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On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 09:57, Daniel Baum wrote: > A couple of weeks ago I installed a new rotor in my distributor, and today > when I opened it up it was covered with little brass coloured metal > shavings. As far as I can see the rotor was installed OK (it's not exactly > complicated) and the car runs about as well (or as badly) as it ever did. > The new rotor appears to be identical to the old one. > > My inclination is to go back to the old rotor, as the new one didn't > actually improve anything, but why would it do that? > Check the resistance of the old rotor. It should be 3000-5000 ohms. If it is, go ahead and use it. It sounds like there is something miss made on the new one. > Also, I have a junk distributor in my parts box, from which I removed the > points and capacitor, both of which look to be in better shape that the ones > installed in the car. The points appear identical, but I have no idea > whether the capacitor is the right type, because it has no markings on it. > Physically it is the right shape. Is it safe to simply try it to see if it > works? What is likely to happen if it is the wrong type? > If the condensor in the car is an orginal bosch, don't mess with it. It is better than any you will find. Especially one that the manufacturer won't even put his name on. It is an old wives tail, that condensors need replaced. If the car is running, and the points are not burned up, the condensor is OK. When I worked for the dealers back in the '60's and '70's, Bosch offered a $5 reward for any bad Bosch condensor we found. > Relevant part nos. > > Junk distributor: 311 905 205T > > Capacitor in car: 1 237 330 220 > > Spare capacitor and distributor in car: unknown > > The reason I am looking to change the capacitor is that I have done a couple > of tests on it from the various books, that have shown it to be suspect. The > wiring is frayed and it generally looks the worse for wear. The car is > rather hard to start (not impossible, just not as easy as it should be) and > I am wondering whether this may be the reason. > > I am also looking at the option of electronic ignition; does anyone have any > experience of the Empi Accu-fire system? I am interested in it because it is > cheap. I have read that there were problems with it once, but that they have > been solved and the new ones are OK. > > Regards, > > Daniel Baum > 1969 Type 34 automatic > http://www.qldesign.com/type34 > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT (It drove) '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/