Not really an o-ring. More like a D shaped seal. They almost always have
to be cut off as they get hard as steel.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 4:31 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Distributor O Ring

I just looked at a distributor,
About an inch from the bottom.
Where they have always been on all vw/bosch  distributors since about 1951
or something.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Vdub Guy
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 11:38 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Distributor O Ring

Can someone please enlighten me as to where the rubber O ring goes on the
distributor? I have looked in Bentley (for my Vanagon) and Haynes (for my
Super Beetle) and from the drawings in both, I can't figure out exactly
where it goes on the distributor-FWIW, neither my Vanagon nor my Super
Beetle distibutors had this O ring-otherwise I may have figured it out!
Thanks,  Jeff