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Subject:Fwd: no spark
From:Benjamin Tan
Date:Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:43:43 EDT

Can someone help this guy out? He is not on the list but I can forward the
replies to him.

Thanks,
BenT

In a message dated 7/12/00 10:26:06 PM PDT, Kihondachi@aol.com writes:

<< I have a 1985 Vanagon L.  My dad was driving it one day, going up a fairly
steep incline highway.  As he was exiting, the van died.  He thought he ran
out of gas.  He tried a restart, but to no avail.  We towed it home. Got some
gas and attempted to start it.... the engine cranked and cranked.  I checked
for fuel at the 'T' connection, it squirted....'checked the plugs... They
were wet....checked for spark..NO SPARK!!   I swapped the HALL unit, COIL,
DISTRIBUTOR with known good units...no spark.....checked wires, rotor,
cap....no spark.....checked voltages at coil terminal 15 ...zero with
ignition off...8vdc with ignition on.....my other same year Vanagon had 9vdc
then jumped up to 13vdc after a couple of seconds.  Could this be my problem?
 PLEASE HELP!

 Jero >>

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