I used to get a lot of work that folks pulled away from dealers and
other shops, seems they all wanted to replaced lots of expensive parts
one after the other (all non-refundable of course) until the problem was
fixed. In almost every case it would turn out to be something simple and
basic that 'diagnostic computers' or 'factory trained' techs had no
clue. Saved these folks thousands of dollars. I always recommend testing
the basics first-- spark, fuel, vacuum hoses, compression? More often
you'll find the problem early on, the silliest little things.

Great you found this one without too much expense, a learned some good
lessons along the way.

Karl
>> -----Original Message-----
This morning I
>> remembered that about a month ago I had pulled the
>> distributor. But, I had
>> driven the van quite a bit since then. What the
>> hell, worth taking a look
>> at. It looks as though I did not tighten the clamp
>> enough around the
>> distributor-it had riden up enough that it was not
>> turning! Pushed it down,
>> tightened the clamp-van fired right
>> up.