I always use Bosch stuff on my VWs and Audi, costs a little more but it is
what is supposed to be there and it fits!

At 17:30 11/03/1999 -0500, John Y. Hung wrote:
>I went to my FLAPS and bought a new distributor cap ($6) for my '84 GL, 1.9
>L.  I noticed that the outer diameter is just a bit larger than the OEM
>cap, enough that the metal suppression shield doesn't fit.  Furthermore,
>the inner diameter is also tad bit larger, so the cap doesn't seat firmly
>on the distributor; there is some 'slop.'  I decided not to use the cap,
>which is marketed by Wells and made in Mexico.  Anyone else have this
>problem?
>
>John Hung
>Auburn, AL
>'84 GL
>
>

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