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On 27 Apr 2005 at 11:09, Jim Adney wrote: > Once you get the tool in there, you will still need to wiggle and jiggle the > drive gear a bit as you try to pull it out. It's a helical cut gear, too, so > you will need to turn it slowly CCW as it comes out. Yes, sometimes they don't > want to come, but they always do if you are persistent. It's worth the effort. With the engine on the stand I managed to get the drive gear to come up about a quarter of an inch. I knew I'd have to turn it CCW. I'll have to try again. I really want to put the '67 distributor in there and get it tuned right. > > I removed the vacuum can on the '68 so that it will fit. > > With the can removed, the breaker plate can float around, making your timing > unstable. Unless you improvise something to keep this from happening, I don't > recommend this. I did tie the breaker plate down with safety wire. I don't like it either but until I get the drive gear correctly installed it's either that or the 009. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~