I got one last year from Van-Again.  No problems on install.  Just get the
digital camera out and take pictures of everything before pulling wires,
etc.  The rebuilt distributor does not come with a the hold-down clamp.

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA
'84 7-passenger

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Rule" <manikmike@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 11:24 AM
Subject: rebuilt distributor

> Hi All,
>
> Question:  Any thoughts/ pros/ cons on using a rebuilt (as opposed to new)
distributor for an 84 1.9L?  How would you rate the difficulty in general of
pulling and replacing the distributor on the wasserboxers?
>
> My Hall generator decided to blow itself to smithereens- bits of plastic
and magnet (ok, well just 2 bits of magnet!) all over in the distributor- I
am considering a rebuilt distributor instead of just trying to replace the
Hall generator, as it looks like I'll have to pull the distrib. to clean it
thoroughly, and a whole rebuilt w/ cap and rotor is less than 2x the cost of
the Hall generator itself.
>
> Thanks for any help/thoughts,
> mkMike
>
>
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