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Subject:Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
From:Jim Arnott
Date:Mon, 4 Jun 2012 12:00:55 -0700
My experience: The shims on the bottom of the drive slid out of place.
You'll need to pull the drive all the way out, get a magnet and suck the
shims out of the hole.  Turn the crank back to TDC, stick the shims onto the
drive with some heavy grease and put it back in the correct position.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Skip
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 11:33 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: [VANAGON] Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing

<snip>I couldn't get the dizzy drive shaft to drop back down into the drive
shaft gears while the pulley was 90 degrees ATDC. Maybe I didn't wiggle it
enough? Or maybe there's a reason it wouldn't drop?