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Date:         Wed, 1 Jul 1998 08:09:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Darrell Boehler <midwesty@TAOS.MIDWEST.NET>
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From:         Darrell Boehler <midwesty@TAOS.MIDWEST.NET>
Subject:      Fw: '87 ECU or ? correction
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-------------------------- Sorry for the major typing error. Please don't be too tough with me some day you will get old and have stiff fingers in the morning. The digifant tool is posted at http://taos.midwest.net/vw

Darrell -----Original Message----- From: Darrell Boehler <midwesty@taos.midwest.net> To: Aaron Taylor <ataylor@MICRON.NET> Date: Wednesday, July 01, 1998 7:25 AM Subject: Re: '87 ECU or ?

>---------------------- >Hi Aaron, > Tip for the day. Keep an eye on the tach. If the tach is ok the >primary coil circuit is ok. This doesn't eliminate the secondary (high >voltage side ) of the coil. So the coil could still be bad and causing no >spark. But it does tell you the digifant is pulsing the coil and the coil >has battery supplied to the plus side. This seems to me a situation for >the digifant tool http://taos.midwesest.net/vw . With it at a

WRONG: should be http://taos.midwest.net/vw

>glance you could note the digifant had power, has the fuel pump on, >position of the throttle switch, if the ignition coil is being pulsed, >and if the fuel injectors are being pulsed . > >Darrell Boehler >Makanda Illinois > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Aaron Taylor <ataylor@MICRON.NET> >To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM> >Date: Wednesday, July 01, 1998 12:55 AM >Subject: '87 ECU or ? > > >>Hi Vanagonians >>My local mechanic has deduced my intermittent stall problem to either >>the coil, a coil attached to the distr (forgot the name), or heaven >>forbid the ECU. My bus has the wire harness fix. There is power to the >>main coil. (It has worked fine for several years but now the >>intermittent shut off problem is back) The trick is having the bus make >>the problem long enough to get it to the mechanic. Usually the problem >>goes away after a few minuites or hours. Once overnight. >>It dies cold turkey with no spark coming out of the high tension coil >>lead but there is power to the coil. Should I replace the coil first. >>I have not been able to do a coil resistance check because the problem >>has been so intermittent.\ >>Anybody know if the ECU is testable? Remanufactured? Where is a good >>place to find one for the best price? >> >>Thanks >>Aaron >> >


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