Jim,
I wonder what the mating brass gear looks like?

 How many  thrust washers were on that piece?

Ken Lewis
http://neksiwel.20m.com/
in statu viae

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Arnott" <jrasite@EONI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 5:22 PM
Subject: [VANAGON] Why Folly left Lisa at the side of the road

>I have not seen this failure before:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/jr.arnott/DistributorDrive1?pli=1#
>
> Replaced it and Folly* runs again. For how long, who knows....
>
> Jim
>
> * '84 1.9 Adventurewagen
>