If your ignition switch is on the way out, the motor will cut out if you
turn the key back and forth in its 'On' zone with the motor running.

Same thing with the Hall sender wiring - wiggle it while the van's idling to
see if it has a break.

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote:

> The semi-nagging no-start issue that finally seemed to become permanent two
> weeks ago has again become intermittent.  I ordered some parts (fuel pump
> relay and ignition switch electrical portion along with other spares,
> anticipating one of those to be the issue) and while waiting for them to
> arrive would occasionally try to start with no success.  Today I finally got
> some time to work on the van (in the rain, natch) and, of course, it fired
> right up.
>
> So now I guess I replace them anyway in hopes of fixing the problem,
> keeping the old pieces as spares until it proves itself fixed or not. Since
> I have the pieces it seems crazy not to use them but most of the
> satisfaction of troubleshooting is finding out what the actual problem was
> instead of solving the problem by throwing parts at it.
>
>
>
>
>

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Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"

Crescent Beach, BC

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