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<x-charset iso-8859-1>I agree that it sounds like this but before I adjusted the valves the first time the car ran fine. The no-start condition was present even before I touched the plug wires. In effect it ran and quit running with the same firing order... Andre > It should run with the FI dist... but since the correct distributor is > matched to the carb it will probably have flat spots. my guess is the > firing order is mixed up. > > > Keith > > Keith Park > > Top Notch Restorations > topnotch@nycap.rr.com > 71 Squareback > 65 Notchback > 65 Squareback > 75 Opel > 87 Golf > 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Canadian" <cndnt31@shaw.ca> > To: "T3 Mailing List" <type3@vwtype3.org> > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 8:15 PM > Subject: [T3] Weird distributor problem > > > > 63 Notch single carb and FI distributor > > > > I set my valves the other day and I don't know what I did wrong... I've > > done it dozens of times before. Everything seemed way off and when I > > finshed up did the points and timing the car barely ran and the valves > > sounded extremely loose. The next day I reset the valves and timing. > This > > time the car wouldn't run at all but the valves sounded better. The bnxt > > day I tried again but only had to check my valve clearances since they all > > came out at .006". Retimed it and still no start. > > > > OK so I tried a different distributor, the old gutless vacuum advance one > I > > used to use. I had to switch the plug wires around since it sits on the > > engine differently but once I had 1-4-3-2 and timed it to 10 degrees it > > fired right up and idled nicely. I swapped the FI diz in again, redid the > > wire sequence and timed it. Again the car wouldn't start. No cough, no > > sputter. I tried a different condenser at this point but it made no > > difference. > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > > > Thanks > > Andre > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > > > > > </x-charset>