removing the points plate requires a turn and lift once the hold down screws are removed I might have a good unit to sell I can check in the AM $75 fully tuned and ready to go Bob Donalds Boston engine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Zygmunt" <tzygmunt@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 3:14 PM Subject: Centrifugal Advance problems
>I have an 81 air cooled vanagon (non Californian). > The vacuum advance works fine. The problem is that I > am not getting any centrifugal advance. I verified > this by shinning the timing light with the vacuum line > to the distributor removed. When I rev the engine, > the timing mark does not advacne. In fact it changes > from about 8 to 7 on my scaled. > > I imagine the weights are froze. My Bentlies does not > cover the dis-assembly of the non Californian > distributor. Does any one have a procedure, or > experience in taking the distributor apart? > > Thanks, > > > Tony > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz |
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