Date:         Wed, 5 Jun 2013 10:42:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: Distributor cap
Comments: To: "Sondergaard, Arlene" <asonder@USGS.GOV>
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With new(er) electronic ignitions, cap and rotor is a major part of a tune-up!

Karl Wolz
Sent from my electronic umbilicus

On Jun 5, 2013, at 10:27 AM, "Sondergaard, Arlene" <asonder@USGS.GOV> wrote:


> It has been over a year since my last tune up.
> I guess a new distributor cap and wires are NOT included in a tune up!
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> How long has it been since the distributor cap has been changed?   I would
>> attribute it to an old cap that needed changing.  After a time there is
>> corrosion
>> build up which causes resistance which causes the carbon build up.  Also,

>> maybe
>> that last person that reconnected it didn't do a very good job which
>> allowed more
>> carbon build up and hence a resistive connection and bad running because of
>> a crappy spark to each cylinder....
>> 
>> Steven
>> 91 Westy
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Sondergaard, Arlene <asonder@usgs.gov
>>> wrote:
>> 
>>> My 87 vanagon idled rough and died this morning.
>>> Tightened up distributor cap wires just in case
>>> and the middle one came off in my hand.
>>> It was all carbon-no wires connecting anything!
>>> What would cause this?
>>> 
>>> I have been having power issues for months.
>>> Maybe it was the distributor cap all along.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> --
>>> Arlene Sondergaard
>>> CVO Sediment Lab
>>> 1300 SE Cardinal Court, Suite 100
>>> Vancouver, WA  98683
>>> 360-993-8943
>>> asonder@usgs.gov
>>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Arlene Sondergaard
> CVO Sediment Lab
> 1300 SE Cardinal Court, Suite 100
> Vancouver, WA  98683
> 360-993-8943
> asonder@usgs.gov