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On Monday 27 August 2001 22:57, Jim Adney wrote: > On 27 Aug 2001, at 19:09, HBakr@aol.com wrote: > > Hello T3ers, any better ideas to hooking up a timing light to a T3 > > engine than to the battery. It works but it sure is cumbersom. how > > about the generator D terminal? > > Hook the red clip to the + term on the coil, and the black clip to > ground. The D+ terminal will have less than 12V on it at idle, so it > might not be enough to run the timing light (they vary, some will, > some won't.) > According to the Bentley and Without Guesswork book, the cut in speed of the T3 generator is 1450 rpm of the generator. Cutin voltage is 12.4-13.1. With a 900 rpm engine speed and a 2.3 pulley ratio, that gives an idle speed of the generator of 2070 rpm. Nominal output rpm of the generator is 2000 rpm. Therefore the generator should be putting out at least 12.4-13.1 at engine idle. -- Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe