Have you tried warming the thing? You could stick the whole distributor in
the oven at 250 or so - NOT the microwave, right? - with the o-ring
installed on it. Between that and some oil you should be alright...

Coby

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Jay & Kim Schmidt
> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 12:30 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: dont try this at home
>
>
> I replaced my dizzy o-ring tonight and cannot get the dizzy reinstalled. I
> have my motor on the bench and no amount of pushing, tapping, oiling,
> begging, sitting on, etc is making the thing go in. I have to warn against
> EVER trying this with the motor in the van. I have an advantage with it on
> the bench, but can't get it to go-it's just tighter than a nun's...well,
> it's tight!
> I hope your results vary.
> Jay
>