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Hi all~

 

     I believe that I've lost the vacuum advance unit on my distributor.  I have been looking for a replacement, and all I've been able to find that looks like the existing one, is listed as being for '70-'73 510 (1600/L4..(my 521 is a '72 (1600/L16)))..does anyone know if they are compatible?

 

               Sub-Question:  I've only had the 521 for a few months, and haven't developed a good sense of where to get decent/decently-priced parts.  Does anyone have some suggestions?

 

                    Thank you for any pointers,

 

 

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datzenmike, thanks for the response.

 

Not a lot of Napa stores around here.  Mostly Autozone and O'Reilly's (which I'm not a huge fan of..they sell a lot of cheap (not necessarily inexpensive) sh*t).  I've ordered 1 part from RockAuto, and it was listed as compatible, but was not.

 

I guess I've gotten a little spoiled with jbugs and cip1 for my other vehicle ('74 Beetle).  Was hoping for something like that.

 

Thanks again for your time!

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datzenmike, thanks for the response.

 

Not a lot of Napa stores around here.  Mostly Autozone and O'Reilly's (which I'm not a huge fan of..they sell a lot of cheap (not necessarily inexpensive) sh*t).  I've ordered 1 part from RockAuto, and it was listed as compatible, but was not.

 

I guess I've gotten a little spoiled with jbugs and cip1 for my other vehicle ('74 Beetle).  Was hoping for something like that.

 

Thanks again for your time!

 

Return the incompatible with PIX of what you need to fit and I'm sure you will get satisfaction.  Even better call them up and talk to a human!

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MikeRL411

 

Thank you. Fortunately or not, the shipping to send it back was more than the cost of the item. I did however find the correct part number and send it to them, so hopefully they corrected it.

 

Cheers

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I've had to return a few things to rockauto... when I called the they were like.. just keep it. And sent out the correct part.. or just refunded the money. I've had good service with them so far.

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