Recently went through the same thing with my '88.  Check the ground
wire for the Hall sender wiring along with the harness as others have
indicated.  The ground wire had oxidized and frayed at the connector to
the block.  Put another crimp on style connector and haven't had the
problem since.

On May 20, 2005, at 9:08 PM, Jean-Woo Kim wrote:

> My 87 Westfalia with 2.1 WBX was running fine and all of a sudden it
> stalled
> out on the road on my way home today. It cranks over and if I crank it
> many
> times it would catch and but it would not stay on no matter what I do
> with
> the gas pedal. I was initially thinking a typical Vanagon syndrome,
> but now
> I am thinking it is computer related. Any thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?
>
> I ended up using my AAA+ to get it towed home. I am going to start
> poking
> around for diagnostics tomorrow morning.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jean-Woo
>
>
Barrett Willet
Tacoma, WA