Re: [T3] ignition troubleshooting

[<veedub@apartment101.com>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Is there any way that I can find out which year my 009 is?  (is there a
cross reference book or anything?)  I understand that the older units
retarded the timing on #3 and thus had "flat spot" but that has been
eliminated in new 009s.  I have a feeling my veedub has the older style
(although it does have the square wiring harness for the condensor).

I have the model number from my carb if that would help any.

Jason
68 Notch


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Ayres" <comwest@att.net>
To: "T3 List" <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] ignition troubleshooting


> Jason=> I adjusted my valves at 0'...
> => close enough ...?
>
> That's exactly right. Ignition does not fire at TDC, it varies.
>
> => my distributor is an 009  Does that make a
> => difference in the timing?
>
> Probably, since advance varies with the different distributors. Again,
check
> your total advance. My experience with the 009 has been that it gave me
> about 20 degrees full out, so if you time at 7.5 BTDC you can expect total
> advance of about 27.5, and this should be fine at sea level. But
definitely
> check it -- build quality varies pretty widely on the 009s. (And again, I
> don't recommend that anyone use this distributor in a Typ 3 if you can
avoid
> it -- it sucks.)
>
> Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
> '66 Grosse Karmann
>
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