RE: Perfecting a '71 Sunroof (was RE: [T3] '70 square tuning)

["Adriel Huntington Rowley" <architect_7@hotmail.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] 
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 7:27 PM
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: RE: Perfecting a '71 Sunroof (was RE: [T3] '70 square tuning)

On 27 May 2007 at 11:48, Adriel Huntington Rowley wrote:

>> The meter read one on all scales, no matter where I put (or gabbed
>> depending) it.  

>If this is also what the meter reads when the probes aren't touching 
>anything, then this rotor is bad. As a test, the type 3 rotor may 
>fit, but I'm not sure about that.

Uh-oh, I did not test the rotor right, or did I?  We never learned this in
auto class, and I thought it was out of auto procedure.  So, where do you
put the probes?  B.T.W. I tried the Type 3 rotor and it did not fit.

>> In order to replace the rotor I needed to know what distributor I have.
>> Turns out it is a 1974-76 Porsche 914/4 distributor for GA engines.  But,
>I
>> can not find any parts for it.  Now I am thinking I am going to take up
>>the
>> offer of help and replace it with the Type 3 distributor.  I keep running
>> into problem after problem, and I rather deal with one known than
>>multiple
>> possibilities.  

>As Keith has suggested, you should just sell him the type 4 dist 
>after I rebuild your type 3 dist. Otherwise, you're just going to be 
>in a state of not knowing which direction your problem lies in. At 
>least selling this dist will minimize your costs.

I will send you my distributor, and also the turn signal assembly (Hopefully
the used one will come soon; it was shipped from Minnesota last Friday).
First I want to see what Keith comes up with.


Sincerely,
Adriel H. Rowley


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