hi Matt,

here's one
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2384633

good luck,

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 5:56 PM Matt McKeon <matt@mmckeon.com> wrote:

> Hey all-
>
> New to the world of Vanagon's and I recently discovered that the hall
> sensor on my '84 appears to be in pretty bad shape. The plug on the outside
> of the distributor is loose, and moving it kills the engine. So I took the
> cap & rotor off and looked around under there, and from what I can tell /
> observe, the hall sender plate (?) appears as if it might be broken. I can
> move it around pushing it from the opposite side of the connector and the
> flat part of it sticks out from underneath the trigger wheel (the metal
> cover piece above it with the 4 gaps). Took some time fiddling with it to
> get the van to start again after I did that..
>
> So thought I'd start looking for parts. Searching around, the hall sensor
> for these VW 1.9L engines seem almost impossible to come by. A local VW
> shop found one in their stock for like $280. With a price like that, I
> started looking for whole distributors too, seems worth replacing after 36
> years of service. But they too seem in short supply. The distributors I
> found offered by Bus Depot & Van-again are both out of stock and neither
> sell the hall unit. And no luck on The Samba so far. Not sure if there are
> any known good re-builders that might have something.
>
> My question is, has anyone had luck finding a hall sensor and/or
> distributor for an '84 1.9L van? Or have any general pointers for this
> green Vanagon owner?
>
> Much appreciated!
> -Matt
>