Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 07:09:52 -0600
Reply-To: "Warren.K.Lail-1" <wlail@OU.EDU>
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From: "Warren.K.Lail-1" <wlail@OU.EDU>
Subject: Hall sender
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Thanks for the Hall sender info. You're right,
the digijet section of Bentley gives the
precautions that the digifant section does not,
and I've violated several of those rules.
However, if I can scrape together the money,
I'm going to replace my distributor with a new
one and hopefully eliminate that problem (if
in fact that is part of it). My objective is
to replace every component that sends information
to the ECU. From what I've learned from the list,
the ECU can only work with the information it
gets, i.e., it can't make chicken soup out of
chicken poop.
Right now I've got the starter out, so it will
be a few days before I can get Bill running
again.
The covering of the large wire running to my
starter is cracked and brittle. Any tips
on replacing this? It comes out of a large
bundle of wires, probably from the battery.
Thanks again, and be safe out there.
Warren Lail
88 Westy "Billy Bones"
87 GL "Long John"
----- Original Message -----
From: aljordans@comcast.net
Date: Sunday, March 7, 2004 10:15 am
Subject: Re: more trouble with Billy
> I'm on the road so I'm getting your posts in bunches.
> I still think this is fertile graound for you to spend some of
> your time on.
> You might check the warnings re handling the HES in the digi-jet
> section of the Bentley, they don't repeat in the digi-fant
>
> The Hall Effect sender is the funny thing inside your distributor....
> It is a rotating magnet that induces voltage in the 4 little coils
> that then tells when to fire the spark plugs and replaces the
> points of a standard distributor. (Simplified version)
>
> There is the wire and pass-thru on the side of the dizzy that
> often gets frayed/intermittent/separated/broken, check this to see
> that is is good....also the brown ground wire normally runs to a
> ground originally under one of the breather tower bolts...could be
> elsewhere by now.
>
> The HES can cause terrible rich running...6 mpg, black exhaust
> smoke, stalling, oil dilution, shop burnout (I "burned" 2 dealers
> and 4 independent garages before indep 5 and I figured it out),
> acc pedal on the floor to keep it running, etc. It can make you
> crazy.
> Good luck
> aljay
> > Where the heck is my Hall Effect Sender Unit? I'll grab my
> Bentley and check it
> > out.
> >
> > See my post to the list of all things I've done today. All
> ideas are greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Warren
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: aljordans@comcast.net
> > Date: Saturday, March 6, 2004 11:06 am
> > Subject: Re: more trouble with Billy
> >
> > > How's your Hall Effect sender unit and wiring?
> > > alj
> > > > Oh, I was so proud of myself this afternoon with my 'timing
> > > success' that I took
> > > > ole Billy out for a drive. Guess what - now he's skipping
> worse
> > > than ever.
> > > > When he's idling I get a sort of popping sound from the
> exhaust,
> > > and when I
> > > > start off down the road he skips like he's running out of
> gas,
> > > or otherwise
> > > > loading up, I can't tell which. The exhaust system is new
> > > (about two days old)
> > > > and the tailpipe is running black, very black inside. What
> the
> > > heck is going on
> > > > here?
> > > >
> > > > I think its time to take Billy to a pro. I've got a good
> man
> > > here in town who
> > > > really knows Vanagons and so I'll make an appointment next
> week.
> > > In the
> > > > meantime, does anyone have any suggestions for me to try?
> "Have
> > > tools, will
> > > > try."
> > > >
> > > > Warren Lail
> > > > 88 Westy "Billy Bones"
> > > > 87 GL
> > >
> >
>
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