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Date:         Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:38:08 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Electronic points -waste of time/money?
Comments: To: Nathaniel Poole <npoole@TELUS.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <C1CD7B51.2ED7%npoole@telus.net>
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At 08:52 PM 1/12/2007, Nathaniel Poole wrote... >Anyone else have a problem with electronic points in the type 4 motor? >My >'80 Vanagon was running great before I installed these points from >Hot-Spark.com, and now it's doing something weird - it idles fine, and >revs >fine, but won't idle after revving, just stalls.

They work fine for me.

When does it "idle fine?" Only after starting, after it's sit (set? sat?) a while? If it stalls out, what happens if you start it immediately without revving?

Sounds like the advance mechanism isn't returning properly after revving. Put a timing light on it, rev it by hand, and watch to see if it returns to the proper idle timing. Did you leave enough wire inside the distributor so the plate can move unrestricted? Do you have the spring under the distributor which pushes the drive gear down?


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