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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Jim wrote: >Given that and the fact that the firing order is 1432, > your cap should look like: > > 4 3 > 1 2 > > This is because you probably have the wrong distributor in there. You didn't > give the whole VW number, but a type 3 distributor will start with 311 905 .... > > > I think if you put in the right dist, you will find that the cap needs to be wired > correctly for a type 3: > > 3 2 > 4 1 I've been having problems with miss-firing ,particularly when warming up, and I saw this post and it rang alarm bells. Well I checked my dist and it is a 311 905 205 AI. It is connected up : 4 3 1 2 but seems to work OK apart from the miss-fire. Could this be just that the drive gear is put in wrong, and would this really matter so long as the rotor arm lines up with the right "contact" for the correct timing? Also I checked my maximum advance and it seems to go way past 30 deg at reasonably fast rpm with the timing set at 7.5 deg advance at idle. Is this bad or was the max advance stated on the list just for FI cars? This is a late car by the way. I think I may have solved the miss-fire problem- I had checked most of the obvious things but as I had recently replaced the HT leads with a new set , I hadn't bothered checking these. On a dark night you could definitely see occasional flashing glows within the cables but I assumed this was normal. Tonight I replaced the leads one by one with an 8mm silicon lead and when I replaced the no.2 lead the engine ran much better. My drive home was a new experience- no stalling at take-off and a lot less lumipness when cruising. It really turned the engine from a lumpy old banger into a smooth performer- lovely! I would like to replace the leads with some really good quality ones like the bosch silicon copper 7mm leads but it seems you can only but these as a set for modern cars and at quite a price! - I would like to get just the leads to screw my nice caps onto. I've tried contacting Beru online but they seem pretty exclusive and haven't answered yet. Anyone know a good place to buy decent quality silicon cable by the metre off the roll? in UK? or europe? TIA Mark Seaton Orange TA, London _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>