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On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 10:36, Jim Adney wrote: > On 17 Jun 2003 at 22:42, Adam Morrison wrote: > > > The clamp bolt on the distributor was impossible to get to without removing > > parts around it, and it was too close to the clamp itself to be able to get a > > socket on it. I replaced this bolt with a hex head one of the same size. In > > order to get the bolt out, I had to actually remove the distributor, > > That clamp BOLT should have it's head welded to the clamp, leaving the nut, on > the end of the long spacer, positioned so that you can just barely reach it > from above with an open end wrench. You have to reach down between the fan > housing and the flap shaft that runs across, just in front of the housing. > > If this has been changed by someone who didn't understand (common) how this was > supposed to work, you might want to find a correct replacement type 3 dist > clamp. They are different from all the other VW clamps. > There is a picture of a T-3 and T-1 clamp side by side on my web site. http://classicvw.org/gallery/ Go to the Russ's Misc. portion. It is there, and The T-3 is the one on the left. -- 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