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Good advice Neil. Just be a bit careful with the OE coils as I believe some of them use external ballast in the form of a resistive wire which is by-passed during starting. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Verdon" <Neil.Verdon@t-online.de> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Elec. Ingnition > hi everybody > heres my thoughts on this emotive issue remembering most fuel problems are > electrical!!! > > go to your local junkyard/scrapyard find a late model bus/vanagon with a > typ 4 engine pull the dizzy and hall control box fit it time it forget it > !!! > > the hall sender ignition system is common to all early water cooled cars as > well, in these i have had them go 300,000 miles with no adjustment > whatsoever where you set your timeing is where it will stay they wont > gradually close on you and it wont stick shut . > > take the coil oe volkswagen with the green label while your there and your > all set electronic ignition with oe volkswagen reliability . > > now instead of seting your points you can use the time to lube up your front > beam or set your tappets or adjust the handbrake the choice is yours. > > do not bother with the aftermarket replacement ignition moduals it is my > experiance that they are poor and will fail on you when you least want them > to. > > neil verdon 66 sqr on irs. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~