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On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 15:08, Jim Adney wrote: > On 30 May 2003 at 21:50, Everett Barnes wrote: > > > Really? I admit I've never seen the dust cover in any car that was > > "original" but they are pictured in my Type 3 parts manual as items 36 & 37 in > > the various distributor diagrams. > > Mine show up as different item #s, but they're certainly there, for dists #2- > 15, which takes us up to about 1970. I wonder why they aren't just listed for > all the dists, because the late dists were the same dimensions so they would > certainly fit. > > I have a couple of these covers, too. I'm sure I never saw one until sometime > in the 70s, and never original on a type 3. > It was due to differences in the rotor diameter where it fit on the shaft. You don't want the rotor rubbing on the dust cover. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org