From: "Frank"

>Thanks Michael.  I'll give them a call.  Do you have to completely remove
>the distributor to replace this part?  I've got my cap off and removed the
>screws holding the hall sender in place, but it doesn't seem to want to
>budge.

From Michael:

>I picked up one locally here in Austin @ Austin VeeDub

http://www.austinveedub.com/

>They could probably send it to you or I might be able to get by there. I
>will not be able to until the weekend of the 19th. Ask for new parts and
>tell them you want the oval plastic recepticle for the distributor and they
>should be able to find it. I might be able to look it up on ETKA when I get
>home or the receipt for the part when I bought it. Keep in mind that mine
>is
>an '85 GL, though I don't know if it has a difference.

From: "frank"

> >Hi Michael,

> >Don Dixon gave me your name and email and thought you might be able to
> >help me.  I'm looking for the wire receptacle that's located in the hall
> >sender on a vanagon distributor.  Don indicated that it's a $5 piece and
> >that it may keep me from having to replace my entire hall sender
> >assembly.  Anyway, he said that you might be able to tell me where I can
> >get the piece.

No you don't as a matter of fact, when I resealed my head gaskets replaced
the fuel lines painted all I coud, without digging to deep, I never moved
the Distributor. At the end of all that I simply held the
broken,disentigrating part in one hand and crush/clipped it with the other
until the wires were free. Write down the orientation first so you don't get
the wires mixed up. Then slide them in the new recpticle then snaps into
place on the distributor and you are done. If you have removed the cable to
it before and had to baby it a little, you wil appreciate the strength of it
now.

Good Luck,

Michael Knight
'77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde"
'85 Vanagon GL, nameless