I haven't rebuilt a distributor - yet. But there is a shop in town
(MPLS/St. Paul MN) that is supposed to do a pretty good job for $125.
VW Man 612-331-3245
I know he also carries the seals if you want to replace them your self. He
said put two in.
Ch
'89 SyncroBeast Vanagon - Soon to come - New Shocks for the Syncro!
Soon as I get rid of the rust. ugh
'87 16V GTI
'80 850 Yamaha Special
'87 16V GTI w/ hale damage - parting out - body gone, parts remain
'89 16V GTI w/ toasted motor
'86 Scirocco (8 valve w/ auto) - SO's - now w/ it's own hale damage
Prior Lake, MinneSnowta - Brrrrrrr! Winter's here.
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>Have any of you rebuilt a 16v distributor. I have two extra ones, and I
>might need one soon. They both work (well at least one of them does), as
>long as the hall sender doesn't wiggle around.
>
>On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:16:16 -0600 Carl Hansen <[email protected]>
>writes:
>>Many thanks to all who replied. I settled down Monday AM and figured
>>I'd
>>tackle the problem.
>>
>>Did I analyse the situation and follow the Bentley process to
>>troubleshoot
>>the problem and come to a logical conclusion?????
>>
>>Nahhhhh. I swapped a distributor from a known running engine sitting
>>on
>>the garage floor - set the timing - and didn't look back.
>>
>>Runs fine now. I think, like you all suggested, that the problem
>>resides
>>in the distributor. I'm guessing the combination of the oil leak, and
>>the
>>right combination of moisture and cold weather messes up the Hall
>>sensor
>>and the result is NO SPARK.
>>
>>I figured the distributor needed rebuilding anyway so pulled it out.
>>
>>Ummmmm, Check the list for the next challenge considering the oil
>>pressure
>>system.
>>
>>
>>
>>Ch
>>
>>'89 SyncroBeast Vanagon - Soon to come - New Shocks for the Syncro!
>> Soon as I get rid of the rust. ugh
>>'87 16V GTI
>>'80 850 Yamaha Special
>>'87 16V GTI w/ hale damage - parting out - body gone, parts remain
>>'89 16V GTI w/ toasted motor
>>'86 Scirocco (8 valve w/ auto) - SO's - now w/ it's own hale damage
>>
>>Prior Lake, MinneSnowta - Brrrrrrr! Winter's here.
>>
>>
>>**** SNIP ORIGINAL **** A SAMPLING OF RESPONSES
>>>The "single spark, then nothing" makes me think the problem is in
>>the
>>>Hall-effect system: I've never heard of, say, a coil that could do
>>that,
>>>and you said it didn't spark with a screwdriver across the starter,
>>so it
>>>shouldn't be the ballast resistor. Catch is, I don't know enough
>>about the
>>>system to narrow further...
>>>Ron
>>>
>>
>>Follow the Bentley instructions on checking your hall sensor (Mounted
>>on
>>side of distributor)
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