Will any year 914 distributor work on my stock FI '71?

Any stock 914 distributor from a D-jet EFI equipped engine will fit and work on any other D-jet equipped 914 engine. IOW, if it has trigger points it will work. That's assuming it's functional, of course.

The Cap'n

The parts diagram from AA (sorry) shows only one distributor for the fours: http://www.autoatlanta.com/porsche-parts/p...arts/901-10.php

This diagram is for the 914-6

Always had trouble counting when I can't see all of my fingers and toes...

The picture for the four and the parts lists shows several different part numbers for the four, depending on the particular engine. http://www.autoatlanta.com/porsche-parts/p...arts/901-15.php

I would defer to Captain K, above.

So the real question is do all of the Distributors for the D-Jet have the same centrifugal advance and same vacuum advance and retard? Capt can you weigh in

No, they don't. All will function, just not as well as designed.

The Cap'n

According to Bosch, you need:

Original - 0 231 174 007

Replacement - 0 231 174 011

VW Part No.: 022 905 205Q

Thanks everyone for info

....Let us know how it turns out!

Yes, will do. Hopefully this will solve my long term engine issues.

Does anyone sell them brand new for reasonable price?

There is a guy who rebuilds Bosch 356 distributors and I recall he started doing 914 ones also.
Cap'n may know of him...if not, you could ask on the 356 registry site.

Rich

There are a number of good distributor guys. Biggest issue here is finding a good vacuum unit. They're NLA and the "rebuilt" ones could qualify as crap if they were about 10 times better than they are ....................................

The Cap'n

Who is the guy who does all the old ones and re curves them?

Rich

Mark, I have several distributors. If you would like for me to check, I will hit my storage tomorrow and see what all I have.



Shoe

I happened to be looking for someone to do a rebuild on my dizzy and came across this link:

http://www.glenn-ring.com/bosch/

The good news is his site has lots of good pictures of vintage Bosch Porsche distributor rebuilds. The bad news turns out to be he doesn't work on units as new as those found in our 914s. I can't remember the last time someone told me the technology on my Teener was too recent...