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On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 19:13, timothy kuehn wrote: > okay, then. > > So, vacuum issue notwithstanding, I get the impression that ANY 68-71 dist > will give me the same results, so i should get one - ANY one - posthaste.... > and then do the vacuum signal measuring, and see if I can expect any further > improvement from the dual-advance? > Do all 68-71 distributors have dual-advance? Or are there some that do & > some that do not? > And, say i get one that features dual advance... am I to understand that > there is no harm in running it without the vacuum module hooked up, if I > find that the vac signal from my carbs is of no use? > Be sure your get a 68-71 "Type 3" distributor. The one with the fuel injection trigger points in the base. Be sure the breaker plate is good, and check the vacuum advance that it is working. Check the centrifugal advance mechanism. Turn it clockwise, (correct me Jim if I am wrong) and it should crisply snap back. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org