Thanks again for your input,
I am quite sure, no definitely sure, that those are all bug dizzies. The
part numbers all match with the ones on a long list somewhere on the www....Ive
forgotten where but it was a very nice list which showed which dizzy was suited
to which engine.
Anyway, type 3s were quite a rarity in Pakistan and the bugs outnumbered
them, I guess hundred to one or more. So I can really doubt as having a pile of
only type 3 dizzies in my stash.
Can you or other listees do me a favor?? If you have any spare dizzies
lying around, please compare them with the picture in the Blue Bentley and let
me know what you find. Maybe that would give us some pointers??
Best regards,
AsadKarachi, Pakistan.
> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 14:15:41 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Misprint in Bentley??
>
> 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
>
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