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On 27 Nov 2005 at 17:06, C.Rochambeau wrote: > > The less alarming possibility is the distributor drive broke and the > > timing went to hell while the engine was running. > > The even less alarming possibility is that *nothing* broke, but the distributor wasn't > locked in as tight as it should have been. It crept up, lost hold of the drive cog and the > rest is history. That happens when you don't have the feel for how far the dist should drop down into place. It's nearly 1/4" and it won't ever creep up if it's all the way down, but sometimes it takes a really strong shove to push it all the way home. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~