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On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 23:10, Constantino Tobio wrote: > Yeah, after looking at the printouts, it seems like the bulk of what it > does from an electronic standpoint could be replicated with a > multimeter. This thing had to be a big investment for the dealership, > and to have it last only 3 years... ugh. > > I know this thing interfaced with a connector block in the engine bay > and took readings on, uh, stuff. Was items like cylinder compression, > alignment, dwell punched in manually into the system, or were the > devices that measured this stuff interfaced with this system somehow? > The compression was done dynamically while the engine was cranking. The bay that this was done in was actually front end alignment rack. Dwell was actual, as there was a wire in the plug that went to the coil. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~