Date:         Mon, 3 Feb 2014 22:13:14 -0800
Reply-To:     "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Organization: Cosmic Reminders
Subject:      Re: Ignition Failures
Comments: To: JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
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I'm curious what a 'locker' is.

the only commonly used vanagon term that is 'locker' is for a locking
rear diff , usually on a syncro,
though it's possible to build a 2WD trans with that feature.

'a locker had come loose' in the brakes..I wonder what that means .

I know what it is ..
guaranteed ...it's 'a blockage or leakage of fluids or electrons."

Guaranteed - -  the electrical / electronic issue.


On 2/3/2014 7:17 PM, JRodgers wrote:
> A while back - the starter ran away on Ol' Red. A shop changed the
> starter, but was unable to get the ignition to fire. I just had the van
> taken home so I could tend to it. It was the beginning of a merry chase
> - and one apparently not done.
>
> I did the Hall Sender Test It was dead. I happened to have another
> distributor handy with a good hall sender - so Installed it in Ol' Red.
> Fired right up it did. Decided to wait until next day to adjust the
> distributor. Hit the switch - dead as a doornail.
>
> More Hall Sensor testing - this time it was the coil that was dead.
> Pulled the good, working one out of Volksiebus and installed it in Ol
> Red.Engine fired right up.
>
> Ol Red had sat for a while - and as I drove off the brakes sounded
> really weird. So I just parked it. Today - this morning - I took it to a
> known good shop. They fixed the brakes. Actually brakes and drums were
> fine. a locker had come loose -   and once fixed, I was ready to go. I
> thought.
>
> When they went to start the engine - it would not fire. Grind, grind -
> no firing. I had to leave it with the shop overnight.
>
> Gonna run the hall sender/coil test in the morning. Right now it looks
> like the coil is kaput!! Again!
>
> Anyone got any ideas about what this is about!
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>