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• REAL owner's manuals
  Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
  Wed, 9 Nov 1994 20:40:41 -0500
  ...These books are GREAT! they tell in detail how to tear down and rebuild your carb, how to trouble-shoot brakes, distributor, and a...
• Re: VANAGON digest 543
  Historical mailing list - ray hale
  Tue, 25 Jul 95 08:34:27 EST
  ...I will begin the surgery tomorrow after work, dropping in the fuel pump, distributor, assembling tins, carb, manifold, etc and then hope to tie...
• Re: TDC ?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 21:58:44 -0500
  ...rotor is just >coming in-line with the notch on the distributor. This also coincides with >the 0 degree indendation in the fan (timing...
• Help Needed with Ignition Problem 86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - William Ward
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 21:04:25 -0600
  ...I've replaced spark plugs, rotor cap, distributor cap and ignition coil with no change in the problems. My local VW specialist knows mechanics...
• Re: O2 Sensors need grounding? (was STILL BUCKING & KICKING!!!)
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:38:08 EST
  ...Digifants ground through pin 19 of the ECU, through a brown wire that emerges from the same bundle as the distributor wiring. This system...
• Re: loss of power
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:24:49 -0500
  ...I've checked timing, replaced all vacum hoses,replaced distributor, cap, rotor, plugs. I am changing the fuel pressure regulator today. I hope that...
• Re: winter covers?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 17:42:37 -0500
  ...good, the one I have is TYVEK We are an authorized distributor for Cover King, and sell (at discounted prices of course) several versions...
• Re: Mystery Electrical Trouble
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 14:30:19 -0400
  ...extra ignition pulses, either the driver is going nuts or the distributor is telling lies. I suppose it's conceivable that it's the...
• Re: Stuttering at 3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Thu, 1 May 2003 07:56:14 -0700
  ...so >check all the wires, especially any around the distributor and >ignition coil. > >good luck! >joel
• Re: Film of oil all over back hatch
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:50:03 -0500
  ...I see some leaking near the boot near the distributor and there is always a little near the filter and cooler...but I have...
• Re: Washing/Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Dom
  Sun, 19 Sep 1999 07:35:45 +1000
  ...No response so I disconnect all leads, pull the rotor out of the distributor, leave it all across the back on the engine lid...
• FS: '88 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition
  Historical mailing list - Barrett Willet
  Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:42:44 -0700
  ...installed August 2005 Coil replaced Faulty Hall sensor replaced with used Distributor Fuel Lines replaced including rail to injector hoses New Antenna October 2004...
• Re: Ping/Knock/Detonation
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:39:17 -0600
  ...Make >> > sure the >> > vacuum retard on the distributor is working to reduce the timing >> > during part >> > load to reduce the peak flame temperatures. Pinging...
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  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Fri, 26 May 2017 11:07:28 -0700
  ...This morning I found the distributer clamp > loose letting the distributor move. I thought setting the timing with my > strobe and tightening the clamp...
• Re: Propex + altitude +placement
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 29 Sep 2014 14:51:35 -0400
  Propex US distributor responding :-) No problems at altitude if the regulator is set properly and directions sent with the heater are followed. There are...
• Re: Dealers and Vanagons, was Re: Pics Of The Blue Star
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Nov 2012 15:09:00 -0500
  ...Even parts that I have determined >are available from the distributor, Cable refuses to even try to >look up. A new dealer has opened...
• Won't Start now
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:51:57 -0400
  ...I once did accidentally try and start it when I had the distributor cap laying on it's side, I replaced the dist. cap...
• got the rat by the tail (65 westy)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jul 1996 01:24:33 -0400
  ...a little messing with the carb helped, and im going to put a mechanical advance distributor on it. gotta finish the brakes next week...
• Re: Engine Decisions
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Sep 1996 20:39:01 -0400
  ...I put a new Carb and Distributor on it and it seems to still just lack any and all desire to go up any...
• Hesitation problem driving me bonkers!
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Mon, 26 May 1997 10:55:31 -0600 (MDT)
  ...I have replaced the ignition wires, distributor cap, rotor, plugs, fuel pressure regulator, O2 sensor (several times), blue coolant sensor. I have checked the...
• Re: hot starting problem
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:37:08 -0400
  ...Spark plugs, wires, distributor > cap, and rotor are all new. Could the charcoal canister subsystem be a > source of problems? Engine starts fine cold...
• What is the average 0 to 60MPH Syncro times?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 9 Oct 1999 19:35:49 -0700
  ...This is done via: - Stock Volkswagen Hydrolic lifter cam - 8 BTDC ignition timing @ 950 RPM - 205 S distributor with 86 GTI timing map - 1...
• Re: driveshaft rebiuld--BuddPremak
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 16 Oct 1999 23:34:12 -0400
  ...Six States Distributors 1112 W. 33rd South Ogden UT 84401 801 488 4688 Part #BO 41203, Size 3 U-joint, 49.95 each + freight...
• Re: Timing...
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:07:32 -0600
  ...Thanks a million!!! 900RPM, pull the hose off the vacuum part of your distributor good luck! Christopher Darilek 77 & 81 Westfalia
• Re: Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - John Haddad
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 21:59:09 -0400
  ...02 sensor, both temp sensors, thermostat, H2O pump, plugs, > wires, > distributor and rotor, air filter, cleaned FI grounds) and notice an oily > gas puddle...
• Re: Wonderful Paint Job - No Start
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 18:05:25 +0000
  ...Pretty sure it's not getting > > gas. > > The first thing I'd try is cleaning the distributor cap and coil > thoroughly. It could be...
• Fuel pressure Guage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:20:19 -0800
  ...It's located near the distributor base, Anyway, also get a brass tee female thread. The three ports are: one for the guage, one...
• Re: JUST BRAKES franchise warning!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:45:22 -0700
  ...and if they are really getting shafted by their distributor then the should take out their frustration on the distributor not piss me off...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:43:59 -0700
  The distributor drive shaft can fall out. It has shims on the bottom that can fall into the case if you are really unlucky...
• Need Advice - New Motor in '76 Won't Run
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 08 Jun 1996 11:48:21
  ...Triple checked timing, tried a different distributor, new tune up parts, etc. Injectors are getting a signal, spark looks good, but it almost acts...
• Re: engine cleaning do's and don'ts?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:05:19 -0500
  ...If you dry out the distributor afterwards and spray a little WD 40 on your wires you won't be hurting anything when you...
• Re: Surging between 1700 and 3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:49:39 -0400
  ...Checked distributor - it > looks good. I put a new eye on the ground for good measure. > > I measured fuel pressure at the T both...
• Re: ECU Cuts Out & Kills Engine
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:00:12 -0800
  ...This thing has a new > Distributor, Temp II Sensor, O2 Sensor, Plugs. After installing these, > the engine would still die when it hit a...
• misc.
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 25 Mar 96 16:27:51 EST
  ...I wiggled it, and it promptly came loose from where it plugs into the intake air distributor. Hmmm, so that might explain the varying...
• Re: cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Thomas
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 22:44:29 EDT
  ...the rear seat left side to the hall sender of the distributor. I used a FLUKE brand meter on diode checker to find the...
• Re: Compression test results
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 22 May 1999 21:14:15 -0400
  ...However, I found a plug wire (to #3) that was missing the piece inside the insulation that connects to the distributor cap. It was...
• Re: Number 3 cylinder not firing
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 07:39:39 -0500
  ...Did you replace the distributor cover and rotor? The cover can have a crack in it, and not giving any juice to the #3...
• Re: Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:22:38 -0400
  ...02 sensor, both temp sensors, thermostat, H2O pump, > plugs, wires, > distributor and rotor, air filter, cleaned FI grounds) and notice an > oily > gas puddle...
• Re: 84 wet weather problem
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:23:19 -0800
  ...van to hard >start. > >My final solution is to replace the distributor cap and rotor and spray the >ECU and Flowmeter plug and inside...
• Story about a aircooled vanagons painful death.........
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sat, 6 Dec 2003 17:19:02 -0500
  ...009 distributor. one cylinder head that had a whole burned thru it right below the sparkplug hole. This is what happens when carbs are...
• 89 Vanagon oil usage question
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:50:04 EST
  ...He also completed several other engine repairs including replacing the wiring harness, plug wires, distributor cap and rotor, water pump and fuel pump. This...
• Re: It's Alive: 2.1 Overheat - engine swap - no spark - timing - Recap
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 06:37:37 -0600
  ...I had left the bolt, that tightens the distributor, > loose - I did this so that I could easily adjust things once the motor > started...
• umm, Muffler was glowing red? What could be wrong.
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:04:55 -0600
  ...what is your diagnosis? Seems as though something just kinda "broke". Distributor? I did check connections, condition of rotor and cap and relay on...
• Re: Timing question: Digifant I system
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:44:45 -0400
  ...First static time the motor using Top Dead Center on cylinder number one and the alignment mark on the distributor body. The car should...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 15:53:05 -0600
  ...The reference ground wire is the brown wire that comes > out of the small bundle that goes to the distributor connector. People see > this...
• Mermen, Sound Isulation/Absorbtion
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Dec 1995 17:36:44 -0800
  ...I"ve found the distributor and catalog for self-adhesive foam we use here at work to deaden big sheet-metal enclosures. The stuff...
• Re: Another coil fire
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:55:16 -0700
  ...The >distributor won't stop in the same place every time. >I remember my father taking the distributor cap off and inserting a piece...
• Re: I am stumped
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 12 May 2001 18:36:31 -0500
  ...It can have a resistor wire from the coil to the distributor or a solid core wire, It will not run with Resistor (carbon...
• Re: Still trying to diagnose an off idle stumble.
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sun, 2 Nov 2014 21:09:29 -0500
  ...I have cleaned contacts in the distributor cap, set timing, even tried advancing it a bit. I have replaced the malfunctioning vacuum advance. The...
• Re: Heat Related Ignition Failure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:23:45 -0700
  ...I got out, did a distributor wire > check - no spark. Waited a few, tried again. lots of spark. Put it > together, tried to start...
• Re: Hall Senders
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:28:09 -0800
  ...On 11/28/13, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dPeJH9hqNoQ/UAN-nCE2z7I/AAAAAAAAF54/BX8mqO7bzY4/s640/Distributor%2520Pin%2520Removal%2520Tip...
• Re: does aux air reg affect idele after warm up 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Tue, 10 May 2016 13:57:58 -1000
  ...The vacuum advance >> works fine but the distributor does leak a little at the base >
• idle
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 14 May 1996 11:34:44 (EST)
  ...I am using the 1.9 ECU and distributor. All plumbing was modified for the 2.1 motor. Has anyone had a similar experience...
• Re: 93 EV Fuel Line Problem Survey
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 17:08:50 +0200
  ...the area where the fuel lines come together just above the > distributor. > > I went to the NHTSA website and found three defect complaints on...
• vw bus 4 sale
  Historical mailing list - Ron McDowell
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 08:58:45 PDT
  ...fuel injectors, windshield, KYB shocks, CV joints, & distributor. It runs perfect. I have also put a new JVC stereo cassette & Pioneer speakers in it...
• Re: 009 parts question
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sun, 25 May 2003 03:11:33 +0000
  ...But, the cap, rotor, points, and condenser >are >all for the correct 82 distributor. The 009 uses totally different parts. > >Obviously the current setup...
• Re: Optima Battery warning
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 May 2006 22:56:29 -0400
  ...I bought an Optima Blue Top from a local distributor and, as the batteries do not fit in their original state, asked them to...
• First, apologies
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:11:41 -0700
  ...have a leak where the throttle body joins the air intake distributor on this 1.9L WBX. I want to replace the boot. So...
• Re: Temp wire problems
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:08:14 -0400
  ...On the 1.9 they are close together on the left hand side somewhat near and slightly below the distributor. Are you looking at...
• Re: subject Re: bURNINGvAN
  Historical mailing list - Tieitup
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:22:04 -0600
  ...I caught the loose connection to the distributor, but overall shes down for the week. I'll see what a quart of oil and...