Mallory ?

72Hardtop · Post by **72Hardtop** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:30 pm

Anyone here purchase a Mallory from Aircooled.net? Looking to buy one but I heard they weren't what they used to be. Looking to get the Mallory 4554101 centrifugal only w/optical pick up & grey/grey springs.

Westy78 · Post by **Westy78** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:40 pm

I'd pass on it unless you can find one that was manufactured several years ago. The one I bought for my Camper Special has scatter of about four degrees at the upper rpm. Their quality control and tolerances have gone to crap.

bajaman72 · Post by **bajaman72** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:14 am

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1072507

IFBwax · Post by **IFBwax** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:11 pm

also, despite what you might think, it's not plug it and forget it. The middle plug tends to disintegrate and you do need to change caps every 15k miles or so.

Post by **Amskeptic** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:09 pm

IFBwax wrote:also, despite what you might think, it's not plug it and forget it. The middle plug tends to disintegrate and you do need to change caps every 15k miles or so.

"Middle plug"? Center coil wire? Does the brush inside the cap eat up and spew carbon dust?
Colin

IFBwax · Post by **IFBwax** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:59 pm

Yes.. that's it. Yes to both in fact.

RSorak 71Westy · Post by **RSorak 71Westy** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:26 pm

A dual point distributor is not needed on a stock bug engine. This is a high RPM stable system and VWs dont spin high RPMs. Just use stock points or a Pertronix, Which I think is best. I've been running 2 of them of my vehicles for over 10 years with no problems at all.

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