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

[William J]

 All I saw was Glen Ring showing an early model dist the cast iron body on 
his sunn dist maachine showing the retard on #3 . He said he does not work 
on the later aluminum models .

 I wonder if I placed a set of points in my AH 73 dist and marked the dist 
rim from the #1 rim mark so I had exact 90* marks and then used a rotor as 
the pointer , had a ohm meter with the beep continuity connected to the 
points and rotated it by the drive dog if I could tell well enough if  the 
points opened later on #3.

 I brought this up in the first place because on Samba one member was 
burning a hole through the head on # 3 and realized his dist with carbs was 
180* off which would make #1 the 4* retard and then setting the timing would 
end up 4* advanced.

 To me it seems more likey that the head was not seated well for whatever 
reason on #3 since he said he heard what sounded like an exhaust leak.

 It also seems since #4 and #2 are the first to get the cooling fan air that 
#1 & #3 would run a bit hotter . Also it would seem that the air flow 
through the oil cooler which may be shared with #3 that the cooler fins 
would be more restrictive of air flow than the cylinders plus the heads have 
their own cooling fins .

 When I have the engine running and feel the flow of air out the lower tins 
it does not stand out as being any different. And it's not like the air off 
the cooler is blown on #3 since as I said the color is above the cylinders .
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at VWType3.org>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2016 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] do the late 73 T-3 fuel injected distributors 
havethetiming retard ?


> 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.
>
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