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bnam
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Joined: July 02, 2006
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Location: El Dorado Hills CA/ Bangalore, India
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 Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:34 pm Post subject: Re: Calling Distributor Gurus... (SOLVED) |
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Your story sounds like what I am going through with my Backfiring problem.
I have been playing with VW since 69 and I can't count the times I had problem that drove me crazy.
OK the good side, most of the time like you start with a basic Tune Up.
After I figured it out I had all new or rebuilt parts in my bug.
You rebuilt your carb, fixed air leaks got a better distributor.
Basically you were forced to do some maintenance .
Sound like my Doctor, he asked me if I was retired, I said no. He said " great keep moving , your body will tell you when to retire". |
Unfortunately, in my case 90% of what I did -- did not really need doing. I.e. there were no real air leaks but I re-did them anyway to be doubly sure. Same for carb. The real issues were 10min fixes -- of course if I had known they were the causes.
Good learning though - check (unbranded) points carefully. Tighten the spring cup on the ball. I still don't know how tight is tight enough. The amount I've done seems to be ok. Anyone here have tips on how far they press down the spring cup?
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tasb
The Distributor Distributor
Joined: April 27, 2002
Posts: 6371
Location: Pentwater, Michigan
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 7:43 am Post subject: Re: Calling Distributor Gurus... (SOLVED) |
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You will need more heat. J have a radiator shop braze mine in quantity.
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tasb
The Distributor Distributor
Joined: April 27, 2002
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Location: Pentwater, Michigan
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: Calling Distributor Gurus... (SOLVED) |
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With repeated experience I press firmly on the clip with my thumb while I tighten the screw. There shouldn't be any perceptible play in the top rotating plate but it needs to rotate smoothly with no binding.
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1965 hardtop Deluxe Microbus owned since 1990 M 620 factory 12 v 1500cc
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