Missing spring in distributor housing or not?

[jpinet]

There is a spring # 127 993 01 01 that sits on the helical gear # A 127 158 01 12 in the main distribution housing
In the epc, it says ‘As of engine 982 004179’. My engine is 981 006883.
Am I right to think I should not have this spring?
I dropped the helical gear out of the housing and could not see if there was a spring there that would have bounced off somewhere in the depths of my garage

Do I need it?

Thanks!

[jpinet]

Seems I need it!

[114015]

Hello jp (again),

Yes,
that's correct. You need the spring here.
The EPC is sometimes a bit mystic on this since it today covers listings for more than one (M127) engines.
The old paper parts book was far more unambiguous on this.


Achim

[mbzse]

../... am I right to think I should not have this spring?

Distributor housing spring, and its purpose in the M-B design, is discussed in this thread
http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=4098.0
/Hans in Sweden
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[jpinet]

All very helpful! Thanks guys!