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On 10 Feb 2005 at 7:20, Scott Taylor wrote: > On Feb 9, 2005, at 5:51 PM, Russ Wolfe wrote: > > http://classicvw.org/gallery/my_misc/pic00005?full=1 > > Here is you difinitive reference. > > Read notes at the bottom of the page. > What's interesting here is that all the distributors on the chart were > used on Type 3s, but the #3 retard only seems to start with the 1965 > model year. Thanks for posting this, Russ. At least we now know that the # 3 retard was real, for at least SOME distributors. Scott, maybe I'm confused but it looks to me like there are 6 distributors called out on this page and only 3 of them are type 3 distributors. Or did some early type 3s use 111 dists? Out of those 6, two type 1 dists and two type 3 dists had the retarded # 3 cam. Russ, were there other pages that also showed advance curves for other type 3 dists with retarded # 3 cams? Having all the type 3 advance curves posted (at least those not already published in the Bentley manual) would be a valuable thing, but if that's too much trouble, maybe you could just post the #s of the dists with retarded # 3. I should also point out that the charts and numbers are all in DISTRIBUTOR SHAFT DEGREES, so that the 2 deg of retard translates into 4 deg of crankshaft angle, which is what we would see when looking at the timing marks. Four degrees would also be enough that we would be certain this was not just manufacturing tolerances. ISTR that 2.5 degrees on our pulleys comes to about 1/4" or maybe a bit less. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~