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• Re: Looking for a good used instrument cluster for late Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Wed, 5 Dec 2012 07:43:18 -0800
  ...got the distributor, cap, rotor, the clip and bale for the Hall unit wires AND�the oil felt for the shaft !�the postage was...
• Re: driveshaft rebiuld--BuddPremak
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 16 Oct 1999 23:34:12 -0400
  ...Six States Distributors 1112 W. 33rd South Ogden UT 84401 801 488 4688 Part #BO 41203, Size 3 U-joint, 49.95 each + freight...
• Re: VW-HINTS FOR LONG BLOCK PURCHASE FOR A 71 DUAL PORT BUS
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 23:48:02 -0500
  ...Only real problem so far is the distributor drive shaft has too much end-play, it tends to eat distributors. Something I now know...
• Re: TDC, AC
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Feb 1995 11:08:16 -0800
  ...at 1:2 to the crank and the distributor is driven by the cam shaft.) On a T2/Type IV, you can see the...
• Re: 88 Vanagon Rotor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 31 Dec 2002 08:11:28 -0700
  You can also try turning the rotor back and forth with a bit of force to break it loose from its drive shaft. bmc...
• Re: No Spark '90 2.1 UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:53:34 -0800
  ...This kind of thing happens when one had the distributor shaft out and it was installed in the wrong cycle. Visually they are both...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:31:31 -0700
  ...One thing I may still be confused about, is the intermediate shaft and its' role in things. It drives the distributor, but AFAIK, if...
• HELP! 2.0L Camshaft Question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 14:10:40 -0800
  ...install the cam. (That is, after I removed the distributor and distributor drive shaft as the timing seemed to be off 180 degrees - I...
• Re: U-joints
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 09:00:43 -0400
  Joel D Shortlidge wrote: > > I need all you Syncro owners out there that have replaced the universal > joints in there prop shaft to e...
• Re: diesel gas conversion - fourth day
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 4 May 2002 20:05:40 -0700
  ...When we last left our heros, they had taken a little bit off the input shaft and were getting ready to put the gas...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:08:28 -0800
  ...the top edge of the cylinder head > (distributor side) and the dot on the intermediate shaft lined up with the > mark on the crank...
• Re: Oil mist/ leak on rear hatch and back of motor
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 09:57:59 -0500
  ...from the distributor shaft, and the base of the oil breather tower. Both have o-rings that seal them up and they are <underline...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 23:57:35 -0700
  ...That shaft can even just lift up by turning the engine backwards. Keep a distributor in there at all times ! timing is no big...
• Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 18:45:27 -0600
  ...We have put a new(er) distributor cap on. >> >> Can we try to prime the van by adding a little gas in the air...
• Re: leak near oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 01:43:57 -0500
  ...It's an o-ring that blocks oil from pushing out past the distributor shaft. That's real easy to fix. When I replaced...
• Re: need to ship a transmission
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 22:42:39 -0500
  Its a lot cheaper if you have the bellhousing and input shaft removed. Ease to do. Ship these seperately. Smaller and lighter, box it...
• Re: Rough running till warmed up
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:02:38 -0700
  ...The butterfly plate in the throttle could be worn, and the shaft and plate do not settle into place properly. This will have two...
• Vanagon Diesel Parts and Motor FS $800
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:54:39 EDT
  ...I will include the bellhousing and input shaft you need to convert your waterboxer tranny over to use it in the conversion. The engine...
• Finding TDC revisited
  Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
  Sat, 28 May 2005 19:40:32 -0700
  ...PS - what lubricant should I use on the distributor shaft when installing? Looks like it had some sort of graphite paste on there?
• Re: Lever on Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:19:01 -0400
  ...Lever on Throttle Body That long spring acts like an assist to the return spring around the throttle shaft. One wonders why the main...
• I'm Cured of the 009 Hesitation Blues!
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Sun, 30 Apr 1995 16:40:14 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I did try to go with a stock distributor for a while, but all the used stock distributors I had seemed to have leaky...
• Re: '82 diesel resurrection death?
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:04:29 -0400
  ...When the vacuum pump seized, the oil pump also stopped and the intermediate shaft could not turn. The intermediate shaft is driven by the...
• '71 distrib. driveshaft install. quest.
  Historical mailing list - Mitch Covington
  Sat, 9 Sep 1995 00:48:36 -0400 (EDT)
  Hi y'all, '71 1600dp Tonight I got the heads, rocker arms assembled, adjusted the valves, and put the distributor driveshaft down into the...
• Re: Latest news on No Spark
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 11:23:24 -0400
  Riley; With the ignition on, turn the crank shaft with a wrench on the pulley nut. If you hear the injectors squirt then the...
• Re: vacuum pump oil seapage
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 19:34:53 -0900
  ...Replace the o-rings, the one that seals the vacuum pump into the block (probably the same o-ring used on the distributor of...
• Re: JUST BRAKES franchise warning!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:52:02 -0700
  ...and if they are really getting shafted by their distributor then the > should take out their frustration on the distributor > not piss me off...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 17:05:13 -0800
  ...Neil On Saturday, January 21, 2017, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote: > Neil, > > Check distributor rotor shaft play. You will have remove the dizzy...
• Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 23 Dec 2013 01:20:17 -0600
  ...John On 12/23/2013 12:14 AM, Scott Daniel wrote: > was the clamp holding the distributor from rotating loose ? > The direction the shaft...
• 81 Vanagon Type 4 Motor Timing
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Wed, 8 Apr 2020 09:36:58 -0400
  ...me any performance improvement? Also, how do you take the distributor drive shaft out? The Bently does it with a special tool, Tom Wilsons...
• Re: OT: Anyone know anything about BMW E34 (5 Series)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 23 May 2003 17:44:04 EDT
  ...no distributor. I have had very little trouble but the radiator plastic did fail and a u-joint in the drive shaft went bad...
• Re: distributor installation
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:28:47 -0700
  ...it stopped right where the seal started to go in the shaft. i can not get it in any further short of hammering it...
• Re: Engine Break-In Oil Weight
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 8 May 2007 21:41:42 -0700
  ...The hole I was talking about has connection to the chamber where the two crankshaft gears (to drive camshaft and distributor shaft) are located...
• Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:17:01 -0700
  ...It's a metal cup which is pressed into the distributor shaft. The splines were slightly off so that the window did not line...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:53:17 -0800
  ...Neil On Saturday, January 21, 2017, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote: > Neil, > > Check distributor rotor shaft play. You will have remove the dizzy...
• Re: RnR - Air and Vacuum/Coolant - Van Runs Terrible
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:25:53 -0700
  ...The distributor only goes back in one way when done correctly. Push down on the rotor and turn it until distributor drops down about...
• Re: Real time help needed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:36:42 -0700
  ...Now turn on the key >>> With a finger, slowly spin the distributor shaft using the rotor. >>> Each 1/4 turn should trigger the fuel...
• Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:14:29 -0800
  was the clamp holding the distributor from rotating loose ? The direction the shaft and rotor will try to turn the dist body clockwise ..in...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:55:39 -0700
  ...confused about, is the intermediate shaft and > its' role in things. It drives the distributor, but AFAIK, if > distributor not installed, it doesn't...
• Re: 1.8 to 2.0 aba swap
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 May 2012 09:16:48 -0700
  ...Doing so meant swapping the distributor shaft drive gear to match the ABA and adding a bushing. Got the parts from the link below...
• Re: Engine Interrupted. Any Ideas, Please?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:37 -0700
  ...a bit much side shaft play in the >> distributor shaft. >> >> I would retro fit electrnoic igntion to any points distributor car >> always... >> much stronger...
• Re: removed my distro last night 85gl
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:07:20 -0600
  ...I was trying to solve an idle control problem, but the distributor wasn't it. Mark Ingalls 85 GL >From: "Joseph Fortino" <fortino1@onebox...
• Re: Road trip-2200cc Go Westy KIt
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:04:47 +0000
  ...The engine parts (the guts), jugs, pistons, lifters, connecting rods, drive shaft, cam shaft, bearings, gasket kit ran about $1300 all in, after rebate...
• Re: Loctite
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Sat, 29 Sep 2018 08:28:50 -0700
  ...bolts Valve cover bolts, water pump bolts, oil pan bolts, drive shaft bolts, rocker arm adjustment nuts, carburetor studs. -65°F - 300°F (-54...
• Re: New adapter plate: DIY Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 14:57:19 -0400
  ...The intermediate shaft drives both the vaccum pump up on the block (Where the distributor is on gas engines) and oil pump on the...
• Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 21:35:43 -0500
  ...We have put a new(er) distributor cap on. > > Can we try to prime the van by adding a little gas in the air...
• Re: Vanagon stops and won't start
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 23:38:08 -0700
  ...85 GL No Spark-No Start ...the hall sender unit consists of a collar on the distro shaft and a plate in the distro...
• In praise of VW inline fours
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:45:44 -0400
  ...As a 5 or 6-cylinder, the intermediate shaft was eliminated, and the distributor became cam driven while the oil pump operated via a...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:30:29 -0700
  ...confused about, is the intermediate shaft and > > its' role in things. It drives the distributor, but AFAIK, if > > distributor not installed, it doesn't...
• Re: rebuilt 2.1 runs like crap - can't figure it out
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:59:49 -0400
  ...I think I put the distributor drive shaft in > wrong, but from what I understand, that doesn't matter because you can turn > the...
• Re: finding TDC
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 13:52:45 -0600
  ...Thank you for the explanation! Jay Schmidt Seymout IN >Assuming you are looking for #1 TDC, remove the #1 spark plug, and the >distributor...
• VW tools and 1.9L Engine rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Curt Lewis
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:08:41 -0500
  ...Right now I am interested in the piston pin removal tool (#3091), the cylinder sleeve removal tool (#3092) and the distributor drive shaft tool...
• Re: Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:28:44 -0500
  ...Pull any plug wire at the plug and put a screw driver in the end, and hold the shaft close to some metal that...
• Re: VERY low power
  Historical mailing list - Bergin, Richard
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:43:57 -0700
  ...Picture the distributor cap as a clock, #1 plug is on the 1 o'clock distributor post, #4 plug is on the 5 o...
• Fwd: power steering rack
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:08:22 -0400
  ...Local, very good parts distributor has a Cardone rebuit long rack for $280. A list member has a good condition used rack for $100...
• Re: Ignition points wear
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:05:49 -0500
  ...Adjustment intervals on point sets might vary because of bent distributor shafts, distributors running without the spring under the drive or moisture getting into...
• Re: slow pressure buildup [diesel]
  Historical mailing list - Otmar
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:15:49 -0700
  ...The gas engines run the oil pump off the distributor shaft so I know the oil pump is turning in them. Yet they still...
• Re: 81 Aircooled - Replacing Condenser
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Thu, 23 Jul 2020 17:13:33 -0400
  ...to release the timing pinch bolt and spin the distributor. I think my drive shaft is out one tooth but have not dealt with...
• 10 year anniversary
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:07:43 -0700
  ...cam shaft end seal new exhaust manifold (old one was still usable) exh man gasket intake man gasket valve cover gasket crankshaft seal distributor...
• Re: valve lash adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 09:57:51 -0000
  ...To do the others I turned the engine over by 180 degree increments, checked where the distributor arm was pointing and adjusted the tappets...
• Re: The "syndrome" solutions
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 21:47:34 -0500
  ...metal rotor which triggers the Hall sensor is loose from > the distributor shaft. > > Does your Golf has a separate sensor for the ignition timing...