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> >I'm assembling an engine (slowly but surely), and I measured the gap that
> >existed between the distributor drive shaft and the case with the shims
> >inbetween and the distributor installed (case halves apart). One of my
> >manuals says that the gap should be between .020" and .050". The gap is
> >currently .073". Went to the parts store (VW specialty) and they said
> >that they don't have anything like that and that no one ever paid
> >attention to that gap anyway. There are currently two shims in place.
> >My questions is: is this gap truely not important? Keep in mind that
> >this info is from the Tom Wilson book that Jim has already chastised.
> >I'm wondering if this info is questionable.
>
> I don't recall ever seeing such a spec, but I could be wrong. I have
> certainly never bothered to check it. The small spring that you should have
<snipple>
mmmm...uh oh..:) i missed seeing this post the first time around...(or
thought it was on the vvw list..:)
anyhow, there was some heavy in-depth technical discusion ont eh
VintageVW list a few days (weeks?) back on this exact subject....
i'll see what i can do to pull 'em outta my arse and pass 'em along..:)
.....david
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