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> Subject: Re: [T3] Plug wire resistance > > > > On 24 Apr 2001, at 22:26, Ginger D.&Peter P. wrote: > > > > > I don't have original wires, these are Bosh 7mm with 90 deg. > > > elbow at dizzy end. All the dizzy ends as well as the coil wires > > > end are not screw on, just a rubber elbow guiding the wire to some > > > kind of crimped part. This is why I don't understand the 8" coil > > > wire having 6 or 7 k ohm resistance. There is no resistor visible. > > > I'm measuring from crimped part to crimped part and getting > > > resistance 6 times the longer plug wires. > > > > I agree that this is a bit wierd. Perhaps your coil wire is made from > > the carbon core resistance wire? If so, just replace it with copper > > core. Still, 6K Ohms will not cause any problems. > > > 5-6K is about right for a radio supression carbon coil wire. I agree with > Jim, that that would not cause it to miss, just on 2 cylinders. Are you sure > you don't have a piece of dirt in the idle cut-off jet in that carb. Or, the > idle cut off jet is loose in the carb. Or there is a vacuum leak someplace > on that side of the engine. > > Just my 2 cents > > Russ Wolfe > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe