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On 12 Aug 98, at 8:04, Greg Merritt wrote: > Wow! I have a small collection of f.i. distributors with *tons* > of play in the directions perpendicular to the shaft. With the > distributor in the car and the rotor off, I could grab the shaft, wiggle > it, and watch the point gap change by a good, oh, 50% or so. I have been > assuming that this was a "common" problem!! Remember it's only a problem if it is excessive enough that the distributor starts to be erratic. Since the ignition points always push to the same side this removes most of the effect of the play. However, it will still offset the FI points. The only set of FI points that I ever had such a problem with was easily fixed when the FI points were replaced. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org