I drove my Vanagon around for years and years with the same problem.  Just
wrapped some thin wire around the distributor to hold the plastic plug in
place.

Tom Young
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loren Busch" <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 7:30 AM
Subject: Fwd: [WetWesties] Hall Sender Broken, Puget Sound Area

> Forwarding this from WetWesties.  REPLY TO THE ORIGINAL SENDER, NOT ME.
> Anyone around Seattle have a spare dizzy for a 2.1L (or a Hall sender) to
> get him and his family on the road for the Holiday?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: dave <daverg07@yahoo.com>
> Date: Sat, May 28, 2011 at 5:56 AM
> Subject: [WetWesties] Hall Sender Broken
> To: wetwesties@yahoogroups.com
>
>
> Help....I accidentally broke the hall sensor during a recent cap and rotor
> change I was doing on my 87 Westy..2wd ....2.1 WBX....the black plastic
> portion of the sender that connects to the body of the distributor is
> cracked and now the sender is hanging free.....not a good thing especially
> when we have camping reservations in the San Juans for the holiday weekend
> :(  I now have no spark and am dead in the water....looking for some help
> from the great folks in Wetwesty land...do I need to replace the whole
> hall
> sender unit?  Is this something a do-it yourselfer like myself can handle
> or
> should I take it to a pro?   Any recommendations on this would be
> great..both on the sender and a good mechanic in the area......happy
> camping
> Dave in Arlington
>
>
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