Re: O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:27:20 -0500
  ...Bosch distributor, and it is confirmed by the fact that literally hundreds of other listmembers and customers are using them as I write this...
• Re: O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:27:20 -0500
  ...Bosch distributor, and it is confirmed by the fact that literally hundreds of other listmembers and customers are using them as I write this...