Converting to the Church of SVDA...

Not all SVDA's have the centrifugal advance. The one=20 the 1303S -73 originally has has propably has centrifugal also, but the older ones do not all have.

but wouldnt those be called SVSA?

if it doesnt have centrifugal advance, its not dual advance(svDA). right?

-james

Not all SVDA's have the centrifugal advance. The one the 1303S -73 originally has has propably has centrifugal also, but the older ones do not all have.

I suggest strongly , that you go ahead and invest in the proper "pointless ignition" parts to match the distributor you have Just in case you were planning on just swapping your working ones out from the 009,.............probably will not work/fit

.Just check into carefully before the day you go to swap out dizzies.

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Hi Muadib,

Well I got the "ELECTRONIC IGNITION KIT" from this shop:

And here it says it will only not fit on the 050, and in the german description of this article it states that it will fit the SVDA and the 009. I begin to doubt if this is a Petronix or Compufire , it might be another (probably German) brand.

Yesterday I tried to dissamble one of the two SVDA's I got. But I couldn't get the pin at the bottom out, so I only dissasembled the top part of the distributor. The plate the vacuum canister attaches to was a little rusty, so I oiled it. I Also oiled the weights for the centrifugal advance. Is there anything else I can do?

Greetings, Gerrelt.

As faras further dis/re-assembly, I'd surely go ahead and make sure th main bushing was in tolerance, while I was working on it..............You can get a hell of a nice little oil leak if it's not close enough....................that pin should come out without too much problem if you have the right stuff, But I'd be very carefull not to impose terribly high stress on the main shaft if it can be avoided..............Bent shaft = useless dizzy.

The web page shown doesn't specify the piece you are describing as "to fit all others" but if the instructions you have say it will work, It should. The big problems with Pertronix swap outs is the mounting and clearance inside the dizzy..............I've done the 009 version and haad awesome results also.

( the one shown looks almost exactly like my pertronix piece too mounting pieces and all )

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Well that's why I decided to leave it alone. I hammered on the pin using a punch, but it wouldn't move. The distributor moved in the vice while beating, but I was afraid to tighten the vice even more, I don't think the distributor housing can have much pressure. I didn't feel any sideways movement so I'm gonna try this one without dissasembling the bottom end.

Yesterday I fitted the pointless ignition and it did fit. Allthough it was quite a tight fit, it just cleares the distributor housing.

I can't wait to install it in my beetle, I'm very curious for the results!

Greetings, Gerrelt.