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On 12 Sep 2004 at 11:33, David Martinez wrote: > I was about to go out and drive my Fasty again and thought of something you > (Jim) wrote came to mind. I've been trying to make sense of why it takes a > bigger feeler gauge than specified to achieve the proper dwell, you wrote > (Both methods should agree if you do them right AND the points are new). > My points are NOT new, to tell you the truth the are close to two years > old. Would this be the reason, I have cleaned them a few times but have not > replaced them. I am also running lower octane gas so I am going to rectify > that while I am @ it. Old worn points will usually work just fine, but they would generally take a THINNER feeler gauge to get the dwell right. I really encourage you to just get a decent dwell meter and go with that rather than do the whole feeler gauge thing. The lower octane gas may make the engine knock, but that has nothing to do with the dwell. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~