The Hall sender is in the distributor. To replace get a distributor rebuild kit
(about $US75 or thereabouts)

Erik V.

Citerat fr�n Rob Cassam <robcass@IX.NETCOM.COM>:

> I just had the same problem after putting in a new distributor.  The
> engine
> would cut off and the tach went to zero immediately.  When I toggled the
> key
> while rolling without engaging the starter, it "started" back up.  I
> changed
> the ignition switch and have not had the problem again.
>
> Thanks to the group for helping with the ignition diagnostic.
>
> It is my understanding that the HAll sender gets replaced when you put
> in a
> new starter.
>
> Rob
> 90'Westy
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Allan Bagley
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 11:04 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: '85 (Digijet) Hall Sensor Symptoms
>
>
> Is it overly simplistic to assume that if the engine looses power
> momentarily at hiway speeds and the tach zeros at the same time, even
> though
> the engine is being spun by the transmission, that the Hall Sender has
> failed or at least ceased sending for that moment? I tend to think that
> the
> tach zeroing at the moment of the 'stumble' or 'hesitation' is a giant
> clue
> and would tend to rule out AFM and other items in the fuel chain. I can
> only
> assume that this could be caused by a faulty Hall Sender, ignition
> switch,
> wiring to the distributer, or what else?
>
>
> Allan Bagley
> 86 Westy
>
> -
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Mark Ingalls
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 7:06 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: '85 (Digijet) Hall Sensor Symptoms
>
>
> >>>Would heat cause it to fail,
> then work later on?  I thought at the time it was a too lean setting (I
> had
> leaned out the AFM a few notches), the altitude (this was at
> Shenendoah
> National Park, Skyline Drive), or possible the timing being too far
> advanced >>>>
>
>
>
> If the hall sender is working, you will see your tach 'pulse' while
> the
> starter is cranking.
>
>
> Mark Ingalls
> 85 GL
>

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