Ditto for me as well.  New Hall Sender fixed it.
- Laurence

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Donald Baxter
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:20 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome?
>
>
> I had this problem and it turned out to be a defective Hall
> sender in
> the distributor as well ('85 Vanagon here). This was about
> five years
> ago that I replaced the entire distributor and it resolved the
> problem.  I've noticed the problem recurring again in the
> last couple
> of years--very sporadically.  It's been a year since I've noticed it
> but I'm anticipating another distributor someday.
>
> I don't think '85s generally suffered from Vanagon syndrome.
>
> DB
>
> On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 07:59:57 -0400, John Brigstocke
> <jbrig@attglobal.net> wrote:
> > Have 86 Vanagon.
> > Similar problem to yours.  Cutouts in my case have been
> caused by faulty
> > Hall sender in distributor - when this happens tach goes
> to zero.  Other
> > cutouts caused by faulty AFM - tach does not go to zero.
> Any ECU problems
> > on my van have been caused by faulty inputs or bad
> grounds - not ECU itself.
> >
> > John Brigstocke
> > Elora, Ontario, Can
> > jbrig@attglobal.net
> >
> >
> >
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> Donald Baxter
> 316 Ridgeview Avenue
> University Heights, Iowa 52246
> http://www.mindspring.com/~onanov
>