Date:         Thu, 2 Mar 1995 08:06:10 -0800 (PST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Schwarze <schwarze@superc.nosc.mil>
Subject:      Re: Desperately seeking mechanical Vac-Advance

Mark Sabourin writes:
> 
>  Has anyone changed their Vacuum Advance on the Distributor to a
> mechanical one as St. Muir suggests? If so, where can I procure one?
> Will this change make any/much difference to my gas mileage? Does the
> Bosche 009 come with a mech. advance? Thanks in Advance.

Whoops, sorry about the empty post...

I replaced my dual-diaphragm vacuum advance distributor in my 73 with
an all-mechanical advance (009) model.  Part-throttle driveability
was not very good, and I have since gone back to the stock distributor.
Another VW book gives the advice, "Don't second guess the VW engineers",
and in this case I think it applies.

-David

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David Schwarze                  '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat)
SAIC Comsystems                 '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast)
San Diego, California           '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser?  Soon...)
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