Date:         Wed, 6 Aug 1997 07:30:43 -0700 (PDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Young <young@sherlock.sims.berkeley.edu>
Subject:      Re: Problems problems

On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Gerald Skerbitz wrote:

> 4. [snip]
> 5. Now I have an intermittent cutting out during in-town driving.
> I've read the archives on intermittent missing, and wonder if there is
> anything anyone can add. This isn't the kind of cutting out that makes me stop
> by the side of the road.  It only lasts a second or so and then starts up.

Gerry:

I had this same problem for awhile.  Finally tracked it down to a loose 
connection in the LT circuit of the ignition system.  It was one of those 
spade connections that lives inside a little plastic box.  Road vibration 
would sometimes jiggle things enough that the van would cut-out and 
stumble for a second or two, but then vibration would bring the 
connection back into contact and the engine would run smoothly.

Recommend that you go through the engine and disconnect/connect all 
electrical connections.  Since you recently had the engine out (I assume) 
this loose connection situation sounds like a real possibility. 

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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549
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