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Date:         Fri, 21 Jun 2002 21:13:09 -0400
Reply-To:     Myron Lind <mdlind@RICA.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Myron Lind <mdlind@RICA.NET>
Subject:      Vanagon stops and won't start

I am trying to help my neighbor with his 1990 Westy.


He says it runs fine for a while then dies and won't start. When it dies,
the tach drops to 0 if he is driving. It cranks and cranks but won't fire.
(I would guess no spark if the tach is dropping to 0 as it dies.) After
sitting 20-40 minutes it will start right back up and go for a while again.


I noticed his hall sensor plug (I think that's what it is) going into the
distributor is broken and flopping around. Seems to me this would be a
problem when cold as well as warm.


I am an air cooled and diesel guy. Any help on this?


He is not on the list, you can reply to me.


Thanks,
Myron Lind
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