Welcome back to Name that Part.

Ok, so after the big engine fire, I am left with a few things that,
um, are kinda charred and I am not exactly sure what the heck they are.

So, on a bracket bolted to the block at the middle bolt, about where
the rear intake manifold pipes come across, is a solid tube or
cylinder of metal, and a charred as all heck connector of some kind.
Now, from the Bentley, this may be a theromtime switch.  If so, does
it just have an electrical coonector, or something else, or what,
actually?  It is fried.

Also, related to that, just forward and slightly to the left
(driver's) side of the distributor is a hole in the tin cover, and
something that looks like it might have had a vacuum line, or maybe
an electrical connector on it.  Any idea what this thing is?  Can't
even get close to a guess using a Bentley.

For tech sepcs - 1980 West Vanagon, Air Cooled 2.0L (of course),
federal model.

Thank in advance for any help, and thanks for all the timing tips.
Hopefully I can just pull the distributor without pulling the drive
gear, and then set the new one in and have it work like a charm.

David
- Slowly but surely trying to resurrect Blue Midget.