compufire · Aussieveedubbers

donn · 13 Jul 2010, 11:11 am

Any one had a problem with a compufire, seemed ok when I installed it but car played up on the way down the coast and it was sugested that the compufire may have been the problem, another bloke not connected with vdubs said that they need an application of "white grease" under the module to stop heat transfer, any clues out there?❓

matberry · 13 Jul 2010, 11:47 am

Used and sold plenty, no white grease and no problems to date.

1303Steve · 13 Jul 2010, 2:02 pm

Hi

I fitted one to a very old low mileage 009 and had a consistent miss fire and pinking, took it off and put standard points in and the problem went away.

I was going to return it and I thought that I would give it one more try, no problems whatsoever, been in for over 2 years without the slightest problem.

I think I may have had a dodgy load of fuel in the tank.

Steve

ian.mezz · 13 Jul 2010, 3:58 pm

I replaced 2 on old beetles , they had a burnt sticker on top of them, The cause was the Generator/ voltage regular over charging, 16/18 volts.
over charging will allso cook the plastic rubbing block on points.

greedy53 · 14 Jul 2010, 6:47 pm

i had 1 that lasted 2 days although i was to0ld that a relay to the + on the coil havent tryed it yet

hulbyw · 14 Jul 2010, 7:23 pm

My Compufire gave problems a few months after I installed it. The fix was a drop of loctite on the hold down screw. Working fine eversince (at least 5 years) except for the rotating wheel (not sure of its correct name) which cracked and had to be replaced (at a ridiculous cost). Wouldn't go back to points ever!
Cheers

IN THE WEEDS · 14 Jul 2010, 10:14 pm

i installed one to mu bug on the weekend and was not and am still not getting spark to cylinder 2 starts ok but only on 3 cylinders and clues as to what it could be

matberry · 14 Jul 2010, 10:33 pm

A plug lead maybe.
Did you fit new sparkplugs?

donn · 15 Jul 2010, 12:18 pm

If your gettin spark to all other cylinders then check the dizy cap, I had one with a defect on one only point (the brass bit inside the cap 🤓)

beetleboyjeff · 15 Jul 2010, 11:03 pm

I don't know if they last very well - I have only had mine for about 12 years (about 180,000 kms I think) with no problems so far, but once it beds in........

matberry · 16 Jul 2010, 8:58 am

beetleboyjeff wrote:I don't know if they last very well - I have only had mine for about 12 years (about 180,000 kms I think) with no problems so far, but once it beds in........

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