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Hi all I tried to do a "mini tuneup". I did the timing, idle and points. On paper, everything was great: I had the timing at TDC, the RPM between 950-1000, and the dwell at 45. It took me all day and I'm exhausted, and the car still runs like crap :^( Almost no power in reverse, hesitating at stop lights. I really need someone who knows what they're doing to look at this car, because I haven't a clue---I just don't have enough experience. Don't know if it matters, but one thing I noticed was that when I was turning the distributor to set the timing, I got a shock. Twice. I ended up using a heavy work glove. Lori & The Baroness, '71 FI AT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org