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• Engine cut off- 90' Westy
  Historical mailing list - Rob Cassam
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 22:29:31 -0500
  ...I have had the distributor replaced recently. They soldered the wires and taped them real good. Any suggestions?? Your tips are greatly appreciated! Thanks...
• AFM values
  Historical mailing list - Per Martin Joraholmen
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:06:15 +0200
  ...Replaced fuel filer Replaced all vacuum hoses Vacuum tested ok New distributor cap Timing set ok New plugs New plug wires Compression ok Fuel...
• OT: Importing goods from Europe
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:13:12 -0700
  ...can illuminate things like dealing with: - customs - exchange rates - North American distributors - direct sales contracts with European firms - warehousing on the continent - shipping from...
• WATER PUMP REPLACEMENT WENT WELL!
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Fri, 30 Dec 2005 21:16:22 -0500
  ...step directions are EXCELLENT! I did not have to remove the distributor or the A/C compressor. Did take me a couple of days...
• No Start
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 15 May 2007 13:18:55 -0400
  I replaced the distributor cap and rotor over the weekend and apparently they were the wrong size. I put the old cap back on...
• Re: Okay READ the subject bar...Hall Effect SPEEDO question.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Thu, 29 May 2008 15:01:21 -0700
  ...I don't see how the signal from a distributor could be used for anything except a tach. > Does that little box at the...
• Update help with 78 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:56:14 -0400
  ...The distributor cap and rotor look new but I am going to replace them today just as a test. I will check the AFM...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:41:48 -0800
  ...The distributor can be put in >> out of phase or incorrectly. >> >> the other thought is .. >> watching the injectors actually spray...hanging out the engine...
• Re: Muffler supplier in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 25 May 2020 15:11:11 -0700
  ...my 85 and got the Gowesty Stainless exhaust from a > Canadian distributor whose name escapes me. Very happy with it. Shipping > was quite reasonable...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 17:47:26 -0800
  Ha. Ok. I'll get right on that. Lol. ;) On Saturday, January 21, 2017, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: Switch to diesel...
• Re: Vacuum System Parts on 1.9 - "Y's" and Constrictors...
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:53:09 -0700
  ...in the control line to the charcoal > canister flush valve; the distributor line (I think it's actually the > retard line but I don...
• Re: Distributer wanted
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:17:33 -0700
  ...Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote: > Does anybody have any good used distributors for an early 1.9? I really > need > just the vacuum unit...
• Ignition Problem
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:51:41 -0800
  ...In the process of replacing the belts, I pulled the distributor wires off of the cap to get at the AC compressor mounting bolts...
• Re: SPARK PLUG WIRE PLACEMENT?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Thu, 2 May 2002 16:41:22 -0700
  ...Sorry again. -eric On 5/2/02 4:35 PM, "Eric Unrau" <eunrau@YAHOO.CA> wrote: > Engine: > 3 1 > 4 2 > > Distributor: > 3 2...
• Van turns but won't fire
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Rafferty
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 21:05:16 -0700
  ...Took high tension lead off distributor,held to eng,turned the key,eng turns but NO SPARK. No spark means no secondary voltage,therefore...
• Re: distro body ground
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:40:42 -0700
  The ground wire is for a steel shell that drops over the distributor cap. Suppose it is for screening of radio interference. Stan On...
• CIS Puzzler (Jetta content only)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 22:43:51 EST
  ...If I turn the distributor counterclockwise a bit the idle goes up and it seems like I have more power, etc (however the timing...
• Window seals and other things
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:39:26 -0500
  ...New discs, calipers, and pads, new water pump, new oil cooler seal, new water pump and oil cooler related hoses, stainless coolant distributor tower...
• Re: Hall Sender- 2.1L engine.
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 09:35:11 -0400
  ...On the post, Windnsea replied that I did not have to remove > the distributor to replace the Hall, but did not provide any details...
• Re: '89 2.1 digifant stalls
  Historical mailing list - Colin Moran
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:27:24 -0500
  ...The hall sensor in the distributor was going bad. I replaced the distributor, I couldn,t find just the hall sensor. My problem has...
• Re: Sputter, sputter, cough cough
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Rafferty
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 20:48:13 -0700
  ...maybe time for rebuilt distributor.... maybe something else. > > > > All suggestions welcomed. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -jspeer > > '89 Westy GL, "Mystery Machine"
• Re: '87 Syncro Weekender for sale
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 11 Jan 2015 17:21:25 -0800
  ...figure, $300) Last ran about 10 years > ago, when the coolant distributor was replaced, the divorce, she dumped the > van on me, etc. Buy...
• Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:37:35 -0700
  ...I'm pullling a known good distributor out of my parts car > to try out this weeekend, - but I'm almost certain it's...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:07:47 -0800
  ...Plus cars don run on magnetos > which do not require external power to operate in the same way a > distributor does. > > John > > On 11...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:29:27 -0500
  ...Plus cars don run on magnetos > which do not require external power to operate in the same way a > distributor does. > > John > > On 11...
• Re: leaking gas when engine is on (long)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:19:10 -0500
  At 06:22 PM 12/10/2009, Bob Stevens wrote: >also a large box fan for circulation, then unplug the middle distributor >wire so...
• location of vacuum hose????
  Historical mailing list - jesse lee reynolds
  Sun, 15 May 1994 21:57:27 -0500 (EST)
  ...I looked, but I couldn't find where the other end goes! Somewher near the intake air manifold/distributor, I think. Regardless, my EGR...
• missing
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 16:35:33 -0500
  ...Put on a new distributor cap, checked the wires and timing and now I am thinking fouled plugs? Could it be in the valves...
• Re: Cap and Rotor Burn-out
  Historical mailing list - Craig Rogers
  Sat, 27 Sep 1997 18:21:37 -0400
  ...The distributor is new so I doubt that is the problem. There was a string about dirt from static build up and the fix...
• Re: Cap and Rotor Burn-out
  Historical mailing list - Craig Rogers
  Wed, 8 Oct 1997 12:13:05 -0400
  ...The distributor is new so I doubt that is the problem. There was a string about dirt from static build up and the fix...
• Syncro Owner's Manual/Shop Manual
  Historical mailing list - "by way of Ron Lussier "
  Mon, 1 Sep 1997 18:10:39 -0700
  ...get a regular Vanagon owner's manual from the CA VW distributor, but he claims there is no manual or supplement specific to the...
• Digifant Hall Sender Question
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:04:56 EDT
  ...The connector itself I can repair but the three wires inside are now just hanging limply out of the side of the distributor. The...
• Engine Surge
  Historical mailing list - Kirk Persing
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:39:04 -0800
  ...good for a while.I jiggled the injector wires,and the distributor plug.I sanded the bracket to bare metal for the ecu to...
• Re: stranded in san francisco...need watercooled westy tech help (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:59:23 +0000
  ...stop the engine operation totally is the Hall sensor in the distributor. The Hall sensor voltmeter check is in the Bentley. Also does the...
• Re: Battery went dead
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:36:14 -0800
  ...When I was a retailer, the Interstate Battery distributor used one, literally, on every top post battery he handled. YMMV, I guess. I've...
• Re: hard starting - cylinder cutting out -87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 2 Jan 2003 18:45:32 -0500
  ...Check the distributor cap and rotor first, since it is easiest. Then go ahead and replace the plugs,cap, rotor and wires; in that...
• Miss at idle?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Fri, 13 May 2016 08:24:47 -0700
  Where to start? Distributor cap and rotor, plugs are < 500 miles old. Wires are < 1 year old (Bosch from Van-Cafe) Timing was done...
• Re: Moral qestion--Now diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01:42 -0500
  ...off timming (or of course a bad or worned distributor) / loose throttle body / offset AFM. Most of the time, i fix that with a...
• Re: Syncro recently moved to Massachusetts
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:26:55 -0700
  ...The Superbeetle had to tow that Japanese car several times, on account of its appetite for devouring distributors. I've owned four Vanagons ('80...
• Re: Help! Cunegonde....
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:31:42 -0700
  ...They had a distributor and rotor in stock, and plugs, wires, and pre-filter first thing Saturday morning. Still not sure what the torque...
• Re: still not starting..
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Hecht
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 18:41:11 -0500
  ...Did you bump the distributor (is it tightened down?) and/or rotate it (changing the timing) in your playing?... if the spark doesn't...
• Re: Ping/Knock/Detonation
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:05:28 -0800
  ...Make > sure the > vacuum retard on the distributor is working to reduce the timing > during part > load to reduce the peak flame temperatures. Pinging...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Sat, 29 Nov 2014 23:20:24 -0600
  ...I wiped the inside of the >> distributor cap with a dry cloth. No change. >>
• Re: Hall sending unit/other electrical??? ('91)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 10:19:32 EDT
  ...So? Could the new Hall sending unit be faulty? Would it be the distributor? Possibly a computer problem? Can any of these be tested...
• Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 08:02:59 -0800
  ...For folks who live in really dry climates, dirt and crud (technical term) : ) can build up on and in the distributor cap, and the...
• Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 13:45:09 -0700
  ...1) Carefully dismentle the distributor and visually check the rotor that is is not somehow broken. 2) Check the distributor cap and pay special...
• Re: Losing power...update
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 06:15:07 -0400
  ...2) removed distributor cap and rotor, wrapped electrical tape around the Hall sender's wires and connectors to eliminate any possibility of shorting - reassembled...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 07:18:17 -0600
  ...but it is a big help if you got a junk distributor. If you distributor is very good with good points I doubt you...
• Re: Engine running COLD
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:06:38 -0600
  ...When my plastic coolant distributor on the right side of my '88 van just in front of the engine failed, I installed a metal...
• Re: Coolant hoses most likely to fail?
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 24 May 2009 03:45:57 +0000
  Scott, Thanks for the reply.  The "water distributor" was replaced a few years ago - so I am all set on that.  On the Thermostat...
• Re: 80 Vangon mystery part?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 10:32:38 -0700
  ...you have? Do you have to buy a new distributor/cap too? > the distributor. I've been using it for about a year and...
• Re: Baffled - still no spark
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:50:29 -0500
  ...Digijet 1.9 system. > Got 12V at the Coil. > Changed; Coil, Distributor, Computer > Connected the idle connections together. > Using a remote starter I have...
• Re: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 14:32:00 -0700
  Also, I did try spreading each end of the pin but I have yet to find a reliable way to steady the work so...
• Re: ground for brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:18:29 -0700
  ...Is it below the coil or below the distributor? I cleaned all the > grounds last fall and now the brake lights don't work...
• Re: Karl Von Salzen - RIP
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:28:54 -0600
  ...My bay sports a Karl > provided steering wheel and distributor. Thanks again. Godspeed. > > Jim Arnott > List Admin > vanagon@gerry
• Correct Weber jetting
  Historical mailing list - Aaron J. Wood
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:51:46 +0000
  ...When the timing is set correctly for the 009 distributor(12-14degrees BTDC), I cant get the idle speed to come below 1500rpm without...
• re: most excellent cleaner
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Nov 1995 19:03:22 -0500
  ...I stick a plastic bag over the distributor cap and secure it with a rubber band, and avoid the cardboard hoses. It' so much...
• Re: JCWhipme where are you?
  Historical mailing list - Philippe Oudot
  Wed, 8 Jan 1997 23:31:53 +0100
  ...please enlighten me: >> >>Just what is a JC Whitney; mail order distributor, box store, chain, >>secret underground arms dealer, or what? >> >>Larry (We don...
• Re: Grease Needle....an important find! Sold ONLY in canada
  Historical mailing list - Leif Paulsen
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:38:23 -1000
  ...She said in the last 6 months she has only sold them to distributors in Canada. She thought that was odd, but they are...
• Re: GAUGES
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 14:02:59 -0500
  ...At a preset RPM, it disconnects the ignition path to the distributor cap. I'll have to locate the part #, but as far as...