RE: [T3] Betabels bad side

["Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>]

Hey, I suggested you check the spark plugs first! :(  Just kidding around :)
If you went to electronic points, like a Compufire or Pertronix (they both
work fine), then you won't ever have to worry about a condenser or point
gap!  My Pertronix has been working flawlessly in my baby for over five
years.

The coil should be fine.  When they go, they generally go down hard, like,
no spark!

   Toby Erkson
   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
   '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension
   Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/

>-----Original Message-----
>Okay, I would like to thank Jim for his wisdom..... THANK YOU!!!!
>
>I was figureing that the plugs had to be fine, since they were 
>brank sparkly new ones, that I installed the day the car arrived.
>...
>They were covered in more soot than a chimineysweep, and #3 
>was actually
>closed. No gap!  It must have happened when I put it in... *Zoinks!*
>
>...I cleaned, re-gapped and reinstalled them all..  
>No change
>(well okay, a little change, but still no good)
>
>The points looked as they had been dipped in acid, than gnawed on for a
>while.
>...Could the coil go bad because of this? Should I get a new one??????

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