I drove many years and many miles with the sender connector loose, so it
doesn't seem to be too sensitive.  At some point I wrapped a thin piece
of wire around the distributor and the sender just to hold it in place,
and that worked fine.

On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, David Bogle / Architecture wrote:

>
> I noticed that in my '87 syncro wesfalia the hall sender connector
> sticking out of the distributor is loose.  One of it's shoulders is
> broken off and the whole piece jiggles freely about 2mm in all
> directions.  It is still connected to the distributor and to the
> wire/plug; and it is functioning.  But, is is supposed to be like this?
> Should I secure it with some epoxy or something?  If I am not mistaken,
> the engine will not run without this connection, yes?

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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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