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* No matter how well one treats an "antique" VW...or even if it's not driven and kept in a garage, the vital WIRES will dry up, age, and crack. You can barely touch them w/out cracking the plastic/rubber covering. This is just info from experience. Nothing techno or expert. I'll bet many mystery problems stem from this area. * Haven't seen anything in ads or catalogues about plug covers at connections. Would love to replace all the rotted covers. HOW?..without clipping the wires and plugs? * Re/ Mystery crumbled non-metalic washer falling from distributor while cleaning (71 T3 FI), yes...the book shows a "washer" below each centrifugal thing in distributor. Doesn't say what kind of washer though. Will check. Looks like a replacment might be easy via undoing a c-clip. At least it doesn't seem to have electronic implications. (Do all these non-metal washers/gaskets etc have a life-span that's long over?) * Re/ wires. Is soldering always superior to Solderless scrunch-on Connectors? In some places yes? In others no? Then...do shrink-wrap tube coverings do the trick to protect...or is that for non-hot/oily electric jobs? * Searching now for High Temp/oil resistant elec tape for wires in engine area...if it exists. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~