Date:         Thu, 21 Jan 1999 01:55:32 -0600
Reply-To:     Scott Hall <ictalurus@WESTAL.NET>
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From:         Scott Hall <ictalurus@WESTAL.NET>
Subject:      FW: Das Boot still in drydock--bad coil??
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From:   Scott Hall[SMTP:ictalurus@westal.net]
Sent:   Thursday, January 21, 1999 12:13 AM
To:     vanagon@vanagon.com
Subject:        FW: Das Boot still in drydock--bad coil??



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From:   Scott Hall[SMTP:ictalurus@westal.net]
Sent:   Thursday, January 21, 1999 12:06 AM
To:     'Joel Walker'
Subject:        Das Boot still in drydock--bad coil??

My '86 Westy still has no fire from the coil.
I am leaning towards a bad coil.   An easy plug and play fix.  I have a spare.
Questions:
I have looked in the Bentley.  Apart from testing resistance on the coil, how can you test to see if it is bad?
Also, the Bentley calls for a green label coil to replace the gray label coil.
The installed coil is a green label  Bosch part number 1 220 512 016
My spare was gotten from NAPA about 5 years ago.  IT was manufactured in Germany by  PVL ??  It lists the Bosch number as 0 221 122 349.   Will this spare replace the old coil?   Murphy's Law and a gut feeling tell me no.
Does anyone know??
thanks,
 
Dan Hall 
1986 Westy  "Das Boot"(I finally got the spelling write.....errr.....right:-)
                                      shoulda looked at the videotape on my desk.

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From:   Joel Walker[SMTP:jwalker@tusc.net]
Sent:   Wednesday, January 20, 1999 10:36 PM
To:     Scott Hall
Subject:        Re: FW: More PANIC and Das Bot----tests done so far and results

huh... sounds like a dead coil!! i had that happen on an 80 bus:
just died. bam. turned out to be the coil.