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> 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. > > I guess I need to learn to be a lot more FIRM in testing the tightness of some things. The > car itself is a lot less gentle toward itself than I in some respects it seems. > Good news then. You may find the clamp is distorted by over-tightening in the past. More things are damaged on a vehicle by overtightening than by undertightening, but best to get it just right! Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~