Date:         Tue, 3 Oct 2006 21:30:50 -0700
Reply-To:     TC <trclark@SHAW.CA>
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From:         TC <trclark@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: 85 1.9, Intermittent stall then no start but does crank ??
Comments: To: Don in North Carolina <vanagondon@GMAIL.COM>
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OK we have a winner well within spiting distance of the hall sender

> On 10/2/06, TC <trclark@shaw.ca> wrote:
> <SNIP tale of woe>
> Check the plug where the the distributor hall effect sensor is plugged
> in (on the distributor).  These get old and brittle, break and let the
> hall sensor short against the distributor casing.
The conclusion
So after it started up on the tow truck sunday night I bought a spare ICM
and I already had a spare dist at home
(note to self dont leave home without ALL yer spares :)
so I just decided I'd drive it like normal untill i caught the SOB in the
stall/no start act again
so monday/tues it putters around town pretending all was good so tonight
a block from the house i decided to petal to metal to stress test her
yee ha not 1/4 block from the drive way tach drops like a rock  stalls
... perrrrfect I got ya now  plug in the icm still no start ...
wip in the spare dist va voom done deal must be the hall sender ...
but this is a old spare so i guess I'll rebuild this dist & put it back in
then
put the spare in the closet it was bought just in case ...:)