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On 9 Aug 2003 at 22:43, Mark Seaton wrote: > Hi Dave, the distributor is the original (has suitable number) and seems in > good condition. The mech advance is free and the vac can holds vacuum. I did > a little experiment today unplugging the hose from the carb and whilst the > difference was hardly noticeable, it did seem to lose accelerating > performance. I only drove it around a car park a few times but there was a > difference so I guess that's all working. Should it have been more > noticeable? I believe for a late setup, like yours, you should never notice any effect from the vac advance other than fuel economy. It's not at all the same as earlier cars which relied on the vac advance alone. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org