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On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 17:09, Russ Wolfe wrote: > > > > Which distributor? > > I think he is talking about this one. > > http://classicvw.org/gallery/The-ghia/dscf0077 > > > > > There's no exact length that this should be. That distance is set by the vac > > can and variations in that distance, while small, are completely compensated > > for when you adjust the timing. > > On this distributor, the length of the rod is adjustable, and the > tension of the spring is adjustable. If you remove the hex nut on the > "can", there is a spring tension adjustment. > Inside the distributor, the rod is threaded, with a lock nut. Completely > adjustable. > Although, I would not want to be adjusting one unless I had a > distributor machine. I just put up a picture of the inside of one of the 4R3 distributors. http://classicvw.org/gallery/just_stuff/DSCF0022 And yes, those are the wrong points for that dist. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~