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• Won't spray gas, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:22:36 -0800
  ...known good ones, changed distributor, to make sure Hall sender is working, changed ECU, fixed ground for ECU, changed ignition switch, just in case...
• Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss (second update)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 24 Nov 2013 13:06:42 -0800
  I'll send you a 2.1 distributor with a brand new Hall Sender installed.... you put it in your van.. and if it...
• Re: Help with van bucking and spitting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:41:02 -0500
  ...are good in the ignition system, primary and secondary: > > Coil > Distributor > Rotor > Cap > Ignition Wires ************* > Plugs > > Check all your ignition circuit connections: > at the...
• Re: Sorta Scary Event
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 26 Feb 2011 05:41:14 -0600
  ...thge ignition switch is the cheap $10 repair. If that doesn't fix it, I'd look at the plastic connector on the side...
• 1.9 parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - McBryde, Connor
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:30:33 -0800
  ...Header J-connector pipe, fair condition Complete engine bay wiring harness (all connections labeled) Ignition coil, distributor, transistorized ignition module, relay box idle stabilizer...
• Re: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 19:37:29 -0700
  ...They have the pin listed under "engine", not "ignition" > > http://techtonicstuning.com/main/index.php?main_page= > product_info&cPath=2_13_61_251...
• Re: Tachometer question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 09:11:59 -0700
  ...The engine uses a Hall-effect distributor, and finding a place where the current looks like an old distributor may be difficult. I use...
• Losing power...
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:33:09 -0400
  ...Assuming that the loose hall sender connection was the problem, the following day I wrapped 14 gauge wire around the distributor to immobilize the...
• Re: Zoooooom!
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 00:10:36 +0100
  ...distributor and rechecked. He cautioned me to listen for pinging... and back the advance closer to 5 degrees if i hear any pre-ignition...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 18:55:31 -0500
  ...Nicholl" <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Centre ignition wire …. you mean from the coil to the >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> distributor? >> >>> Start working backwards … is the coil failing...
• cutting out and sparking coil
  Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 19:02:39 EDT
  ...Looked over at the coil and saw ignition sparks coming out of the rubber boot on the coil to distributor wire. This morning on...
• Re: 88 vanagon gl "issues"
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:53:59 -0800
  ...Some questions: > > > > The TEMPII sensor is a real good candidate. > > > > > > Where exactly is the TEMPII sensor? > > > > There are some wires/traces under the distributor...
• Hall Sender Failure
  Historical mailing list - John Clavin
  Tue, 14 May 2002 20:38:47 -0500
  I just installed a rebuilt distributor and after one day the Hall Sender quit. I got no fuel injector pulse during start, nor any...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's normal again.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:00:54 -0500
  ...In my case it turned out to be the hall sensor in the distributor. I replaced this and have been fine ever since. However...
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:42:59 -0600
  ...I'll see what I can do... > Edward > > > At 09:30 PM 8/11/2012, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >> Sounds like your distributor cap...
• Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 23 Dec 2013 01:20:17 -0600
  In summary, changing out the distributor was a snap. What has turned into a pita is not getting fire through the bloody thing. At...
• Re: Won't Start After Being Off for +1 min.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:25:37 EST
  ...Carry a spark plug with you and the next time it stalls without restarting, pull the primary ignition wire from the distributor. Connect the...
• Re: Electronic points -waste of time/money?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:36:11 -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...
• Re: Vanagon Still Won't A Go-Go!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:26:08 -0800
  ...With the stock > hall type distributor, I have no spark. Is there a way to check it?? > Also, will a distributor from a Golf...
• Re: Which cylinder isn't firing??
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 08:47:25 -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...
• Re: advance mechanisms on digijet distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:24:36 -0700
  ...do have the specs shown my site for this distributor: http://www.oldvolkshome.com/ignition.htm#V8384 Other answers follow below in your text...
• Re: Ignition cutout on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Larry Himli
  Wed, 5 Nov 2003 19:40:13 -0600
  ...While driving I've tried jiggling the ignition key thinking that would show any problems with the switch. It has no effects. Any ideas...
• Re: Dieing problem driving me nuts
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:21:26 -0700
  ...wiggled them while >>the >>engine was running, from the ignition switch to the distributor. I >>cannot make the problem occur by myself >> -redid all...
• Re: Wonderful Paint Job - No Start
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:27:23 -0400
  ...cleaning the distributor cap and coil thoroughly. It could be the dust is forming a conductive coating and shorting out the ignition. David Brodbeck...
• Re: wiring harness for 84?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:00:32 -0400
  ...I have an '84, too, and my harness has been patched and the cable from the distributor to the ignition control module came from...
• Re: Gauges
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:02:53 +1100
  ...GAUGES > >Scott, > >Bosch makes a rev-limiting ignition rotor. At a preset RPM, it disconnects >the ignition path to the distributor cap. I'll...
• Re: Ignition Cables, unplugging from distributor
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:19:22 -0500
  ...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: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:04:46 -0700
  ...PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Is the cam/crank/distributor timing correct? > > These should line up at the same time: > > cam ("OT...
• Re: Noisy lifters, rockers, at startup, etc (long)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:11:06 -0400
  ...distributor cap and grounded to block with a clip lead is fine, but leaving the disconnected end open puts too much stress on ignition...
• Fwd: Worse than Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Gil Ngai
  Thu, 13 May 2021 19:18:52 -0600
  ...ACDelco 194332132 - gap as per client supplied manual; IgnitionWires: ACDelco89021012; Distributor Hall Sensor: Intermotor LX538; Install: Distributor Rotor and Cap: Champion 18-0748-2...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Sun, 10 Jul 2016 18:17:32 -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: Latest news on No Spark
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 11:23:24 -0400
  Riley; With the ignition on, turn the crank shaft with a wrench on the pulley nut. If you hear the injectors squirt then the...
• Re: Ignition Timing - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:19:10 -0500
  ...Restart the engine, loosen the distributor collar bolt (10mm wrench), tweak the idle to within the range specified on the sticker on the back...
• '85 Digijet Timing
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:20:43 -0400
  ...Disconnecting the vacuum lines on the distributor did not affect the timing at idle. (Haynes says to disconnect them, Bentley says no.) I am...
• Re: Weird ignition timing - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:04:19 -0700
  ...I could only get it to run right with the distributor twisted almost all the way to the end of its travel. Looking at...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:14:41 -0800
  ...means ignition is not happening. On 11/5/2013 11:50 AM, JRodgers wrote: > I pulled the coil wire from the distributor and grounded...
• Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:14:29 -0800
  was the clamp holding the distributor from rotating loose ? The direction the shaft and rotor will try to turn the dist body clockwise ..in...
• carb follies, vw content, no van content
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 00:58:46 -0400
  Bulley wrote: > >'cept your FI van won't typically backfire, as the FI is off when the >ignition is off. Unburned fuel in the...
• Fwd: no spark
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:43:43 EDT
  ...COIL, DISTRIBUTOR with known good units...no spark.....checked wires, rotor, cap....no spark.....checked voltages at coil terminal 15 ...zero with ignition off...
• Intermittent Miss on one cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 18:03:07 -0500
  ...cylinder Swapped injector wires with adjacent cylinder Swapped ignition wire with adjacent cylinder Replaced the distributor as mine had a loose connector Compression tests...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 21:27:14 -0700
  ...as simple a thing as the distributor harness ground not making good contact can make cause no ignition. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Laubach...
• Re: Zoooooom!
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 12:35:42 +0100
  ...distributor and rechecked. He cautioned > > me to > > listen for pinging... and back the advance closer to 5 degrees if i > > hear any > > pre-ignition...
• Re: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 17:11:54 -0700
  ...They have the pin listed under "engine", not "ignition" http://techtonicstuning.com/main/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_13_61_251...
• Re: Throttle Switch and Failure to Start.
  Historical mailing list - Raceing Cajun
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 07:20:28 -0500
  ...Carefully clean distributor cap inside and outside, all HV ignition wires, end of coil where the wires attach. Reconnect wires properly :-) Larry A.
• Timing on rebuilt engine
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 20 May 1999 15:39:21 -0400
  ...Engine now wants ignition timing of somewhere around 20 degrees BTDC instead of the nominal 5 degrees ATDC. I have verified that crank-pulley...
• Re: engine stopped-HELP
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:35:00 -0400
  ...I have no spark from coil to distributor. I wiggled > ignition key and still no good, IDEAS HELP, had to be towed home, still...
• Re: 2.1 won't run when hot
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:49:05 -0400
  A really easy way to tell if your problem is ignition or something else is to hook up a timing light and route the...
• Re: Wierd (Ignition?) Problem...
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:46:20 -0800
  ...I even have remote start installed and that doesn't work so it isn't the ignition switch. The Distributor is original with 209...
• 1986 GL won't start
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stinson
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 17:39:52 -0400
  ...wires, distributor rotor, coil all pass the multimeter tests. Wierd clue: the "buzzer" that goes on when the key is in the ignition and...
• Re: 009 parts question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 25 May 2003 04:25:21 -0700
  ...009 distributor on my 1991 2.1 with the correct rotor and cap. What I can highly recommend is the Pertronix pointLESS ignition ( http...
• Crummy Vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 15 May 2021 02:25:22 +0000
  ...ACDelco 194332132 - gap as per client supplied manual; IgnitionWires: ACDelco89021012; Distributor Hall Sensor: Intermotor LX538; Install: Distributor Rotor and Cap: Champion 18-0748-2...
• Re: order #2353
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 19:17:57 -0700
  ...kit I recently recieved contains ignition rotor 04170, and >I believe my model vanagon requires 04038. My distributor is >#025-905-205K. The current...
• Re: Fridae Question about ignition timing..
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:38:20 -0700
  ...Question about ignition timing.. | | Thanks for the reply. | | I recall now that I used to 'retard' the timing on my vehicles when I |went...
• Re: cooling system leak
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:44:30 -0700
  ...valves per cylinder, > knock sensor ignition.. > though an ABA has that, at least in some versions. .. > no distributor ...that's nice on a subaru...
• Re: Wasserboxer Distributor into A/C 2.0
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:56:00 +1000
  ...The original post did refer to installation of a WB 1900 hall effect distributor in a Type 1 (presume 1600) rather than a Type...
• Re: Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:26:58 -0600
  I need a tach to set the engine rpm for tweaking the ignition timing. The tach in my van doesn't work - and one...
• Re: Just replaced the throttle switch and am having drivability issues
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 4 Feb 2006 16:03:44 -0500
  ...Vacuum leak? Wire broke in the distributor? Vacuum advance,or mechanical the in distributor? Water tempature II? Ignition timing?Cant think of anything else...
• Re: 86 Westy cuts out sporadically, now won't start
  Historical mailing list - Helge Weissig
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:23:54 -0700
  ...into the distributor cap and it does not look too bad. A little crusting on the contacts but otherwise clean. The ignition cables have...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 19:16:39 -0500
  ...green or black box that plugs into the ignition harness btw the distributor and the ignition controller (which the Digifant also does not have...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:14:37 -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...