Are you sure those parts are Type 1? Type 3 dizzys are 90 degrees off when mounted in a Bug with the vacuum pot in the normal Bug position.
I think the difference is the score mark on the rim of the case, not the distributor shaft. If you compare the drive gear in a Type 3 with the Bug, you will see it's off by a tooth or two. The Type 3 distributor had the vacuum pot toward the front of the motor, but not 180 degrees from the Bug position. 30 years ago I could have gone out back to my junk pile and looked at a Type 3 motor and told you exactly what's going on - but now all I have are Type 1 cars. If the car runs OK with the wires moved one tower off, I would be happy. On the original 36 HP motors, and maybe 40 HP, the #3 cam lobe was supposedly retarded a couple degrees to make #3 run a tad cooler, but you won't notice it in a modern car with proper cooling parts. Later engines with the doghouse oil cooler made that a non-issue. Chuck Kuecker On 8/1/2010 1:57 PM, asad ishaque wrote: > Thanks for your input chuck, > We did take great care while rebuilding the engine a few years ago to > align the dizzy drive gear properly. I trust its in its right place. > My problem really lies independent of the engine, rather any > engine. > If I believe the picture in the Bentley, it means *all* the dizzies I > have in my stash are defected in the sense that the hole for the dizzy dog > pin in the shaft is drilled 90 degrees off by VW. How can that be possible??? > In other words, the picture I mention does not hold true for the > dizzies I have..... > Thoughts please???? > > Asad. > >> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 13:33:06 -0500 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Misprint in Bentley?? >> >> Did you check where the drive gear in the crankcase is set? If it's >> off by a couple teeth, things don't line up per the book, but you still >> can make it run. >> >> I just got done fixing a '62 Bug for a guy here - whoever put the motor >> together put the drive gear in correctly, but used a distributor from a >> Type 3 engine, which was set up to have the vacuum advance unit on the >> front instead of the back. The plug wires were installed per the book - >> and were 90 degrees off, which is why he couldn't get it to start. I >> made sure he understood why the wires in the cap would not match the >> book, unless he found the correct distributor for the engine. It runs >> fine like that. >> >> Chuck Kuecker _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
