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Date:         Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:26:51 -0800
Reply-To:     Ben T <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ben T <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: What is the wire path for the tach signal?
Comments: To: Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CAB5BEXYktVac0_vajeY2nyWcBrbpee=Jh5pcEcUfTzgh9YrSUw@mail.gmail.com>
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Saw a couple homeless guys using a pair green wires as shoe laces.;-)

BenT

sent from my electronic leash

On Feb 25, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Thanks, Mark. > I gathered that was where it started- does it go straight through to the > tach, or are there connections upstream? It's connected at the coil... I > suppose the law of simplicity would demand I check the actual wire end > first, since that's what I moved/touched. It _looked_ fine, and I didn't > subject it to any trauma, but who knows? > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 4:28 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > >> At the coil, there is a white plastic dual wire connector with 2 green >> wires. One of those green wires goes to the tach. The other green wire >> comes from the ECU where the ECU provides it ground pulses to fire the >> coil. That side of the coil has 2 male spades tied together on the threaded >> stud they are mounted to. The 2 pin connector plugs onto the 2 male spades. >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> Robert Fisher wrote: >> >>> This is for the '87 2.1 Auto: Replaced the coil, finally got the van >>> running again (long story, of course) but now the tach is dead. I read >>> through the archives and looked at the wiring diagram in the Bentley but

>>> it's not clear to me. I haven't driven the van much since I got it running >>> but I noticed a "power drop out" or hiccup in the engine that makes me >>> think of the description several people have given for Vanagon Syndrome,

>>> like a heart skipping a beat. The Hall sensor tested out okay but I'm not >>> convinced that I don't have another problem other than the coil, or maybe >>> the same intermittant problem I had before. >>> >>> ............... >>> >> > > > -- > Cya, > Robert > > '87 & '86 2.1/Auto GLs


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