Which distributor cap and rotor? (Pics included)

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Which distributor cap and rotor? (Pics included)

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It's for an Aircooled 2.0cu. 1981
Just want to make sure I get the right parts from brickwerks while also ordering cv joint.

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I noticed some scorching to rotor and am getting some slight running issues at the minute so working through parts.
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Update. Sorted, when you add to basket on brickwerks it then shows part number so a little trial an error got me the right parts.
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Your vac line looks suspiciously like fuel hose. If it has collapsed or perished that could effect your engine performance.
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BOXY wrote:Your vac line looks suspiciously like fuel hose. If it has collapsed or perished that could effect your engine performance.

Thanks Boxy - Here's a thread with a picture of my engine in - It does indeed look that way, not many vacuum hoses are covered with fibre.

It's had the carbs balanced and vacuum lines switched around since the other thread photo - as a result I now have an automatic choke, but a few weeks later developed occasional back firing and spluttering, - I need to pull the plugs as think it could be running slightly rich.
It does sometimes idle poorly - vacuum leaks often the culprit.
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I was also going to say...that rotor arm and dizzy cap already look very new...certainly only done a few thousand miles going on the small amount of errosion on the rotor tip....NO NEED TO CHANGE!!!
Contrary to popular belief, rotor arms/distributor caps and HT leads DO NOT need to be changed as service items. Only when they show signs of breaking down.

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Hello,

Plastic dust cap?

Vacuum flexies ( as has been said)..

Cordialement,

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yeah and get the rotor arm with the rev limiter!

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Not needed unless he has no idea he's screaming the life out of his engine. I run a stock rotor in mine. Darned site cheaper too - all bug bits then.
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