Date:         Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:37:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From:         Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject:      1980 Westy ignition quits
Comments: To: Steve Schwenk <info@syncro.org>
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from a friend. respond to this guy:

> >From: "Bergey, Dennis" <dbergey@sbmuseart.org>

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> >Subject: Re: 1980 Westy ignition quits
> >
> >> I'm in Lincoln City Oregon on vacation till September.  We've been
> >>all over the place, Olympic Peninsula, Seattle, now heading slowly
> >>down Rte 1 enjoying the ocean and lakes with our canoe.  Left at the
> >>end of July. May be going to Burning Man.  Solo of course, not Cindy's
> >>cup of tea!
> >>
> >>Anyway, I'm having weird ignition problems.  1980 Westy just quits, like I
> >>turned the key off, for 2 or 3 seconds, then starts running again, like
> >>nothing happened.  Some times one second, some times up to 10 seconds.   If
> >>I pump the gas, the cars behind me smell gas, so I know its not the fuel
> >>pump or filter, though I replaced both those, twice, and also the ignition
> >>coil, twice, and the electronic ignition controller, twice.  Now I'm
> >>thinking ignition switch and then brain box.  My headlight switch seems hot
> >>with lights on, but car quits either way, hot or cold, engine hot or cold
> >>also.
>
> >>I have a spare head light switch I'll install today, but no ignition
> >>switch, which may be hard to find on the road.  And the brain box or
> >>computer?  Probably junkyard searching.  Oh the joys of the 24 year old
> >>vintage Westy!
> >>
> >>Could you forward this to all your lists and see what comes up?
> >>
> >>Sincerely,
> >>
> >>Dennis Bergey
> >>Systems Manager
> >>Santa Barbara Musuem of Art
> >>Santa Barbara California 93101