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Re: [T3] Distributor Drive Question


On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 06:33, Dave Hall wrote:
> > What's interesting here is that all the distributors on the chart were
> > used on Type 3s, but the #3 retard only seems to start with the 1965
> > model year.
> >
> > Scott Taylor
> > 62 343
> 
> Was it the 1500S they had overheating problems with and had to exchange a lot of
> engines early on?  I can't recall the details.

Of the 1500S's that we saw, (never imported legally), we saw a high
percentage with siezed pistons on #3. And, when we saw a siezed piston
on the other 1500-1600's it was usually #3.
I think at about this time that VW figured they needed to do something
about it. and the retarded #3 was one of the cures. Also, they came out
not too much later with the doghouse oil cooler on the T-1's and 2's.
You could say, that the T-3 already had a similar design.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'71 FB AT
'66 FB MT
'64 T34 (not running)
'65 T1 (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org

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