Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 21:26:16 -0400
Reply-To: Germain <reglys@SYMPATICO.CA>
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From: Germain <reglys@SYMPATICO.CA>
Subject: Re: Hall Sender
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I am rookie in mechanical car. I saw in some thread that you need to redo
timing once the distributor have been removed in put back in place. WHY?
According to the Bentley on page 28.40, the clutch fit in the distributor
drive shaft. The only mistake you can do is to put the trigger wheel 180 deg
opposite.
Germain
----- Original Message -----
From: "T Berk" <tberk@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Germain" <reglys@SYMPATICO.CA>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: Hall Sender
> 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
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