Now that you mention it, I had to get a new/used distributor a while
back because the rotor broke and demolished the hall sensor, which had
less than 1000 miles on it. I really hate to buy another sensor without
being sure that is what is wrong, as it is a non-returnable item, and I
am spending my winter budget at this rate. Damn... Neal
Neal Barrentine
Bloomington, Indiana
1986 GL
1960 Baja Bug

> Subject: Re: '86 GL stutters, stumbles and dies intermittantly
>
> On 8/31/06, John Connolly, Aircooled.Net <john@aircooled.net> wrote:
>> Your Hall sensor is dying.
>>
>> John
>> Aircooled.Net Inc.
>
> I'll second that!  Check the plug on the side of the distributor to
> see if the plastic has become brittle and self-destructed.  That's
> what happened with my '88 - replaced the distributor (you can get just
> the hall effect sensor, I went all out) and haven't had a problem
> since...
>
> --
> Don in Reidsville, NC
> 1986 Kawasaki Concours - 4 Sale
> 1988 Vanagon GL (Sylvia) - 4 Sale
> 1999 Kawasaki Concours
> 2001 Subaru Outback (H-6)
> "I reject your reality and substitute my own." - Adam Savage
>