Re: [T3] 1600E misfire

[Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org>]

> The dwell changes?  This sounds bad and could this indicate distributor
> shaft wear or slop?
> 
> Ignore me if this is a normal FI thing.


	Your sense is right, Everett -- this is not "normal".  However, it
is not unheard of:  I had my second failure of an f.i. distributor weekend
before last, and had to swap in a spare I was carrying right there at the
Motor Vu drive-in in Parma, Idaho.

	On the two failures like this that I had, the distributor shaft
developed lateral play; it became impossible to set the dwell and timing
without having it immediately wander and drift.

	I also had this happen to a stock '71 Beetle distributor once.

-Greg


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