nemosis Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 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, 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 A 510 vacuum advance will be fine in a 521 truck. Any auto supply store like NAPA will do for parts. In truth there are some parts where you don't want the cheapest . 1 Quote Link to comment
nemosis Posted April 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 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! 1 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 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! 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Napa online. I buy a lot of my parts from Rock Auto. http://www.rockauto.com/ Quote Link to comment
nemosis Posted April 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 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 Quote Link to comment
nemosis Posted April 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Thanks, Charlie69! Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Somebody has a extra L16 dist for nex to nothing Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Somebody has a extra L16 dist for nex to nothing I did... I loaned it to someone to diagnose their car. They never gave it back and presumably sold the car. Small loss.. but still. damn Quote Link to comment
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