Any weights in my dizzy?

[bkreigsr]

Car is a 2.0 L 912E with the 914 motor.

In the cold weather, my revs stay up between shifts - like 3,000 rpm.

A former 914 owner says he fixed this problem by lubing the centrifugal weights, as they were sticking. I think his car was a 1.7 or 1.8.

I removed the cap, and looked in two books (factory and Chilton) but can't find a schematic of the distributor interior showing the weights.

Had the factory gone to electrical advance by 1976?

And, yes, I have the vacuum pot and related hose in tact.

Thanks in advance
Bill K

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

The weights are there. You have to partly disassemble the distributor to see them. They are located under the points plate. I know the points plate comes out the top of the distributor body, but I don't remember what holds it in place.

--DD

[bkreigsr]

Thanks Dave. I was hoping it would be an easy fix without pulling the guts out and resetting the dwell/timing.
Bill K