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On Fri, 10 Aug 2001 22:57:14 -0600, Jim Adney wrote: >On 11 Aug 2001, at 16:11, 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. > >20 deg on the 8-cyl scale means 40 deg on our engines, so it >sounds like you were doing the right thing. > >I would just ignore the feeler gauge for now and move the points >around as someone turns the engine over with the starter. Can you >get the meter to display ~25 deg? > >Has this meter seemed to work correctly in the recent past? Yes. Unfortunately It is going to have to wait until Tuesday. 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/