At 10:02 AM 5/7/96, James Brill wrote: >This weekend I had the pleasure of working on two different post '71 >buses. The little marks on the timing bar to the left of the pulley >were gone on both. One of them had some marks painted on it at some >time in the past so I used those. The other didn't so I didn't touch >the distributor for fear of making things worse. Typical. I'm suprised the original metal piece was there at all. The marks were originally painted on, and I've seen very few that still have paint. > >Does anyone make an aftermarket piece to replace the stock one that >has marks pressed into it? Does anyone know where 0 degrees is in >reference to either end of the strip? If I get lucky enough to find >one in a junkyard around here are the marks the same for 72-79? Vee Parts in San Diego sells them for $3.99. Their phone # is 619-477-4787. I just bought three of them there two months ago for fellow listmembers, but as I don't live in San Diego anymore, I can't just go down there and get more. :( They are black plastic, not nearly as nice as the originals, but they work. I would be really suprised if the marks were different for any year from 72-79, as they are the same basic engine. If someone tells you one of those years is different, do yourself a favor and get a second opinion. My opinion is that 72-79 are the same. -David ============================================================================ David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) Dallas, Texas, USA '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) e-mail: ddes@anet-dfw.com '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (13.986@100.81) http://www.teleport.com/~des '93 Weber WG-50 (Da Piano) ============================================================================
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