I don't mean to say that coils are the most likely culprit, far from it.
But when a vehicle starts, and won't restart until it cools, that's when I
suspect the coil.

Jim

On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Project Pat <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:

> No doubt everything Jim said is true, but my experience is usually the
> opposite.  Coils hardly ever go bad for me, almost always wiring or hall
> problem.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jim Felder
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 2:20 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!!
>
> The coil being a coil, you have a great length of wire that, if it breaks,
> makes a gap that will fluctuate a lot--or not--with temperature. It's not
> like you have six inches of wire in there. When it  cools, it tends to
> close. When it's hot, it tends to open, but not entirely predictably in
> either case. Plus, it can start when cold, bridge its own gap with spark
> going down the road, but not fire when you restart.
>