Date:         Sat, 5 Jul 2014 07:10:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Need ECU for 1.9L
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Thanks, Dennis. I have a third ECU on its way. If the hesitation coming
off stop occurs with only one out of the three units, then how likely is
it that the problem is not that one ECU?

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 07/04/2014 10:52 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> Most likely it is not the ECU. Check the throttle switch, then the air flow
> meter, and make sure the vacuum advance and retard is working properly. On
> the 1.9L it is imperative for the timing to advance as soon as the throttle
> begins to open. If the throttle stop is not properly adjusted you won't get
> full retard and the timing will not be properly set.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Rocket J Squirrel
> Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2014 7:06 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Need ECU for 1.9L
>
> David Beierl is helping me troubleshoot a troubling problem with my '84 1.9.
> The tentative diagnosis is that the ECU is acting wonky. I have a spare
> which I could swap in, but it has its own weirdness: it hesitates coming off
> a stop. Every time.
>
> So . . . does anyone have a known-good ECU I could buy?
>
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>