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Date:         Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:07:09 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: air cooled ignition distributor questions
Comments: To: Jonathan Poole <jfpoolio@GMAIL.COM>
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At 04:13 PM 3/23/2009, Jonathan Poole wrote: >under the distributor cap and the point contact blocks have been wearing >very fast. I use a dwell meter to set the point gap and frequently

If the play in the shaft isn't too bad, my uneducated/untried suggestion would be to clean the cam lobes and then burnish them to mirror finish with a strip of oiled crocus cloth -- it's very soft as abrasives go (it's basically rust...) and quickly wears in to a very fine state. You can either saw the strip back and forth or spin the shaft and hold the cloth steady in tension. 3M supplies the stuff to FLAPS, 100 inches or some such in a little box. Lovely stuff, very unaggressive.

-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '89 Po' White Star "Scamp"


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