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Re: [T3]dead on the freeway. Update


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.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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