70 MPH on I-4 when the Engine just quit. 170.00 tow bill.

[tpinthepack]

Tuesday night driving the DOKA home at night purring like a kitten and it just quit. Luckily the section of Interstate was at an overpass by the State Fair pretty well lit and safe. Cranked, but no start, and no spark. Too much trouble to fix at night so I called the wrecker. Did the Step By step testing in the Pro Training Guide and narrowed it down to Hall unit or coil or ECU. Well turned out to be the HALL unit. The fiber washer under the distributor shaft at the hall unit exploded and cut the daylights out of the wires in the unit. Good news I had a spare HALL unit, and borrowed a Coil From Steve Clayton. Doka Runs better than ever actually now. I wonder how long that fiber washer was spinning around in there hitting wires? Anyway, just feel like a huge weight is lifted off my shoulders since my repair was pretty easy. I notice that when my Doka breaks down, I ponder selling it, or buying a new car, and then when I get it running and drive down the road it is a keeper for life. Thanks for listening.
Tony
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TP in the Pack (I am a cyclist)
1968 Manx N.O.S. w/ Barrett Chassis
1960 Single Cab 1914 w/ 40 DLRA's
1990 Vanagon DOKA
1972 Super Beetle
1979 Super Beetle Convertible
2011 Porsche Cayenne

[joseph928]

Good work figuring it out. Need to get a spare hall sender for my I-4 that's one part I don't have!
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1987 syncro westy tin top sun roof , GW2.3, rear locker, decoupler, Gary Lee tire rack & winch mount, lift, south african grill, big brakes , rhein alloy ,15 BFG AT, Fiamma 10 foot awning ,140 watt rear 85 watt front solar , mppt, truckfridge, automatic fire extinguishing system, tencent oil cooler, And a RMW SS exhaust! - 1971 bug convertible 1776 engine- 2010 Subaru turbo - 1993 Toyota 4x4 truck - 1999 Harley 95 CI, big bore, Andrews cams . Also 80-84- vans. Stock 65 sunroof bug.