I would disagree.  VW originally issued the tech bulletin for the 2.1.  But later re-issued it for all Vanagons.  I had this issue as well.  The harness fix cured my 84...

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bueses <bueses@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> last week i was driving back from a 2 hr trip with my '84 vanagon...was on
> the interstate, prolly going 75 mph, no problems.. then all the sudden i
> started
> to get this missing, bucking..hiccuping..seems like i was losing power while
> it was doing it..

> does anyone know what that 'hiccuping" could have been? it hasnt done it
> since..
> does it sound like the "vanagon syndrome" problem?
>
> thanks to all who can offer advice..

Sounds like my 84 Westy! For me it occurred when I was pushing the van on
the highway after 3-4 hours of 65-70 mph at altitude. If I stopped it would
not happen again when I started up but would continue off & on. Felt like
"bad gas", but evidently was not. Now I don't push the van over 65 mph &
the problem rarely occurs, not to mention the much better gas mileage. I
have thought this was the "vanagon syndrome" happening, but was told this is
not typical in early wbxers, only later ones. WTF.

Tom Buese
84 Westy w/ 78,000 miles on orig. engine

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