[T3] Dist trigger points?

William Jahn willjahn975 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 13 12:24:15 PDT 2022


What should I set the axial play at between the drive dog and dist body?

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 10:39 AM William Jahn <willjahn975 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have the 72 auto trans dist and the 73 standard .
> 311-905-205AF     311-905-205AG
> It really depends on which parts are best in each so I can make one out of
> the best parts. I had the AF in this car and it worked well. Both are very
> close in the advance curve to the 311-905-205AH . Basically it will be a
> spare. The only one I rebuilt was the AH and that one had no wear at all. I
> just cleaned and lubed it and replaced the shaft fiber washers since they
> were brittle. I got the metal shims and fiber washers for Glenn Ring and
> still have enough to do two more. He didn't have the smaller OD fiber
> washers that fit in the trigger cam so I used one existing metal shim laid
> in on the fiber one and filed the fiber to fit and used the original metal
> shims which were fine then used a few new metal shims above the drive dog
> just to set the axial play . If I recall I set it to .020"
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 6:38 AM Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
>
>> On 12 Sep 2022 at 17:01, William Jahn wrote:
>>
>> > I'm just trying to rebuild the 73 AG I got which is for a standard
>> trans.
>> > What I am not certain of is if the two mechanical springs need to be
>> > replaced because of age. Plus the two fiber washers the weights sit on.
>> > The AH was in real great shape when I rebuilt it and I used the old
>> fiber
>> > washers for the weights . Yet I read both should be replaced.
>>
>> You should stick with an AT distributor for your AT car. I can trade you
>> in the
>> course of a rebuild if that helps.
>>
>> I replace the fiber washers if the OE ones have broken, otherwise just
>> use
>> the originals. Keep the OE springs, or you have to redo the advance
>> curve,
>> which requires a distributor machine. I put a bit of grease on the
>> springs to
>> prevent rust, which could cause small changes in the spring constant.
>>
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