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Re: [T3] Distributor drive shaft


On 11 Jun 2003 at 3:50, Darvin Gomez wrote:

> Alright, so I was out looking at the original dizzy set up again and 
> comparing it to pictures I took of the engine before I switched to carbs.  I had
> the engine at cylinder #1 TDC while I was checking the setup.  It looks like the
> drive shaft is just a little off.  The rotor almost lines up with the notch on
> the distributor.

You really can't tell from this, because you turn the distributor to set the 
timing. But if you can set the timing AND get the #1 cyl to fire at the notch, 
then there is a pretty good chance things are right, unless you had to put the 
dist in an unusual position to make this happen.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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