It could be the Hall Sending Unit (aka Hall Impulse Sender). Do you have a
spare distributor?

Very hard to find, but Bus Depot has some senders on closeout at
http://www.busdepot.com/1237011080.

On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 3:17 PM thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:

> No, it does not run on it's own, it only turns over by the battery.
> Z
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan N
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2019 10:42 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: No spark, what to do
>
> I am confused too... no spark but engine runs !!!... well, the 3 basics are
> there though - fuel, air, spark...
>