[T3] 2018 Invasion

[Jim Adney]

On 18 Jun 2018 at 14:27, Marion McDonald wrote:

> Peg and I would like to thank everyone who attended the Invasion and for
> making it such a great success.  We added many more Type 3 folks to our list
> of friends.

And we would all like to thank Peg & Marion for an astonishing 
display of Southern Hospitality. We will always remember this 
Invasion as one of the best and Peg & Marion as 2 of the best hosts 
ever.

Great food, great location, great company. Everything was fine except 
for the heat and humidity. I understand that Marion was in charge of 
the temperature and Peg was expected to handle the humidity, all of 
which just goes to show that nobody's perfect.  ;-)

As for the rest of you that I'd never met before, as well as those I 
had, it was good to see meet you, or refresh the memories.

Then Keith wrote:

> Turns out the bracket holding the distributor was bent up about 1/8"
> above the engine case and the pawl became disengaged...   bent it back,
> nothing broken, got the dist back in, timed, and it didnt want to
> start, not even a pop, 

I rebuild a LOT of distributors, and about half of them arrive with 
the clamp still on them. Most of those need to be straightened. They 
get bent by people who think it's a good idea to get them "good n' 
tight", but it's important to tighten them just enough to keep the 
distributor from turning. It's easy to distort them with a little 
overtightening.

Test this by trying to twist your distributor by hand as you tighten 
the clamp. You'll be surprised at how little torque on the nut this 
takes.

In the process of doing the distributor rebuild, I also straighten 
the clamp, if it comes with the distributor, by checking that it fits 
a spare engine case properly. It takes a bit of extra time, but it's 
worth the effort.

Glad to hear that John, Jill, & Chase made it home already. We spend 
Sunday night in Nashville with a cousin I don't get to see often. 
Tonight we're in Effingham, IL. Short drive home tomorrow, no trouble 
driving so far, but thunderstorms predicted for tomorrow..

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