[VB] Good NEws

[John Morris]

Kevin,

I have had a bad coil cause this kind of thing in the past on my VW thing. I basically ran down all of the same paths you are going down until I swapped out my ignition coil out of desperation. The funny thing is when this happened the coil tested okay, but it must have been breaking down under heat or load. If you have a spare coil I would swap it out to eliminate it from the picture. 

PS. I love the fact that emails are flying around like 1999 again on the VB list, before long we will be passing a hubcap...

Respectfully,
John W. Morris

> On Aug 17, 2017, at 11:40 PM, david raistrick <keen at icantclick.org> wrote:
> 
> I'd definitely re-check the points and valves (a side of the road
> "does it rattle?" as you cycle through TDCs once it's cooled down is
> enough - no rattle, got tight!  too much rattle, got loose!).  but
> timing too - after points - I think the single most problematic
> problem I've had in uprights was distributor clamp problems.  (ok,
> excluding fuel gumming up carbs...)
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 11:22 PM, Kevin Guarnotta
> <kevin at guarnottadesign.com> wrote:
>> Ok.maybe spoke too soon.
>> I drove bus around today. Seemed great.
>> 
>> Went on a little longer drive - about 15 miles with some highway time. Seemed great. Couple hours later started to head home.
>> 
>> About halfway home, and bus hiccuped. Once or twice. So i got off highway. Figured i'd take surface roads. Drove ok once off highway, for about 3/4 mile then stalled again.
>> 
>> Eventually made it to a parking lot. Waiting for aaa.
>> 
>> Before i was stumped. Now i'm extra stumped.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Kevin
>> 
>> Sent from my phone, please excuse the brevity and lack of wit.
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