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Date:         Tue, 9 Apr 2013 12:41:16 -0600
Reply-To:     david hardy <david@PLANETMIND.NET>
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From:         david hardy <david@PLANETMIND.NET>
Subject:      Re: What's a Hall sender do?
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A break in one of the 3 wires that go to the Hall sender plug is really common - they get really dried out and brittle. And it will certainly prevent your van from starting - just yesterday, after putting the engine back in my syncro, it wouldn't start. I had noticed that those wires didn't look good when I was taking things apart, so it's the 1st thing I checked, and sure enough the red one was broken. I've had problems with all of my Van's Hall senders at some point - they seem to last about 200k or so miles, when they start getting flaky and soon after- van won't start. But if your distributor is new, then presumably so is the sender...I'd closely inspect that connector, esp. inside the boot. David

> ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 09:58:59 -0400 From: john schaper <tahljohn@GMX.COM> Subject: > What's a Hall sender do? > > Still trying to diagnose and fix my intermittent start (latest theory is that it is do to dew > point). Checked all grounds; saw some cracked wires to the distributor, spliced and repaired, > vacuum lines connected, getting fuel, AFM is rebuilt, connections to fuel injection is good, > coil is new, distributor is 2 years new as are spark plug wires. Swapped out a known good ECU > with no effect. Now it won't start at all--just grinds with the engine turning. Now, after my > recent repair fixes, it won't start and its 80 degrees! Reading the list and Bentley, the one > item I haven't replaced or diagnosed is the Halls sender, generator or whatever is in the > distributor. What does this thing do and could it be the problem?

-- ------------------------------------------------ David Hardy Planetmind Internetworks Nedernet, Inc


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