Re: [T3] Can't get the point gap right

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

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?

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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