[T3] Distributor ailments...

[Dave Hall]

I suppose the rotor arm suppressor could have been damaged by the ball, but
it's well sealed in.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: 04 October 2013 06:05
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Distributor ailments...

On 3 Oct 2013 at 17:48, J. Jonik wrote:

> Re:  73 T-3 engine, FI, Standard...

>  Lucky, just a look into distributor found that the little cup tab 
> that holds the little ball against the plate was gone, as was the 
> little ball.  The tab was broken...and it and the ball were inside the 
> distributor....and previously bouncing around doing who knows wyat 
> electrical mis-connections.

This is odd. I've never seen that part break.

> Question is:   Could points and Rotor have been somehow electrically 
> compromised by that broken tab part, and the little ball, bouncing 
> around in the distributor for a mile or so?  Maybe trigger contacts 
> too?

I don't see how this could cause a problem unless the parts got down into
the bottom of the distributor and shorted out one of the trigger point
contacts. I don't know if this could cause a problem, but it seems possible.
OTOH, if it caused an electrical problem, it would either be temporary,
until you removed the short, or it would cause permanent damage to the
brain.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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