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On 5 Nov 2004 at 15:03, The Canadian wrote: > I just want to double check that I'm on the right track here. When the > timing light is clipped to the main HV wire it won't flash as the engine is > turned over. If this same wire is grounded the light does flash. > Everything is working here except that the distributor isn't closing the > circuit, right? It sounds like you've got it pretty much narrowed down. I'd try grounding one end of a SP wire and seeing if the that lets the spark thru. If that doesn't work, ground one of the cylinder output towers on the dist cap, and then check again for current in the main HV wire. For some reason, spark is not getting thru. The fact that it gets thru just the coil wire makes it clear that everything else is working. Somehow, I'm wondering if you have a beetle cap on there, with a type 3 rotor. Do some measurements to the top of the rotor and up inside the cap. Does it look like the rotor is tall enough to reach that carbon brush? If you have a beetle cap, then the rotor will be maybe 1/2" short of reaching where it has to go. When you've been swapping distributors, have you been keeping the same cap? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~