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On Fri, 10 Aug 2001 19:46:57 -0500, Russ Wolfe wrote: >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. I just divide by two to compensate for the cyl diference. It has worked before. Mark Healey 71 FI auto square 71 FI manual square marksvw@healeyonline.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/