Well, I'm going to call the original issue of the engine blipping/stumbling as fixed. On the Volkswagen Bay Window Type 2, I've changed the leads, rotor arm, distributor cap, cleaned the distributor, cleaned all electrical connections to coil, etc, repaired a a few vacuum hoses with slight split-ends and generally tidied up the wiring routes.
The bus starts first turn of the key and I went on a hilly 15 mile test drive at 40+ mph and the bus ran perfectly.
Though the original issue now seems to be fixed for the Volkswagen Bay Window, or it was an anomaly, I will have to revisit the rough looking distributor that I discovered on my fixing warpath. The distributor looks as if hasn't been cleaned in years. Also, the installed Compufire module is supposed to be touch-less, but something has definitely been touching the casing of the module. As you can see in the picture, the casing is almost worn through. At the moment, I'm deciding between a new module or refitting points/condenser. But that's a story for another time.
By far, the most difficult part of this refresh was not dropping a socket/plug under the tin of #2 cylinder. I used a socket with a plug grabber insert and secured the socket to the extension with tape. At first, I tried to use a piece of 3/8 hose to guide the plug(s) but that fell off on #3 cylinder, so I reverted back to a spark plug socket.
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