On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 07:20:02 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Monster
wrote:

On Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 8:44:26 AM UTC-5, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 10/9/2015 11:38 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
It indicated a loss of signal from the distributor. It turned out to be a thermal intermittent failure of the Hall Effect sensor in the distributor. After a new sensor was installed 20 years ago, the engine has always started reliably and is still going strong. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Van Monster


Almost 24 hours later, and no one has answered my
question. Diversions, anecdotes, and drift.
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I knew a guy with a Chevy Venture van that had problems because Chevy didn't spend a few more cents to seal the splices in the wiring harness. The wiring harnessing under the sill plates in the doors got wet when he left the windows open and the splices which were wrapped with cheap electrical tape, corroded and came apart. Any connectors corroded until they no longer made a reliable connection. Do you have a wiring harness that goes under the sill plates in your van's doors? o_O

[8~{} Uncle Van Monster
GM was STUPID enough to make splices within the harness instead of
just at connectors - and they "T"d in with compression connectors that
were not sealed. That was on the ones they were smart enough to use
actual wire for. The "printed circuit" or "ribbon" cables are another
story completely - and are a royal pain to repair when you do locate a
break. Along the sill plate isn't as bad as under the carper in the
floor pans either.