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• Re: RnR - Air and Vacuum/Coolant - Van Runs Terrible
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:10:02 -0400
  ...Any one have a link to reference for plug wires >> and >> how do you know if distributor is on correct? >> I have not made...
• Re: '85 (Digijet) Hall Sensor Symptoms
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:20:09 -0800
  ...The only thing I have not really looked at carefully on this > engine is the distributor (other than new cap, rotor and wires). I...
• Re: oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Mon, 7 May 2007 22:28:17 -0400
  ...While you can oil the cam shaft and distributor drive gear there, no way can you fill the oil pump there. Maybe you just...
• In My Defense
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:28:13 +0000
  ...However, had I not pulled the distributor 2 weeks prior to pulling the fuel injectors for cleaning, this whole thing would not have happened...
• List of stuff for sale in Vallejo
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 18:49:22 -0700
  ...No guarantee (you must have all VW stock cooling, fuel system, distributor & proper timing, pre-oiling and break-in oil and procedure, driving habits...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 16:09:38 -0500
  ...The pump only runs during the period that the ECU is receiving pulses from the distributor (and I'm guessing for a second or...
• Re: Engine Died
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 07:56:22 -0700
  ...usual would this not tell you that the coil, HT wires, distributor, rotor and Hall sensor are working okay? Not sure what it would...
• Re: Lever on Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:19:01 -0400
  ...s attached to a long spring stretching > across almost to the distributor, just seems to stay at whatever > position I move it to. What...
• Van with blown engine for sale
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Tue, 14 Sep 1999 20:49:04 -0400
  ...Tires (Goodyear Regatta 205/70, passenger not LT) Battery (Tough One, from what is now Advanced Auto Parts) Distributor (new) Plug wire set Spark...
• Re: redline v. amsoil
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:39:44 -0700
  ...Amsoil is sold though a distributor channel, not retail, so they are less than objective, but it may be a fine product. And after...
• Re: Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 21:45:34 -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: Seat belt still on backorder?
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Kindlund
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 16:04:57 -0800
  ...on your seatbelts. > Unfortunately, even with the best of intentions, the > distributors sometimes > estimate their delivery dates incorrectly. > > - Ron Salmon > The Bus Depot, Inc...
• Re: Tach/Dwell Meter Usage Question?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 19:01:12 -0800
  ...replaces the points and condenser, fits entirely inside the distributor, costs about $75. You'll never have to bother with the dwell meter again...
• Re: WBX turbo Beetle!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:43:29 -0800
  ...4 valves per cylinder, sequential fuel injection, knock sensor ignition, no distributor, and a few other things ) AND.......it fits in the same space...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 12 May 2010 to 13 May 2010 - Special issue (#2010-451)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 13 May 2010 16:11:35 -0700
  ...They have the exclusive distributor rights in Canada. This may be out of date, and the rumours of Michelin Agilis availability in NA seem...
• Re: Valve Adjustment-Help! (and Digijet Timing)
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 23:02:14 -0700
  ...the timing mark with cyl #1 and then slowly rotated the distributor until hearing a click. The Digijet ignition doesn't have point, can...
• Still here and driving
  Historical mailing list - Colin Moran
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 08:48:17 -0500
  ...I had to replace the distributor. The hall sensor failed. It started shutting off after driving for about 30 minutes. Sometimes it would restart...
• CYLINDER #'s and FIRING ORDER - Were getting there.
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:43:46 -0400
  ...Am I > correct? > > Cylinders > > FRONT OF CAR > cylinder 4 - block - cylinder 1 > cylinder 3 - block - cylinder 2 > REAR OF CAR > > Distributor (roter goes counter...
• Re: Trouble with '85 1.9l wasserboxer in Europe
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 23 May 2008 05:04:20 -0400
  ...Someone mentioned the hall sender in the distributor. I will look into that. The Bentley test is that it should measure Battery voltage minus...
• Re: Shady Boy Awning
  Historical mailing list - Art
  Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:55:19 -0500
  ...You will get a reply with a phone number, instead of a fax, which was evidently another distributor and a slightly better price to...
• Re: Norcold Recall...lets do it
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 13:28:24 -0400
  ...I suspect, you could purchase one from any Winnebago or Norcold distributor. At 08:04 PM 8/10/98 -0400, Pierce, John D wrote...
• Re: How to test ignition coil?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 13:53:26 -0700
  ...I cleaned the distributor and > monkeyed around with cleaning other contacts to no avail. > > > > > > I don't know much about cars, but i suspect...
• Installing Idle stabalizer.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 16:42:58 -0400
  ...Three wires run to the hall control unit, and three wires run of to the distributor. The idle stabilizer has to plugs, a short...
• Re: Fuel Pressure Regulators
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 08:44:33 -0500
  ...With hose between intake air distributor and pressure regulator disconnected, fuel pressure at idle should be 2.5 bar or 36 pounds/sq in...
• Re: Fuel Pump Substitute Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 12:47:54 +0100
  ...with the fact >I'm going to Central America next. > >Alternators, Distributor Caps and Rotors are ones >which are interchangeable for some models. > >Thanks...
• '80 aircooled power loss cont
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:36:19 -0500
  ...motor - I meant it advanced (timing moves counter clockwise on scale). Distributor is single vac advance. Last night, I replaced fuel injector seals - large...
• Re: No spark, no start 88
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:07:54 -0500
  ...From what you've said, sounds like a bad distributor cap and/or rotor (if all else is OK). Could be your ECU => bad...
• Re: The "syndrome" solutions
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:43:23 -0500
  ...In the Golf, the ECU supplies +5 V and the Hall > circuitry in the distributor makes and breaks a connection to ground. I > don...
• Re: No start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 6 Oct 2007 14:03:23 -0400
  ...It has the original >point/condenser >distributor and cpu. Ti will start like a champ cold but not re-start >hot . >Sounds like it...
• Re: New symptoms (still not running right)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:33:22 -0500
  ...Start with looking for broken wires at the hall plug on the distributor ot the hall sensor or distributor bushings are shot. Extra tach...
• Re: Found my instrument cluster..now a ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:26:09 -0700
  ...That would make >> sense >> as this is consistent with the turning of the distributor. >> >> Also, something that I am not sure about but would...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - James
  Thu, 5 Dec 2013 00:07:46 -0500
  ...Most of us don't separate out the Hall Effect sensor from the actual package it's part of on the distributor. But it...
• Re: Real time help needed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 09:22:30 -0700
  ...Remove distributor cap > > Pull center wire from cap and set end of wire on metal > > Loosed the 13mm nut that holds the distributor clamp...
• Rough idle, then stalling and now the solution
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 21:48:24 -0700
  ...While doing this I felt a shock from the coil wire on top of the distributor! Turning the ignition off, I touched the coil...
• Re: poptop paint
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:39:02 -0500
  Possibly take it to an automotive paint distributor and have them tint it??? On Jun 11, 2015 10:37 AM, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@gmail...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:45:42 -0400
  At 10:24 AM 4/5/2012, Richard Koerner wrote: >putting things back on. Do you need it? I assume it's some kind...
• '81 Westy Cold Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - RRR RRR
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 19:21:43 -0800
  ...auxiliary air regulator, cylinder head temp sensor, and freshened up the distributor, everything was hunky dory. I don't think it's the O2...
• Re: Reaching the end . . .
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 09:15:36 -0500
  ...The '78 Horizon eats alternator brackets for lunch, munches distributors for tea, crunches CV joints for dinner, and prefers to run down the highway...
• Digifant problem update
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 17:09:00 -0400
  ...revivified fuel pressure and fuel pressure regulator are OK.....Pass Switch distributor/hall sensor..........same result...........runs ok until warm and then struggles and...
• Re: Tune up?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:18:14 -0800
  ...It occurred to me > that > I hadn't changed the plugs or distributor cap and rotor for about 20k > miles. > How often do you...
• Re: Confused about valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 12:05:01 -0400
  ...180 crank rotation will turn the distributor 90 degrees. Hope this helps. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Raised floor heater duct photo in Bentely
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:28:26 -0800
  ...12 of the Vanagon Bentley and the part is called "air > distributor". In all too typical Bentley fashion, the page is labeled > "All_Water...
• 88 GL: Changing coolant distributor- Tips?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:21:40 -0800
  Randy wrote: >> You can get hose clamping pliers from Snap-On that will crimp the hoses flat without damage - they have a cam thingy...
• Re: Has anyone heard about Overland's Audi big brakes for Vanagons 2wd & Syncro? I have this set....
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 13:38:36 -0800
  ...They are a distributorship. So chances are, that kit you bought is from them or piggybacked on one of their containers. Cheers, BenT
• Re: Coolant hose replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:18:54 -0700
  ...Hopefully your plastic coolant distributor hidden behind the firewall that hose goes onto is OK. Those like to crumble and break sometimes. that's...
• Re: No start/no spark II
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:42:35 -0700
  ...So, should I replace the ECU (based on "d", "a", and "b" above)?� Could the Hall Effect Sender on the distributor be getting in...
• Re: Hot Foot Mods -- what's the best?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:00:14 -0500
  ...One has to take out the dash and the air > distributorb box to successfully repair this type of hot foot > syndrome. > > On 8/10...
• Re: Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:26:52 -0600
  ...Under normal circumstances there aren't > any sparks available in the engine room, unless of course the > sparking inside the distributor or from the...
• Re: Trouble with '85 1.9l wasserboxer in Europe
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 23 May 2008 05:04:15 -0400
  ...Someone mentioned the hall sender in the distributor. I will look into that. The Bentley test is that it should measure Battery voltage minus...
• Re: Coolant Pipe Alternatives?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 5 May 2010 18:18:35 -0700
  I was talking to a guy at a local industrial supply place about some "rubber" hoses he had; he called the distributor to get...
• NON-DELIVERY of: Re: Desperately seeking mechanical...
  Historical mailing list - Lotus Mail Exchange
  Thu, 2 Mar 95 14:00 EST
  ...Desperately seeking mechanical Vac-Advance Mark Sabourin writes: > > Has anyone changed their Vacuum Advance on the Distributor to a > mechanical one as St. Muir...
• '71 distrib. driveshaft install. quest.
  Historical mailing list - Mitch Covington
  Sat, 9 Sep 1995 00:48:36 -0400 (EDT)
  Hi y'all, '71 1600dp Tonight I got the heads, rocker arms assembled, adjusted the valves, and put the distributor driveshaft down into the...
• Re: audio tach
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 09 Apr 95 23:40:53 CDT
  ...also you could go all-out and shield the distributor (like some of the later vanagons). if you know someone who is a mobile...
• parts needed
  Historical mailing list - Darie Duclos
  Tue, 6 Aug 1996 11:59:36 +0200 (MET DST)
  ...Can anyone recommend a place where you know these parts are available? I just faxed a bunch of distributors on Joel's list (who...
• Idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kenneke
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 23:07:29 +0000
  ...a reman engine) Set Idle cut-off switch Replaced and checked: distributor, aux air regulator, temp II sensor, O2 sensor Checked all sensors and...
• propane leak repaired
  Historical mailing list - David Higginbotham
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 07:28:04 -0500
  ...I left and went to a propane and propane accessory distributor down the road a few miles. One of the guys in the shop...
• RV Roof AC Unit Cheap
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 18:36:55 -0500
  ...The air distributor is in good condition and the system has a thermostat. It is located in Dallas Texas, you'll have to come...
• Re: Vanagon fire fighting techniques
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 11:41:48 -0500
  ...The powder had gotten into the distributor > and insulated the points. As it was rated for electrical fires, that was > what it was supposed...
• Re: Valve clearance not at tdc?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:20:42 -0700
  ...car until the rotor is pointing at the notch in the distributor rim. With an automatic you'll need a wrench on the rear...
• Re: Which "surging syndrome" is this one?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:24:16 -0400
  First look to see that the 3 wires that enter the distributor are properly connected.You can remove the wire bail and pull the...