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On 3 Mar 2005 at 22:15, timothy kuehn wrote: > The metal shavings in the distributor were caused by one of the weights > grinding against the inside if the dist. body. Wore a pretty good groove in > there, too. The weights pivot on a small post - the hole that fits over > that post had wallowed out, allowing the weight to follow a wider orbit @ > high RPM. (maybe the wallowing cause by tired springs?) Further, there's > an inspection hole right where the weights are (with a little rubber cap), > and the "trailing" edge of that hole was ground pretty well - the weight > must've bounced off that lip with each revolution, causing all the > intermittent miss & etc. > > Paperwork I inherited from PO shows that the distributor was bought in 1993. > Guess it didn't owe me anything. I also guess we can't place ALL the > blame on my stupid ass for revving it up in the tunnel that time. Okay, so this engine has been converted and is no longer FI. What make/model dist is this? Was it a 009? I've never seen a dist with the advance weights worn like you describe, and I've taken a LOT of them apart.. I wonder if they just never got any lubrication from the factory. If you can get an early FI distributor that would be a very good choice (good advance curve, good build quality) to go with your carbed engine. Just leave the vac advance disconnected. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~