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On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 10:16, Toby Erkson wrote: > So where does this retard originate? That is, is the #3 lobe on the > dizzy shaft positioned at 88¼ instead of 90¼? Or does it have something > to do with the advance mechanisim below (and how)? > It is done in the grind of the distributor cam lobe. This is why, if the dist. gear is in wrong, you can't just move the wires around to correct for it. That is why VW put that mark in the edge of the distributor for #1. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~