Sorry I left out those details. With the points open and the plastic follower on the cam at its highest point (Point Gap: .016). The points are shorted out. If I slide the points up on the shaft towards myself they are no longer shorted out. It only happens when you push the movable part of the points all the way to the bottom of the shaft does it short out. I got out a magnifying glass and I noticed that the face of the points do not meet totally flush. The outer edge of the points face touch first. Is this normal? Should I go back to the parts house and get another set of points? Am I missing something?
--- On Mon, 1/12/09, Chuck Kuecker <[email protected]> wrote: From: Chuck Kuecker <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] 111 905 205 M Distributor To: [email protected], "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 5:21 AM The points work by shorting when the movable part is touching the fixed part. If you move the movable part so a gap is seen between the contacts, you should not see a short from that wire to the distributor body. If there is, the points are defective. You did remember to set the point gap while the cam was at its' highest point? :) There's supposed to be a fiber or plastic cam follower that rests on the cam and moves that part of the points. I've seen them snapped off before, but never on a new set of points. Chuck Kuecker Greg wrote: > I replaced the 009 distributor on my VW with a vacuum advanced one > that I purchased off the Samba. The distributor is labeled: *JU 4 <--, > **0 231 147 002, **111 905 205 M*. The bottom has Bosch Germany Importe > d' allemagne next to the vacuum can. Next to the clip on the right is > 410 stamped into the metal and next to the left clip is another Bosch > hallmark. The distributor came pretty much stripped. It was clean, the > vacuum can worked. I purchased a new rotor, points, condenser, and a > distributor cap. > > BOSCH, 02007, F00E140313, REPLACES 1237330069, MADE IN GERMANY > BOSCH, 01009, 9 231 081 332 -74U, 1 PIECE, CONTACT SET, MADE IN BRAZIL > BOSCH, 1 ST/PC, 03 001, 1 235 522 027 - 0U1, MADE IN SPAIN > BREMI, INH., 1 ST., 9038, ROTOR, MADE IN EEC (handwritten over the top > of the box is 04006) > > When I got home to assemble the distributor I noticed that the wire > coming off of the points went in the wrong direction (to the right). I > went to another parts house the next day and they had the points with > the wire going back to the left (towards the vacuum can) I installed > the distributor and tried to use a static timing light to get the timing > in the ball park then I was going use a dwell meter and a strobe timing > light. I could not get the static light to light on the distributor. I > checked everything according to the How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive > manual. According to the instructions I had one of two things either a > short in the distributor or a bad condenser. I replaced the condenser > with another new Bosch condenser. I still had the same problem so I > took out a volt meter and started trying to find the short with a > continuity test. I found that the short was in the points. If I raise > the portion of the points that pivots on the shaft then the points are > no longer shorted. I would think that that the rubber bushing on the > part that pivots would prevent this but evidently not. I wonder if > there is supposed to be plastic shim that goes between the halves. Also > I notice that the top of this same shaft has a groove as if a C clip > would fit in there. Am I missing something? > > thank you, > Greg > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.6/1887 - Release Date: 1/11/2009 5:57 PM _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
