Re: [T3] Rebuild my Distributor?

["Drew Gainor" <dgainor@ocvv.org>]

How hard would it be to convert it to magnetic pickup? Would there be
advantages or disadvantages?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: "type3" <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Rebuild my Distributor?


> On 12 Feb 2001, at 18:39, Fuhriman, Mark wrote:
>
> > Question:  Just how sensitive are those FI points to contamination??
> > Cleaning the points seems to be temporarily solving this recurring
> > problem for me.  My only guess right now is that the distributor is
> > allowing just enough oily vapor into the little house for the FI
> > contacts that the contacts become contaminated and hence not fire.
> > Sound reasonable??  So I'm thinking I need to hire Jim to rebuild my
> > distributor..?!?..
>
> I don't think just a bit of oil should have ANY effect. I see
> problems when there is a bit of dirt in there that keeps the 2 points
> from making electrical contact. This area will always have a bit of
> oil in it, and lubrication is necessary to allow the parts to work
> against one another without wearing out.
>
> I'm sure that I could rework your dist, and it is even possible that
> I might notice something that you had overlooked, but at this point I
> think you've already been pretty thorough and it seems likely that
> your problems would continue even after I've done my best.
>
> Of course I'd be glad to work it over, or just take a look at it, but
> I can't promise that this will fix your problem.
>
> My best guess is that your REAL problem remains unsuspected. This all
> sounds like a case of several compound problems which all overlap and
> make each other hard to find. The best you can do is deal with them
> one at a time and slowly eliminate them.
>
> I had a car like this that I worked on every evening and drove to
> work every day. It wasn't my car, but the owner let me have it until
> I could sort it all out. The final count was 7 independent problems,
> some of which I had never seen before. Each time I fixed something it
> ran a little better and the symptoms changed in subtle ways, but it
> didn't run RIGHT until I found and fixed them ALL. This took 14 days
> to figure out.
>
> -
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> Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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