Re: HELP Distributor = tach + spark shorting out --HELP!!!!!!

[tjarrett@olie.wvitcoe.wvnet.edu (Todd Jarrett)]

> Ok, stupid me took his car apart before realizing the Bentley was in 
> storage, I removed my distributor off my block,got the cap off, got
> the rotor off, and removed the spring retainer on the bottom. My 
> bottom seal looks great but there is oil ALL over my distributor.
> I need to know how to get the metal inside rotating piece off
> so I can get to the wire thing ama jig in the very middle. I need
> to somehow get those 3 leads out of my broken connector and
> insert them in a new connector i just bought,along with a much
> needed rotor and cap . Can anyone tell me how to get that rotating
> piece of metal off my distributor? i figured those posts on the 
> bottow just pressed in and that black thing poped off but that
> didn't work..ugg i really wanted to have my car put all back
> together tonight
> 
> Ryan
> 16v Scirocco

Ryan, this is a 16v right?
If so on the bottom end of the distributor, the end with the cog that fits
into the slot on the cam, ther is a metel spring like thing, take it off,
then you will need to punch out the pin that holds the cog on. I put them
in a vice and knock it out with a hammer and a nail. Once you get the pin
out remove the cog then the reluctor (spining thing) will slide out along
the the shaft attatched.
Hope this helps.

Shikaroka
tjarrett@olie.wvitcoe.wvnet.edu

82 Scirocco 16v (highly modified)
87 GTI G60
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