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Subject:Re: Oh oh, power problem
From:Andree Hurley
Date:Sun, 30 Dec 2001 13:24:34 -0500

Now that would be a welcome fix!

Andree

On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Donald Baxter wrote:

> This happened to mine, five or six years ago ('85 GL).  Replacing the
> distributor cured it--I had a bad Hall Sender.

> Subject: Oh oh, power problem
>
>
> I was happily driving my new '85 on the LA freeway yesterday in
> (unhappily) bad stop-and-go traffic. I was speeding up in third and
> getting ready to shift into fourth when it unexpectedly lost power,
> suddenly, like a burp. I made it home but am worried - it didn't seem to
> like the steep hill and I had to baby it on up in second. This van had a
> good compression test some six months ago and doesn't have any obvious
> problems (oil and water stay at their levels).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andree
>
>
>

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