Another possibility is a break in the coil winding. Cold, the gap is closed
and and the car will start. Warm and running, the spark will continue jump
the gap in the wire. Warm and not running, car will not start until it
closes. Just a thought, I've had it happen a time or two.

Jim

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 2:35 PM SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> Hall Sender in the distributor pops to mind.
> altho, when my 85 had that part going out ..it only did it after an hour
> or two of  freeway driving.
> But ...I did 'for sure'  find and and replace a tired and old Hall
> Sender and that fixed it for good.
>
> an easy thing to check ....could cause what you're having ..
> check connections to Temp Sensor II.
>
> oh..fwiw ..in all things car performance related ..I find poor
> connections being the real cause as much as a good 60 to 70 % of the
> time...and it being 'a component' that's bad the rest of the time.
> ...i.e. it's not 'always'  A Component at all.
>
> On 9/13/2015 7:28 AM, Eric Caron wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> >          Any ideas what could cause the following behavior?
> >
> > When the van is fully warm and we turn it off, then do something like
> fill the fuel tank or get a cup of coffee,  it usually starts right back
> up.  If for some reason we do this very quickly say turn  off the van then
> realize the bus is parked badly and immediately try to restart it will turn
> over strongly but not start.  Waiting a short time say 5 minutes or so and
> it consistently starts right up.  This does not happen every time.
> >
> > Already tried changing ignition switch and it did not change the
> behavior.
> >
> > Eric Caron
> > 85 GL Auto Westfalia
> >
>