VANAGON archives -- July 2009, week 4 (#346)

Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:38:29 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
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From:         Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties] hot-not-start
Comments: To: Don Spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET>
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At 03:07 PM 7/27/2009, Don Spence wrote...
>When the ambient temp
>rises above 26 celcius (80 Fahrenheit) The engine slowly heats up and
>runs fine until I hit a stop light when it will stall at idle. It
>will not restart (cranks fine) until the engine has "rested" for at
>least 10 minutes. Any one with any wisdom to share as to what could
>cause this??

Do you by chance have an add-on electronic ignition, like a Pertronix?

They tend to be marginal and overheat, unless a ballast resistor is
added to the coil. I had similar troubles on my '81 with a Hot Spark,
until I added a ballast resistor. No problem now.

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