Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:33:00 -0700
Reply-To: Vince S <gipsyflies@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Vince S <gipsyflies@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome?
In-Reply-To: <JHEHKLEAKBLMKEJMBNOOOEBADGAA.jeff@vanagonparts.com>
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Jeff,
Thanks for providing this. I am not convinced that I need to replace
mine yet. I will save the information for the rainly days.
BTW, did you get the reply I sent you on the OE pop top seals? Hope this
does not start a OE vs AM pop top seal thread.
- Vince
http://gipsyflies.home.comcast.net
1989 Vanagon GL Camper
1996 Land Rover Discovery
2005 Mini Cooper S
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Jeffrey Schwaia
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 2:23 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome?
The hall sender is available seperately:
'85 down: VW part #: 035 998 065
'86 up: VW part #: 052 998 065
If you have an '86 & up, spend the extra $25 and get the rebuilt Bosch
distributor. It's actually a brand new Bosch distributor sold as
rebuilt (Bosch does this a lot).
ETKA actually does show the hall sender kit in the picture, but it does
not list the part number.
Cheers,
Jeff
www.vanagonparts.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Jim Thompson
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 9:57 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome?
Sure you can. Check my website, as it lists the Bosch Numbers for the
replacement Hall Sender (or Pickup Coil as some others call it). Up
thru 1984, it comes as a kit with the Sender, Cut-out Rotor and a few
other hardware related parts. For the the 85-91 models, Bosch only
supplies the Hall Sender itself, nothing else.
85-91 Trivia note: Bosch nor Volkswagen in their catalogs, microfiche,
ETKA shows a replacement Hall Sender, they make you buy a whole new
distributor - this can get expensive! It was after digging around in
various Bosch sspecification databases I had access to that I found what
the Hall Sender Bosch number was. This has saved a lot of people $$$
when having to replace just this item instead of the distributor over
the years.
Jim Thompson
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
oldvolkshome@earthlink.net
jim@karmannghia.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "MC" <gipsyflies@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome?
> Can one buys only the Hall sensor assembly instead of the entire
> distributor?
>
> - Vince
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Laurence Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 9:14 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome?
>
>
> Ditto for me as well. New Hall Sender fixed it.
> - Laurence
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On
> > Behalf Of Donald Baxter
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:20 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome?
> >
> >
> > I had this problem and it turned out to be a defective Hall sender
> > in the distributor as well ('85 Vanagon here). This was about
> > five years
> > ago that I replaced the entire distributor and it resolved the
> > problem. I've noticed the problem recurring again in the
> > last couple
> > of years--very sporadically. It's been a year since I've noticed it
> > but I'm anticipating another distributor someday.
> >
> > I don't think '85s generally suffered from Vanagon syndrome.
> >
> > DB
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 07:59:57 -0400, John Brigstocke
> > <jbrig@attglobal.net> wrote:
> > > Have 86 Vanagon.
> > > Similar problem to yours. Cutouts in my case have been
> > caused by faulty
> > > Hall sender in distributor - when this happens tach goes
> > to zero. Other
> > > cutouts caused by faulty AFM - tach does not go to zero.
> > Any ECU problems
> > > on my van have been caused by faulty inputs or bad
> > grounds - not ECU itself.
> > >
> > > John Brigstocke
> > > Elora, Ontario, Can
> > > jbrig@attglobal.net
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------
> > Donald Baxter
> > 316 Ridgeview Avenue
> > University Heights, Iowa 52246 http://www.mindspring.com/~onanov
> >