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On 8 Jul 2002, at 20:10, John Jaranson wrote: > Well, tried to time Sophy's new engine tonight with a borrowed strobe timing > light. Only got a little bit of advance with the vacuum can hooked up. With > it disconnected, I get NO advanced even up to say 3000 RPM! Weird, I think. > So I pop the dizzy cap and try to turn the rotor by hand to check the > centrifugal advance. NOTHING! Can't budge it in either direction. Was there > a vacuum advance only dizzy. I dont think so.... I think most of the early years, including 66 were vacuum only. > One option if the dizzy doesnt sound right is to go with the dizzy from my 71 > FI Fasty. Obviously without using the FI trigger points. If I do, do I go > with the 66 timing (7.5 BTDC) or with the 71 timing (0 BTDC, I think)? If you did this you would probably want to go somewhere in between, like 2.5 BTDC, because I don't think the centrifugal adv will work right with those carbs. I'm not sure about this, however. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/