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Make sure that you have a solid ground. Check that there is minimal corrosion on the battery clamps and terminals and that all ground straps are clean at their connections. Are the electrical wires going to and from the distributor the correct size (larger is better)? Are the points gapped properly (electronic ones are best)? Is the timing correct as well? If there isn't enough dwell time then the coil may not be getting enough time to 'load up' to produce a powerful enough spark. Check that the spark plug wires are in good condition because if they aren't you can be losing spark energy from them. Toby Erkson, air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L '75 Porsche 914 1.8L Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/ ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Who wants to help with an electrical problem? Author: type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE Date: 10/21/97 11:57 AM I have a newly rebuilt engine that I have not heard run yet, and I have traced the problem to the electrics. First, a little about my car: 73 Square, formerly FI, now with a single carb (not my doing), and a fresh stock rebuild (new piston and cylinders, mains and cam bearings, rebuilt heads, cam and followers...the usual stuff). When the thing was all apart, I rebuilt the distributor with new rotor, condensor, and points. Upon cranking the engine in the car, the output from the coil wire to the distributor was very weak (the white spark it was producing would only jump a 1/2 to 1 mm gap)...