[T3] Dist trigger points?

[William Jahn]

meant to say vertical play meaning washers and shims.

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:24 PM William Jahn <willjahn975 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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