<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522191977397_3107"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522191977397_3106">Jim, my 1971 FI Fastback is a MT. If you have one you can sell I will buy it and send my old one too you. Let me know, we can work with it either way. I can send my to be rebuilt or buy one and send you my core! I appreciate your timely come back! Thank you Art Sterrett at aochief5778@att.net.</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 5:13 PM, Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div dir="ltr">Art, I seem to have created 2 replies to your message. Delete this one <br clear="none">unless it has info that the other one lacked.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 27 Mar 2018 at 20:01, art sterrett wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Jim, I need a distributor for my 1971 FI Fastback. The one currently in<br clear="none">> the vehicle is part #0231163008.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Is your '71 MT or AT? They take different distributors.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I doubt if new distributors for our cars have been available anywhere for <br clear="none">many decades. If you could find one, it would cost you $$$$$.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">What you have is correct for a '70 MT. It should work pretty well for a '71 MT. <br clear="none">I regularly rebuild distributors and I can swap your incorrect one for a correct <br clear="none">one for $10 on top of my usual rebuilding fee, assuming I have a correct <br clear="none">core. If your '71 is AT, I might want to charge a bit more for the exchange <br clear="none">because that uses a one year only, much less common vacuum can.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Rebuilding is $50 plus any major parts that are unserviceable, like cap, rotor, <br clear="none">points (either kind), vacuum can, or breaker plate, plus return shipping. In <br clear="none">other words, rebuilding includes all labor, and needed shims and screws. <br clear="none">The most common replacement needed is the vacuum can, but you can <br clear="none">easily tell whether yours is good or not. ( If yours is correct, it will have 265 <br clear="none">stamped on the actuating arm.) I've never had a distributor that I couldn't <br clear="none">rebuild for under $100 <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Your best option would be to tell me whether your fasty is AT or MT and let <br clear="none">me check my stash to see if I have a better option for you. Then you can <br clear="none">send me your 008 (AB) for exchange or rebuilding.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">If you really want to just buy a rebuilt outright, I'd have to think about what <br clear="none">that would cost, and I'll have to check to see if I have one. (I just sold one, <br clear="none">for a '71 MT (AC), exchange, yesterday.)<div class="yqt5570325348" id="yqtfd42612"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">*******************************<br clear="none">Jim Adney, <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org" href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org">jadney@vwtype3.org</a><br clear="none">Madison, Wisconsin, USA<br clear="none">*******************************<br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">VWType3.Org mailing list - <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:type3@vwtype3.org" href="mailto:type3@vwtype3.org">type3@vwtype3.org</a><br clear="none">To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org" target="_blank">http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org</a><br clear="none">If you need more help, contact: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org" href="mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org">gregm@vwtype3.org</a></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>