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30psi? I thought 28psi is what I wanted? I put a piece of cardboard between the open points, connected the timing light to the negative/1 of the coil, grounded the other end on the car, then when i touched the wire to the condensor onto the ground of the timing light, the light stayed on. But if I grounded the light to the condensor wire itself, the light didn't turn on. Also, when I had the positive on the condensor wire and grounded it to the engine, the light stayed on no matter where or how much I turned the engine. Is this normal? Or does it mean something is shorted, shot, etc? I then was looking at the points, and I noticed they are too tight (a .3mm wouldn't fit when they were fully open...I couldn't check with a .4mm or adjust them since .3mm is the biggest I have right now). Then, I cleaned off the rotor tip with a pocket knife and went to check the dwell, and when I did that the car nearly started for a split second--my father believes I may need a new rotor and/or dist cap, but I wanted to get an opinion from the list. Anyhow, I tested the dwell and got 74--well, this could be wrong: is the meter supposed to stay at the reading, or jump to it, go back to zero and not move again? We did it multiple times and it jumped to the same reading. I know this is going to be high though since the points are too close. Would the dwell being at 74 and/or the fuel pressure being at 34+psi prevent the engine from starting? I was still unable to get a spark from the big wire from the coil to the dist, which bothers me...especially since I got it before and I have tried about 3 different grounds, one of which I used to get a result from. Would a leak from the crankshaft seal also cause oil to form droplets and to drip from the two frontmost bolts on the crankcase? Any suggestions on how to track down the source of the leaks? I got a compression gauge, but couldn't do a compression check since the one I got was too short, so I had to return it and will have to do it tomorrow with a different gauge. I also couldn't check the fuel pressure again since I don't have a proper fuel pressure gauge...anyone know where I can find a good priced fuel pressure gauge? Maybe I should just get and install a dash one. Thanks all. Sincerely, Christopher J. Valadef ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org