Date:         Sat, 5 Aug 2017 20:50:36 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Help....stuck....dead Vanagon.
Comments: To: Richard Golen <rgolen@hotmail.com>
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Perhaps you disturbed the ECU wire to coil negative.  And of course the
Hall-effect sender connections at the distributor are a chronic source of
difficulty from overheated wiring/connectors.

Yrs,
d

On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Richard Golen <rgolen@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Help! I'm dead in the water at a campground in Niagara Falls, Ontario. 87
> Westy won't start. Ran yesterday. Was puttering around in the engine
> compartment, went to start it up and nothing.  Fuel pump and injectors
> working to the point the engine flooded. Pulled plugs turned engine over
> and gasoline blew out. Cleaned the plugs and put them back in.
>
> Got power to the coil, but no spark of I ground out the coil wire.  Got
> power to the hall sensor. Tach needle bounces when I try to start.
>
> Not sure if this has any bearing, but when I was checking for power to the
> I noticed a brown wire with a green stripe, one end attached to the body
> ground forward of the coil the other is not attached to anything.
>
> Is it the coil, or something else?
>
> Sent from my iPad