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On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 01:34, Ben Doughney wrote: > on 31/5/2003 3:36 PM, Jim Adney at jadney@vwtype3.org wrote: > > > So THAT's where those came from. I've always wondered. I was pretty sure they > > never came on type 3s. > > > > Any idea why the water cooled cars got them? > > There was one in the 009 that was in my car when I got it, so they might > come in those. Is there some reason why they are installed? > I think mainly they were to help keep water and dirt out of the lower part of the distributor. The problems we ran into at the dealers was that if someone installed an aftermarket rotor, or they were not reinstalled properly, the rotor could rub and would get bits of plastic into the points. -- 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