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On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 22:15, Mysterious J wrote: > Russ Wolfe wrote: > > >The 205F is NOT a centrifugal distributor. Only the early 36hp, and some > >of the 1500S dist. and the FI distributors. > > > > > > > Hmm...is there some way to go Frankenstein on one of these distributors > to combine the mechanical and vacuum advances? From the brief glance I > took at the 009 in the car in the garage, it looks like the housing has > provisions for the vacuum canister. No, I'm not sure how exactly this > would work. I'm thinking the vacuum advance would work on the contact > points plate, while the mechanical advance would work on the distributor > shaft itself. > I have an 009 right here beside me, and there is no holes for the vac. unit, and the breaker plate is one piece. (no pivot) You just as well buy a FI dist. and be done with it. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~