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On 6 Nov 97, Steve Bradley wrote: > I pulled the distributor cap and the plate that holds the roller > ball had just snapped in half. I reset the points at a larger gap > and limped home. The breaker plate is available separately from Bosch or VW for about $30. They do wear out. That's why I stock them. > I started calling around for a rebuilt distributor and found one a > Pep Boys. Get this, a remanufactured Bosch distributor with new > points (set a .016, no less), condensor, oil seal, vacuum advance, > and trigger points was $65.00! A local VW parts place here in > Atlanta charges $90.00 for new trigger points alone. > > I asked the guy to call the supplier and verify that it included new > trigger points and they assured him that it did. In thirty years of driving and servicing these cars, I have only seen one set of trigger points that was bad. I have plenty of good used sets that should last another half century. Still, congratulations on finally finding and fixing your problem. Jim --------------------------------------------------------------------- Melissa Kepner Jim Adney Laura Kepner-Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin ---------------------------------------------------------------------