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• FWD: FS:VW bug centrifugal distributor
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jul 1996 07:38:57 -0500
  ...FS:VW bug centrifugal distributor > From: pvo@io.com (Peter Van Overen) > Newsgroups: austin.forsale > > I have a Bosch centrifugal advance distributor that I...
• Coolant distributor leak - common? Fixable?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:15:39 -0400
  ...I transferred the entire Syncro cooling set up, and I have leak at the coolant distributor that's at the fire wall. Specifically, the...
• Re: The details of Motronic
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:15:06 -0400
  On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Alex Towner wrote: > 1) how is it possible for a Motronic computer - on a car with a > distributor - to...
• Re: Spark plug wires
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:19:07 -0700
  .........as long as no one has put the distributor in indexed incorrectly. There's a faint mark on the upper edge of the distributor...
• Re: 2.1 water pump r+r
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:18:36 -0700
  If you remove the distributor the easy way, you can't mess up the timing and don't need to later adjust it. Just...
• Why won't my Distributor Cap Fit?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Sun, 22 Sep 2019 21:01:40 -0400
  ...I've bought 2 distributor cap/rotor sets from GoWesty and at least one from FLAPS that don't seem to fit well? It...
• Re: Wasserboxer Distributor into A/C 2.0
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 07:32:28 -0400
  If you mean a 2.1 digifant distributor then check if there is any centrifigual advanve mechanism. I believe these later dist's had...
• rear heat distributor
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 08:51:02 -0700
  I'd either like to sell the Floor mounted heat distributor duct from an '82? (runs from the dashboard between the front seats.) OR...
• Re: Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Sondergaard, Arlene
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 10:27:34 -0700
  ...I guess a new distributor cap and wires are NOT included in a tune up! On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:03 AM...
• Stumbling and Engine Cutout Problem Solved
  Historical mailing list - John Clavin
  Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:09:37 -0600
  ...However, upon removing the distributor, it was apparent that there was a problem. The distributor had over 1/8-inch of end play in...
• Re: Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 10:03:08 -0700
  How long has it been since the distributor cap has been changed? I would attribute it to an old cap that needed changing. After...
• Re: Cap and rotor burn out.
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Roderick (strg)
  Thu, 25 Sep 1997 15:07:29 -0700
  ...The problem was that I was using an offbrand cap and the wrong rotor (it was from an air-cooled 009 distributor). Swapped things...
• Why 3 Different 2.1 Distributors In Use?
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 20:07:58 -0500
  ...But Jim's site warns the AG distributors are *not interchangeable* with earlier versions. So now I am wondering whether there isn't any...
• spark, stumble, and misses...
  Historical mailing list - Jose Antonio Madriz
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 09:27:15 -0400 (EDT)
  ...What i thought initially to be a carburator problem in my '73 bus is manifesting now as a spark/distributor problem. My bus seems...
• 88 GL Distributor Woes Continue - on and on --
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:47:54 -0600
  ...Bad distributor wire - Or - heaven forbid but most likely - dead coil. No parts on hand tonight - so Monday I will be at my parts...
• Re: Screen ring a necessity ?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 15:16:35 -0800
  Philip Menchions wrote: > > I just finished removing a badly rusted screen ring from the distributor > cap. All along I had thought it was an...
• Mystery Part unveiled
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:43:29 -0700
  ...DuOh what else could it be! Its entirely disconnected and there are points in the distributor. However the condenser (looks like) is mounted on...
• No more free distributor and coil
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 18:57:37 -0400
  One of our long-time listees had finished his Saturday chores, and was still sober enough to make it to the keyboard...the distributor...
• Re: Engine dies, now which distributor?? (long winded)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:34:33 -0800
  ...I know that the distributor caps :::and :::rotors are different for the 90-91 models, but are the distributors still :::interchangeable with the old...
• Re: Distributor woes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:35:02 -0700
  ...Fwd: [VANAGON] Distributor woes I popped off the cap and checked the rotor. It and the shaft spun freely.? No t good.? I tried...
• Re: [vanagon] Vanagon distributor
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:31:13 -0400
  ...I noticed that the > distributor looks like a .009 but the rotor shaft is narrower. Does > anyone know about these distributors? > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor...
• Re: New distributor missing hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:21:12 -0700
  ...The black connecting piece on the side of the distributor is the exposed half of the hall unit (or should be). Bosch 1237 010...
• Non-Bosch Distributor
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 09:20:53 -0400
  ...The folks who sold me Ramona replaced her distributor with a Standard (name brand), and not a Bosch.....how important is it that I...
• Re: '87 Coil changed, still no spark and spray
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Wed, 30 May 2012 09:09:47 -0400
  Just a reminder that if you do remove the distributor, I have been warned that you should never turn over the engine---at all...
• air cooled ignition distributor questions
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:13:25 -0400
  Hello List, I think that the distributor in my 83 Air cooled westy needs to be replace/rebuilt. I am planning to disassemble it...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 10:20:23 -0800
  ...that may be loose somehow, allowing distributor shaft and > the rotor to move up too tightly against the contact on the distributor > cap... > For...
• Re: EV and other Distributors
  Historical mailing list - Pelikan
  Mon, 19 May 1997 14:27:33 -0400
  ...No distributor problems! My guess is yours won't give you any more trouble either... 8^) Michael Pelikan '74 Super Sun Bug - see it...
• 2.1L distributor- 205M/205AC
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Tue, 22 Apr 2003 18:54:34 EDT
  Recently I obtained two replacement distributors due to my dist. hall sensor failure. On examining the two replacements one is a 205M-like the...
• The details of Motronic
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 00:58:31 -0400
  ...The computer can adjust the timing of the entire distributor, by changing when electrical energy is released inside the distributor via the hall sensor...
• Re: Rotor Position?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:22:06 -0700
  If it really is on # 1 cylinder on compression, The rotor is going to point to that cylinders distributor cap terminal, period. Or it...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:44:00 -0500
  ...Actually it was not the distributor but the drive shaft. During a reassembly, the distributor drive shaft had been dropped in 180 degrees out...
• Re: Ignition screw ups
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:59:08 -0800
  ...Although far fetched, and shouldn't have happened, is it possible the drive gear for distributor is out by a tooth or two? I...
• Re: Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 09:20:13 -0500
  I had this problem and it turned out to be a defective Hall sender in the distributor as well ('85 Vanagon here). This was...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 29 Nov 2014 15:39:14 -0800
  On 11/29/2014 3:15 PM, Raymond Markett wrote: > Did you check inside the distributor cap for condensation? Thanks for the suggestion. I...
• Intermittent Cutout
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 25 May 2001 02:29:14 -0800
  Fred, A known fault to check is the wire harness connector to the distributor. Evidently the wire path through the connector into the distributor...
• Re: Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:33:30 -0800
  As long as you swap the timing clamps along with the distributors you should be able to move them back and forth without worrying...
• Motor cranking but do not start
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Wed, 19 May 2004 23:30:10 -0400
  ...The small connector on the distributor is very loose. There are 3 small wires (red, black and gray) which come out from the distributor...
• Re: Random Instant Shutdown
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:29:41 -0700
  I just tried unplugging the distributor hall connector on an 87. The fuel pump cycles every time the key is turned on, whether the...
• Re: Help Help 009 Distributor?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Nov 1994 14:49:56 -0800
  The 009 is a mechanical advance distributor- that means that the advance is strictly determined by how fast the engine turns. The vacuum advance...
• Re: distributor connection on 90 westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 13:54:15 -0500
  ...On the other side of the distributor >is an unknown electrical tab connection on the housing. I have no wire >attached to this. Can...
• Coolant distributor (manifold?)...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Mon, 6 Dec 1999 07:47:28 -0600
  Does anyone know where I can get a coolant distributor? Went to the BusDepot website and it's not listed there. Is this a...
• Re: Why won't my Distributor Cap Fit?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Mon, 23 Sep 2019 07:29:46 -0400
  ...There is a little internal slot that needs to line up with the distributor properly as well. On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 9...
• Re: Broken timing gear?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:53:48 -0400
  ...There should be a spring between the drive and the distributor to hold it down and push the distributor shaft up. Once the drive...
• Re: Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:46:15 -0500
  ...What gives > out there in parts land? > And if anyone has a known good distributor for sale I might be intereste4d. >
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:40:26 -0700
  I'm about 95% sure it's the Hall Generator in the distributor. If I hook a timing light to the spark wires and...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:25:52 -0500
  I once had a bad rotor (Bosch) in a SAAB distributor. You also might have a very dirty distributor cap. Did you look for...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 14:13:54 -0500
  Neil, Check distributor rotor shaft play. You will have remove the dizzy and check vertical play. Too much play will hammer bits into destruction...
• Re: New distributor missing hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - Todd
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:33:16 -0700
  Apparently, 'new' rebuilt distributors for the 2.1L have the simplified hall sender, only having hardware on the plug side. The vendor double-checked...
• Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:48:14 -0400
  ...They also supply a VW-OEM hose from the cylinder head to the distributor, because the relevant nipple on the distributor is differently placed...
• Re: Gap of Sparks - Note correction
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 23:36:49 -0600
  ...I doubt this. > My air cooled will not even start with the electronic ignition > distributor. I've been told that the electronic distributor produces...
• rear backing plate/distributor
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 5 Nov 2006 21:56:05 -0500
  ...As far as the distributor goes, my van died suddenly while driving last week. The problem is suspected to be the distributor. It was...
• Re: distributor cap tolerances
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:54:01 -0500
  ...distributor cap tolerances > > > I went to my FLAPS and bought a new distributor cap ($6) for my > '84 GL, 1.9 > L. I noticed...
• Too much ignition advance ??
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Thu, 2 Nov 1995 10:09:27 -0500
  Have any of you ever noticed your timing advance too much at higher rpms ? I have a stock centrifugal/vacuum advance distributor on my...
• vanagon booted
  Historical mailing list - Steve Jevne
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:24:43 EDT
  ...The new distributor I got has the vaccuum mounted on the opposite side of the notch in the rim, so if I turn the...
• Re: weird tab on the side of my distributor
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:48:16 -0400
  This is a ground for the metal sheild that is normally around the distributor cap. It was there to reduce electronic noise. Eric 86...
• Type4 distributors
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 04 Nov 1996 09:55:09 EST
  The latest issue of Excellence, a good but only 8issues/year Porsche magazine, has a good technical article about type 4 distributors, complete with...
• Stalling solved (knock on wood)
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 20:23:49 -0500
  ...Just replaced the entire distributor, and that did the trick. deb '85 Westy "Gypsy"
• Re: Speed sensor
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 29 May 2003 00:46:00 EDT
  In a message dated 5/29/03 12:24:04 AM, FredsVW@webtv.net writes: << No distributor? How does it run--magneto? >> Mr. Fred...
• Re: Distributor cap on '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bo Kersey
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 09:08:05 -0500
  I think that you are mistaken w/r to the bad design of the distributor cap. The grounded shield is designed to reduce radio...
• Re: 91 Westy distributor rotor stuck...
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 07:24:43 -0700
  ...How can I remove the >rotor without causing any >damage to the distributor? Any thought will be appreciated. Typical from lack of maintenance. The...