Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 15:49:57 -0700
Reply-To: Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: [T2] Installing Pertronix Problems
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And the answer is... Get A Bigger Hammer!!!
Since Pertronix is in California I figured I call them and see if they could
help. The guy who answered the phone explained that the 3 "shoulders" I was
seeing were supposed to slip down over the "lobes" portion of the
distributor shaft. Turns out that there's a complete shoulder right up at
the top of the sleeve and that's what the should be resting on the
distributor shaft. So, he says, put on the rotor and put all your body
weight behind it to force the sleeve down to where it's supposed to be. Of
course, this is my Westy and with the closet in the way there's no way in
the world to get enough body weight on that thing to allow it to move.
So, I took an old rotor and a large rubber mallet and tap, tap, tapped that
sucker into place!
Sure hope this setup works!
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Tom Young '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Young" <tomyoung1@comcast.net>
To: <type2@type2.com>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 3:20 PM
Subject: [T2] Installing Pertronix Problems
> Hi all:
>
> I know I've seen this issue come up before, but I can't seem to find the
> answer in the archives.
>
> I'm attempting to install a Pertronix Ignitor electronic ignition in a
stock
> distributor for a Federal air-cooled Vanagon. Pertronix part number is
> 1847V which is listed as the correct application for this model.
>
> The problem is that the magnet sleeve doesn't fit down far enough on the
> distributor shaft to allow the rotor to settle into its place. It looks
to
> be about 1/4" too high. Looking inside the magnet sleeve I see 3
> "shoulders" that help orient the sleeve on the rotor shaft, but I'd guess
> they also are preventing the sleeve from descending.
>
> How have others dealt with this?
>
> TIA.
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> Tom Young '81 Vanagon
> Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia
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