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I decided to add a bit to this message....
Points close up due to the rubbing block wearing against the dist cam.
There are two things you need to do about this. First you should know that
this needs to be lubricated; Bosch has a special grease for this, but any
fairly thick tacky grease will do. The second thing you need to do is
rebuild your distributor (I charge $50 + parts). The old grease needs to be
cleaned off periodically or it accumulates grit which wears into the cam and
the cam gets rough. I use a mechanic's stone (like a whetstone) to smooth
the cam back into shape. No, it's not perfect, but your points last a LOT
longer, and I've never had an engine complain.
The Bosch grease is 5 700 002 005 (old designation: Ft 1 v 4). It is
equally good on the FI trigger point cam.
All the Bosch distributors that have mech advance have a hollow shaft under
the rotor. When new, there is a felt plug in that hole which is a wick to
feed oil to the mechanism below. It is important to put a drop of oil on
that wick periodically; it will keep your mech advance from rusting up. If
the felt is missing, that's probably no big problem, but you should still
put a drop of oil in there anyway.
Jim
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Melissa Kepner Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org jradney@njackn.com
Laura Kepner-Adney
Madison, Wisconsin
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