mainly just check continuity with an ohm meter, with the whole system  off.

----- Original Message -----
From: "B.J.R." <beer_eighty@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal

>I swapped a igniter one time, van would not run for anything.
> that one white wire going to the ignitor had been pushed back out of the
> plug ........that's the wire that singals the ECU that the engine is
> turning
> over.
> I believe it had ignition just fine, but since the ECU couldn't  tell the
> distributor and engine were turning, it wouldn't run.
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> OOH, OK, now I have something to look for. that's where I am going now!
> im going to do a continuity test on all the ignition controll wires, then
> check connections
>
> But is there a specific wire to test for signal to the ecu?
> That would be the white wire eh? that goes to pin#1 @ECU
>
> Do I do a voltage test??
>
> Her are diagrams of the system
>
> http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp260/volksproblem/04ljet12.jpg
>
> http://s417.photobucket.com/albums/pp260/volksproblem/?action=view&current=PA040039.jpg