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On 15 Apr 2004 at 15:19, Aaron Clow wrote: > Anyone else *never* set timing via strobe? My engine seems to run fine > timed statically. I tried to hook up a strobe to it once and every time > I hit the button for the strobe, the engine bogged down and would've > died if I hadn't released it. Any idea what I was doing wrong? Except for 72s, static timing works fine, but strobe timing is just a bit more precise. Plus you can watch lots of things happening, so the strobe is a great diagnostic device. My guess is that you had the red lead clipped to the points side of the coil. You should have one lead to ground and one to 12V. If you have trouble at the coil, you can try clipping to the D+ terminal on the generator. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org