<p dir="ltr">No prob.if it's working and the advance springs are free and smooth no need to disassemble. However if you do be careful with the center piece that goes on the main <a href="http://shaft.it">shaft.it</a> becomes brittle over time and any misalignment when reinstalling will Crack it.take your time and try not to force it . also need to set the proper clearance between pickup and trigger center piece. And that the wires won't rub. Have fun </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 14, 2015 6:49 PM, "Craigs List" <<a href="mailto:craigslistcsprings@gmail.com">craigslistcsprings@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">"Looks like a petronix"<br>
<br>
I looked that up. I think you are right. I have never had one, and<br>
I would have had to take it apart to read it. Thanks for spotting that for<br>
me.<br>
<br>
Adam<br>
<br>
On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 8:42 PM, jeffrey gunnarson <<a href="mailto:clockdoc56@gmail.com">clockdoc56@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
> Looks like a petronix<br>
> On Jun 14, 2015 6:22 PM, "Craigs List" <<a href="mailto:craigslistcsprings@gmail.com">craigslistcsprings@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Crew,<br>
> ><br>
> > This weekend has been a blast. The old car is running really good, but I<br>
> > felt like it was missing at low RPM. Just a gentle loss of power....an<br>
> > intermittent miss..at low RPM.<br>
> ><br>
> > The first thing I did was replace the coil wire and the #2 spark plug<br>
> wire.<br>
> > The #2 has tape on one section leading me to believe it might have been<br>
> > bleeding spark to cause the miss. I have a full of new plug wires at<br>
> hand,<br>
> > but the new set is made for plugs without the tips on them. The set on<br>
> the<br>
> > car are for plugs with the tips screwed on, so I have to remove all of<br>
> the<br>
> > plugs. Replacing the two wires helped, but it wasn't 100%.<br>
> ><br>
> > Next, I pulled the distributor cap off. I was told I had electronic<br>
> > ignition and I wanted to see what kind. I'm glad I did because it made me<br>
> > realize the distributor cap positioning indention was rounded off on the<br>
> > cap. You could move the cap when it was supposed to be set in position.<br>
> > Easy enough, I have 2 extra distributors in the tool box under the hood.<br>
> > Got that swapped out.<br>
> ><br>
> > Since I did that, I threw the timing light on. I can tell the advance<br>
> > works, but I cannot time it. Seems that the cheap ass timing light I have<br>
> > decided to quit working. It still blinks, but I cannot adjust to see how<br>
> > much advance I am getting at full advance. Thanks Harbor Freight. :)<br>
> ><br>
> > So I took it for a drive to see what the butt dyno tells me. I think I am<br>
> > all good.<br>
> ><br>
> > Can anyone tell me what ignition I have?<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1364190.jpg" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1364190.jpg</a><br>
> ><br>
> > The dizzy is a Chinese 009. That might have to go, but it runs fine for<br>
> > now. Why mess with it?<br>
> ><br>
> > What ignition setups are you guys running? I'm asking those with<br>
> non-stock<br>
> > setups. My long-term plan is going full EFI on this one. I like to mess<br>
> > around, so I might have an 100 iterations on the way to getting there. :)<br>
> ><br>
> > Adam<br>
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