Enrique, The wires you mention are to connect the condenser to the breaker points. The male spade of the condenser wire goes through the hole in the bottom of the distributor. The female connection from the breaker points connects to it. The wire I'm referring to is neither of these. It's actually a braided wire that is attached to a square nut on the inside casing of the distributor. This nut accepts the screw that holds the condenser on the outside of the distributor casing. My distributor is a 205M also. The braided wire should be attached to the metal plate that the points are screwed to. I'd be interested in a picture of the inside of your 205M if you have a digital camera. Send to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks, Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Camarena, Enrique" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 11:32 AM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Distributor repair needed I have a 205M that the other end of that wire has an female electrical spade. It is a dizzy that I haven't put in the car yet. There is a hole at the bottom of the dizzy for a wire that appears to come from the condenser. The wire has a plastic cover which lodges in that hole. The plastic cover has a male spade on it. I assumed those two spades go together. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dan moy Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Distributor repair needed Brian,The wire as you suspected is a ground. It prevents arching between the advance and breaker plate by allowing current to flow from one to the other through the ground. The wire is soldered to each plate with slack to allow the advance to move without binding. It is difficult to reattach, I did it once by really heating the place and wire before applying the solder. It seem to be holding.Dan --- On Thu 03/15, < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:From: [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:37:23 -0400Subject: [vintagvw] Distributor repair neededHello all,I've got a single vacuum advance distributorwith a disconnected uninsulated wire inside.The wire is attached to a square nut that accepts the screw that holds the condenser to the outside of the distributor. I believe theother end of the wire should attach to the breakerplate but I can't tell how it was originally connected. The breaker plate does not looklike it would accept solder. How do I reattachthe wire? What is the reason for having this wire at all. I assume it's a grounding wire.Brian_______________________________________________vintagvw site [EMAIL PROTECTED]://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
