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On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 17:30, Edward Morris wrote: > I loosened the hold down nut and began lifting the > distrubutor body. However, before the bracket cleared > the hold-down stud I ran into another obstacle. > > There's some kind of 'round bar' attached to the > underside the distr. body that catches on a transverse > rod just forward of the cooling shroud, preventing any > further upward movement. The round bar has a > front-back orientation. > > I MIGHT be able to bend the hold-down bracket > backwards to clear the stud, spin the distr. clockwise > and remove it. > > What am I missing or doing incorrectly? > Leave the bracket attached to the engine, and loosen the "round bar". This is the clamp bolt. The rod on the fan housing that you are hitting, is the cooling flap rod. You might have to turn it back and forth to get it clear of the bracket. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org