My 1979 westfalia campmobile has been giving my girlfriend and I grief lately
It started acting up a few weeks ago with a starting issue. It would crank, but wouldn't make an electrical signal at the coil. A friend and I determined it was the ignition switch, replaced it with a switch from an early mk2 golf (since they are physically identical and have the same pins), and it started up beautifully
Then, the next day while driving home from work, at full throttle on the highway, it just died. No sputtering, no rough running. Just one second perfect, the next second dead.
It still cranks, just no spark again at the coil.
I had it towed back to my house, and tried jumping the coil signal wire to the main power wire on the fuse box, in order to bypass the ignition switch, but there is still no power signal at the coil. so I don't believe its the ignition switch again
I am testing for power at the coil by unplugging the center lead at the distributor end and holding it to a ground while my girlfriend cranks in the cab
Can anyone give me any feedback? Is this a common problem with a common fix?