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• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 16:41:25 -0700
  ...Nicholl" <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> >>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Centre ignition wire …. you mean from the coil to the >> distributor? >>>>>>>>>> Start working backwards … is the coil failing...
• Re: Unleaded Regular or Unleaded Premium?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 22:53:40 -0800
  ...Distributor with vacuum advance and vacuum >> retard - generally considered the best performance non-knock sensor >> distributor. If there was a knock sensing ignition present...
• Re: 40 minutes drive and then cuts out.
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:37:53 -0700
  ...wouldn't start.. > found no ignition.. > then a while later , it had ignition. > put in a different distributor .. > fixed. > bad hall unit is my...
• Re: Consistent cutout at 3k rpm
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:49:53 -0700
  ...points for a pertronix electronic ignition module but it may also > be > related to the new plug wires, distributor cap, rotor, coil, plugs or...
• Re: Bosch rotors
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 2 May 1998 14:17:26 -0700
  ...is used with Points Style Distributors and the 04038 rotor is used with VW/Audi Hall effect Electronic Ignitions (but not all - some require...
• Re: 88 vanagon gl "issues"
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:26:34 -0800
  ...Where exactly is the TEMPII sensor? There are some wires/traces under the distributor that become brittle with > age.If you are not real...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:20:28 -0800
  ...1 - 4 - 3 - 2 distributor part number: Bosch 0 237 022 054 ignition timing: 10 +/- 1 BTDC @ 800 RPM without vacuum (see note) ignition...
• Euro-Drive-OBD2: 97 Volkswagen Jetta, No-start/Cuts-out/Misfire
  Historical mailing list - "Don Kerr (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 08:08:01 -0500
  ...Fuel Injection / sefi Ignition: Distributor-Breakerless / tz Trans: 4-speed Automatic Transaxle (Electronic) Mileage: 047,283 miles Emissions: OBD-II Compliant VIN: 3VWSA81H6VM114059 Misc...
• Strange vacuum leaks 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Wed, 20 Apr 2016 21:07:23 -0500
  ...Is it possible to have vacuum leaks at the base of ignition distributor and the crankshaft pulley bolt key way? My mechanic did a...
• Re: BUcking List ...More Ideas
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 3 Feb 2005 07:18:17 -0800
  ...Change distributor to use new sender unit of the Hall system. 7. New rotor 8. Change spark plug wires 9. New ignition switch Any...
• Re: '81 Vanagon Ignition Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - meta/morph
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 15:13:35 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The inside of the distributor cap was fine, even the four contact points were not corroded, although on two there was a little minor...
• Re: The "syndrome" solutions
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:54:42 -0700
  ...Being the hall sensor in the distributor it must also used by the ignition to time the spark plugs in each cylinder while the...
• Re: coil wire on AC vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:55:41 -0700
  ...If you desire Screened Connectors at the Distributor Cap in your Ignition Cable Set, I believe Bremi in Europe was the manufacturer. Beru was...
• Re: 2.1 distributor drive gear installation question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:07:31 -0500
  ...ignition > timing. With #1 piston at TDC the distributor rotor will point > to an opposite direction rather than the mark on the distributor. > Just...
• Connecting an external tachometer to a 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:13:44 -0500
  OK, I have replaced the distributor in my 1988 GL with a new one. On pulling the old distributor, I noted lots of corrosion...
• Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:58:19 -0800
  ...I peeled back some suspicious > looking electrical tape near the distributor harness to find breaks in the > factory insulation and in fact, nearly broken...
• Battery Leakage
  Historical mailing list - Sylvie Scott
  Sun, 7 Feb 1999 23:12:33 -0500
  ...Starter turns but voltage to distributor sender unit is too low (8V when minimum is 10V), outcome is no fuel, no spark from control...
• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Mon, 5 Mar 2018 07:39:04 -0800
  ...coil, ignition driver > module on 1.9l, ECU on 2.1l, idle stab module on 1.9l, Hall effect sender > in the distributor or...
• Re: Adjusting Valves
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 95 13:16:34 PST
  ...It is 180 degrees on the crank and >>90 degrees on the distributor. Direction of rotation is unimportant. Also the cam >>lobes have a...
• Re: IginitionTiming, 87' Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Hung
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 15:32:39 -0500
  ...as far as ignition timing goes, hook up a vacuum >meter/gauge to any main vacuum lines and turn the distributor until you >get...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:05:35 -0800
  ...Wouldn't > start again. > > At first, thought a hall sender problem, replaced distributor and re- > aligned the distributor gear which was installed improperly by...
• Re: Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:50:10 -0800
  ...When did the tach stop working? The tach signal comes from the ignition coil, on the smaller of the 2 green wires that plug...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 08:35:08 -0700
  ...I believe it had ignition just fine, but since the ECU couldn't tell the distributor and engine were turning, it wouldn't run...
• Re: ignition woes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:54:38 -0500
  ...ignition woes Howdy all! I am having a problem with ignition on my 85 vanny.. BAsically. The smaller gauge wire that runs from the...
• Re: Ignition Timing - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:06:57 -0400
  ...Remove the number one sparkplug wire from the distributor cap.Stick a long screw into the cap hole,head first.Stick the plug wire...
• Re: Question about ignition timing..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:58:23 -0700
  ...I'd set the flywheel pulley mark at the right spot and then rotate the distributor till the points were closed, insert the rolling...
• Re: Electronic points -waste of time/money?
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:06:27 -0800
  ...Idle is the last place that bad ignition > will affect. I don't think it's the distributor either, as If the > timing was...
• '81 Vanagon Ignition Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - meta/morph
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 21:41:51 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I suspect of course that something in the ignition system has gone awry. My vanagon has an electronic ignition system (Bosch L Jetronic according...
• Euro-Drive-OBD2: FIX 97 Volkswagen Jetta, No-start/Cuts-out/Misfire
  Historical mailing list - "Don Kerr (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 15:59:32 -0500
  ...Fuel Injection / sefi Ignition: Distributor-Breakerless / tz Trans: 4-speed Automatic Transaxle (Electronic) Mileage: 47,283 mi Emissions: OBD-II Compliant VIN: 3VWSA81H6VM114059 Misc...
• Re: ATTN: 80-83 Owners
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 05:06:30 -0400
  > I recently required an '82 7 Pass, converted from manual to automatic, 2.0 > CV, 2 bbl carb, 009 distributor Vanagon. Damn shame someone...
• Burnt spark plug wire
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lapp
  Fri, 1 Jul 2011 07:50:54 -0500
  So, I noticed my plug wire from the ignition coil to the distributor seemed to be bulging right at the boot where it connects...
• DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:36:40 -0500
  ...1 - 4 - 3 - 2 distributor part number: Bosch 0 237 022 054 ignition timing: 10 +/- 1 BTDC @ 800 RPM without vacuum (see note) ignition...
• Re: Ignition Cables, unplugging from distributor
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 05:54:13 -0400
  ...the distributor end, it being easier to get > to that the sparky ends. But I could not get them to budge. Ignition > wires not...
• Re: Digifant timing/tuning help needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 27 May 2010 23:15:21 -0400
  ...There is no vacuum can on my distributor. The mechanical advance distributor is used with the 83-85 digijet setup. Greg On 5/27...
• Thanks to the list
  Historical mailing list - Connal Hughes
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 22:59:27 EST
  ...distributor cap and rotor. Oh what a difference. She fired right up the first time (which wasn't happening at all pre-new ignition...
• Re: Non-stock ignition coils/plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:09:36 -0500
  The coil change has to do with the ignition wire connectors. The later coil and distributor cap use a post for the connection. Most...
• Re: Hall sender/advance ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 22 May 2001 18:01:55 -0400
  ...The ignition system in my > carbureted 1.9L boxers is the same as the ignition system in an FI > system! > > I do not have...
• testing the ignition coil (85 1.9L)
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:40:54 -0500
  ...contacts would be a good idea, to make sure that the ignition control unit is doing its proper job. (his suggestion is that if...
• Re: Power loss when engine wet and cold
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:01:46 -0400
  ...most obvious possibility is problem on high tension side of ignition, such as mositure and/or carbon tracks in distributor cap, arcing between spark...
• Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 13:45:09 -0700
  ...ignition points). 2) Distribution cap too worn. 3) Igntion coil bad. Here is the procedure for checking these. 1) Carefully dismentle the distributor and...
• Re: ground wires/strap (85 vanagon)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 May 1996 10:55:01 -0400
  ...the distributor cover. > >Also, there is a 1/2" flat braided strap, about a foot long, grounded to the >body under the ignition coil...
• Re: GAUGES
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 14:21:04 -0500
  ...Re: [VANAGON] GAUGES > Scott, > > Bosch makes a rev-limiting ignition rotor. At a preset RPM, it disconnects > the ignition path to the distributor cap...
• 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...
• Ignition points wear
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:42:39 -0400
  Howdy List, My air cooled '82 westy is still running a breaker type ignition system. My engine and I are big fans of fresh...
• Bus probs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Gentry
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 16:49:41 -0700
  Hi, When I'm having mysterious problems with a car, my strategy is usually to check quickly for problems with the ignition, then fuel...
• Re: Name your price for used 85 1.9L parts!-Looks like all the parts are SOLD!
  Historical mailing list - Weibel, Pius
  Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:16:27 -0600
  ...it) distributor ECU A set of heads (also less than 10K miles) near complete wiring harness for engine power steering/assist pump ignition control...
• interesting problem ... solved
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Thu, 20 May 1999 13:12:48 -0500
  ...Checked ignition wires and computer connections per Bently manual instructions. Replaced spark plugs and distributor cap, and problem went away for a few days...
• Idle Problem & Shifting Gears
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:04:58 -0400
  ...Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Oxygen Sensor Temperature Sender II Distributor cap Distributor rotor Ignition Wires Spark plugs Temperature Sender for Gauge Relays Alternator Red...
• Re: Help Needed with Ignition Problem 86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Schwendau
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 00:37:30 -0500
  ...I've replaced spark plugs, rotor cap, distributor cap > and ignition coil with no change in the problems. My local VW specialist > knows mechanics...
• Compu fire Question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Eggert
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 13:49:21 -0500
  Hello Everyone, Has anyone installed the compu-fire electronic ignition on a vacuum advanced distributor? The one that they sent me does not seem...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:38:43 -0500
  ...1 - 4 - 3 - 2 > distributor part number: Bosch 0 237 022 054 > ignition timing: 10 +/- 1 BTDC @ 800 RPM without vacuum (see note) > ignition...
• Re: Aftermarket Electronic Ignition
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 May 1995 12:24:41 -0700
  ...I never think about distributors anymore. I'm not sure anybody really needs one though. Eug, '71 got my 78 x 90.5 running...
• Re: Soggy Wx - No Start
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Fri, 1 May 1998 12:00:14 -0400
  ...I got out my CRC contact cleaner and started spraying the ignition pickup at the distributor. It is just like the vans, has a...
• Re: Which cylinder isn't firing??
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 11:58:23 -0500
  ...t You could systematically remove each spark plug ignition wire one by one from the distributor cap. The wire which causes the least effect...
• no spark, no gas, no love
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 17:34:43 -0800
  ...is connected to the ignition control unit, which is connected to ground and the Hall sensor on the distributor. I'm not really sure...
• Re: '84 westy with "MV" engine number, Is it a 2.1L???
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 May 2000 20:49:07 -0400
  ...advance on the distributor, and an green or black plastic idle stabilizer box mounted below and forward of the ignition coil. The Digifant (for...
• Praise to the List! Van alive again
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 13:31:43 -0500
  ...Doktor Tim was right with his diagnosis of a bad ignition control module. I was able to find one at my local Auto Zone...
• Re: Power loss - '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 25 May 2017 22:28:54 -0500
  ...Why would you suspect the ignition timing? There is not > timing mechanism in the distributor, all done in the ECU. Only way for it...
• 1984 1.9L/autotransmission ** flat spot around 2500 +/- 400 rpm when driving
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:57:26 -0400
  ...I replaced much of the ignition system, replaced the old fuel tank with a new one, and checked for vacuum leaks. When I installed...
• Re: No start after Temp II replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:32:14 -0500
  ...I would, turn on the ignition, pull the center wire out of the distributor (from the coil), lay it on the engine block and...