I believe it's the Hall unit that triggers the injectors.

Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Hayden" <sevenkevin@WEBTV.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 9:14 PM
Subject: Help! My Vanagon Won't Vanna Go!

> Hi There!! :-)
>
> I need some major help!  My 1985 1.9L Vanagon died on me while entering
> the on-ramp for the highway.  I couldn't get it started and had to have
> it towed home.  I noticed that one of the spark plug wires had popped
> off the distributor cap but after replacing it,  it still would only
> turn over--not start.  It was not getting spark, so I removed the hall
> type distributor and replaced it with a breaker point one and hooked it
> up directly to the MSD 6A unit.  Now I have spark but no gas seems to
> enter the cylinders.  When removing the breather hose that goes into the
> fuel injection unit, I sprayed some starting fluid in and I got it to
> run for a few seconds.  There is a metal T fitting with a bleeder screw
> that I broke loose and gas does come out.  I did this by jumping the ECU
> connector as instructed in the manual.  Any help, suggestions or
> information would be greatly appreciated since I'm new to owning a
> Vanagon and no mechanic around this area has a clue on what to do with
> it.  Thanks for taking the time to read my posting and Have A GREAT
> Night!!
>
> Kevin
>