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On 26 Jan 2004 at 10:53, canderson@chiaro.com wrote: > " > Drop in a Compufire or Pertronix electronic points in your VW dizzy and it > becomes maintenance free. > " > Pardon my ignorance here, but.. > 1) Are the Pertronix really that good. I am all about less maintenance. They have no wear parts, so they should last forever. Unfortunately, they seem to have electronic failures occasionally, so the choice is less clear than one might hope. > 2) I guess I have been misunderstanding all along. Does "dizzy" mean > distributor, I thought it meant some replaceable cam on the > distributor shaft. The common abbreviation for distributor is dizzy, but I usually just type dist. Distributor is just way too long to type out many times in an email. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org