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Date:         Wed, 30 Nov 1994 11:33:05 -0700 (MST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Black <dblack@argus.lowell.edu>
Subject:      Re: Bosch 009 and CA smog





On Wed, 30 Nov 1994, David Schwarze wrote:


> Jeff P. Schneiter writes:
> > 
> > 
> > I see that the Bosch is mentioned alot and was wondering what its smog
> > story is for CA.
> 
> Illegal for any VW in which it was not original equipment.  Most VW's that
> I know of have at least one diaphragm on the distributor (mine has two)
> and they are required to pass emissions.  The 009 is all mechanical advance
> and has no diaphragms.
> 


When I lived in CA and registration time came around, I would pull out the
.009, and reinstall the stock distributer I had kept around.  I got so
proficient at it that it only took a few minutes to swap and re-time, and
back again.


Dave
'71 Westfalia & SB
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