Correct carb. And distributer set up for '69 bug

[johnboy715]

Want to have the best set up for my engine. It's a single port 1500. Right now it has a 30/31 carb and an old 0-10 distributer. What is it supposed to have? What would be the best set up?

[wcfvw69]

Here's my 69 bug engine.

It should have a German Solex 30-2 carb and a German Bosch 113905205T SVA distributor. It was mounted on 69 engines when delivered new and what's on mine.

Now, I'm not a big fan of the Solex 30-2 carb. I may even dump mine and put a 1970 Solex 30-3 on it as it's a superior carb. The 30-2 carb has a factory set mixture screw deep inside that is not adjustable. It's a very finicky carb and most of us long time VW folks think it's the worst 30 series carb. The 30-1 carb on 1967 bugs is the best 30 series carb IMOP. I may use one of those but I would need to add the second arm to the throttle assembly to it for the throttle positioner.
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[gt1953]

wcfvw69 is correct. Source out the correct distributor, carb. the match is great and work quite well. I have a 68 and like the way the carb and dist works.
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[johnboy715]

Thanks. Beautiful looking engin compartment. I picked up a Bosch distributor 113905205M. Is that the same as the 113905205T? What is the letter at the end of the part number? What is the large cylindrical part sticking out in front of the carb ? Personally, I really like the 30-2 carb. Have one on my other bug and it works great.

[wcfvw69]

[johnboy715]

Wolfsburg West shows the 205T is for Auto-stick and 205M for manual.
https://www.wolfsburgwest.com/wolfsburg_new/electrical/electrical_common/distributors.cfm

VW part number 113-905-205M
1968-1970 Bug and Bus (except for vehicles equipped with automatic stick shift option). This distributor looks identical to the 111-905-205-L listed above with the exception that the contact breaker points now are a 1-piece unit instead of the 2-piece units previously used. Removing the contact breaker points can easily identify this distributor. This distributor is vacuum advance only.
Contact Breaker Points 111-998-063
Condenser 111-905-295A
Cap 111-905-207C
Rotor 111-905-225F

VW part number 113-905-205-T and later
1971 and later Beetle and Bus, 1968-1970 Beetle and Bus equipped with automatic stick shift option. This distributor features vacuum and centrifugal advance properties. Almost all of the later engines use some form of this distributor, with some variations pertaining to the timing advance. Generally, this distributor is equipped with a dual acting advance/retard device, although sometimes you will find it with the smaller “advance only” unit. The tune-up components however are the same in either case.
Contact Breaker Points 311-998-063
Condenser 311-905-295C
Cap 113-905-207C
Rotor 043-905-225

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[Frodge]

[sb001]

Frodge, the main reason you'd see a difference in the clocking of the two distributors is probably because the distributor gear drive inside the engine case is oriented a bit differently on the two engines (like, your is a tooth off from his.)
It doesn't matter, you could have that gear drive clocked any which way and it would still work as long as the spark plug wire positioning corresponds to the adjustment. You could clock your gear drive 180° out from normal and it would still work as long as you also placed the spark plug wires 180° out from where they would normally be.
In fact, looking at the two photos I'd say yours is the more correct positioning-- look at where his distributor cap clips are, that right side one is just going to hit the fuel pump stand when it's unclipped. Yours is free and clear, the way it's supposed to be.
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Solex 30 PICT 3 carburetor
Bosch 113905205AE autostick distributor

[Frodge]

[sb001]

[Frodge]

Yeah, I totally understand what you’re saying. It’s just when I looked at that beauty of an engine, I started to wonder about my own timing, because I know the drive gear is correct on mine.

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[bobinphx]

I would like to add that the pict 30-2 carb is good, as long as it has been cleaned and rebuilt. To do a full cleaning, you do need to remove the non user accessible primary idle mixture screw on the passenger side of the carb. This little operation is not easy to do, but once done and access is then available for adjustment, I find that the carb is great!.