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• Re: size of nut (bolt?) on crankcase pulley?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:25:03 -0800
  Most conveniently you can't put the distributor in wrong in a waterboxer vanagon engine. I am sure there are ways to screw it...
• RE: loss of power on hills
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 10:15:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Most (Type-1) distributors had two advance mechanisms operating together: a vacuum advance that retarded the spark when you floored it, and a centrifugal...
• Re: Hall Sender Connector "Loose"
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:53:55 -0700
  ...At some point I wrapped a thin piece of wire around the distributor and the sender just to hold it in place, and that...
• distributor alignment
  Historical mailing list - Racer X
  Sat, 21 Nov 1998 17:55:59 +0000
  ...But won't start. <br>I'm suspecting that I've not aligned the distributor correctly, and <br>it's throwing the timing way...
• Re: Engine Oil Analysis?
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Wed, 31 May 2000 13:46:00 -0400
  Check your local bulk fuel/oil distributor. They should be in the phone book. All the distributors around here also do oil analysis. Also...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:32:40 -0700
  ...in my experience..the distributor, and that connection/plug on the side of the distributor are weak areas to be very careful about. On...
• Distributor cap?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 10:39:55 -0700
  ...On my '90 Westy, there is a metal cover (ETKA calls it a screening ring) over the distributor cap. Does this come off and...
• Re: 2.1 distributor drive gear installation question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:07:31 -0500
  ...With #1 piston at TDC the distributor rotor will point > to an opposite direction rather than the mark on the distributor. > Just pull the...
• Re: Update on the New Engine Timing Issue..
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:33:09 -0400
  Jesse, Do you mean, can you connect the spark plugs to the distributor in any old order? No, definately not. The firing order on...
• dwell
  Historical mailing list - jeff crane
  Sat, 13 May 2000 22:54:55 -0400
  ...It is no longer adjustable but through software it is possible in distributorless ignitions, but no the service tech cannot do so. Dwell is...
• 88 GL _ no start - Is it fixed - or is it?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 7 Jun 2014 22:42:42 -0500
  ...Pulled the distributor wire - HMMMM - that didn't seem to have a good grip. Put it back on - pulled it off. Nope - not tight...
• Re: 88 GL Distributor Woes Continue - on and on --
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:44:35 -0500
  ...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: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's,normal again.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 14:43:24 -0500
  ...Yes, I know the distributor is not a tune-up part. But my current distributor has the hall sensor connector held in place with...
• Re: Vacuum System Parts on 1.9 - "Y's" and Constrictors...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:43:19 -0400
  ...advance on distributor? According to the book it's in the control line to the charcoal canister flush valve; the distributor line (I think...
• Re: Bosch distributor #
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Mar 96 18:53 CST
  ...Can >someone give me the Bosch number of the vacuum advance type distributor. A >friend can order the part wholesale but doesn't know...
• order #2353
  Historical mailing list - Ely Kumli
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 18:34:05 -0700
  ...My distributor is #025-905-205K. The current rotor has a much larger hole in it for the distributor than the 04170. Can I...
• Free distributor & coil
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 17:14:46 -0400
  Replaced my distributor on our 1982 Westy with a Pertronix & 009 gizmo. The old one is free for the taking. It is a (VW...
• FS Rear view Mirror/ DIstributor / tailights
  Historical mailing list - Matt Faust
  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 18:16:23 -0800
  I have a few things left for sale- Rear view mirrow, great shape $15 Distributor from 2.1L , good condition $25 Tailights (inner and...
• Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 07:24:20 -0700
  Every time I take off the distributor cap on my 1985 1.9 L motor (which I did last night to replace), it's...
• More Help Puh�Leeze!!!
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Hayden
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:16:19 -0400
  ...to the distributor did indeed move!! It did almost a 180!!! After it ran for about a minute or so, the distributor popped out...
• Tune up woes part II
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Sun, 07 Apr 1996 20:09:31 -0700
  OK, the lesson here (couldn't get the Campmobile to run after setting valves/replacing plugs/fooling with distributor) is to NOT move the...
• need distributor off topic
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Mon, 23 Dec 2002 23:26:11 +0000
  Hello and Merry Christmas, I am in need of a distributor for a 1990 passat 2.0 16V. If any of my fellow list...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 18:57:16 -0700
  ...Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it? Every time I take off the distributor cap on my 1985 1.9 L motor...
• Re: Ignition problem now worse
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:49:44 -0800
  ...1) there's something wrong with the new distributor, or 2) your messing around has messed something up. For the life of me, I...
• Woody's stumbling, carpets for 83.5
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 16:02:22 -0500
  ...The housing on the side of the distributor where the wire plugs in has partially broken away from the body of the distributor. Wiggle...
• Re: Confused about valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 16:25:26 -0700
  ...The distributor spins around telling each plug when to fire. Everything else being equal (it hardly ever is, in real life) as long as...
• Re: Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit, was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:40:40 -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: finding TDC
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 14:03:39 -0500
  ...you only pulled the distributor, and NOT the distributor drive shaft (The little medicine-bottle sizes plug with a gear-shaped end) THEN You...
• Re: Stuck in Needles, need advice
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:55:13 -0800
  I like the distributor or Hall Sender plan. ( ecu unlikely ) I had that exact thing on a 2.1 wbxr a while back. intermittently...
• Distributor wire?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
  Tue, 19 May 2009 15:36:42 -0700
  ...On the right side of my distributor there's a small electrical clip.� I can't remember what goes there.� Is it a ground...
• Screen ring a necessity ?
  Historical mailing list - Philip Menchions
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 01:48:18 -0330 (NST)
  I just finished removing a badly rusted screen ring from the distributor cap. All along I had thought it was an integral part of...
• Rebuilding a distributor.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 15:19:40 EST
  ...Driving the shaft out of the distributor body was even worse. Now, after replacing the hall sender, driving the shaft back in is impossible...
• Another 2.1 WBX stumbling thead - with a twist!
  Historical mailing list - Todd
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:49:38 -0700
  ...Five years ago when I bought the van, the PO stated his mechanic replaced the 86-92 distributor with 83-85 Vanagon one saying...
• Tune Up Woes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Sun, 07 Apr 1996 16:03:17 -0700
  ...Heck, let's pull the distributor out altogether. Engine turns, then kind of hiccups. Had one good backfire. I guess I'll try it...
• Distributor p/n #?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 2 May 2007 14:15:25 -0400
  Hello folks, Does anyone know if the distributors for '85 1.9 Digijets will work on '83-'84 models? There is a slightly different...
• Re: Real time help needed
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sat, 28 Mar 2020 17:11:27 -0700
  ...Set engine at TDC #1 Remove distributor cap Pull center wire from cap and set end of wire on metal Loosed the 13mm nut...
• Bus probs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Gentry
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 16:49:41 -0700
  ...Once I apparently didn't tighten the distributor hold-down bolt enough and the distributor had vibrated around, changing the timing. It's easy...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 07:57:34 -0800
  ...By "180" I meant the distributor drive shaft would be 180 degrees off. The crank would be 360 from TDC (i.e. TDC, but...
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:54:08 -0400
  ...In the distributor the Hall-effect sensor and a magnet are mounted on a common base with a small gap between them. The distributor...
• Re: ** HELP ** van heavy gas smell
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:53:10 -0400
  ...It can the o2 sensor , the ecu, the distributor , the afm,ect,ect ,ect, or, in my case, the wiring inside the distributor.Carefully...
• Re: Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Rogers
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 13:40:00 -0400
  ...a year since my last tune up. > I guess a new distributor cap and wires are NOT included in a tune up! > > > > On Wed...
• '90 distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Sat, 9 Mar 1996 18:57:28 +0000
  ...With the engine nice and clean I decided to check the distributor cap and rotor. I pulled off the plastic bag from the distributor...
• Re: Engine stumbling, hesitations... again
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:04:07 -0800
  ...Unfortunately, though I removed the >sender from the distributor, I learned that it was not available as a >separate pieace. I bought a new...
• Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 14:26:12 -0700
  ...This is for a distributor from a different VW engine but Vanagon gas engines have the same pin arrangement. Figured someone here has done...
• Re: Slow cranking with fully charged battery
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 21 Mar 2016 11:38:56 -0400
  ...Also make sure that there is nothing funky going on with your distributor. Slow cranking could be all sort of things. I had a...
• Re: Unleaded Regular or Unleaded Premium?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:17:33 -0800
  Do all knock sensors adjust the timing through a range of degrees above and below the adjusted distributor setting? Do you know what the...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Chayan Srisawat
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:36:29 +0700
  ...I changed all of ignition cables(coil to distributor and distributor to spark plugs) and finally obtained pretty good consumption rate. Before leak test...
• Re: Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 10:17:55 -0800
  ...Starting on the distributor was > so easy. And that distributor looked and operated just like any > automotive distributor except the distributor cap had 7...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:32:20 -0800
  ...At first, thought a hall sender problem, replaced distributor and re- aligned the distributor gear which was installed improperly by the PO. This turned...
• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:32:55 -0500
  ...I removed the >> distributor and will take it down to have the sensor tested tomorrow >> morning. >> >> If it is the sensor, anybody have a...
• Fuel Injection Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Morrow
  Thu, 28 Mar 1996 07:45:35 -0600
  ...It has the fuel injection still on it, but someone has put a 009 Bosch distributor on it. Will this work? I thought that...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:56:43 -0500
  ...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: Wierd (Ignition?) Problem...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:36:41 -0500
  ...What,me worry? Still, got 2 cents for you.I had the broken wire in the distributor problem too. The symptoms that I got...
• Re: NEED PLUG/PIGTAIL TO DISTRIBUTOR
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:11:34 -0400
  ...NEED PLUG/PIGTAIL TO DISTRIBUTOR Dear List members, I am in dire need of the plug/pigtail that plugs into the Halls Sender at...
• Re: '85 Ignition Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:19:03 -0700
  ...The Hall sender is inside the distributor. I know the _sender_ is in the distributor, but I thought this thing was something to do...
• Re: VW Chirp? (No Vanagon Content?)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 09:06:03 EST
  ...Of course this can only be true when you have points > in the distributor which are probably still common in bugs. > Just a tiny...
• Re: Windshields: all years the same?
  Historical mailing list - Peter McHugh
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:16:31 -0500
  ...stan, you suggested canvassing glass distributors for leftover inventory they may want to unload. any knowledge of what price to offer them? i guess...
• Can I switch Vacuum cans on these distributors?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:08:07 -0800
  ...Hg (Fed) Is there any reason why I couldn't just put the good California vacuum can on the Federal distributor? Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young...
• Re: Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome?
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:33:00 -0700
  ...052 998 065 If you have an '86 & up, spend the extra $25 and get the rebuilt Bosch distributor. It's actually a brand...
• Re: Distributor Nightmare
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:24:09 -0600
  ...The only magnetism going on inside your distributor involves a spinning, metal cup, that has 4 gaps in it. The "Hall" sensor is triggered...