@DannyP posted:I'd not worry about it at all, then time it and it ends up where it ends up. As long as all the wires reach, who cares?
Re-indexing a distributor drive, engine in the car can be easy, or impossible. Watch out for the two thick washers under the drive, they can fall into the case.
The wires will reach just fine. I guess it's only going to be 20° difference, max. The instructions give very clear directions:
- Set current dist. TDC cyl #1
- R&R with trigger installed, set to #1
- Start car and set timing.
The trick is to get it right the first time because, according to posts on The Samba, is that you can't static time it like normal points because it will burn out the electronics.
it just seems weird to me that with thousands, possibly tens of thousands, of these sold for VWs over the years, the shutter wheel doesn't fit right out of the box, and be designed a bit better.
Once again, thanks for your advice Danny.