At 10:21 AM 5/23/98 -0500, Darrell Boehler wrote:
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>Hi Tom,
>    After thinking about this for a bit I like your coil suggestion. This is
>one of those that  could be much easier to find with a  scope hooked up to
>it.  Like it about  10 seconds say there is your problem, or at least the
>ignition could be eliminated as suspect. This must be a California van as
>Eric mentions a  wot switch, don't think these are on nationals. This is one
>of those  problems that is probably  either electrical or mechanical. (old
>ibm service phrase)
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Sounds like a coil problem to me as well.  Since it's a Federal Model (by
the fact that it has points), a coil off of any 12 Volt Bug or a Bosch Blue
Coil can be swapped and then checked with the scope.  But don't discount a
bad spark plug, even if new I've run across a defective plug.

By Eric's description, if the vehicle has points, etc., it has to be a
Federal Model unless it's a California having been cobbled together with a
mix of California & Federal Parts, a lot like what Marc Edwards out here
has been going through lately with a 80 California Westy with a Federal
Engine, Ignition FI and Exhaust installed by the DPO that of course won't
pass CA regs because it has the CA certificate stamped on the door, but
almost none of the items on the "Visual Checklist" are there to pass smog.
We're trying to "Californiaize" it now so that he can get the smog passed
(it gets worse - he's living in a Smog Check II area).

OK, I'll bite - I figured out what an "ego sensor" is - it's an O2 or
Oxygen Sensor.  But what (or wot) the H-E-double-toothpick is a "wot
sensor"?  I just love these "localized" dialects and names for stuff BUT it
would help us ignerunt folks to know "wot" you're talking 'bout by using
some correct terminology here.  Been futzin with FI Buses and Vanagons over
20 years and never heard this term.  Maybe someone should setup a glossary
of this stuff for easier identification, especially after having to sift
thru the "BTDT thread" recently.

BTW (By The Way) - Federal Air Cooled models don't have the O2 (ego) sensor
- only CA models had these.

Jim Thompson
84 Westy 2.1 * 62 Sedan * 90 Fox Wagon
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