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• Digijet Distributor Questions

  Jay L Snyder · Wed, 22 Aug 2001 11:40:26 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  I have an '85 1.9l with the vacuum advance/retard distributor. I realize the two vacuum ports are connected to different sources of...

• Re: Help Help 009 Distributor?

  · Wed, 2 Nov 1994 14:49:56 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

  The 009 is a mechanical advance distributor- that means that the advance is strictly determined by how fast the engine turns. The vacuum advance...

• Re: advance mechanisms on digijet distributor?

  Old Volks Home · Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:24:36 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...There is: > > * Static setting (just the twist of the distributor - > sets the baseline for centrifugal and vacuum) > * Centrifugal advance (rpm based advance... seems to...

• advance mechanisms on digijet distributor?

  Damon Campbell · Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:03:07 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...There is: * Static setting (just the twist of the distributor - sets the baseline for centrifugal and vacuum) * Centrifugal advance (rpm based advance... seems to...

• Where can I get one? (was Hookup for vacuum advance)

  johnny89 · Wed, 3 Jan 1996 12:49:01 -0300 · Mailing-list archive

  Joe (jfourni@comp.uark.edu) writes: >I have a 34PICT3 carb and 009 distributor. I want to trade out for the >vacuum advanced distributor...

• Re: esoteric question about 1.9 distributor

  Dennis Haynes · Sun, 19 Oct 2014 10:36:41 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Except for folks using 009's or 050's most type 1's have a single or dual advance vacuum distributor just like the...

• Checking vacuum diaphragm was Re: Looking for a 83-85 distributor

  David Beierl · Tue, 7 Oct 2014 13:23:42 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...issue as well? The 1.9l distributor has centrifugal advance and vacuum diaphragm mechanisms for both advance and retard. I'm sure Bentley has...

• Re: Bosch distributor #

  · Sun, 24 Mar 1996 22:06:14 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Can >someone give me the Bosch number of the vacuum advance type distributor. A >friend can order the part wholesale but doesn't know...

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• Distributor vacuum advance

  A device that advances the ignition timing in response to vacuum changes in the engine

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  Dual Vacuum Dual Advance distributor

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• Part 2 The Ultimate Vacuum Advance Tuning Guide

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• Vacuum advance vs Mechanical advance on a VW Engine.

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• The Vacuum Advance Debate!

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• How to set vacuum advance on older cars

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• Vacuum Advance - How to Test

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• Remove and replace Vanagon distributor

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• How Vacuum Advance Works | And Why Your VW Hesitates Without It

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• Stop unplugging your vacuum advance on distributors

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