Let's get this list up and running again! I've already got some great info in the last two days! Courtney (Currently bug-less, but still driving my 77 Westy)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Potter, Tom E" <[email protected]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 5:39 AM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Electronic ignition mod >A man after my own heart. I replaced the generator on a Renault (No snide >remarks please) with one from a 1956 Chevrolet. Renault generator was >$100+; Chevrolet generator was $20. I also replaced the voltage regulator >on a friend's MGTD with one from Ford. $50+ for the MG; $10 for the Ford. >You are right: parts don't care where they are; they just do their job. :) > > Thomas E. Potter > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of No Quarter > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 1:39 PM > To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List > Subject: [vintagvw] Electronic ignition mod > > While I'm on a roll here and posting stuff, I wanted to share with all of > you something I figured out. I love running the SVDA distributor. It's > in every running VW I drive and I wouldn't have it any other way. I also > like running the electronic points replacement. The price for both of > these things has gone through the roof and I can't believe it as compared > to what it used to cost over 10 years ago. What I do is get the SVDA > dizzy and the accufire points replacement. Thye accufire I think is like > the EMPI/Bupack chinese stuff that is cheaper but doesn't always fit the > best, etc. That's exactly the problem. The accufire won't sit low enough > in the distributor to make everything fit correctly. Oh it'll fit in > there alright but after you get the magnetic trigger disc installed, and > then the rotor, the cap won't sit down all the way. What I did is found > an old rusted up junk stock dizzy and pulled the center shaft out and put > it in my lathe. You could probably stick! > it in a 1/2 drill or tap threads inside and thread in a bolt so that you > could stick it in a drill that is clamped in a vise and make a DIY > homespun lathe. Anyway, you put the rotor on the end of the shaft and > trim off about 3/16" of an inch. Then the rotor will sit down all the way > on the shaft, the cap will fit, and you're up an running on a 30 to 40 > dollar electronic ignition that is not supposed to work in this > distributor. Just keep spare rotors with ya with the bottom trimmed off. > I repaired an alternator by soldering in a carbon brush from an electrolux > vacuum cleaner motor so it's whatever it takes to get the job done. :) > The parts don't care how they are used - it's up to you to make it all > work. :) > > NQ > > _______________________________________________ > 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
