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<x-charset iso-8859-1>clever! thanks. Jason 68 Notch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Doughney" <ben_d@clear.net.nz> To: "Type 3" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 2:54 AM Subject: Re: [T3] ignition troubleshooting > on 6/1/02 9:04 PM, veedub@apartment101.com at veedub@apartment101.com wrote: > > > Is there any way that I can find out which year my 009 is? (is there a > > cross reference book or anything?) I understand that the older units > > retarded the timing on #3 and thus had "flat spot" but that has been > > eliminated in new 009s. I have a feeling my veedub has the older style > > (although it does have the square wiring harness for the condensor). > You should be able to use a timing light installed on #3 if the distributor > is in the car, it will show up as more retarded than if it was in #1. > > There is a good distributor reference at: > > http://www.oldvolkshome.com/ > > HTH, > Ben Doughney > > '75 1200L > '71 1302S > '63 1200 - Ringo > > http://members.tripod.com/~superkafer/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org > > </x-charset>