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-----Original Message----- From: Russ Wolfe [mailto:russw@classicvw.org] Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 12:20 PM To: Type3 Subject: Re: [T3] Distributor and breather box questions Sorry for this late post but I get these at work. Brad, >>> You will have more trouble than that with a pertronix. I love the pertronix! Put it in, set it, and your done. My car starts on the first crank even after sitting for a few months! Not sure what this is based on. You will notice that some people on this list are very much against new technology. For Myself (and my daughter) I prefer reliability and (to me) not dealing with points any more is a plus. >>> The points in my '71 FB were installed sometime back in the 1980's, and have never been readjusted. Hmmmmmmmmmm... Wow! I've never heard of a set of points NEVER needing adjustment or replacing in 25 years? Do you drive it much? In my previous VW's (1965 bug and 1964 Bus) or any other old car I owned with points always needed some adjustment, even with lube on them. Thousands of automotive engineers can't be wrong can they? :-) >>> NO, it will make it worse. If you want an 009, I will give you one for the postage. If you want a better dist. >>> get one from a later FI engine. You won't even need the vacuum advance. Just make sure the mechanical advance >>> works. This must be an east coast thing? Almost every non-stock vw out here has an .009 distributor on it. If they were that bad I would think everyone would be running stock ones wouldn't you? >>> Do they make a pertronix (or similar) electronic points system for >>> THIS distributor? Or, will the one for the 009 work in mine? Yes they do and it works great! I can get you the number if you want. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rich & Nicole (Daughter), Orange County, CA 70/71 SquareBack 1600 FI MT http://community.webshots.com/user/schlegelr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~