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On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 21:15, Drake Lawson wrote: > Well that's bad...continuity through the points means that the current will > flow continually through the primary side of the coil. No interruption of > that current flow (which the points do) means no quickly collapsing magnetic > field across the secondary field. That means no spark at all... > > Is there perhaps a wire in addition to the wire that goes to your points > plugged into the coil (on the same terminal that as the wire that goes to > the points)? Are you sure you are measuring in the correct spot? You should > have no continuity to ground through the points when the points are open. > Or a shorted condenser... -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT (It drove) '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe