

| Subject: | Re: Ignition Failures |
| From: | SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss ) |
| Date: | Mon, 3 Feb 2014 22:13:14 -0800 |
I'm curious what a 'locker' is. the only commonly used vanagon term that is 'locker' is for a locking rear diff , usually on a syncro, though it's possible to build a 2WD trans with that feature. 'a locker had come loose' in the brakes..I wonder what that means . I know what it is .. guaranteed ...it's 'a blockage or leakage of fluids or electrons." Guaranteed - - the electrical / electronic issue. On 2/3/2014 7:17 PM, JRodgers wrote: > A while back - the starter ran away on Ol' Red. A shop changed the > starter, but was unable to get the ignition to fire. I just had the van > taken home so I could tend to it. It was the beginning of a merry chase > - and one apparently not done. > > I did the Hall Sender Test It was dead. I happened to have another > distributor handy with a good hall sender - so Installed it in Ol' Red. > Fired right up it did. Decided to wait until next day to adjust the > distributor. Hit the switch - dead as a doornail. > > More Hall Sensor testing - this time it was the coil that was dead. > Pulled the good, working one out of Volksiebus and installed it in Ol > Red.Engine fired right up. > > Ol Red had sat for a while - and as I drove off the brakes sounded > really weird. So I just parked it. Today - this morning - I took it to a > known good shop. They fixed the brakes. Actually brakes and drums were > fine. a locker had come loose - and once fixed, I was ready to go. I > thought. > > When they went to start the engine - it would not fire. Grind, grind - > no firing. I had to leave it with the shop overnight. > > Gonna run the hall sender/coil test in the morning. Right now it looks > like the coil is kaput!! Again! > > Anyone got any ideas about what this is about! > > Thanks, > > John >
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