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Dave Hall wrote: > If the dwell meter stays at zero, the points must be open circuit all the time, > or not seeing the voltage at all. Effectively it reads the difference between > 12V and the average voltage between the two parts of the points. > (have I got that right? - think so). > > Is the green wire between terminal 1 and the condensor and points intact? > > Yup, and again, dwell meter works fine when manually operating the points- it moves side to side. > When cranking do the points open and close? > Yep > Put your voltmeter between the two parts of the points and see what it reads as > the points open and close, both manually and with cranking. > > Haven't done this while cranking, but putting the voltmeter to the #1 terminal of the coil and ground while manually actuating the points makes the voltage swing back and forth. > Have you checked the engine earth lead, a thick braid attached to the frame at > the front of the gearbox. > I'm going to look at this. However, wouldn't it be the case that if something were wrong with this ground, the starter wouldn't turn over either? > Does the baseplate stay earthed while cranking? > Which baseplate? The points baseplate in the distributor? > Try a separate earth lead on the distributor. > I'll give this a try too. > Hotwire the coil + (terminal 15) from another place - maybe the starter switch > is turning off the ignition! Though if you're monitoring volts there, it can't > be that. > > Right. I considered this, and indeed I get voltage on this side while cranking. > Current for a while then none is beginning to sound like a bad connection > somewhere. > And only while cranking the starter, it would seem. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~