Date:         Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:34:45 -0600
Reply-To:     Matt Heydon <matt@THEHEYDONS.COM>
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From:         Matt Heydon <matt@THEHEYDONS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Buckin' Like a Bronco, Stalling
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The hal sender may be shot. One place to look is the hiring harness that
plugs into the distributor. Pull the cap and rotor and look down in
distributor for those wires to be broken or frayed.

> Matt Heydon


-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Delanty [mailto:laurasdog@WEIRDSTUFFWEMAKE.COM]
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 1:59 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Buckin' Like a Bronco, Stalling


At 10:06 AM 8/29/2003, you wrote:
>[snip]
>And here's my final curveball: The muffler is looser than it's ever been,
it
>seems to have broken between the converter and the muffler body, so the
>whole cylinder can rotate downward (so the tailpipe points toward the
ground
>and not toward the people losing their minds in the cars behind us). I
don't
>know if this could cause such dramatic problems, but thought I'd mention
it.

I'm not real familiar with 80...
Is there an O2 sensor on the part of the exhaust that's loose?

If so, I would suggest that it's not grounded properly (since the exhaust is
so loose) and the intermitant connection to the O2 sensor is freaking
out the ECU.
Try using a piece of wire to ground the O2 sensor to the engine and
see if it helps.

If'n you ain't got a O2 sensor on the dangly part, then never mind...

Steve
EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"