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• Hall Sender
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Sun, 9 May 2004 22:33:12 -0400
  ...So once the distributor cap, the rotor and the dust cover are removed, how do you removed the distributor shaft to get access to...
• try this
  Historical mailing list - Neal Barrentine
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:29:06 -0500
  ...I asked my favorite old-timer VW mechanic about it, and he said "run a ground wire from the distributor to the case." I...
• Re: Distributor part question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:49:50 -0800
  ...I have a 1986 2.1 WBX westy camper and am trying to figure out how to get a specific distributor part. In the...
• Re: 050 distributor
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Sun, 25 Jun 1995 19:58:58 -0700 (PDT)
  So thom fitzpatrick says: > > Anyone ever run an 050 distributor? I just bought one ($4) out > of curiosity. Its gonna be for a 1600SP...
• Re: Pin type ignition wires
  Historical mailing list - The Old Volks Home
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:39:34 -0700
  At 07:55 PM 10/2/02 EDT, Steve Cotsford wrote: >Some suppliers have a choice of ignition wires and distributor caps for pin...
• Re: Distributor Nightmare
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:13:21 -0400
  Jim, I wish you would have told me about the magnetic paint thing before I sent you distributor number 2. I would have been...
• Re: '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 12:34:53 -0800
  >| reply from dave: >| >| You can check this by starting the engine and thengently wiggling >| the plastic connection of the distributor (should be at about...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:32:39 -0700
  ...Last night I made the beginner's mistake of replacing too many things at once.� Oxygen sensor, fuel filter, distributor cap, distributor rotor.� In...
• Re: Taking apart a distributor -- arrgh!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 21:24:32 EDT
  ...If you have someone who can be trusted to hold the distributor in alignment while you pop the pin, just chuck the saddle into...
• Vanagon Still Won't A Go-Go!!
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Hayden
  Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:51:49 -0500
  ...With the stock hall type distributor, I have no spark. Is there a way to check it?? Also, will a distributor from a Golf...
• 2.0 distributor
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wies
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 00:51:40 EDT
  ...Just hook a t fitting up and use the main vac line as a source to the distributor? Thanks, Paul '82 Vanagon
• Re: New distributor missing hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - Todd
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:28:49 -0700
  ...New distributor missing hall sender? The rest of the hall unit is under the rotating stator piece. remove the retaining circlip, then the stator...
• Plastic bag over distributor..
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Sat, 11 Nov 1995 15:14:02 +0000
  ...My '90 has a black plastic bag that is designed to fit over the distributor, and ignition leads. It has elastic at the bottom...
• Re: Unusual Achilles heel discovered...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 07:29:53 -0600
  Scott, What you're describing is called the "coolant distributor". And I can say from experience, if it were to blow-out on the...
• Re: #1 firing position on 009? (2.0 l FI)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Nov 1995 11:38:47 -0500
  though many things have been said about distributors, I drove around in a 73 pop top Westy with a 77 fuel injected engine that...
• [Fwd: Re: HELP THE VOLKSWAGEN GODS HATE ME!}:(]
  Historical mailing list - John Matchett
  Wed, 05 Feb 1997 23:03:25 -0500
  ...A new cap may have knicks on the firing cylinders, while having carbonation around the missing cylinders distributor cap contact. A used distributor can...
• Re: pertronix---'80 2.0--anyone installed one?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 21:05:46 -0400
  ...The 1847V is for vacuum advance distributors, while the A is for centrifigal advance distributors (i.e. 009). We do carry both. The price...
• Centrifugal Advance problems
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:14:24 -0700
  ...I verified this by shinning the timing light with the vacuum line to the distributor removed. When I rev the engine, the timing mark...
• Is my distributor toast? Pic link enclosed.
  Historical mailing list - Jim and Kelly Harpe
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:25:53 -0700
  ...I can't tell for sure, but does it look like the distributor is wobbling and doing this? I've wiggled the distributor shaft...
• Re: optical distributor
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:02:29 EST
  Myron, I believe the kit is called Compu-Fire It is a computer controlled module that sits on top of the current distributor and...
• Re: ring around the dizzy and other questions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 07:44:35 EDT
  ...It shields the distributor and "absorbs" the radio-frequency disturbance that the little spark-gap generator (your distributor) creates. The grounding strap on it...
• Re: TWIN CARBS
  Historical mailing list - Kim Howe
  Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:58:50 +0800
  ...Get the old distributor fixed and put it back on. (or buy a new vacuum distributor.) Kim Howe khowe@omninet.net.au
• Re: removing the harness from Hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 07:29:18 EDT
  ...do it carefully because the connector housing on the distributor can be broken off. The connector body on the distributor is retained by plastic...
• Re: 'programmable' w.wipers
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 96 09:23:29 +0100
  ...even Taiwanese stuff is better, i doubt that it's German, the distributor-rotors from Doduco rattle on the distributor-shaft etc. etc... Brian.
• trading 2.1 distributor
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 22:42:49 -0500
  I have a 2.1 used distributor that came out of my 88 .I would like to trade it for a front spoiler under...
• 85 distributor wanted/needed!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:55:35 -0500
  Guys, i'm in need of a 85 Vanagon distributor, hard to find!!!! #VW 025-905-205K, Bosch 0237 022 045 I have all...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:52:08 -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: rattle INSIDE engine
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 5 Sep 2005 08:14:46 EDT
  ...Any suggestions? >> Al, Are you sure that the spring which is supposed to be inside the distributor drive coupling is in place? Someone on...
• Re: distributor wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:52:20 -0600
  ...Can anyone offer guidance on where the red and black wires connect from > the distributor pictured here > http://zzyzx.org/Img_7395_resized.jpg >
• High performance distributor, rotor, wires ALSO relocating the coil
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 3 May 2002 21:58:28 -0400
  ...What is the best distributor, rotor, & wires I can buy to replace my existing ones (80 Air cooled)? Also, has anyone ever moved their...
• Re: missing wire at distributor? and timing question
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 09:20:30 +0100
  ...missing wire at distributor? and timing question
• Parts Trade?? Have Power Window motor Need Distributor
  Historical mailing list - Barrett Willet
  Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:34:55 -0700
  I need a used but good distributor for '88 2.1L. Hall Sender must be intact. I have a Passenger side power window motor...
• Re: spark, stumble, and misses...
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 09:22:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >You said that you saw the spark advance >when you rev the engine but double check the weights inside the >distributor for movement. Spray...
• Re: removing distributor
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Sun, 5 Dec 1999 11:31:24 -0500
  ...removing distributor > > OK, next task is to take the distributor out...or do I even need to worry > about > that? I only plan to...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 23:35:46 -0400
  ...Would it fit a >1.9 engine (distributor) like mine? Probably not, or they wouldn't >make the distinction. For whatever reason, my "style...
• Re: different distributors for the 1.9 ??
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 14:28:18 -0700
  ...The 03 010 and 03 212 distributor caps are swappable depending on the ignition wires being used. Check my links below for further info...
• Re: Hall Sender
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 May 2004 21:07:14 -0500
  If you pull the distributor out with the lock down hardware it will drop back in at the original position and if it was...
• China-diesel fuel injection 2/19
  Historical mailing list - china-lutong.com
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:36:51 +0800
  ...We, China-Lutong mechanical company, located in south east of China, specialized in the supply of VE distributor pump. My name is ChenHwa, the...
• Re: Setting time timing - unexpectedly need help.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:06:15 -0500
  A loose distributor clamp will cause the distributor to turn with the rotor direction which will actually retard the timing. I would hope that...
• Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit, was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:13:30 -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: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 20 Jan 2017 17:05:18 -0800
  I've forgotten exactly how the distributor shaft goes, but maybe that's loose... I recall there's a bevel gear that's driven...
• Re: 87 Syncro Westy poltergeist
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Dec 1996 10:35:50 -0400
  ...REPLACE THE DISTRIBUTOR! Within the distributor there are 1 or more tiny wires that can not be easily accessed or replaced. I believe they...
• Distributor Cap and Rotor, Leads, Timing
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Thu, 7 Sep 2017 00:32:46 -0400
  ...First, I got shocked twice before I figured out that I had a cracked distributor cap while trying to adjust the timing -- did I...
• Re: Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 10:42:28 -0700
  ...a year since my last tune up. > I guess a new distributor cap and wires are NOT included in a tune up! > > > > On Wed...
• Re: removing the harness from Hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:32:39 -0400
  ...As I remember, spring wire clip lifts out and away from the distributor. Unless you are replacing a damaged cable and/or known bad...
• Re: Propex 1600 blowing fuses
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 2 Nov 2021 22:52:05 -0400
  FWIW, I'm 'not' the distributor anymore as of 2/2020; Van Cafe is now the distributor for the USA. Seems you need a...
• RE: #3 late timing.
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 08:22:15 -0700
  ...That is why the slightly different lobe on the distributor shaft changes the timing for that cylinder. The position of the rotor is not...
• is there a difference in distributor, FI between automatic and ma nual 2.1L?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:37:22 -0600
  ...plate from the 2.1 to the 1.9.......what do I have to look out for? distributor? fuel injection vacuum component? Malibu Tony
• Re: Loss of power at low revs
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:08:30 -0500
  ...Loosen the 10mm distributor hold down nut and tap the dist in one direction just a hair. See if you get better off line...
• Re: Digijet Distributor Questions
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:07:23 -0400
  ...Digijet Distributor Questions Jay, I just looked at my 84 and the advance, the side away from the distributor goes to a fitting on...
• Re: Broken Hall Sender
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 7 Jun 2021 18:24:54 -0500
  ...It works, but the > > plastic part that sticks out of the distributor is broken. This is going to > > lead to trouble. Has anyone any...
• 1.9L distributors and hall sensors
  Historical mailing list - Matt McKeon
  Tue, 29 Sep 2020 20:55:06 -0400
  ...The plug on the outside of the distributor is loose, and moving it kills the engine. So I took the cap & rotor off and...
• Re: How hard to swap distrubuter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:10:02 -0700
  if your only goal is to basically test if your new used distributor works, you can test that just by - rig up a spark...
• Re: Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome?
  Historical mailing list - MC
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 09:26:48 -0700
  Can one buys only the Hall sensor assembly instead of the entire distributor? - Vince -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Re: 2.1 distributor (check yours)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:18:13 -0700
  ...How would I know if I am glueing in the correct postition? Wear in the distributor shaft could also cause the same effect, right...
• Alternatives to the 009 distributor
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 14:56:44 -0700 (PDT)
  Someone had commented about alternative distributors to the 009, and I am specifically looking for the model #'s and why they are better. ya...
• Koni Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Jose Rivero
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 08:59:48 +0000
  Today I have spoken with the distributor Koni in Spain, he has in Stock 8 shocks Koni Adjustable front (822100) and that he has...
• Hall Sender Removal Tips
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:19:35 -0700
  ...I'm worried that it's got some intermittent short inside the distributor. So, I went out to the wrecking yard today and located...
• '86 GLi problem...continued
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 11:49:26 EST
  ...The distributor is turning therefore the hall sensor must be sending a signal somewhere, assuming its ok, but I have tried another distributor , therefore...
• Vacuum Line Routing
  Historical mailing list - Dave Seasholtz
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:30:35 -0500
  ...I have a "T" in the line coming off the intake air distributor but don't remember where to go from there (pressure regulator...