Thanks for the suggestion, Doug.  I just came in from
outside looking for the brown ground wire off the
Hall sender that Mike Boland told me to check.
When I reinstalled the engine, I connected the
ground wire to the throttle body on a bolt
that holds the fuel pressure regulator onto
the throttle body.  I think this is were it was
connected originally.

Also I checked all of the wires leading to the
coil, wriggled them all, but they all seem to
be connected.  I did notice one wire with a yellow
connector on the end that is not plugged into
anything.  I recall when I installed the engine
that I could not find a place to plug it.  There
does not seem to be a mate to it anywhere.  I assume
that it was just there, plugged into nothing.
The wire is white with a light green stripe, but again
there is no place for it to plug as far as I can see.

With my headlamp I don't have enough light to see
much detail down near the Temp II sender, but I'll
check that out thoroughly tomorrow morning.

Thanks again.

Warren Lail

----- Original Message -----
From: Doug <vanagons@cox.net>
Date: Saturday, March 6, 2004 9:21 pm
Subject: Re: New Twist on Billy Bones

> Warren.K.Lail-1 wrote:
>
> >Thanks to each of you great guys who have offered
> >suggestions.  This is the Vanagon List operating
> >at its finest!
> >
SNIP

> Warren,
> Since you mentioned it, you might take a look at the wires leading
> to
> the connector fot that TempII sender, as your description of
> symptoms
> seem to revolve around this area.
> When wires as old as ours stop working, they usually get
> "intermittent"
> before the fail completely!
> That would explain why unplugging, then plugging worked the first
> time.Good Luck,
> Doug in CT
>
>