<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Glad to report I think I found the problem.&nbsp; I peeled back some suspicious looking electrical tape near the distributor harness to find breaks in the factory insulation and in fact, nearly broken wire that became broken wire upon withdrawing the harness from under the intake runners:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g243/budgetzagato/IMG_2208_zps78ba5450.jpg">http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g243/budgetzagato/IMG_2208_zps78ba5450.jpg</a> </div><div><br></div><div>I had a VW harness from another vehicle in my stash and spliced on the good distributor plug from it, as well as replaced the ground wire which was nearly as bad.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g243/budgetzagato/IMG_2211_zpsbc449326.jpg">http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g243/budgetzagato/IMG_2211_zpsbc449326.jpg</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to everyone who responded with suggestions.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Gregory Smith<br></div><div>'88 Vanagon GL<br> '77 Lancia Scorpion<br></div><div>Olympia, WA USA<br></div></span></body></html>