On my 1.9L the Hall sender died (around 135,000 miles).  I got a whole
new distributor assembly that made this problem disappear.

Donald Baxter, 85 GL
Iowa City

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:09:11 -0500, Aerowolf <aerowolf@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey, everyone, my 85 1.9L died on the highway, and I can't get it to
> restart.  I'm rather confused as to what the cause might be.  (though
> I also, just after this occurred, got the replacement AFM that my
> boyfriend had ordered from Bus Depot, and swapped it out because I was
> a fool and thought that it was the AFM more than anything else.)
>
> The fuel pressure is good.  I'm not sure about the timing (and I don't
> have a timing light available).  What's the best way to check the
> spark?
>
> I also just replaced the battery -- the one I had wasn't the right one
> for the van, and I'd drained it while trying to restart it.  I've run
> a couple of attempted-start cycles on the new one, but I've not worn
> it down.
>
> What kinds of things have caused other folks' vans to die on the roadway?
>

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