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On Thu, 3 May 2001 17:48:57 -0400 (EDT), Greg Merritt wrote: > > >On Fri, 4 May 2001, Mark Healey wrote: > >> At this point I decided to follow the muir procedures and checked the >> dwell. It was off so I got the feeler guage and ajusted it. Then it >> wouldn't start. Went in ajusted it again and it started but it was > > You didn't write that you re-adjusted the timing after adjusting >the dwell (point gap). Changing the dwell will *always* change the >timing. Any time you adjust the points, the timing setting must follow. I'll give thaat a try. >> The guy who helped me get it started last time messed with the >> manifold pressure sensor to ajust the mixture. Could this be the >> problem? > > It's usually Bad News to touch the manifold pressure sensor. It >would be a very rare case indeed where this factory-set piece requires >adjustment. Even then it should be done with everything else >well-adjusted and with an oxygen sensor in the tail pipe to measure the >mixture. This isn't a part to tune by ear or by feel. Given that, How do I get it back? Mark Healey 71 FI auto square 71 FI manual square marksvw@healeyonline.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org