Date:         Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:03:53 -0800
Reply-To:     Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss (second update)
Comments: To: Gregory Smith <gfs@gregoryfsmith.com>
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Years ago I had some intermittent running condition problems with my WBX,
and opted to swap in the Hall unit from a Volvo distributor.  Perfect fit
and it cured my problems.  I probably bought it from the same wrecking
yard, since we're both in Oly.


On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Gregory Smith <gfs@gregoryfsmith.com>wrote:

> Yesterday I spoke with a fellow PNW Vanagon enthusiast who also works on
> VWs as a side business about this issue.  He was very certain it was the
> hall sender.  So I swapped the hall sender out yesterday afternoon.  I used
> one from another distributor I got from a junkyard a few years ago, I think
> it was a Jetta.  My research suggests they're all the same.
>
> Anyway it works fine now, I will report back when I have road tested it
> for a few days.  The idle seems steadier than before too.  Of course during
> all of my troublehsooting I killed my gauge lighting.  Did you know the
> key-on power (terminal 15) from the ignition switch goes first to the
> headlight switch?  It branches on from there.  Crazy.
>
> One nice thing about how the Vanagon dizzy is mounted, you can pull it
> without having to mess with the timing.
>
> Gregory Smith
> '88 VW Vanagon GL
>
> '77 Lancia Scorpion
> Olympia, WA
>



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Casey