Asad, Could you post the picture somewhere? I don't have the blue manual. But do have some dizzies to check.
Kristof Carton ----- Original Message ----- From: "asad ishaque" <[email protected]> To: "vw mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Misprint in Bentley?? > > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vintagvw site list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
