[T3] Distributor ailments...

[Jim Adney]

On 4 Oct 2013 at 16:43, J. Jonik wrote:

> PS:   Some of the plates have a shallow divot worn into the metal
> where that little ball is supposed to move back and forth.  Divot must
> impede that action.   Is this a trashed plate, or can careful
> grinding-filing, with very fine-grit implements, set it straight?  
> I've filed and sanded that divot out of the way in the past...but
> don't have any memory of how well that went over time. 

I often file that divot round with a smooth file. That seems to work. 
I suspect the divot is the result of a vacuum can that isn't working, 
so the ball just sits at one point.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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