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On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 00:18:14 +0100, Dave Hall wrote: >Maybe he should fasten that rare earth magnet under the case so it can't get >anywhere bad if there's one in there. Am I right in assuming the washers >are steel? Yipee! I got the disttributor drive shaft out [DDS]. I had to do what Jim sugested by going to Sears and buy a reverse plier grabby thing [RPGT]. They had some neat butane torches there so I bought one (as well as swaping a couple of chewed screwdrivers). It is a good thing I did so because the RPGT wasn't enough. I had to heat the metal around the hole to get the DDS out. The really good news is that the second washer was in there. It was pushed foward and I had to bend my telescopic magnetic grabby thing to be sure I got it without pushing it to where it was ungetatable. The first washer was bent so I have to get another one tomorrow and put everything back together. I am wondering about one thing. The bottom of the brass gear on the DDS got a little chewed. Ther are some small brass filings sticking on it and I assume inside the case. They're not deep chunks and it is only on the bottom mm or so. Is this anything I have to worry about? I was kind of looking foward to the rebuild with dread. I'm sure there would have been a lot of frustrating steps but once I had it finised all thing VW would have become clear, and I could have put on some bigger cylindeers. Thanks for all the help everybody. About the magnet, I was thinking about breaking it and sticking a piece on the end of my oil drain plug. Is that a good idea? Mark Healey 71 FI auto square 71 FI manual square marksvw@healeyonline.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe