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roadrunner · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject: Dizzy woes

Well I found out tonight that if you have the haxagonal bolt loosened up to do your timing & pull the rotor cap off..............a newbie can easily pull the dizzy up & out of the drive shaft Embarassed

Another lesson learned. The whole dizzy shaft was turning without the engine rotating & if I rotated the engine, the dizzy wasn't turning...u get the idea.

At first I was thinking that a drive cog pin was broken or similar.

Do any of you your ignition timing at a bit more than 7.5 degrees ? I have been told by a VW mecahnic that he runs them at about 10 degrees.

Any thoughts on that idea from anyone that does their own timing?
Cheers.
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Reg & Diane
Kalamunda : 1974 Pop-Top Camper

Brookie · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject:

If you are running a stock 05 dizzy I would go for 7.5º .This is of course with vacuum line disconnected
Once you get it pretty right you might want to play slightly with timing light though you usually can't improve.

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shaihulud · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject:

7.5 degrees is usually best as 10 degrees will give a little better performance, but idling and starting can be less than satisfactory.

roadrunner · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:08 am Post subject: Using 009 dizzy

This engine has the 009 dizzy & I have purchased a Pertronix 1847V electronic ignition for it.

Guess I will stick with the 7.5 until I learn more about these engines.

Cheers.
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Reg & Diane
Kalamunda : 1974 Pop-Top Camper

Brookie · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:27 am Post subject: Re: Using 009 dizzy

roadrunner · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:36 am Post subject:

Thanks Brookie,

That substantiates what the mechanic advised, he did say to advance the timing a bit.

Then he said to just move the dizzy until it is idling the slowest it will without cutting out, then moved it back a tad.

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Reg & Diane
Kalamunda : 1974 Pop-Top Camper