[T3] do the late 73 T-3 fuel injected distributors have thetiming retard ?

Daniel Nohejl d.nohejl at gmail.com
Mon Aug 29 15:26:18 PDT 2016


Check out this for Type 3 M-codes:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/mcodest3.php <http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/mcodest3.php>




> On Aug 29, 2016, at 6:16 PM, Skully Lehto <skullysink at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Does anybody know how to what the equivalent of a m code for type 3s I'd
> like to see if I can find any history on my fastback,but I can only find
> info on m codes for buses n bugs
> 
> On Aug 28, 2016 10:27 PM, <Bobsnotch at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> In a message dated 8/28/2016 2:06:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> jadney at VWType3.org writes:
>> 
>> On 27  Aug 2016 at 23:38, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:
>> 
>>> I was just going off  what Russ told me/us years ago.
>> 
>> What did Russ tell you? I don't  remember what you posted.
>> 
>> He told me, this list and the Samba that all type 3 distributors had  a 4
>> degree retard on #3 cylinder. This was because VW felt that the restricted
>> air flow over the 3-4 side of the engine from the oil cooler would cause #3
>> cylinder to run hot. By retarding that cylinder 4* , VW felt there would be
>> enough "safety factor" built in to keep it from over heating. As we all
>> know,  the VW engineers were overly cautious in their designs, and usually
>> err'd on the  side of over kill. ;-)
>> 
>> Bob 65 Notch  S with Sunroof
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