Date:         Thu, 28 Mar 1996 10:05:47 -0500 (EST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Gregory M. Merritt" <gregm@engin.umich.edu>
Subject:      Re: Fuel Injection Question

On Thu, 28 Mar 1996, Scott Morrow wrote:
> I've recently bought a 1800cc type IV engine that supposedly runs. It has the 
> fuel injection still on it, but someone has put a 009 Bosch distributor on it.
> Will this work?  I thought that the injectors needed to get a impulse from
> the distributor.  The guy said that the engine used to run, then he had it
> worked on.  
> 
> Scott Morrow				 
> 74 412 Wagon
     ^^^^^^^^^

	Ahhh... I was all set to reply that the L-Jetronic gets its impulse
from the low voltage coil wire, but then I saw that you have a 412.  The
Type IV in the bus used the L-Jet system, while the Type IV in the, um,
Type IV, used D-Jetronic.  The D-Jetronic does require a special distributor
with an extra pair of points in the base to tell the brain when to fire
the injectors.  D-Jetronic will not run with a 009.  Did the engine come
from a bus or from a 411/412?

	As an aside-- a fellow on the vintagvw list has spotted a complete
412 at his local junkyard (Nebraska).  If you're looking for some hard-to-
find parts for your wagon, I can dig up his email address for you.

-Greg
'71 squareback
'63 Beetle