Re: [T3] Timing

[Russ wolfe <russella@prairieinet.net>]

On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 15:08, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 30 May 2003 at 21:50, Everett Barnes wrote:
> 
> > Really?  I admit I've never seen the dust cover in any car that was
> > "original" but they are pictured in my Type 3 parts manual as items 36 & 37 in
> > the various distributor diagrams.
> 
> Mine show up as different item #s, but they're certainly there, for dists #2-
> 15, which takes us up to about 1970. I wonder why they aren't just listed for 
> all the dists, because the late dists were the same dimensions so they would 
> certainly fit.
> 
> I have a couple of these covers, too. I'm sure I never saw one until sometime 
> in the 70s, and never original on a type 3.
> 
It was due to differences in the rotor diameter where it fit on the
shaft. You don't want the rotor rubbing on the dust cover.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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