Question by Rachael F: Have repair question on a 1970 VW bus (Transporter)?
I have a ’68 Beetle with a ’70 bus engine and the engine is not turning over. A friend of mine isn’t sure why it won’t start, but said that replacing the distributor cap, points, and rotors is a good place to start (there is a small crack in the distributor cap and he says the points are worn (or burnt? I can’t remember EXACTLY what he said)
Anyway, I went on a web site to order the parts, and now I’m confused. I picked the right cap because it looks just like the old one, but do I need 1-part or 2-part points? How many points and rotors do I need? Here is a link to my shopping cart… I just want to make sure I’m buying the right parts for the job.
http://www.europartsdirect.com/cart.asp
In case the address doesn’t work, here are the part #s: Bosch New Style Distributor Cap BSH007334, Bosch 1-piece Points (QTY 5) BSH 006102, Bosch New Style Rotors (QTY 5) BSH 031172. And, of course, I also bought a Manual – lol!
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Answer by the Horses Butt
Shows you why you got to take the old parts in(so they can eyeball them)so you get the right stuff.. 1 rotor. That goes for any part on any car.
What do you think? Answer below!
You said it “won’t turn over”. My definition of that is that the engine isn’t moving at all when you turn the key. That tells me to check: battery, starter solenoid, starter, ignition switch.
Is the engine turning but won’t fire up? Or is it just dead and still when you turn the key?
1 rotor, 1 cap, 1 set of points (I would go with electronic ignition so you never have to adjust points again) You should also buy a new condenser (if you stick with points)
Looks like you are buying the correct parts.
What they are asking is if your old points are 1 piece or 2 piece points as a 1968 could have either set. If you do not know have some one who does take them out. You do not want to be trying to send back parts its a pain. Everything is just one of each if you have the older style 2 piece point set they come as one set the newer style the 2 pieces are already together. Also are you sure it has a stock distributor very common to have replaced the distributors in older VW’s