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Jimbug57
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 Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 4:36 pm Post subject: 009 identification |
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What is the difference in these 009's? Is one preferable over the other?
Do they have the same advance curve?
I'm making up a spare for my travel essentials box
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| Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: 009 identification |
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They both appear to be Bosch. Look at the bottom to confirm. Also check to see if they say Germany, Brazil or nothing.
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Jimbug57
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| Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: 009 identification |
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They both say Bosch and Germany on the bottom.
Thanks for the help Glenn
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| Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 7:29 pm Post subject: Re: 009 identification |
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| Jimbug57 wrote: |
They both say Bosch and Germany on the bottom.
Thanks for the help Glenn |
Those are the good 009s; my two are also made in Germany.
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Jimbug57
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| Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 7:32 am Post subject: Re: 009 identification |
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They're both in about the same condition - bushings are nice and tight. Guess I'll just pick one and rebuild it. I don't plan on actually using it anyway.
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glutamodo
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| Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 8:15 am Post subject: Re: 009 identification |
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I'd choose based on if there's any play in the rotor shaft and how smooth the advance movement is
They changed the style of the ID stamps circa 1978. It's tiny and probably at an odd angle, but they should have a Bosch date stamp on them.
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Ricksurfin
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| Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 8:31 am Post subject: Re: 009 identification |
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| Glenn wrote: |
| They both appear to be Bosch. Look at the bottom to confirm. Also check to see if they say Germany, Brazil or nothing. |
Where are the ones that just say Bosch, but don’t have a country of origin from, and how is their quality compared to the others? |
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Glenn
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| Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 9:35 am Post subject: Re: 009 identification |
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| Glenn wrote: |
| They both appear to be Bosch. Look at the bottom to confirm. Also check to see if they say Germany, Brazil or nothing. |
Where are the ones that just say Bosch, but don’t have a country of origin from, and how is their quality compared to the others? |
They are Brazilian.
Not as good as the German, but a lot better than Chinese.
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