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On 18 Aug 2003 at 7:42, Jim Adney wrote: > That's one part, but not the important part, at least on your dist. To test the > other part, you have to grab the rotor and twist it CW. There can be a little > free play and then it should twist CW against some spring pressure until it has > moved about 15 degrees, when it will run into a hard stop. It will be somewhat > stiff, so you may have to twist it fairly hard. Once you've twisted it, it > should snap back sharply when you let go of it. I should have added that if it doesn't twist at all, then you need to send it to me to be rebuilt. If it twists, but only with roughness, then you can try putting 2-3 drops of oil in the felt pad in the top of the dist shaft, under the rotor. This may free it up in time. If these parts won't twist smoothly and easily (except for the spring tension) and snap back smartly on their own, your engine will never run right except at idle. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org