Re: [T3] cutoff valve

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 7 Aug 2003 at 23:18, Brad wrote:

> Despite the advice of this group, I have been too lazy to buy a Haynes
> or Bently manual.  My Chiltons manual says nothing about how to adjust
> the mixture for the normal running operation.  These adjustments made
> my problem better, but it did not go away. 

For carb adjustments you want the Haynes, for everything else there's Bentley.

> I then cleaned my rotor button w/ some 320 grit, and also the points. 
> The problem went away.  The button is new this spring, and the points
> were filed down to clean, and re-set before I started driving it this
> spring.  This is the second time I have cleaned them because of a bad
> miss. I wanted to replace them, but the local shop had none that fit
> mine. 

Spark is kind of like the proverbial 800 lb gorilla: It's going to go whereever 
it pleases. Sanding something to make a better connection for the spark won't 
change anything. You may also have wiped out the dist cap, which may have 
actually helped.
 
>     Any suggestions on where to get the right points?  How do I tell if I
> have an OE distributor?

There are numbers stamped in the side of the dist. If you tell us what numbers 
you have, we can tell you what it is. Points for the OE dist should be pretty 
common, and I carry them, but if your shop didn't, then this may be something 
different, like a Bosch 009 dist. Post your numbers here.

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