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On Saturday 11 August 2001 15:11, Mark Healey wrote: > After puting in the new FI parts and them all seeming to work so far I > am trying to ajust everything to stock specs. The only problem is > that I can't get the dwell right. On my 8 cyl meter it always reads > about 20 degrees. According to muir closing the points increases the > dwell. Using my feeler guages I went as low as .010 and it still > reads 20. > > The points and condenser are new. > If you are using a 8 cyl. dwell meter, just set them to .016" with a feeler gage and go for it. There may be a problem with your dwell meter, using it on a 4 cyl. What does the dwell meter show when it is not connected. It should read zero. -- Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org