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Ya know... I had this problem with my Opel. Turns out the distributor bearing was shot... and grounding for the shaft was poor. I remember adding a ground wire to it a couple years before I sold it but it finally got bad enough to cause low end missing. Different car yes... but it was a Bosch dist. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback "El BajaRojo" 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" 87 Golf 93 Rx7 fast enough to stay Stock! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Wright" <Christopher.Wright@Sun.COM> To: <type3-d@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:44 AM Subject: Re: [T3] response from Jim Adney re jerky acceleration > Hi all, > I just fitted the new dizzy cap and took the car out. As soon as it > came off choke (approx 1 mile) it became jerky in second at 20-25mph. I > could keep it jerky like this on a light throttle but as I accelerated, > the jerkiness went. By accelerating hard in 2nd I could get through > it without it really noticing. So it's not really an acceleration > problem but a problem at that specific engine speed (not sure what the > revs would be at this speed, maybe 2000-2500?). After about 5 miles, > the problem had almost gone even driving at a constant 20-25mph in > second. I don't think it has anything to do with the accelerator pump > because accelerating hard always loses the problem. The hotter it gets > the better it is. (Ive opened the aircleaner flap so it takes in hotter > engine air to warm it up quicker). I also jacked up the front and the > wheels are perfectly free running, so it's not a brake bind as someone > suggested. > > Incidentally, it's amazing that Bosch can supply a new dizzy cap for a > '1 year only' 64 dizzy after 41 years! Russ Wolfe put me on to that. > > Rgds chris > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >