Pat, It could be the hall sensor. It happened to me once with my former '81 westy. The vanagon would crank, but wouldn't start. It was the only time I had to have my vanagon towed. Harald http://www.geocities.com/harald_nancy/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Callaghan" <patcal@qwest.net> To: "Wetwesties Email list" <wetwesties@yahoogroups.com>; "Vanagon mailing list" <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>; <type2@type2.com> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 4:40 PM Subject: [WetWesties] A first
> Something happened to me today that has never happened in over 20 years of > VW ownership. My 82 Westy left me stranded. I was driving normal on the > way to the doctor when it just stopped. No muss, no fuss. I put it into > neutral & all the lights come on. I have lots of cranking power. I did not > have time to troubleshoot it then but I am going back in a hour. I bet that > the new Pertronix I put in two weeks ago failed. I very seriously doubt it > was fuel as there was absolutely no spitting or sputtering. I will keep you > all informed. Thanks for letting me vent. > > Pat Callaghan > 82 Westy > Portland, OR. > http://www.users.qwest.net/~patcal > |
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