Date:         Sat, 11 Jul 1998 16:28:30 -0700
Reply-To:     vanagon@METALHEAD.AZACCESS.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Marc Edwards <vanagon@METALHEAD.AZACCESS.COM>
Subject:      80 Westfalia probs.
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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Hello, I am the owner of a 1980 Vanagon Westfalia. As the owner of loaf
and split window busses, I can say that this vanagon is nothing short of a
total nightmare to deal with.

I am having horrible electrical problems in the engine compartment. The
Bentley manual and the Haynes manual both contradict what I am looking at
inside my engine compartment. There are, supposedly, 2 wiring harnesses. 1
from the Fuel Injection Control Unit which connects to injectors...etc and
1 that connects to the hall distributor, idle stabilizer...etc.

The one coming from the Fuel injection Control Unit (ECU) is pretty self
explanatory. I've installed that correctly. The one coming from the Hall
distributor is a joke.

Now...according to the wonderful Bentley book, which has been nothing but
inacccurate for me, it all begins at the ignition control unit.
Fine....that makes sense. From there it goes to the idle
stabilizer....once again, fine...makes sense. From there, it goes to the
hall distributor. Great, I've gotten that far without problem.
However....2 black wires go to the coil (pins 1 and 4 from the Ignition
Control Unit) and from there, pin 1 is supposed to go to pin 2 of the
Oxygen Control Unit. That part is fine. Pin 6 from the Oxygen Control Unit
goes to ground, no problem. Pin 8 goes to the Full Throttle Switch?
Waitasecond....the full throttle switch already has 2 wires on it from the
ECU. I am very confused here. Pin 4 from the Oxygen Control Unit goes to
the fourth fuel injector? This confuses me even more! There's nowhere on
the fourth fuel injector to plug anything into, except the fuel injector
plug from the ECU! This has been driving me insane for the last 8 weeks.
Can anyone shed some light onto this for me? Thanks!

-Marc
-'66 Bus (Hobbes)
-'71 Westfalia (Unnamed)
-'80 Westfalia (*@!&%@#)