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• Burning up ECU; fixed!
  Historical mailing list - wheelierider
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:34:30 -0800
  ...I was thinking of replacing the distributor and ECU at the same time. Bus Depot has rebuilt distributors for $190 + core and Vanagain has...
• Re: Dead Cylinder -91 Carat - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 15 Oct 2014 09:16:37 -1000
  ...Using my ECU Monitor, the ignition path is good to the > distributor. From the distributor to the plugs checks good with a strobe > and...
• Re: Bypassed DIS
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 20 May 2010 12:02:12 -0400
  ...It sits in the middle of the line between the distributor and the ignition module, and arbitrarily starts messing with the timing when the...
• ground wires/strap (85 vanagon)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 08 May 1996 08:31:43 -0500 (CDT)
  ...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: Mystery Part unveiled
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 08:20:13 EST
  ...I would switch to the "distributor less" ignition system more power to the plugs with NO MORE rotor to wear out. Robert [message/rfc822]
• Distributor Woe's continue!!!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:52:05 -0600
  Volks, On my '88 GL - I pilled the distributor - and found the Hall Sender connector that sticks out - to be broken off. Replaced the...
• Re: Ignition Timing Procedure 1986+ Vanagon 2.1L Digifant
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:57:05 -0800
  ...If not loosen distributor and make adjustment. Don't forget to retighten the distributor if you had to loosen it. Tabe, I don't...
• Update help with 78 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:56:14 -0400
  ...It feels like an ignition problem to me and I had a Vanagon that had bad plug wires that did something similar. I replaced...
• Re: Intermittent stall while underway...
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 02:51:00 +0000
  ...The ignition signal goes through the idle stabilizer. Finally it could be the hall sensor inside the distributor. We have new distributor or rebuilt...
• Van turns but won't fire
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Rafferty
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 21:05:16 -0700
  ...Took high tension lead off distributor,held to eng,turned the key,eng turns but NO SPARK. No spark means no secondary voltage,therefore...
• CIS Puzzler (Jetta content only)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 22:43:51 EST
  ...The car has a 1.6l motor from a '80 Rabbit in it (which had points ignition and a different emissions setup) and I...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:50:44 -0600
  I pulled the coil wire from the distributor and grounded it. No spark. John On 11/5/2013 1:04 PM, thewestyman wrote: > The...
• Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:37:35 -0700
  ...I'm pullling a known good distributor out of my parts car > to try out this weeekend, - but I'm almost certain it's...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:07:47 -0800
  You can get a VW magneto ignition if you wish. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1504055 http://www.thesamba.com...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:29:27 -0500
  ...If you want to ditch the ignition system, buy a diesel. Angus On Nov 21, 2013, at 2:52 PM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM...
• Re: leaking gas when engine is on (long)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:19:10 -0500
  At 06:22 PM 12/10/2009, Bob Stevens wrote: >also a large box fan for circulation, then unplug the middle distributor >wire so...
• Re: hard starting - cylinder cutting out -87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 2 Jan 2003 18:45:32 -0500
  Mike; Sounds like an ignition related problem to me too. Check the distributor cap and rotor first, since it is easiest. Then go ahead...
• Dead Cylinder -91 Carat - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:06:59 -0500
  ...Using my ECU Monitor, the ignition path is good to the distributor. From the distributor to the plugs checks good with a strobe and...
• Strange No Start
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:56:52 -0600
  ...Seems like the failure is somewhere between the coil wire and the end of the individual ignition wires. Could the ignition wires be bad...
• A new Adventure on the way to the Audi 2.0 Turbo - or pulling gears
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 00:32:31 EDT
  ...The Audi 3A engines (despite the erroneous notation on the EKTA) use a non-advancing distributor (knock sensor controlled ignition as per the CIS...
• Re: 1984 1.9L/autotransmission ** flat spot around 2500 +/- 400 rpm when driving
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:56:23 -0700
  re 'These included the distributor and the AFM. Should those items need replacement after eight years (but only about 30,000 miles)?" new or...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 10 Oct 2007 - Special issue (#2007-1097)
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:20:35 -0700
  ...Be sure to check the connector where the hall sender wires exit the back of the distributor housing. Mine deteriorated and there were bare...
• Re: NVC - Delta Mark Ten
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 07:18:53 -0500
  ...electronic ignition, are non-California air-cooled ones, 1980 to 82. ( you > can also retrofit 83 to 85 waterboxer electronic ignition and distributor to...
• Re: Engine Dies ????
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:38:00 -1000
  clean and tighten ALL ground connections, then try your known-good spare distributor. ( a set of known-good used parts like that makes all...
• Re: Wasserboxer Distributor into A/C 2.0
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 08:34:54 -0700
  ...This might explain the distributor thing. My $0.02, Sam ---"King, Robert" <Robert.King@DSTO.DEFENCE.GOV.AU> wrote: > > Jim writes: > >Help!!! Why didn...
• Fw: no spark
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:21:43 -0700
  ...COIL, DISTRIBUTOR with known good units...no spark.....checked > wires, rotor, cap....no spark.....checked voltages at coil terminal 15 ...zero > with ignition off...
• RE: VANAGON digest 1087
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Bibler
  Mon, 2 Sep 1996 09:22:35 -0400
  ...power loss happened, I again checked the ignition = system. This time I found the generic distributor rotor had melted near = the outer contact. Changed...
• Re: 81 Aircooled - Replacing Condenser
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:57:06 -0400
  ...2Fwww. > > ebay.com%2Fitm%2FPertronix-1847A-Ignitor-Electronic-Ignition-Module-Bo > > sch-VW-009-050-Distributor%2F380736127599%3Ffits%3DMake%253AVolkswagen > > %257CModel%253AVanagon&amp;data...
• Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Sun, 17 Nov 2013 14:50:48 -0700
  ...nbsp; I peeled back some suspicious looking electrical tape near the distributor harness to find breaks in the factory insulation and in fact, nearly...
• Re: HELP 84 westy misfires between 2800 & 3000 rpm's THANKS
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:06:05 -0400
  ...Check distributor, worn shaft/bushings will cause extra pulses, injector openings at various speeds causing all sorts of grief. Bad ignition coil or cap...
• ignition? injection?
  Historical mailing list - Deborah Walters
  Sat, 4 Jan 2003 19:54:36 -0500
  ...Today, I disconnected and reconnected the spark plug and coil wires on the distributor cap, and she started (cooling time about 15 minutes). Soooo...
• Re: Losing power...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:11:28 -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...
• FS: some new parts at great prices
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 21:50:58 -0400
  ...I am not a parts distributor, these are just items I have too many of on the shelf. Karl M.
• Interesting Subaru Vanagon For Sale, Austin TX
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:03:20 +0200
  ...What was interesting was a custom-made intake manifold with a Holley carb., and a Ford Escort(?) ignition distributor attached to the front of...
• Re: CSI: Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:17:45 -0800
  You can also see the faint remains of the ignition module, just ahead of the coil remains. The "chicken wire" is from the foam...
• Digifant and Fuel Injection Basic questions(long)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:55:52 -0600
  ...controls both ignition advance and fuel injector firing Ignition questions: 1. Since I've never had the stock Vanagon 2.1 distributor apart, can...
• Engine turns - Fails to start - Trouble Shooting
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 6 Jun 2014 10:36:48 -0500
  ...Pull the distributor wire, crank the engine, hold the distributor wire 1/8 in from the engine block or other ground point - you should...
• Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 16:24:47 -0400
  ...distributor and the connection to the hall sender on the side of the distributor. the hall sender is what sends info to the ignition...
• Re: Engine quit
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:35:11 -0700
  ...Also the black wires at one post of the ignition coil, or the cluster of grounds at a screw below the ignition coil. Sometimes...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:19:31 -0700
  ...your van is rear ended by someone, which knocks out the > ignition distributor and the engine stops. Let's say you pass out from...
• Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 29 May 2011 01:56:02 -0400
  ...hence the distributor pulses) slows below that figure the unit artificially advances the pulses that it passes on to the ignition unit. You can...
• Re: rebuilt 2.1 runs like crap - can't figure it out
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:59:49 -0400
  ...Also, did you buy new OEM ignition wires? Very important. Spark plug gaps set properly? Ignition sequence is 1-4-3-2. Put the...
• Re: F.I. and Pertronix Ignition?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:22:49 -0700
  ...points) then it is worth while to get a fancy ignition system. Another word of warning. Do not use a high energy coil on...
• Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 May 2011 21:43:56 -0700
  ...ECU has nothing to do with ignition in the 1.9l. As you > say, it's between the distributor (which generates the timing signal...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:56:44 -0700
  ...ignition coil fail soon too? > - Is the portion that feeds the tachometer independent from the main > function of the ignition coil (feeding the distributor...
• Re: some notes from counterman mag
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 09:03:07 -0500
  Years back when I worked for Borg Warner Ignition Division we had annual obsolescence returns from each distributors stock. Since this was in the...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:32:49 -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...
• Re: I am stumped
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 12 May 2001 18:36:31 -0500
  ...If you radio is hooked to the ignition switch on position you can also burn out your points when you just turn your ignition...
• 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...
• Re: CA 81-83 air cooled Fuel Injection & Ignition System
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:14:25 -0700
  ...039-905-205-C, Hall effect vacuum advance and retard distributor, > 2. 211-905-115-B, Ignition Coil > 3. 191-905-351-B, Hall...
• Re: Fuel tank problem solving - RESOLVED for now
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Tue, 3 Apr 2018 20:15:03 -0700
  ...vacuum connections around the fuel rails, distributor and so forth. No start/pump running continuously. Switched the ignition a dozen times from OFF to...
• Re: Throttle Switch and Failure to Start.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 09:03:24 -0400
  ...99% if you can get it): > Carefully clean distributor cap inside and outside, all HV ignition > wires, end of coil where the wires attach...
• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:46:30 -0400
  ...the distributor (usually intermittant cutting out), and the ECU (the usual suspect). The ECU in the 86 to 91 Vanagons has the ignition module...
• Re: I'm giving up!
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:12:04 -0400
  Have you checked the Hall detector in the distributor and the cable that runs from the distributor to the ignition control module. I have...
• Re: Engine cranks but NO JUICE to coil...poor thirsty coil : (
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 16:13:43 -0700
  ...assuming a Hall-effect distributor.) On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, EMZ wrote: > Off the top of my head, the ignition switch is a > well...
• Re: Digifant timing/tuning help needed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 27 May 2010 22:14:47 -0400
  ...Problem is in the distributor. The distributor has mechanical (centrifugal), advance, and vacuum advance and retard. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: [vanagon] TIICO. Exhaust solved, now timing.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 8 Oct 2001 11:09:51 -0700
  ...As long as the distributor rotor is lined up with the notch on the distributor when the engine is at TDC you are done...
• Re: GAUGES
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 14:22:16 -0500
  ...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: 88 GL _ no start - Is it fixed - or is it?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 8 Jun 2014 11:13:41 -0700
  ...Key in, ignition on - Grind, grind,grind. Will not start. Check the distributor wire again, this time pushing it on the pin at right...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 16:56:11 -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...