I was thinking that the hall senders were like 
$100 at BD etc.  I have seen them on ebay cheap 
before however.  My outboard connector cracked 
beyond all epoxy possibilities and anted up for a 
new one.  Should last as long as the van I hope.

Mark:  Man I never thought of a loose dizzy clamp!!!!

DM&FS

At 06:50 PM 9/10/2008, Hector Zapata wrote:
>My van was grounded for three months due to a bad coil (bought it new a
>couple months before it failed, and it took me a while to find it was the
>problem). Had weak spark, and the fuel pump was pumping one day, not pumping
>the next. I replaced my broken hall-sender with a brand new one for a
>16-valve Golf/Jetta, pretty easy diy fix. It was about $170.00 + tax.
>
>H�ctor
>1990 Carat 'Ursula'
>
>By three methods we may learn wisdom:
>First, by reflection, which is noblest;
>Second, by imitation, which is easiest;
>and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
>Confucius
>
>On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I just got back from walmart parking lot (oh, joy) where I took the
> > loaner coil my local shop let me use for troubleshooting. Before I
> > removed the suspect coil, I turned on the key and stuck a test light
> > on the positive coil terminal connector to make sure it was getting
> > power from the ignition switch. It wasn't the switch. So, I swapped
> > out the coil (checking connections) and it wasn't the coil.
> >
> > So, I guess all that's left is the hall effect sensor. I removed the
> > distributor and will take it down to have the sensor tested tomorrow
> > morning.
> >
> > If it is the sensor, anybody have a used one or a used distributor? I
> > just check around and they seem mighty expensive.
> >
> > Jim
> >
>
>
>
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