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<x-charset ISO-8859-1>On 27 Jun 2002, at 18:12, Ben Doughney wrote: > I installed a new (second hand) distributor today, because the old one had a bad > vacuum can and wasn't a Type 3 one anyway. The one that I installed was off a > fuel injected Type 3, and is vacuum and mechanical advance. It just has the > single vacuum advance port. I timed it statically at 0? initially, but it > doesn't seem right, because it is a little hard to start. Does anyone know the > correct timing for this distributor? 68-71 FI distributor would be set at TDC. 72-3 are set differently. Is this a single vac adv or vac adv/retard? > Also, while I was fiddling I noticed that there seems to be a piece missing from > the bottom of the breather. If it is like the beetle, I think it should have a > vent pipe going down to the bottom of the engine. At the moment there is just a > hole on the bottom right corner. Is this how it is supposed to be? No, this has been changed. Does your breather box have 1 or 2 plastic plugs in its top? Up to 71 there was 1 plug; 72-3 have 2. They have different hose setups and timing, and you have to be careful to get a consistent set of parts in there. It sounds like you probably have a problem in this area. - 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/ </x-charset>