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• Re: Need ideas for serious No-start condition, please
  Historical mailing list - dennis_betty
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 16:07:57 -0800
  ...rotor/distributor cap; > > 2. Maybe something to do with the distributor advance, or timing - > dunno; > > 3. ground circuits (shot in the dark) - it's...
• Re: rattle INSIDE engine
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 5 Sep 2005 13:37:00 -0400
  ...Is there anything in there >> > that can get loose and rattle? >> > My other guess would be the distributor drive. Is there supposed to be...
• Re: Hall sender + ignition control unit electronics
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:40:30 -0400
  ...That's why I want to know what's inside. > Bit tricky to replace that part in the distributor. Why tricky? The bently procedure...
• Re: To waterboxer or not to waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:14:38 -0500
  ...The 1.9liter Vanagons, (Digijet) used a distributor with built in advance mechanisms. The 2.1 liter (Digifant) do all ignition timing advance functions...
• Re: Dead Cylinder -91 Carat - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:19:40 -0700
  ...Using my ECU Monitor, the ignition path is good to the >> distributor. From the distributor to the plugs checks good with a strobe >> and...
• Vacuum hose slipping off fitting
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 6 Oct 2014 08:49:03 -0700
  ...Looking for a 83-85 distributor Excuse the unknowing question and possible thread jack but how do you check the vacuum advance? I have...
• Re: good news, I think
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:06:45 -0800
  ...Thursday, December 22, 2011, 1:21 PM new distributor cap, cleaned the spark plugs, and I'm not sure what else. The bill is...
• Inermittant Ignitoin , 87 wbxr ECU, David care to take a crack at it ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Jul 2011 13:29:17 -0700
  ...Put in another distributor ............then it got real bad, backfiring and cutting out 20 times in 4 miles. tried another distributor, still cut out...
• Re: Another coil fire
  Historical mailing list - ron
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:19:03 +1000
  ...The distributor won't stop in the same place every time. I remember my father taking the distributor cap off and inserting a piece...
• Re: [Syncro] Coil Confusion
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 21:21:59 -0700
  ...Joy! On my old coil, there > >is a post inside where the wire to the distributor > >attaches (the "spark plug" type wire). The wire...
• Re: Diesel AC question. WHat triggers the clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:26:12 -0500
  ...Diesels don't have a distributor... > > So, on vw diesel engines, what controls the compressor > clutch? Is there an automatic switch that will turn...
• Re: Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:43:50 -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: Grills, grills, grills
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:17:45 -0700
  ...TF distributors aren't falling all over Bell Industries offering a discount? LOL. All I can say, aside from the obvious potential draw back...
• Re: cooling system leak
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:44:30 -0700
  ...though an ABA has that, at least in some versions. .. > no distributor ...that's nice on a subaru 2.2. > > sorry ..just looked corroded...
• Re: '79 Transporter-High Idle
  Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
  Sat, 18 May 1996 20:55:39 -0700 (PDT)
  ...There is some kind of funky vacuum advance/retard system on the distributor that requires the idle timing to be after TDC instead of...
• Re: Ignition Coil Wire Routing
  Historical mailing list - Dave Seasholtz
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 14:56:53 -0500
  ...I have a green wire from the > points/condenser in the distributor, a wire coming from the fuel > injection control unit, and a double...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - John Clavin
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 09:06:07 -0600
  ...Pre-'86, there is no Idle Stabilizer *Valve*, only the electronic Idle Stabilizer connected to the distributor circuitry. The former may connect as you...
• Re: vanagon ASI camper conversions....Re: Is a black interior common?? THANKS ALL
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 20:30:08 -0700
  ...tho the ASI was nicknamed the "riviera" ...might > have something to do w/ riviera motors..maybe they were the main distributor > for the ASI...
• Re: Propane Conversion for Vanagon--head north!
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:44:17 -0500
  ...Imagine if you will pulling into your local propane distributor and asking them "to fill it with regular" <<G>> Twin 40 lb. tanks should...
• Re: Solvent / Chemical Guru needed - Sikaflex-227 removal
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:03:33 -0600
  ...Easiest way to get it is go to a Plexiglass distributor, it comes in metal cans and is used as a plexiglass solvent/glue...
• Re: Any tricks for priming oil pump?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 9 Jul 2011 14:39:52 -0700
  ...Finally I made a drive shaft to fit into distributor drive hole (dist. removed). Spinning the driveshaft with power drill turned the pump and...
• Re: Engine Interrupted. Any Ideas, Please?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:37 -0700
  ...Even I can >> recognize a distributor if its there. >> I will keep your coil/points/distributer ideas in mind when I see the new...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:15:44 -0800
  ...The > > > distributor > > rotor is pointing to the the #1 tower of the cap and > the firing order is > > 1-3-4-2. > > 4. I...
• FS: Lot of Vanagon parts,2 engines in Southern Wisconsin
  Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:44:21 -0500
  ...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: removing upper engine tin?
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Sun, 5 Oct 2003 08:46:00 -0400
  ...I did NOT remove the air distributor, auxiliary air valve, thermo time switch, nor fan housing. You may have to remove the fan housing...
• Re: 85 westi still wiff a prooblamo
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 3 May 2004 21:58:05 -0400
  ...replaced 2 pushrods > adjusted timing after swapping out distributor (plastic push on > connector on distributor was cracked in half) but still worked fine > timing...
• Re: No start..... rebuilt engine.... over my head...
  Historical mailing list - Stephen DeMocko
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:41:32 -0700
  ...The little notch on the distributor was 90 deg rotated. Put the engine at TDC a different way at check to see which location...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Ignition System
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:06:39 -0400
  ...There should also be a metal or carbon plastic cover on the distributor cap. The VW wires rarely go bad although I have seen...
• Re: re: most excellent cleaner
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 Nov 1995 19:25:15 -0500
  ...When we were done we dried out the distributor and off we went, wet, dirty, and happy, at least I got dirty doing this...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's normal again.
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:40:12 -0500
  ...It is my belief that an open circuit in the coil secondary -- from unplugged distributor wire -- would not alter the primary characteristics enough to...
• Re: Surging engine
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:20:22 -0500
  ...Also take the cap off your distributor and peek inside with a flashlight and make sure the wires on the hall sender are good...
• Re: VW-TIMING ON A '71 BUS
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 6 Jan 95 14:45:22 PST
  > > advance distributor. I've traditionally set the timing to 0 TDC using a > timing strobe and all vacc. lines attached at 850 RPM and...
• low rpm flat spot
  Historical mailing list - Dann-o
  Thu, 10 Nov 1994 11:09:58 -0600 (CST)
  ...The only problem is I cannot find the leak! I think it is in the conical gasket between the air distributor and the throttle...
• Won't run
  Historical mailing list - John Andersen
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 18:03:28 -0800
  ...I have replaced the AFM with a rebuilt one and changed the distributor to one where the plug for the hall sender isn't...
• Re: Vacuum Advance/retard Dist. connections?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 5 May 2000 08:13:44 -0700
  ...connections? > I have been told that I have a Vacuum advance/retard distributor on my engine which was used on the 76 Bus and...
• Re: loss of power
  Historical mailing list - Mladen, Zoran
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:00:48 -0700
  ...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: why bosch points go bad prematurely
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 18:41:20 -0500
  I was told by a pretty reliable source that the material used on the fiber block which follows the distributor cam is made in...
• Re: "On the cheap" tune-up
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:09:24 -0700
  >Seems to me we used to do this all the time -- clean the distributor cap >contacts with emery paper. In a pinch, I've...
• Re: The word from RVMobile
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 13:42:16 -0700
  ...his word, TJ got back to me. > >> Jeremy; >> >> According to my distributor, the parts you are looking for are no >> longer >> available. >> >> T.J...
• Troubles in VanLand
  Historical mailing list - UWannaDeaL2
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 02:42:53 -0500
  ...start- spark weak Have changed 1. fuel pump (getting fuel) 2. distributors-(new Bosch cap and rotor) 3. computer 4. AFM Battery A-OK...
• Re: Alternator with "W" connector
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 11:10:19 -0400
  ...With out this signal you need to provide a signal from a distributor to run the tach., whitch diesels obviously don't have. ERic...
• bad hall control unit = no spark?
  Historical mailing list - jeff kennedy
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 07:44:30 -0700
  ...Its got 12V to terminal 1 and 15, but nothing on the distributor end of the plug wire. Any other ideas? The ECU reports...
• Tune up and 283,000 miles
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:17:01 EDT
  I just completed replacing spark plugs, distributor cap, rotor, filters, changed oil and replaced the water pump and associated hoses. The bearing in the...
• Re: Dead Cylinder -91 Carat - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:04:54 -0400
  ...Using my ECU Monitor, the ignition path is good to the > distributor. From the distributor to the plugs checks good with a strobe > and...
• Re: Bus Depot faucet
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:35:07 -0400
  ...I believe Fred emailed you sometime today, because our Maval distributor just got back to us this morning. The rack comes with a lifetime...
• Crossed coil wires, Any possible damage??
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 18:27:43 -0800
  ...While trouble shooting the other day I broke out my can of contact cleaner and cleaned the connections on the coil, distributor plug, Hall...
• Re: removed my distro last night 85gl
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:07:20 -0600
  ...I was trying to solve an idle control problem, but the distributor wasn't it. Mark Ingalls 85 GL >From: "Joseph Fortino" <fortino1@onebox...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 15 Feb 2004 01:08:24 -0500
  ...occasionally, electrical interference can be reduced by applying a small amount to the central contact point and tip of distributor rotor. dlk On Thu...
• Injector Ordeal-OVER!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:27:22 +0000
  ...This morning I remembered that about a month ago I had pulled the distributor. But, I had driven the van quite a bit since...
• Bosch Service Media
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 07:42:45 -0800
  ...An Overview Inline Pump Types PE & PF Governors for Inline Pumps Distributor Pump Type VE Electronics 1 Electronics 2 Engine Electronics Fundamentals of Electrotechnology...
• Re: Dead Cylinder -91 Carat - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 15 Oct 2014 09:16:37 -1000
  ...Using my ECU Monitor, the ignition path is good to the > distributor. From the distributor to the plugs checks good with a strobe > and...
• Re: heresy: my next vanagon-a Honda?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:29:04 -0500
  ...Bad > distributor. This is the headgasket of Hondas. Seized bushing? Honda owners call it the "dreaded red dust problem." Unlike the Vanagon head gasket...
• Re: No spark, what to do
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Mon, 4 Feb 2019 16:24:32 -0500
  ...Do you have a spare distributor? Very hard to find, but Bus Depot has some senders on closeout at http://www.busdepot.com/1237011080...
• Intermittent poor performance at light throttle ('84 1.9L automatic transmission)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 27 May 2011 08:51:45 -0400
  ...Also recently changed rotor and distributor cap and made sure there was no corrosion at connection between spark plugs and plug wires. Timing is...
• Re: Bypassed DIS
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 20 May 2010 12:02:12 -0400
  ...It sits in the middle of the line between the distributor and the ignition module, and arbitrarily starts messing with the timing when the...
• Intermittent rough running Waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dyen Fred D.
  Sat, 18 May 1996 19:01:30 -0800 (AKDT)
  ...this point. I have changed the fuel filter - no noticable change. Distributor cap, rotor, and plugs all appear fine (about 30,000 miles on...
• ground wires/strap (85 vanagon)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 08 May 1996 08:31:43 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Another 1 is connected to the distributor cover. Also, there is a 1/2" flat braided strap, about a foot long, grounded to the...
• Re: '89 Vanagon 10 years of Curiosities and Observations
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:11:51 EDT
  ...Dampness and altitude effecting engine performance could be caused by bad plug wires, bad distributor cap, rotor, plugs, or bad grounds in the engine...
• Re: Mystery Part unveiled
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 08:20:13 EST
  ...I would switch to the "distributor less" ignition system more power to the plugs with NO MORE rotor to wear out. Robert [message/rfc822]
• Re: dist cap and plug wires
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 12 Jul 2000 07:41:31 -0400
  > Can anyone tell me what distributor cap they use on an '84 Van? Parts > catalog calls for 03212, but my VW mechanic sold me...