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Subject:Re: Visual Difference(s) between 1.9L & 2.1L Distributors?
From:Dennis Haynes
Date:Sun, 5 Jun 2016 02:09:36 -0400

Sorry, yes I got reversed the Digijet and Digifant!

Thank you,
Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: OlRivrRat [mailto:OlRivrRat@comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2016 2:07 AM
To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Visual Difference(s) between 1.9L & 2.1L Distributors?

                Dennis

        I believe you got that Backwards ~ 1.9 is DigiJet & 2.1 is DigiFant
~

                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 4 Jun , 2016, at 11:46 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:

> The distributors are unique to the fuel injection system/year of vehicle.
Not the engine if doing a swap. The 1.9 distributor for the Digifant has
both a vacuum and mechanical advance mechanisms. The 2.1 Digijet is fixed as
the timing advance is controlled in the ECU.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Cary Chiang
> Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2016 12:19 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Visual Difference(s) between 1.9L & 2.1L Distributors?
>
> Greetings:
> What are the visual clues that make it easy to differentiate between 1.9 &
2.1L distributors, when they are not installed?  Thanks.
>
> Cary