Re: 78 doa!!

["John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>]

>>Nah...  broken timing belt would mean the distributor wouldn't be turning,
>>which would mean no spark......
>
>
>wait, why wouldn't the distributor be turning with a broken timing
>belt?  It's an 8v, right?


Yes, I think we were talking about an 8v...   the distributor is turned by
the intermediate shaft, which is turned by the timing belt.  Another good
thing about 16v's, you don't need to make all 3 pulleys line up when
replacing the timing belt  ;)

John

'87 16v Scirocco
and lots of other stuff
website - http://www.prod.net/jvanvuren/vw.htm


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