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bikeworx
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 Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:06 am Post subject: distributers........which one is better? |
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mornin all
ok, on my 74 SB, i have the non-vacuum (009?) distributer, which could stand to be rebuilt.
A buddy of mine just gave me a vacuum dist. from his bug part collection (which could be rebuilt also) but i'm wondering which one would be better for a daily driver.......
is one better than the other?
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:57 am Post subject: |
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It depends on which vacuum advance distributor you have.
The 009 is not my favorite, but they do work.
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TeamSpatula
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:35 am Post subject: |
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Look at the number on the vacuum advance one, and see what it's for. If it's for a comparable application, then you'd be better off rebuilding it, and keeping the 009 as a spare.
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vdubber67
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:20 am Post subject: |
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I have heard that it also depends on what kind of carb you are running. 
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bikeworx
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:02 am Post subject: |
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Dist says:
Bosch (on bottom)
Stamped in side:
JFU 4
0 231 176 044
043 905 205 H
Planning on running a single prog. weber.............
any of that stuff help? |
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Glenn
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That's a 75-79 fuel injected distributor. I'm not sure how that will work on your engine.
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bikeworx
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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hmmmm, thanx for the info. i woulda thought it was a regular beetle dist.....but then again i don't know beetles LOL
i'll do some checking around and see what i can find. maybe it would be better to just rebuild my 009 and add the Pertronix unit to it........... |
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