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Re: [T3] Points; pitting on contacts.


On 18 May 99, at 12:55, oofacts@earthlink.net wrote:

> Jim adney wrote:
> >Your coil sounds fine. Are your points and condensor also Bosch?
> >Maybe you're just getting too picky. A small amount of buildup is
> >normal, or are you getting a really big lump?
> 
> Pretty big lump, by my reckoning. PoiùíKPdefinitely Bosch and I presume
> the condenser is too, it came w/your dist., Jim

If these are all the parts I sold you then there shouldn't be 
anything wrong with them. I don't understand what the problem could 
be, but if you have some way to do without it for a couple weeks I 
would be happy to install it in my daily driver and fix anything that 
appears to be bad. Are these the points I installed, too?

> I cant tell if its causing me problems but I definitely wind up w/ the
> dwell angle opening up as high as 60 on a regular basis. It seems I have to
> correct it every two weeks.
> I tried screwing the points down looser, tighter, grease, etc. I just
> thought this might be contributing to the problem.

Sounds pretty strange. What do you need to be able to sent it back to 
me to look at?

> Maybe I am just getting too picky but this ignition is driving me a bit
> nuts. In the am I start the car and it wants to cut out immediately.  This
> is even with giving a blip of gas to the carbs before starting. I have to
> feather the pedal gently gently until it warms up enouh to warm up on its
> own. So. I'm trying to figure thi out and thought this might be a problem.
> Not to mention that this tit makes it hard to set the gap correctly.
> Thinking of going with the ventilated points after all.
I know that Keith likes them, but I have never had any problems with 
the Bosch either.
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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