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• Re: Distributor/Spark Plug die-electric grease
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:20:15 -0700
  ...at the distributor end of plug wires, at the coil wire. and 'something' to prevent rust on the distributor shaft under the rotor. the...
• Distributor/Spark Plug die-electric grease
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:38:53 -0600
  ...Any hints/pointers? Oh yeah, when I pulled the rotor off the distributor shaft, the shaft had surface rust on it. I did sand...
• Re: Distributor drive shaft installation?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 13:13:46 -0700
  ...and to always keep a distributor or something in the the distributor hole to keep that shaft from lifting up if you turn the...
• Re: Distributor drive shaft installation?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 20:36:12 -0400
  ...Distributor drive shaft installation? Hi .. as you know now, it's very important to not take out the distributor drive ever.. and to always...
• Re: Help with distributor installation, seal question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:59:04 -0400
  ...It > goes on the distributor shaft, about 1" or so down from the top (so a > ways up the shaft!). It goes in a...
• Re: Distributor/Spark Plug die-electric grease
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:04:59 -0700
  ...Any hints/pointers? Oh yeah, when I pulled the rotor off the distributor shaft, the shaft had surface rust on it. I did sand...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:54:15 -0800
  sure, it's quite possible to get the distributor drive shaft/gear in incorrectly, ....resulting in # 1 spark plug position on the distributor cap...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 15:29:09 -0400
  On 6/4/2012 2:33 PM, Skip wrote: > So, I thought, why not move the pulley 90 degrees, push the dizzy > drive shaft...
• Re: distributor drive shaft installation
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 18 Apr 2004 10:03:44 -0700
  ...distributor drive shaft installation > i think i installed my distributor drive shaft 180* out, because my dist. is > in backwards. should i leave it...
• rebuilding old distributors
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Mar 1995 00:23:02 -0500
  ...the problem with my old distributors is that the bushings around the distributor shaft are worn, and the shafts have some side-to-side...
• Re: 91 Westy distributor rotor stuck...
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 07:24:43 -0700
  ...causing any >damage to the distributor? Any thought will be appreciated. Typical from lack of maintenance. The shaft has rusted. Use a small, sharp...
• Re: distributor drive shaft installation
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:26:11 -0700
  ...distributor drive shaft installation > > > > i think i installed my distributor drive shaft 180* out, because my >dist. >is > > in backwards. should i leave it...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 19:49:56 -0700
  ...They installed the new innards and installed the distributor drive shaft...maybe incorrectly. Need help please. > > I finished the engine install yesterday and she...
• Re: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 17:01:34 -0700
  ...Distributor Shaft Pin > > Hi all. > > This is for a distributor from a different VW engine but Vanagon gas engines > have the same pin arrangement...
• Re: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 16:31:19 -0700
  ...Distributor Shaft Pin Hi all. This is for a distributor from a different VW engine but Vanagon gas engines have the same pin arrangement...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 10:20:23 -0800
  ...I recall there's a bevel gear that's driven off the intermediate > balance shaft... that may be loose somehow, allowing distributor shaft and...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 14:13:54 -0500
  Neil, Check distributor rotor shaft play. You will have remove the dizzy and check vertical play. Too much play will hammer bits into destruction...
• Distributor rebuild questions?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 20:44:03 -0500
  ...What is the endplay spec for the distributor drive shaft? Minimum/maximum. Any idea where I could find this or other information on Bosch...
• distributor drive shaft installation
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 18 Apr 2004 09:30:18 -0700
  i think i installed my distributor drive shaft 180* out, because my dist. is in backwards. should i leave it alone, or try to...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 20 Jan 2017 17:05:18 -0800
  I've forgotten exactly how the distributor shaft goes, but maybe that's loose... I recall there's a bevel gear that's driven...
• Re: AGAIN:Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 2 May 2000 12:10:34 -0700
  Yes, you certainly can assemble the case and then insert the distributor shaft after that's done. Tom Wilson's book on rebuilding Volkswagen...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:52:08 -0800
  ...I recall there's a bevel gear that's driven off the intermediate >> balance shaft... that may be loose somehow, allowing distributor shaft and...
• Re: Distributor Cleaning, Results
  Historical mailing list
  02 Dec 96 11:28:44 PST
  Over the long weekend proceeded to tear down and clean my distributor. To recap, it is on a CA '80 Westi, with the Hall...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 12:00:55 -0700
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: [VANAGON] Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing <snip>I couldn't get the dizzy drive shaft to drop back...
• Distributor drive shaft installation?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Olsen
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 13:47:24 -0400
  ...By far the hardest part so far has been getting the distributor drive shaft re-installed. With the engine at #1 TDC and the...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:44:00 -0500
  ...Actually it was not the distributor but the drive shaft. During a reassembly, the distributor drive shaft had been dropped in 180 degrees out...
• Re: finding TDC
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 14:03:39 -0500
  ...you only pulled the distributor, and NOT the distributor drive shaft (The little medicine-bottle sizes plug with a gear-shaped end) THEN You...
• Rebuilding a distributor.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 15:19:40 EST
  ...Driving the shaft out of the distributor body was even worse. Now, after replacing the hall sender, driving the shaft back in is impossible...
• Re: Distributor Cleaning, Advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 07:23:35 -0800 (PST)
  ...Watch out for the _tiny_ pin that sits between the rotor and the distributor shaft to keep the rotor for spinning on the shaft...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 12:20:31 -0700
  ...Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing 1984 WBXR 1.9L (now 2.2 in a 1.9 case) just back from the machine shop...
• Hall Sender
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Sun, 9 May 2004 22:33:12 -0400
  ...So once the distributor cap, the rotor and the dust cover are removed, how do you removed the distributor shaft to get access to...
• Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 14:26:12 -0700
  ...Has anyone replaced the pin holding the distributor shaft to drive gear with an SAE equal size roll pin (split sleeve type)? If so...
• Re: 2.1 distributor drive gear installation question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:59:06 -0700
  ...Just pull the distributor shaft, turn it 180 degree and reinsert it. Well, this is not official of course. But that's how I...
• Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 18:33:41 +0000
  ...They installed the new innards and installed the distributor drive shaft...maybe incorrectly. Need help please. I finished the engine install yesterday and she...
• Stuck distr. drive shaft ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:42:20 -0700
  Hi to all, I am having trouble to take out the distributor's drive shaft. That four inch long little shaft with a gear...
• Re: Help with distributor installation, seal question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:03:48 -0400
  ...It > goes on the distributor shaft, about 1" or so down from the top (so a > ways up the shaft!). It goes in a...
• Re: VERY hot exhaust issues
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 22:07:28 -0400
  ...Inside your distributor see if the silver trigger cage spins freely on the distributor shaft. If it does, you can make a round "key...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:50:12 -0800
  ...Actually it was not the distributor but the drive shaft. During a reassembly, the distributor drive shaft had been dropped in 180 degrees out...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 19:27:25 -0400
  ...Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing 1984 WBXR 1.9L (now 2.2 in a 1.9 case) just back from the machine shop...
• Re: Distributor swap - 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 5 Oct 2013 11:08:53 -0700
  ...You will need to remove the distributor cap so you can rotate the shaft during reinsertion. The shaft end is keyed and you need...
• Fwd: [VANAGON] Distributor woes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:20:17 -0400
  ...the distributor has been internally loose for a while.? Not sure what is going on inside it but it appears that the shaft is...
• Re: Ignition screw ups
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:59:08 -0800
  ...To check, (From Bentley) Distributor drive installing: set crank toTDC on cylinder #1. Install drive shaft so that offset slot is at an angle...
• Re: WAS Re: Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 2 May 2000 02:21:41 +0200
  ...If the shaft is dislocated by even one tooth, the distributor has no room to live. BTDT, and it IS a pita to pull...
• Re: distributor spring
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:16:57 -0500
  ...The spring helps the distributor drive shaft in the distributor to remain at the top of it's travel and pushes the actual gear...
• Re: major problem or minor faux pas?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 06:57:31 -0500
  ...The type 4 motor can *conceivably* skip timing if the distributor drive shaft isn't mated to the base of the distributor. And in...
• Re: Distributor swap - 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 5 Oct 2013 13:12:52 -0500
  ...That way you won't have > to adjust the timing. > > You will need to remove the distributor cap so you can rotate the shaft...
• Taking apart a distributor -- arrgh!
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 20:21:04 -0400
  ...I can't get the pin out of the bottom of the distributor shaft. I hammered on it like mad and tried heat to...
• 84GL distributor
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:13:49 -0800
  ...Bentley says that the distributor is actually two pieces and you need a special puller to pull the shaft out of the engine. William
• Re: Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:53:57 -0400
  ...The distributor has a rigid shaft, no centrifugal or anything. If you're using a light with a knob on the back, have you...
• Re: distributor drive shaft installation NVC
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:26:04 -0500
  ...distributor drive shaft installation >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Mark Seifert wrote: > >> This is a 2.1. I dont...
• AGAIN:Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 2 May 2000 10:07:17 MST
  ...shaft) that was in the case, the whole distributor shaft came out together and before I cracked the case. I assumed it would slip...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing - Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 00:21:39 -0400
  ...Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing - Solved! Thanks Dennis, Mike S (Mr. Donor Volk), Stuart, and Jim, My learning curve just accelerated logarithmically... Solution...
• Re: 'programmable' w.wipers
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 96 09:23:29 +0100
  ...even Taiwanese stuff is better, i doubt that it's German, the distributor-rotors from Doduco rattle on the distributor-shaft etc. etc... Brian.
• 85 distributor wanted/needed!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:55:35 -0500
  Guys, i'm in need of a 85 Vanagon distributor, hard to find!!!! #VW 025-905-205K, Bosch 0237 022 045 I have all...
• RE: #3 late timing.
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 08:22:15 -0700
  ...That is why the slightly different lobe on the distributor shaft changes the timing for that cylinder. The position of the rotor is not...
• Stumbling and Engine Cutout Problem Solved
  Historical mailing list - John Clavin
  Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:09:37 -0600
  ...The distributor had over 1/8-inch of end play in the shaft and the impulse rotor showed signs of having rubbing against something...
• 009 Distributor in Type IV
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 31 Jul 2001 07:55:25 -0500
  ...It looks to be in good working order with a tight shaft and minimal vertical slack. I'm currently running a stock vacume distributor...
• Re: 2.1 distributor drive gear installation question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:07:31 -0500
  ...TDC the distributor rotor will point > to an opposite direction rather than the mark on the distributor. > Just pull the distributor shaft, turn it...
• More Help Puh�Leeze!!!
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Hayden
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:16:19 -0400
  ...the van up and running. :-) The drive shaft that connects the cam shaft to the distributor did indeed move!! It did almost a 180...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing - Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 02:19:11 +0000
  ...Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing 1984 WBXR 1.9L (now 2.2 in a 1.9 case) just back from the machine shop...