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On 7 Aug 2003 at 7:24, hisham bakr wrote: > From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>> > > What distributor did you replace? What did you replace it with? What are > you > > timing the engine to? Is the mechanical advance on the "new" dist working > > freely? Any chance the throttle cable is just hanging up on something? > Replaced an AH with an AB. Timed to TDC at 900 RPM and 45 deg. dwell. Car is > stock 70 FI, MT and had an AH dist. that started flctuating on dwell, so I > replaced it then with what I could find, an AH which is for an auto tranny, > ran fine but the advance curve was mismatched to the manual tranny, flat and > slow. the "new" AB tests solid on the dwell meter. That sounds fine. ;-) > I had to hammer it in, the last 1/2", on the drive shaft with a block of wood > in between. could that have dislodged something? Huh? You actually hammered on the dist to drive it into the case? Sure, there are LOTS of things that could be damaged, but the most likely problem is that you now have a dist that you will never be able to get out again when you need to. If it did not want to go in easily, the thing to do was to find out why and fix that problem. Of course, sometimes it's just the O-ring that is tight and all you need is a bit of oil on the O-ring and in the bore. Can you twist it to adjust the timing easily? -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org