I think I installed my distributor wrong.

[khalimadeath]

So I pulled my 009 distributor and installed this 205T rebuilt dizzy. Now my bus wont start. This is what I have checked so far and how I installed it.

I set the 009 to TDC on cylinder #1. (checked the rotor was pointing to the #1 wire.) I then pulled the distributor.

I insured the small portion of the distributor shaft end was toward the rear of the bus (towards the crank pulley) and installed the new distributor.

I then swapped distributor caps as the 009 locks into the opposite side of the dizzy.

I insured the #1 wire ran to where the rotor and notch in the dizzy body lined up on TDC. I then insured the wires ran in the proper firing order around the dizzy.

I then static timed it on TDC.

Here is a picture of the dizzy installed currently on TDC #1

The bus ran fine and started properly prior to this.
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1970 Bus Westfalia
1964 Kombi

[old DKP driver]

Move the Dist a little more towards the pulley so the dist notch is closer to
the center of the rotor. MORE ADVANCE & CHECK THE DWELL TOO

44*-50* degrees and plug wires are correct
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[khalimadeath]

OKAY so now I reinstalled my 009 and it wont run! I static timed the 009 at 7.5 btdc as it was before. It ran for about 2 seconds then died. It RAN fine before this now it wont run at all with either distributor?? WTF!
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1964 Kombi

[khalimadeath]

Now the oil light wont come on with the key in the on position. WTF is going on!?
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1964 Kombi

[khalimadeath]

I bumped the wire loose on the oil sensor

After I fixed that it decided it was going to run like normal again?? WTF! Now I wonder of the 205T would work? This is a really weird sequence of events. I guess im stuck running the 009 for a while more.
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1964 Kombi

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[khalimadeath]

I used a brand new cap that was identical to the 009 cap. I arranged the wires in this order.

3 2
4 1

if you were to be looking down on the rotor cap from above from the back of the engine this is how it would be. The #1 wire was on the notch in the distributor where I static timed it.
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1970 Bus Westfalia
1964 Kombi

[Wildthings]

When you swap from an 009 to another distributor your wires are going to need to be rotated 90* on the cap from where they were previously. Sorry, can't tell you which way they need to go.

[SGKent]