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<x-charset iso-8859-1>On Sunday 02 December 2001 17:51, chris schath wrote: > I recently rebuilt my 69 squareback's engine (It's a relatively new 1600), > and put it back in the car. I made detailed wiring diagrams to make sure I > put all the wires back where they belong to avoid problems. Well, I've > tried to start the engine twice now, and both times I've fried the wire > that goes from the points to the condenser on the distributor (not vacuum > type). After the first time, I tried to look for answers, and the guy who I > spoke to said that i had the wire from the condenser on the wrong side of > the coil(+). So I tried it again with new points and made sure the wire was > on the - side (it was the first time too) and it fried the brand new wire. > I'm confused and frustrated, if someone has anything that could possibly > help me, I would really appreciate it, I really want to get this thing back > on the road. > It sounds like you have a bad coil. There shouldn't be that much current at the points to cook that wire. There should only be 1 wire connected to the negative terminal of the coil, and that is the wire going to the points. -- Russ Wolfe '71 Fastback AT '66 Fastback MT (IT RUNS) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org </x-charset>