Date:         Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:34:56 -0500
Reply-To:     John Philcox <jphilcox@COX.NET>
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From:         John Philcox <jphilcox@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Wierd (Ignition?) Problem...
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I think the intermittent aspect of this problem makes it especially tricky
to diagnose. Try not to overlook wiring that is peripherally connected to
the hall sender also. I had the same symptoms a few years ago and traced it
to the tachometer circuit. Disconnecting the tachometer wire at the coil
made the problem go away. One of these days I'll get around to pinpointing
the fault so I can have my tach back.

John Philcox
85 GL, Newport, RI

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of John Rodgers
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 12:11 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Wierd (Ignition?) Problem...
>
>
> That sounds like a problem with the Hall Sender. It could be as simple
> as a wire in the system losing contact momentarily, to the Hall Unit
> actually becoming faulty. Cheapest route to start is to check out all
> the wiring first, including the quality of  grounding points. You may
> have some corrosion building somewhere or a wire working loose.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
>
> Kurt Camealy wrote:
>
> >I have been having a weird problem the past couple weeks.  I will be
> >going down the freeway and all the sudden lose all power and my tach
> >goes to zero.  It kicks right back in after a second or two?  It has
> >only happened a few times, but I would like to track it down before it
> >dies on the freeway and the tach doesn't come back up.
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanks all,
> >
> >
> >
> >Kurt
> >
> >
> >
> >