I had this problem on my '84 earlier this year.  Problem went away when I
replaced digital idle stabilizer.  You can buy them from list vendors.

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Wolfe" <wolfe@LISAIUS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 2:27 PM
Subject: while on the idle topic

> If I start my 84 westy cold.  It will idle fine for about 1-2 minutes,
> start to sputter for an additional 1-2 minutes and then stall, but then
> if restarted it may do the cycle again of may be fine until the next
> cold start.  Any thoughts?
>
> justin
>