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On 24 Mar 2003 at 19:43, Daniel Baum wrote: > There is one misunderstanding though; all three of those pics are of > the "R" distributor. The "T" distributor is in the car, but _seems_ to > be practically identical. You also posted a URL for a photo of your T dist installed in your car. That's the one I meant. I understand that all the photos of the loose dist were of the R version. > How far is it supposed to turn? I put a rotor on the "R" distributor, > held the base still and twisted it CW. It _did_ rotate a bit, and it > did snap back. I suppose it rotated a bit less than 1cm. That may be everything you should expect. Put a couple of drops of oil in the shaft. > That snap ring that you were so interested in shot off when I removed > the rotor. I found it and put it back, but it's a bit loose. It's probably sprung. I can fix it, or replace it. There is also supposed to be a washer under it. I hope you haven't lost that. Those are harder for me to make. > I won't be able to test the newly-discovered mech advance of the "T" > distributor until it stops raining, as the car is all wrapped up. Okay, let us know what you find. > I would certainly like to send you one of them for a rebuild. That > just leaves the question of which one. Any indications I should look > for as to which one is the most rebuildable? Any idea which is actually > more suitable for my car? I MAY be able to find curves for these, but I'd need the Bosch part #s from both. Otherwise, I can double check the VW parts lists and see what they were made for and make a guess, but that's a pretty blind guess. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org