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Re: [T3]dead on the freeway. Update


> 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/
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