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• Re: distributor wiring ? (Hall Generator?)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:07:34 EDT
  I have hall generators (or senders) for $99. They come with that plastic plug that attaches to the side of the distributor, the hall...
• rebuilt distributor
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 08:24:55 -0700
  ...to clean it thoroughly, and a whole rebuilt w/ cap and rotor is less than 2x the cost of the Hall generator itself. Thanks...
• Hall generator causing rough idle
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Apr 1997 20:28:54 -0500
  ...I was wondering if the hall generator could cause rough idle if it was malfunctioning.The van runs fine when driving/accelerating. There were...
• 82 I4 rough idle
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:09:29 -0800
  ...Are there any diagnostics for the distributor ..shaft play, hall generator wearing out etc. any typical weak spots to look for? Remarkably little in...
• Re: rebuilt distributor
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 19:29:02 -0400
  ...to clean it thoroughly, and a whole rebuilt w/ cap and rotor is less than 2x the cost of the Hall generator itself. > > Thanks...
• distributor wiring ? (Hall Generator?)
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 23:40:30 EDT
  ...Can this be replaced? It looks from bently (28.29) like this is the Hall generator connection. Can a donor part be spliced and...
• 85 Hall Generator
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Sat, 1 Jan 2005 23:38:19 -0800
  I had to replace the Hall Sender on my 1.9, it wouldn't start when it got hot. My FLAPs ordered Borg-Warner...
• Re: Hall Effect Sender? Speedo question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 29 May 2008 10:54:41 -0700
  ...I see a "Hall Generator" on P 97.105 of Bentley. P 28.40 shows a "hall sender" unit on the distributor. (likely the...
• Re: Stumbling after fuel filter change
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:24:29 -0400
  There are three little wires in a plug where the Hall generator connects to the distributor.Sometimes they get broken or dont make good...
• Re: New Tech. in Old Applications.
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Sat, 13 May 2000 22:35:03 -0400
  ...in Old Applications. > Pertronix unit is a Hall Effect generator. Call Pertronix, they will tell you > the same. Still doubt it? Okay then, have...
• Re: 1.9 fuel pump won't work
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:10:45 -0700
  ...At minimum, I'd disconnect, clean, connector terminals to hall generator and distributor and inspect wiring for cracks, damage. I don't know where...
• Re: No start, no spark
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:15:07 -0400
  ...at 6:38 PM, David Beierl wrote: > Candidates are the Hall-effect generator in the > distributor, the connector at the distributor, the ECU, the...
• Re: Power loss after traffic jam
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 13:15:42 -0400
  ...stop if you did, since the timing pulse from the Hall-effect generator passes through it. It's also - without knowledge to the contrary...
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Weisberger
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 07:36:54 -0700
  ...one item I haven't replaced or diagnosed is the Halls sender, generator or whatever is in the distributor. What does this thing do...
• Re: The "syndrome" solutions
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:43:23 -0500
  Larry, according to the Bentley (and my own 85 Vanagon), it does indeed have a hall sensor and generator. Cheers, -Kyle On Sun, 12...
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:54:08 -0400
  ...These pass through the gap in the Hall generator assembly. When the gap is open, the sensor "sees" the magnet and generates a tiny...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:40:26 -0700
  I'm about 95% sure it's the Hall Generator in the distributor. If I hook a timing light to the spark wires and...
• Re: '85 Ignition Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:00:04 -0400
  ...Was looking at "Hall control unit" P 28.28 Bentley, but wrote >the wrong thing. I would call that a wrong label. 97.55...
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 14:41:35 -0500
  ...one item I haven't replaced or diagnosed is the Halls sender, generator or whatever is in the distributor. What does this thing do...
• AMP Part Numbers for 25 pin Digifant connector
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 23:43:13 -0700
  ...4) 6 BR/W Hall Generator - (Pin 1) 7 bare Knock Sensor Shield (Pin 3) 8 R/BK Hall Generator + (Pin 3) 9 BR...
• What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - john schaper
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 09:58:59 -0400
  ...one item I haven't replaced or diagnosed is the Halls sender, generator or whatever is in the distributor. What does this thing do...
• Re: Continuing Engine Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sat, 11 May 1996 10:05:23 -0500 (CDT)
  ...On the bottom left of 28.37 it says that if you connect the mulitmeter to the outer terminals of the Hall generator connector...
• Re: '80 Calif. Flooding Problems
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 06:52:09 -0700
  ...81 models shows the Hall Generator, Idle Stablizer and ICU all present, all indicated "California only." The Hall Generator connects to the ICU through...
• Re: i dont know!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 11:36:27 +0200
  ...wheel in the distributor that interrupts the field created within the Hall generator by a permanent magnet (this is mounted across an air gap...
• Fuel Inj Sync
  Historical mailing list - Vahid Lajevardi
  Wed, 17 May 95 10:44:37 PDT
  ...If you start from the Hall generator, it doesn't have any idea which cylinder it is generating the pulses for. Then it goes...
• No start/no spark
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:23:16 -0400
  ...side of the road/limited tools) to check if the Hall Effect Generator is working or not. Here's the situation; I felt some...
• Re: The "syndrome" solutions
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:54:18 -0700
  ...The "syndrome" solutions Larry, according to the Bentley (and my own 85 Vanagon), it does indeed have a hall sensor and generator. Cheers, -Kyle...
• Re: Distributor part question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:00:26 -0800
  ...In the Bentley manual it is labeled as the Hall Generator. The electrical plug on mine is pretty cracked up and the wires are...
• Distributor part question
  Historical mailing list - JasonPufahl
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 12:38:36 -0500
  ...In the Bentley manual it is labeled as the Hall Generator. The electrical plug on mine is pretty cracked up and the wires are...
• Fixed--Re: No start, no spark
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:13:05 -0400
  ...Hope that's the problem. > > > On Jul 12, 2010, at 6:38 PM, David Beierl wrote: > >> Candidates are the Hall-effect generator in the...
• Re: electrical woes - new developments
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:29:58 -0700
  ...It can be the coil, the ignition module, the distributor (Hall generator inside), wiring of the Hall generator to the ECU. Anyway, it is...
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - david hardy
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 12:41:16 -0600
  ...one > item I haven't replaced or diagnosed is the Halls sender, generator or whatever is in the > distributor. What does this thing do...
• Re: Cold starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:24:16 -0500
  Seems that you are not getting spark for ignition, but gas is being delivered to the cylinder.A bad hall sender or hall generator...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:32:20 -0800
  ...The Distributor, coil, hall generator, hall sender, and all wiring is new and functional. 10 points if you get it now. Hint 2: Although...
• Re: Distributor part question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:49:50 -0800
  ...In the Bentley manual it is labeled as the Hall Generator. The electrical plug on mine is pretty cracked up and the wires are...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:04:23 -0700
  ...AND if there is no signal, does that mean bad Distributer or bad signal generator (hall distributor)?? Does it matter, because i believe ONLY...
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 13:28:17 -0400
  ...one item I haven't replaced > or diagnosed is the Halls sender, generator or whatever is in the > distributor. What does this thing do...
• Re: 1.9 loss of power
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:04:35 -0400
  ...Disconnect and reattach the afm, the ecu and the hall generator.Check the coil. The Bently has the proceedure for a multimeter test.Check...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 13:54:43 -0500
  ...The sender pulses are not erratic -- this is a purely electronic circuit (the Hall generator). It may do some wave shaping, but that 's...
• CORRODED WIRE CONNECTORS
  Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
  Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:41:31 -0500
  ...One has 3 green wires which I think is T1h seen in the Bentley wiring diagram near the hall generator. The second connector has...
• Re: '80 Calif. Flooding Problems
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 15:26:36 -0400
  ...81 models shows the Hall Generator, Idle Stablizer and ICU all present, all indicated "California only." The Hall Generator connects to the ICU through...
• HELP 1985 Westy Losing Power
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Oct 1996 21:13:33 -0700
  ...Lost ignition in Arizona, replaced Hall sender in distributor and Hall generator (control unit) Power problem reapeared in Nevada running north on 95. Seems...
• Euro-Drive: 84 Volkswagen VANAGON, No-start
  Historical mailing list - "Charles Barnes (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Wed, 5 May 1999 12:58:55 -0400
  ...coolant temp in range throttle switches OK Ignition system ,hall generator,Idle stabilizer ,hall control unit , coil, wires, plugs, OK CLeaned all grounds on...
• Re: hall-effect part
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:24:28 EDT
  ...I believe it is the unit Bentley calls the Hall Generator which mounts next to the Idle Stabilizer in the Digijet system. I do...
• Re: Which is the ground for the Hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 14:54:03 -0400
  ...Even if I'd had to look up Hall Generator on page 97.120 to find what current tracks it was on it would...
• Re: Distributor part question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 15:58:43 -0800
  ...In the Bentley manual it is labeled as the Hall > Generator. The electrical plug on mine is pretty cracked up and the wires > are...
• Re: Eurospec problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 21:57:57 -0700
  ...Y Hall Generator - (Pin 1) 7 bare bare BK Knock Sensor Shield (Pin 3) 8 R/BK R/BK R/BK Hall Generator + (Pin...
• Re: Help!! in big trouble with Jetta GLi ignition system
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 10:59:32 -0800
  ...have time for troubleshooting- bring a coil, Hall control ( any model will work), a hall generator( or a whole distributor) and a ECU if...
• Re: Another no start problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:41:57 -0400
  ...Hall-effect generator, connector at the distributor, ECU, coil or wiring amongst them. The "one weak spark" is additional evidence and to me suggests...
• Re: No start/no spark
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:49:08 -0700
  ...side of the road/limited tools) to check if > the Hall Effect Generator is working or not. Here's the situation; I felt > some...
• Re: That VW Brown...
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:56:09 -0400
  ...Vanagon brown; harvest gold refrigerators; avocado sinks) that had been the hallmark of the '70s, a decage when we were focussing on the earth...
• Re: No start/no spark
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:34:19 -0400
  ...side of the road/limited tools) to check if >>> the Hall Effect Generator is working or not. Here's the situation; I >>> felt >>> some...
• Re: intermittent starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 20:02:02 -0500
  ...Some components of the ignition system are heat sensitive when they start to fail (like the Hall generator). After you turn off the engine...
• Re: No start/no spark
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:01:18 -0700
  ...side of the road/limited tools) to check if > the Hall Effect Generator is working or not. Here's the situation; I felt > some...
• Re: Distributor part question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:23:53 -0800
  ...In the Bentley manual it is labeled as the Hall > Generator. The electrical plug on mine is pretty cracked up and the wires > are...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:56:43 -0500
  ...The Distributor, coil, > hall generator, hall sender, and all wiring is new and functional. > 10 points if you get it now. > > Hint 2: Although...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:33:12 -0500
  ...The Distributor, coil, hall generator, hall sender, and all wiring is new and functional. 10 points if you get it now. Hint 2: Although...
• Re: HELP 1985 Westy Losing Power
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sat, 5 Oct 1996 01:32:48 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Lost > ignition in Arizona, replaced Hall sender in distributor and Hall generator > (control unit) Power problem reapeared in Nevada running north on 95. Seems...
• Re: 1.9ltr vanagon timing help needed.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:43:56 -0400
  ...Since it's constatly in the circuit between the Hall generator in the distributor and the ignitor on the left firewall, a failure there...
• Reply to: Re: My Own Private FAQ
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"luke\" Lukey
  02 Nov 96 10:14:24 EST
  >> Hey Luke , your '86 already has a electronic ignition. ( Hall Generator) And so does all watercooled vanagons. ( you must have been driving your '67...