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• Re: AND THE WINNER IS [WAS: 85 GL No Spark/Start]
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:40:43 -0700
  ...I remember > having to constantly put it back into position (I didn't know what it was > then) whenever I pulled the distributor cap...
• Re: temp sensors?
  Historical mailing list - jonathan waters
  Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:14:32 -0700
  ...I > don't think I've ever even seen a Bosch distributor cap on a vanagon engine > fail in any way. > I would say...
• Re: Troubles in VanLand
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 08:44:18 -0800
  ...distributors-(new Bosch cap and rotor) > 3. computer > 4. AFM >
• Re: Surging between 1700 and 3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:54:13 -0400
  ...Distributor (yea, i'm having a lot of trouble with those lately, check inside, remove dust cap, check wires/hall sender), check the cap...
• Re Ignition problems
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:27:31 -0800
  ...electronic points faulty, rebuilt distributor misaligned, and new distributor cap shorting out or leaking or something. What ever happened to quality control, people? And...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Sat, 29 Nov 2014 19:15:24 -0800
  ...I wiped the inside of the > distributor cap with a dry cloth. No change. >
• 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: 82 Failed CA Smog Test- help!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 23:07:16 -0500
  ...goes from the coil to the > distributor to > one of the ignition wires from the distributor cap to a plug. If > the ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up...
• Re: What coil part number for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:21:25 -0700
  ...The coil's center connection > (coil wire to distributor) and the distributor's cap connections is what > I am referring to to. All Vanagon...
• Re: No start/no spark
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:49:08 -0700
  ...nut most of the way and lifting the distributor up 1/4" with the cap off, then spin the rotor with your finger. Every...
• 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: macklow's accel problem
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Jul 94 15:58:47 PDT
  > >i did find one slightly related bulletin, and it made me think about my >rotor and distributor cap: i have to replace them about...
• Re: AAA info request..
  Historical mailing list - J Greenberg G Jannini
  10 Apr 96 21:51:15 EDT
  ...We replaced the fried distributor cap & rotor, cleaned the plugs, and were on our way. Having the tools isn't always enough. George '89...
• Re: Oettinger 2.8 1991 Wolfy for sale in MI
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:28:38 -0600
  ...net> wrote: > Appears to be a four cylinder , looking at the distributor cap. Forgot to check this! But now having done so, I can...
• Re: 93 Eurovan engine electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 15:25:26 -0800
  ...out of the distributor to form a 3 wire connector cracking inside the distributor. I had to pull the cap, rotor and dust cover...
• Re: good news, I think
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:22:20 -0800
  ...of cryptic abbreviations! It says: >>> >>> Remove& Replace Distributor Cap >>> >>> REPAIR DIST. PLUG/INSTALL PLUGS/DIST. >>> CAP AND ROTOR BUTTON >>> CHAMPION, LICENSE PTK1022 DIST C...
• Re: Engine bay sound dampening
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 2 May 2007 14:39:58 -0400
  FWIW, I use the newer type distributor cap (with posts inside the plug wire sockets) on an older type '84 distributor in my '84...
• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:47:32 -0700
  you should ALWAYS remove the distributor cap and make SURE the rotor is turning ............ just in case . and ......Mark's post about the distributor...
• Re: What is this connector for?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Brassaw
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 18:02:01 -0700
  Mine has the metal shield around the distributor cap and it has a ground wire that connects to the prong as described. Richard -----Original...
• Re: No spark ...
  Historical mailing list - Werner Schink
  Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:20:32 -0700
  ...One wire from coil to distributor - rotor spins with the cycling of the engine - 4 places on the distributor cap the rotor makes contact...
• "Maybe" some progress towards remedying my no-start/bucking/stalling condition
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 18:12:29 -0600
  ...I had attached the plug wires to the distributor, how little grip the distributor cap had on the plug wires - they'll lift off...
• Carbon Tracking??
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:39:51 -0700
  Can someone please explain what carbon tracking looks like in the distributor cap?? I found a reference to it on an old email. Mad...
• Re: 2.0 distributor
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 08:01:01 -0700
  ...On my 91 2.1 L syncro westy, I also have the 009 distributor and I just replaced my Solex carb with a Weber...
• Re: Jerky Van continued
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Wed, 6 Jun 2007 19:59:20 -0500
  ...cap-rotor-wires-plugs first, then maybe a new coil. You might also check the wiring to the Hall-effect sender inside the distributor...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:54:15 -0800
  sure, it's quite possible to get the distributor drive shaft/gear in incorrectly, ....resulting in # 1 spark plug position on the distributor cap...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 07:50:30 -0800
  ...You did not state if you > replaced the > distributor cap, rotor and wires. I would definitely do so. The wires are about 6 months...
• Re: 81 chirping/compression test?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:51:17 -0600 (MDT)
  ...is the distributor bearings, if they are dry they will make the sound you're describing. Lube these by pulling the cap and rotor...
• Re: Ignition Coils
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:39:46 -0400
  ...the ignition wires, the coil and the distributor caps are different for the early vs the late. So ... if you use an "Early" coil...
• Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:09:31 -0800
  ...proper capacitor to the AFM innards, still there. Unplugged > the O2 sensor... still there. > > Any ideas? Does the hall sender in the distributor do...
• Fwd: Re: VANAGON digest 1372 and the 3000 mile rotor question
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Mon, 26 May 1997 08:04:55 -0500
  -- [ From: * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] -- When I acquired my '84 Westy, I installed a Wells rotor and distributor cap, parts of a kit I...
• Re: 1.9 loss of power
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:04:35 -0400
  ...Check the distributor where the wiring enters the distributor, Take the cap off and check the plug for 3 wired that need to be...
• Re: stuttering
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:21:04 -0500
  ...Somewhere in your electrical system (maybe even the distributor cap itself) there is a problem. Though this is somewhat repetitive, clean all your connections...
• No Spark and Buzzing Relay
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:22:07 -0400
  ...that goes to the distributor to a spare distrubutor I have - then removing the coil wire from the distributor cap and connecting it to...
• burned rotor
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 10:44:53 -0500
  hey all, yesterday for no apparent reason i popped off my distributor cap. my rotor has a burned mark on the top about the...
• Re: Hesitation problem (Advice needed)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 00:33:14 -0500
  ...On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 05:36 PM, Kenneth Wilford wrote: > I put > on brand new AMC heads, new gaskets, new distributor cap...
• Ground Wire to Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gilbert
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:50:32 -0800
  Hi Folks, I just put a new distributor in my 87 Syncro. I'm assuming the part has been superceded to this fancy new...
• Re: distro body ground
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:02:41 -0700
  That metal tab is the ground point for the distributor RF shield , that metal shroud that goes over the distributor cap. Robert 1982 Westfalia...
• Re: '89 Vanagon won't idle when cold AND wet
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 17:58:15 -0600
  ...Across the surface of the coil and distributor cap and inside the distributor for example and thru tiny cracks that develop in the insulation...
• Re: 88 Vanagon Rotor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 23:13:43 -0800
  ...88 Vanagon Rotor Replacement My 88 Westy has a very burnt distributor cap (inside) and the rotor doesn't look much better. Replacing the...
• Re: cutting out and sparking coil
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:14:00 -0700
  At 06:04 AM 4/24/2003, you wrote: >while getting new plug wires why not add new cap & rotor and new plugs? Yes...
• Re: 87 syncro: Dead #2 cylinder. Injector?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 10:14:11 -0500
  ...Stop, pull #2 cylinder plug wire from distributor, no difference >in engine. Pull any other wire and engine gets noticebly rougher. Put wire >close...
• VW-'71 BUS-QUESTIONS ABOUT DIFFERENCES IN CYLINDER TIMING
  Historical mailing list - Nick Pace
  Tue, 05 Sep 95 13:41:37 PDT
  ...I've screwed up the distributor insertion? Could there be something wrong with the distributor or with the cap? Could this be a reason...
• Re: temp sensors?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:10:30 -0500
  ...I > don't think I've ever even seen a Bosch distributor cap on a vanagon engine > fail in any way. > I would say...
• Sputtering along...suddenly
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Wed, 6 Jan 2010 12:16:39 -0700
  ...One of the high tension leads had disconnected from the distributor cap. Also, if your HT leads are old the change in temp to...
• VERY low power
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:07:19 -0700
  ...Picture the distributor cap as a clock, #1 plug is on the 1 o'clock distributor post, #4 plug is on the 5 o...
• Is my distributor toast? Pic link enclosed.
  Historical mailing list - Jim and Kelly Harpe
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:25:53 -0700
  ...wires self destructed (2 bad ends on the distributor side). It also toasted my cap and this rotor too. However, my new rotor is...
• Re: 80 Vangon mystery part?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 10:13:52 -0700
  ...You probably have a .009 distributor which replaced your > electronic ignition distributor, and you have points, etc as lot of folks > feel that these...
• Re: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:33:20 -0700
  My two cents, Pop off the distributor cap and check to see if the Hall effect is loose. It can act just like low...
• try again
  Historical mailing list - Chris Fall
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 18:48:34 -0800
  ...Noticed one terminal on the distributor cap was highly corroded (front left cyl nearest driver). Replaced the cap with a new one ~ one month...
• Re: Go Westy tune up kit
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:33:36 +0000
  ...These caps are interchangeable. The early cap has the wire connection as a plug in as all older style distributor caps and wire set...
• Re: Ignition Coils
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:10:51 -0400
  ...the ignition wires, the coil > and the distributor caps are different for the early vs the late. > > So ... if you use an "Early" coil...
• Re: Help Help 009 Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 2 Nov 94 12:54:36 PST
  ...I would recommend avoiding the 009. -David ============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800...
• Re: fuel pump sanity check, 1990 GL
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:05:35 -0600
  ...There's no water in > the engine compartment, and the distributor is dry. No loose wires. Check the distributor cap for signs of arcing...
• re: '90 distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, SMUS Network Analyst
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:01:52 PDT
  ...my Dad's 16V Jetta has the shielded cap with ground strap - the dealer sold him a plain Bosch cap & said to swap the...
• Re: oil pressure relief valve leak?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 18:55:09 -0400
  ...Take off the distributor cap, then loosen the distributor and pull it out. You should see a black O ring on the drive shaft...
• Sherpak car top carriers
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 10:30:28 -0400
  ...Wendy Cape Cod, MA '85 Westfalia "S-Cape" '98 Passat "The Doo Dah Machine" CAMPERS ON CAPE COD A LiMBO sponsored event SEPTEMBER 29...
• Re: "Maybe" some progress towards remedying my no-start/bucking/stal
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:00:43 -0800
  ...I had attached the plug wires to the distributor, how little grip the distributor cap had on the plug wires - they'll lift off...
• Re: What coil part number for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:17:57 -0700
  ...The coil's center connection > > (coil wire to distributor) and the distributor's cap connections is what > > I am referring to to. All Vanagon...
• Re: Norcold
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:07:28 -0400
  ...This fridge is only available from Winnebago distributors, though I suspect you could get it custom-ordered from any Norcold distributor/retailer. Cheers, MJS...
• Re: My EB Breakdown Problem Found
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:52:45 EDT
  ...I had the wrong distributor cap! Now, going back to last November, I was putting a 2.1 engine into this Vanagon, using the...