Hmm.... its been such a long time since I have seen points on a distributor,
can some one refresh me? I seem to remember that replacing the points
involved a little cylinder with 1 wire under the Dist. cap and the spring
loaded "contact" that fit on the spindle.
Correct?

Sean
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KENWILFY@aol.com [SMTP:KENWILFY@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 10:10 AM
> To:   SGarrett@mi.state.az.us; vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Subject:      Re: [VANAGON] 80 Vangon mystery part?
>
> Sounds like your electronic ignition module.  Also sounds like it has been
>
> disconnected.  You probably have a .009 distributor which replaced your
> electronic ignition distributor, and you have points, etc as lot of folks
> feel that these are more reliable than the electronic ignition (more to
> tinker with and go wrong, IMHO).
> I am not fully versed in "air cooled-ese", so feel free to correct my
> nomenclature errors.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
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