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someone more experienced than I , did a nice job retrofitting a rabbit (also early 80's bmw's) ignition to this pinz, so much so that I thought it may have been stock. I don't know yet if I will pull the dizzy out to see if someone turned down the o.d(outside diameter)of the shaft to fit in the hole...

Thanks so much. Yes, engines need advance as rpm rises, and knowing these had a centrifugal advance in the first place, no advance could be one of my main issues, as it starts and idles decent....rev it and let out the clutch and it falls on its face...

There is a single thin gauge red wire coming from the batts. into the truck. That must be the 12v source for the ignition. That actually makes me feel better despite the new batteries maybe wearing prematurely, as ive read far to much about electronic ignitions being installed and burned out by not ...

After looking at picks of a used one for sale on ebay, for an 80 to 83 rabbit truck, the three wire plug looks nearly the same!!! Thanks much and now i need to make sure these electronics are not getting the full 24+ volts!

Thanks, i will look into that!

I'm in Milwaukee Wi, but my bud with the truck is about an hour west of here. Thinking more about that top pull switch, and it does make sense it would be for the heater, which is present behind driver but with all kinds of wires and plugs lying disconnected beneath it. The red wire from the plus si...

the vacuum advance on the distributor is my red flag, as theres no port on either carb manifold. it idles decent when warm, but reving it and slipping the clutch power falls off. possibly poor running with no advance? I am very familiar with multiple carbs on motorcycles big and small (my first love...

the knob above the fan control, marked with b 4 L , controls the voltage to the coil. Troubleshooting it where it was parked with no spark, followed what looked to be a doctored in red wire, to this switch. pulled and it fired. possible that someone retrofitted a complete fuel injected beetle igniti...

dash switch

This look familiar to anyone? there's vw and audi symbols on this stuff too.

Thanks for the quick responses. I have pics but maybe need to resize them cause' they wont upload. It all looks factory, the way the ignition module is mounted, and the two stage dash switch which seems to be like a manual "skole can", controlling voltage to the coil. The full 24 or so at ...

Hello all, i have visited here often and learned much!!! Thank you!!! I am working on a 1982 710k radio truck. It has a bosch distributor, coil and what seems to be an ignition box mounted to the engine next to where the alternator wires come out. The distributor has a vacuum advance thats not curre...