Date:         Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:15:27 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: How Long Does it Take Your Van to Warm up? Cont.
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Curious ... are you using the '87 ECU under the rear seat ... or the '84
ECU that's normally located in the engine compartment?

If you're using the '84 ECU ... are you using the '84 distributor with
the vacuum advance/retard?

Mike
'84 GL 7 pass
'85 GL Westy


James Benthall wrote:
> Sorry about that...I keep forgetting that I have a "bastardized" wiring
> system from
> a 1984 harness, so maybe that is where the confusion is [long story, but in
> essence
> I bought my van for $600. after a engine fire toasted it and when we where
> putting it
> back together we couldn't find anything but a junked 84 in our area...I  will
> get the
> proper harness one day when I get the funds ;-]
>
> On pgs. 28.11 and 28.28 of Bentley it shows the idle stabilizer I'm
> referring to, and
> on 28.11 it shows it on the firewall as I have placed it, BUT I noticed  that
> it is for a
> Air-cooled AFC system!  My bad!  Can anyone tell me if the  configuration
> that it is
> supposed to have behind the firewall has the same part?  Are the  actual
> components
> the same?  Just wondering...
> thanks,
> james in houston, tx.
> 1987 (or 1984?) Westy ;-)
>