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Date:         Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:53:55 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
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From:         Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Hall Sender Connector "Loose"
Comments: To: David Bogle / Architecture <bogle@BWAY.NET>
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I drove many years and many miles with the sender connector loose, so it doesn't seem to be too sensitive. At some point I wrapped a thin piece of wire around the distributor and the sender just to hold it in place, and that worked fine.

On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, David Bogle / Architecture wrote:

> > I noticed that in my '87 syncro wesfalia the hall sender connector > sticking out of the distributor is loose. One of it's shoulders is > broken off and the whole piece jiggles freely about 2mm in all > directions. It is still connected to the distributor and to the > wire/plug; and it is functioning. But, is is supposed to be like this? > Should I secure it with some epoxy or something? If I am not mistaken, > the engine will not run without this connection, yes?

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon ---------------------------------------------------------------------


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