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Re: A quick weekend trip


>From: Kinkos Whitehall <kinkos-emain@ee.net>

>sure enough, dist. loose again.  Now I was
>wonderin'.  I knew I tightened it THAT time!  Pulled the dist out &
>looked at the clamp (after a couple minutes of headscratchin'  ;)to find
>that it was bent up a little...just enough to make it so it wouldn't
>stay tight, but not really enough to notice when I swapped the dist
>earlier in the week.

This clamp is commonly bent by people who overtighten them.  With a good 
vice, a hammer, a punch, and a pair of pliers you can straighten yours.  
Once straight, put a flat washer between the spacer sleeve and the clamp.  
When tightening, don't get carried away; when you can no longer twist the 
distributor by hand, it is tight enough.  Force yourself to quit.

I don't envy you your trip experience.

Jim
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       Melissa Kepner                                    Jim Adney
       jadney@vwtype3.org               jradney@njackn.com
                             Laura Kepner-Adney
                             Madison, Wisconsin
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