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Date:         Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:29:06 -0500
Reply-To:     Neal Barrentine <vwneal@BLUEMARBLE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Neal Barrentine <vwneal@BLUEMARBLE.NET>
Subject:      try this
Comments: To: Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@YAHOO.COM>
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Hey Zoran:
        I had a similar problem that baffled me for weeks. I asked my favorite
old-timer VW mechanic about it, and he said "run a ground wire from the
distributor to the case." I ignored his overly simple solution, and
tried a new fuel pump, ECU, relays, Hall sending unit, etc. After all,
the distributor body was METAL mounted in a METAL engine case - it
couldn't be any more grounded. After nothing I did seemed to make any
difference, I finally made a little pigtail to run from the distributor
to the engine case, and it started right up, and has run fine ever
since. Go figure... Neal


Neal Barrentine
Bloomington, Indiana
1986 GL
1960 Baja Bug
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