[Vwdiesel] Do I have a "yellow dot" pump?

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

  Yes you do
  Maybe
  It's possible but it'd be a 1.5
 I have a list but it's not on the web, or maybe it is...  Roger might 
have a copy of it on his site.
1.15mm
  You won't, it's worn off. 
  Ok, long answer.  ;-)  You do have a yellow dot pump by the number.
They didn't necessarily only come on earlier cars but tended to here 
anyway.  I thing I've heard of other geographical locations that had 
several on '81's but any engine earlier than an '81 would be a 1.5 
instead of a 1;6 with 11mm head bolts.
  The "yellow dot" was more like a splotch of wrecking yard yellow 
or "sealing paint" brushed on the roundish timing advance cover 
that is on the visible side of the pump.  They all wore off years ago 
unless there's a garaged one with 40K miles on it sittin somewhere.
  I looked and whaddaya know, I DO have my pump list up!
http://www.members.aol.com/lbaird119/rabbit/pump/pump.htm
  Back in the 55mph days mine ran great timed at 1.05mm but 
once the limit was ilfted I went with the Bentley numbers over the 
VW shop stated numbers and it put the torque a hundred rpm or 
two higher.  (1.15mm)
  In my opinion every car I've driven with one on it has had noticeably 
better low end performance than with the other pumps.  :-)  Similar to 
a gas Rabbit up to 30mph!
     Loren

In a message dated 4/15/2006 4:21:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
vwdieselbunny at yahoo.com writes:

> Here is the VW part number off my pump:
> 068 130 107 A
> 
> I think someone told me that it was a "yellow dot"
> pump, which is earlier than the '81 engine, right? 
> (Well, I was told the engine came out of an '81
> Rabbit, who knows, maybe it had been swapped in that
> car?)
> 
> Is there a site with info to decode the pump part
> numbers?
> 
> What should I time that pump to?
> 
> Finally, where would the alleged yellow dot be on the
> pump? 
>