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Date:         Mon, 31 Jul 2000 16:10:37 -0400
Reply-To:     Gary Stearns <gstearns@sprintmail.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Gary Stearns <gstearns@sprintmail.com>
Subject:      Re: distributor rotor extraction

I have had many VW's that refuse to give up the rotor. Assuming that your removal is to allow a new replacement, the commonly used technique is to squeeze the base of the old rotor with vice-grips till it cracks. Off it comes. Obviously not reusable.

Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: sharks <jayshark@aracnet.com> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 2:40 PM Subject: distributor rotor extraction

> I've never had any difficulty removing the rotor from a distributor > before, but for some reason I wasn't able to get the damn thing out of my > '90 Vanagon yesterday. > > Is there a trick that I should know? As far as I can tell Bentley (as > usual) skipped some of the trivial little details... > > --jay > '90 Vanagon GL "Deep Blue" > Portland, OR >


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