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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Sorry, my bust on the distributor part number it should have been 0231 163 018. The ECU appears to be the same as the type 3 type except for the mounting brackets and a potentiometer on the top. I'll put it through some more testing, actually drive the car and check the gas mileage. The journey continues. Jim San Diego > > > I recently acquired a complete FI set up from a 1973 type 3. I put the > > ECU in my late 72 Squareback and it works fine. The problem is the > > mounting brackets are different than any other ECU that I've seen. > > There's three brackets, two one above the other on the long side and > > one on the end. The ECU has a black sticker with Bosch part number 0 > > 280 000 039. I also have a FI distributor, single vacuum can part > > number Bosch 0231 168 018. > > I don't think the person who sold you these parts remembers > correctly. > > The 0 280 000 039 crosses to a CU22x ECU which is for a 73-4 > Saab 99EMS. There's no telling what the differences are. > > I don't have any easy way to look for the dist number, but it is not a > type 3 number, nor is it the right part for the Saab, above. A 71 > type 3 took a 0 231 163 018, however; could you have mistaken > the 3 for an 8? > > Dists (and, I think, ECUs) used on VWs would always have the > VW # as well as the Bosch #. Are the VW #s there? > > - > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe > </x-charset>