RE: [T3] On the road again!!

[Ian Ruinaard <iruinaard@ppc.co.za>]

Hi,
Do you perhaps have a std distributor or vacuum advance unit lying around
that you want to part with - my vac advance diaphragm is history.

Ian Ruinaard
iruinaard@ppc.co.za

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Adriaan Loedolff [SMTP:adriaan@eng.uct.ac.za]
> Sent:	Monday, September 11, 2000 11:42 AM
> To:	type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject:	[T3] On the road again!!
> 
> Greetings to you all
> 
> After parting with loads of cash and putting in three days of intensive
> work my Sqaure is back on the road with a rebuilt engine. The details
> are as follows:
> 
> New bearings (main, big-end & cam)
> Crankshaft machined to spec and balanced together with pulleys, fan and
> flex plate
> New pistons and cylinders
> Recon heads but new valves, seats, guides and springs
> New oil pump
> Oil cooler cleaned & pressure tested
> 
> I cleaned and re-painted all the tinware and the fan housing and
> overhauled the generator seeing that it was out. Every thing went back
> together again without any problems and it started up at the second
> attempt. The end result looks stunning and runs great. It was amazing to
> see the amount of gunk that collected in the generator after 32 years of
> service- about half-a-cup of powdery dust and sand mixed with just
> enough oil to be sticky! Makes me wonder about the starter motor...
> 
> Anyway, I am very happy to have the car running well again.
> 
> Now that the engine is OK I'd like to sort out the ignition. I used a
> Bosch 009 distributer with Pertronix Ignitor, only the ignitor shorted
> and fried some time ago. I'd be happy to replace it with another Ignitor
> but I'd like to hear the list's opinion on which is better Pertronix
> Ignitor or Compu-Fire. I think we had this debate in the past but I
> can't remember the verdict. As I understand it the dwell angle is
> adjustable on the Compu-Fire but not on the Ignitor. Am I right or
> wrong?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Adriaan Loedolff
> '69 Squareback Automatic
> Cape Town - South Africa
> 
> 
> 
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