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On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 00:15, timothy kuehn wrote: > So here's what I found. > > 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. > If you want another 009 distributor, there is one on Ebay going cheap. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4531475317&category=34205 But then, what is cheep for an 009???? -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~