re "Next I check the point gap, since this is a wearing component. Without getting into the details you plug in the dwell meter and hope that you are at the recommended 47 +-3 degrees (if I remember right). " That's true for non-california air-cooled vanagons. However.....california versions of the air-cooled vanagon came with electronic igntion. which is a Vast improvement. I was actually kinda shocked the first time I saw an air-cooled Vanagon with Electronic Fuel Injection but Points in the distributor ! Like VW saved 20 dollars per non-california vanagon in production that way. I have retro-fitted electronic igntion from an 83 to 85 waterboxer 1.9 engine ... distributor, igntier, harness, coil.....that works nicely too. what fun vanagons are. scott |
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