[tcb] Re: G2's Problem
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:16:39 -0800 (PST)
So does the 019, but that is not what makes it non-interchangeable with the 009.
--- On Tue, 11/23/10, w.wood <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: w.wood <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: G2's Problem
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 3:08 PM
010 has a cutout that clears the stud for the points.
On Nov 23, 2010 3:00 PM, "sammie smith" <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The only 010 I have is on my bus and I would have to go to the garage and
> pull the cap to look. But the 019, 010, and 009 caps are different and not
> interchangeable. I am suprised that someone could even get the 010 cap to
> fit on the case of the 009. I happen to have a 009 and 019 in front of me
> and the catches built into the cap are opposite. The 009 has a male notch
> holder that aligns with a female notch in the distribuor case, which properly
> aligns the cap. The 019 is the exact opposite. The female notch is in the
> cap and the male is part of the clamp bracket on one side of the case. I can
> tell you that you cannot physically interchange the caps between an 019 and
> an 009. Wish I had the 010 in front of me also to compare but I am not
> making 4 mile trip to my garage to look. But I thought the 010 was similar
> to the 019 and would not fit on an 009.
>
> We were mislead on the quandry though. He said he had a good distributor.
> Well, an 009 with an 010 cap is not a good distributor. One of the things I
> do is always have a known good complete (and that includes the cap and rotor)
> distributor in my parts bin. If you are having problems that appear to be
> distributor related and they are not obvious; just pop in the known good
> distributor and see if it cures the problem. And particularly when you are
> down on the road somewhere and something goes bad in the distributor (like
> broken points) it's easier to pop in that spare distributor than it is to try
> to diagnose and fix the problem on the side of the road.
>
> My 2 cents.
>
> --- On Tue, 11/23/10, John Barry <bigfoot51102@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: John Barry <bigfoot51102@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: G2's Problem
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 1:35 PM
>
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> #yiv730460797 p {margin:0;}
> I am here to ask the stupid question. what is the difference between a 009
> and 010 caps. While I have been in air cooled VW's for 20 years now (has it
> really been that long?) I was not aware there were different caps. Just
> wondering as I have a friend (hard to believe, I know) that is having the
> same issues as Gerald had. Thanks in advance, I sit here patiently waiting by
> my phone. :) John
>
>
>
> From: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:17 PM
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tcb] Re: G2's Problem
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> You win!!! 010 cap on a 009 distributor
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sammie smith" <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:15:32 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: G2's Problem
>
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> Well, from what is said I would assume that one of the "new" parts or one of
> the so-called good parts was not correct or breaking down. Like rotor or
> distributor cap.
>
> --- On Tue, 11/23/10, mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: G2's Problem
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 12:08 PM
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> #yiv730460797 #yiv730460797yiv1288838045 p {margin:0;}
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> Nope.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx
> To: "TCB" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 11:24:26 PM
> Subject: [tcb] G2's Problem
>
> You are trying to confuse us with facts but it is quite elementary, my dear
> Watson.
>
> Fundamentally, it is an intermittent problem so therefore a loose connection.
> It is isolated to the #4 plug so it is either a bad spark plug or spark plug
> wire, both which could be determined visually with a little effort.
> Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
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