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On 12 Feb 2005 at 18:18, Mysterious J wrote: > Here's another idea. What about taking the guts out of a later model, > watercooled distributor, say from an mid to late 80's A2 Golf/Jetta, and > adapting it to the aircooled distributor housing. If the parts would > fit, you would end up with a vacuum/mechanical advance electronic > distributor (no points to fiddle with). I'll have to get my hands on an > A2 Golf/Jetta 8v distributor and see what is what. Yes, that works. If you can get all the parts from the right dist, you can install the late electronic ignition parts in an early car. You have to make sure to get all the electronic ignition parts, not just those which are inside the dist. Hal knows more about this than anyone else here. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~