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> 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 ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/