three additional suggestions for rough idle:

1. re-set timing from 5 deg ATDC to 5 deg BTDC (i.e., advancing timing 10
deg from stock). engine will certainly be more peppy on the street and
highway.

2. in testing high tension ignition wires, an analog meter is very useful.
using test leads with allegator clips to free hands, the wires can be
flexed in various ways and the swing of the needle will indicated what
might be an intermitent open.

3. always good practice to check for vacuum leaks, including vacuum
advance/retard, or possibly a loose oil filler cap.

dlk

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 18:12:23 -0800, Erin Randolph <lexluthier72@YAHOO.COM>
wrote:

>Hello list,
>    I am new to the list, and hava owned a couple of
>vanagons now, and still some things mystify me.  My
>latest an 85 with 135,000 on a broken odometer, has
>started to miss at idle, also has a 2 second run on
>(diesels)  things i have replaced are:
>    Tranny (not related)
>    clutch (also not related)
>    Plugs, cap, rotor, and got a set of good used
>wires
>    (seems to get good spark on all wires)
>    new ignition coil
>    checked timing and adjusted 5 ATDC
>    new fuel pump
>    new fuel filter
>    unplugged the o2 sensor No Change
>    new connectors to the fuel pump and the temp
>sensor
>    on the thermostat
>    On my first tank of gas with Seafoam in it, to
>
>    hopefully clean out the injectors
>  when i got it back from the mechanic, (who put in
>the ignition coil a couple days ago) he said it was
>running good and so he left it at that.  The only
>difference would be a warm shop, but it doesnt seem to
>change whether the van is hot or cold. Any help would
>be great.
>                                       -Erin Randolph
>                             lexluthier72@yahoo.com
>
>
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