cal = California model. made in 80-83 air-cooled models of the Vanagon. I'm
sure Chris will correct me if I'm wrong. The rest of the US got the Federal
model -- yep, use got dem stinking points.

There are more differences but here's a few:

You will notice an O2 sensor
The CAT goes from front to back vs side to side
NO Points. :-) Rejoice!!!
Your distributor is 039 905 205C
You have a different coil
Take a look in the Bentley starting at page 28.8. There is a very nice
detailed overview and troubleshooting guide for the cal ignition system. If
you don't have a Bentley, I would advise getting one. I used this
troubleshooting guide when I replaced FreeBird's electrical system cause of
that fire. It's in the archives burried somewhere.

Bill                     "I'd Rather Be Hiking The
'82 CA Westy [FreeBird]       Greater Yellowstone"
"The Gem State"
http://pages.prodigy.net/billv2/web%20page/FreeBird.htm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Sean Garrett
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 12:51 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 80 Vangon Mystery Part
>
>
> How would someone tell if theirs is CAL or not?
>
> Sean
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: BILL [SMTP:billv2@PRODIGY.NET]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 11:49 AM
> > To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject:      Re: 80 Vangon Mystery Part
> >
> > Since I do have an 82 air-cooled cal model with electronic ignition, let
> > me
> > say this blunt. Points suck! Nothing but a pain. And troubleshooting the
> > system is easy. The Bentley has a great troubleshooting guide
> for those of
> > us with the cal model air-cooled vanagon. If you have
> electronic ignition,
> > why go back in time???
> >
> > Bill                     "I'd Rather Be Hiking The
> > '82 CA Westy [FreeBird]       Greater Yellowstone"
> > "The Gem State"
>