Date:         Mon, 10 May 2004 15:10:50 -0700
Reply-To:     T Berk <tberk@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         T Berk <tberk@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Hall Sender
Comments: To: Germain <reglys@SYMPATICO.CA>
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Germain wrote:

> Hi everybody
> I have some problem to start my Westy when the motor is hot ( I wrote some
> Email about it few days ago). From all the replies I got, I suspect the Hall
> sender. I have noticed that the small plastic connector is loose. Is it
> possible to have spark and no injectors pulsing when the Hall sender is
> defective? I many attemps to start the motor, I didn't smell any gas odor.
> So once the distributor cap, the rotor and the dust cover are removed, how
> do you removed the distributor shaft to get access to the hall sender? (I am
> not talking about the distributor drive shaft which is attached to the
> motor, I think).
>
> Germain
>



ON my 'other type of VW' w/ a Hall Sender type distributer I found the
following:

1) The car ran like it was on three cylinders that morning on the way to
work.

2) No amount of trying to pull spark plug wires would track down which
was at fault.

3) If I revved it up past 3K it would run OK.

4) Once I got off the freeway and let the revs down it had gotten worse
and the motor died.

5) I was able to find the Hall Sensor clip on the side of the Dist was
loose and broken- but more importantly the wires inside (three of them)
were burnt and brittle.

Turns out the wires would pass a simple connectivity test but wouldn't
pass enough current to make a good signal to the Ign box.

Swapped the Dist (there are repair kits out there) from the pick n pull
because it was economical and speedy.


hth,
TBerk