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Re: [T3] Ignition Problem


On 24 Nov 2001, at 14:15, Mike Wodkowski wrote:

> Bentley says that if the dwell moves more than a couple degrees when
> the engine is brought from idle to 2000 rpm, then there's a prob. with
> the distributor shaft, so there's a way to diagnose it.

Right, but I've never personally seen this problem correlate with a 
dwell change like this.

> Could the trigger contacts create this kind of problem? Or misplaced
> spark plug wires?

Good point. I've had bad trigger points do this. In my case the 
"dwell" was off. This is a possibility worth checking.

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