Nice work Mark. You may want to get a new/rebuilt wiring harness for the
fuel injection system. I bought one a couple years ago for the peace of
mind of having all new wires and most connectors, he had to reuse a couple
of the connectors from the old wiring harness. I forget the name of the guy
that rebuilds them if you want me to find it for you I can. Cheers tom

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 8:12 PM Mark McCulley <markmcculley@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Update. I experienced the no start condition today. I did not attempt to
> give it some gas this time so that I could troubleshoot. It was turning
> over but not firing on any cylinders. Here's what I did:
>
> - Inspected the distributor cap and rotor, looked fine, no moisture
> present.
> - Made sure the spark plug wires were all all seated firmly.
> - Made sure the wire to the coil was seated firmly.
> - Disconnected and reconnected the AFM.
> - Disconnected and reconnected the distributor connector.
> - Disconnected and reconnected all the wires on the coil.
> - Disconnected and reconnected the O2 sensor wires.
> - Disconnected and reconnected the idle stabilizer.
>
> Still, no cylinders firing.
>
> I next disconnected and reconnected the coolant temp sensor located in the
> thermostat housing. The van then started, although it ran a bit roughly for
> a bit. Subsequent starts were instantaneous, as they should be.
>
> After noticing that a new connector had been spliced in to the temp sensor
> wire, I removed the electrical tape covering the spice connections. Near
> the splices, the insulation was cracked and falling off on all 3 wires. One
> wire seemed to be down to just a few intact strands. I fixed by cutting out
> the splices and bad wire section and re-splicing the 3 wires to the
> connector. The van starts as it should now. Hopefully this fixes the
> starting problems I've been having.
>
> -Mark
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 4:59 PM Mark McCulley <markmcculley@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 87, 2.1l engine
> >
> > In the past few days I’ve experienced a starting issue with my vanagon
> > where I have to give it some gas to get it to start. Then it idles
> roughly
> > until I pull out of the driveway. This happens about 20% of the time, the
> > rest of the time it starts up normally. The problem has only occurred on
> > cold starts so far.
> >
> > Ideas about what to investigate? It has been exceptionally wet here
> > (Seattle area) lately, wonder if moisture could be part of the problem.
> Van
> > is parked outside.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mark
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
>