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At 09:18 AM 4/25/05, Russ Wolfe wrote: >If you want a modern reliable unit, Get the one from a late T-2 with >electronic ignition. It will drop right into our engines. I think Hal >Sullivan posted what year it was that works. '79-'83 California-spec aircooled Bus/Vanagon or '83.5-'85 Vanagon watercooled. You'll need the distributor, module, wiring harness (connects the distributor, module & coil) and coil. '86 and later Vanagon won't work, VW went to Digifant FI and ECU-controlled spark advance. Critical part is the distributor; the coil, module and wiring harness can be sourced from Rabbits, Sciroccos and A2 Golf/Jettas. Now, the caveats: Watch out on the coils, some have a "spike" inside the tower that won't work with our plug wires. Use the right rotor -- it *looks* the same but only has ~1000 ohm resistance instead of the 3-4k that the non-electronic rotors have. And it's only useful for people who aren't using the stock FI. I've eyeballed adapting the hall-effect stuff to a D-Jetronic distributor and it doesn't look like there's enough room .. drat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~