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Subject:Re: Engine died, ecu quick look
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Mon, 30 Mar 2020 09:02:08 -0700

Oliver,

Yeah I hear you. 

But... van died sat, Sunday still no start. Unless it’s decided to have a strict no weekend  work policy, I’ll guess same result today 

:-)

Ab

> On Mar 30, 2020, at 8:16 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>         Alistair
> 
>    Have You tried to see if Your Van will start Today ~ Here's why I ask >
> 
>    I have, in My 37Yrs of Owning & Wrenching on Vanagons, seen this symptom occur
> 
> on almost if not all the many Vanagons I have become familiar with ~ It Is a manifestation
> 
> of what I choose to put the label Vanagon Syndrome on as I have seen it happen to All Yrs
> 
> of Vanagons, or @Least all Yrs of H2OBoxers (that which most refer to as Vanagon Syn' is,
> 
> I believe, unique to Digifant & so I label that Digifant Syn') ~ In almost all occurrences of it
> 
> the Van mysteriously never stays dead but will start again & run fine sometimes in minutes
> 
> & sometimes in days & it then will reoccur sometimes in minutes & sometimes in days or in
> 
> some instances weeks or months ~ 
> 
>    If Yours stays dead, take it as a blessing, as You will @ some point be able to definitely
> 
> Find & then Know the Cause ~ Good Luck ~
> 
>                                    ORR ~ DeanB
> 
>> On 29 Mar , 2020, at 8:30 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>> 
>> David, 
>> 
>> I’ll get to it tomorrow. Have to work more.
>> 
>> Lemme go over it tomorrow afternoon
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Ab
>> 
>> ( Attached are pics of the drone hub, will only get to you ) 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Mar 29, 2020, at 7:17 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Late (> 055 689) '86 and later run the black wire from ign sw 15 in to ?A8?
>>> on the panel and then back out on D15 which is notorious for burning up.
>>> Pinout for the panel is on 97.68.
>>> 
>>> Yrs,
>>> d
>>> 
>>>> 
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