Re: [T3] timing / distributor swap question

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 23 Oct 2004 at 21:03, The Canadian wrote:

> OK I'll do a closer check tomorrow but so far it seems that the drive gear
> is out.  It's looking more like 75 degrees than 60.  I know it's been
> discussed before but how do I get the gear out without a puller?  Can I make
> one and if so how?

I use a special kind of large snap ring pliers. These look like a funny flat 
blade pair of pliers, but the jaws spread apart when you squeeze the handles. 
the jaws are serrated on the OUTSIDE faces. I got mine at Sears years ago; it 
was not expensive.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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