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On 12 Feb 2005 at 19:32, Hal Sullivan wrote:
> At 07:13 PM 2/11/05, garram1@swbell.net wrote:
> >That's the problem I had with my 205L ('68 FI) distributor. I've got Weber ICTs so
> >there's no appropriate vacuum port. I just plugged the port on the diaphram can but
> >eventually (last week) had problems with the advance not being stable. I removed
> >the vacuum can and tied the vacuum advance plate in place with safety wire. So
> >now I have a centrifugal advance only.
>
> You might want to double-check on that -- I've seen ICTs with the correct port
> for vacuum advance distributors.. have a pair of 'em on my Bus, in fact.
The key might be in the word "appropriate." The 311 L dist has a vac can which
expects vacuum at cruising only. A normal vacuum port which would give vacuum
proportional to engine load would be exactly the wrong thing to hook up to a
311 L dist, that would give you 40 deg of advance at full load/ high speed. An
engine wouldn't last long under these conditions.
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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