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Date:         Mon, 16 Jan 95 10:08:30 gmt
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From:         A.C.Erskine@lut.ac.uk (Andy Erskine)
Subject:      Re: distributor

>
>I think I have problems with my distributor. With low rpm the centrifugal 
>adjustment (Fliehkraftverstellung) sticks and with higher rpm, 
>sometimes it is all fine.
>
>Now, my manual says you cannot disassemble the distributor. But I doubt 
>this. Did anybody already disassemble his distributor? Any problems or 
>difficulties?
>
I once had a bug that ran rough whatever I tried. I eventually found that 
the centrifugal advance was jammed solid. Once I took it apart and cleaned 
and oiled everything it ran fine. If I remember, you just drift out the pin 
at the end of the shaft and the whole thing comes apart easily. I think the 
jobs described in the Haynes manual.


Andy E.


A.C.Erskine@lut.ac.uk
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