That is a pertronix ignition module. The wires go to the coil. You really
need to make sure that the black is not hooked up to power at it will fry
the unit. The red goes to the positive
black goes to the other side of the coil. I would have to imagine that this
is for a baywindow as our Vanagon all have had electronic ignition. What you
have there is a
points distributer...Perhaps www.type2.com mail list would be a better
resource for you.

Bill

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net>wrote:

> With only the provided information to go on, I would take a WAG that the
> red wire is +12V and the black wire is a coaxial carrying ground and
> output signal.
>
> Ken Lewis
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
>
> On Sat, November 14, 2009 11:38 am, zzyzx wrote:
> > Can anyone offer guidance on where the red and black wires connect from
> > the distributor pictured here
> > http://zzyzx.org/Img_7395_resized.jpg
> >
> >
>