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SV: [T3] Rebuild my Distributor?


Hey!
I accidently surfed into these pages. Quite useful info if you have
distributor woes... and they are promising t3 and t4 content soon!

http://www.oldvolkshome.com/ignition.htm
http://www.oldvolkshome.com/ovhignbo.htm


BTW, Long ago I had a -70 SAAB 99 E (D-jetronic) distributor in my junkpile.
I remember it was Bosch, and that it had a Hall sensor for the ignition.
Cant remember how the FI was triggered, but I think it had regular FI
breaker points just like our cars. Would have been nice if those had been
Hall sensors too! The distributor got years ago, so unfortunaly I cannot
easily check this up.

Karl-Olov Sandin
-73 Squareback FI, Sumatra green
…rnskšldsvik, Sweden

On 14 Feb 2001, at 18:45, Keith Park wrote:

> I recently found the Box of new ignition modules that my father had
> for 77 Beetles and Busses.  My question is... is this a CDI unit?? how
> were they triggered.... was there a pickup in the distributor??

Looking in the type 2 Bentley manual there is mention of a 
transistorized ign system used in 79 and later CA busses. These used 
a Hall effect sensor and a special coil. It looks interesting, but it 
probably requires a different dist shaft which wouldn't fit in a type 
3 dist, and the type 4 dist is probably too tall for our engine 
compartments.


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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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