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On 15 Apr 2002, at 19:19, nathan howell wrote: > 1970 fastback > >Measure the resistance of the #1 SP wire. If it is infinite, replace > the >bakelite SP connector, which should measure ~ 1000 Ohms. > > Not sure what you mean here, they are copper core empi spark plug wires > and are new, resistance across 1 wire is 0.7 ohm. Are the stock ones > special? The stock Bosch bakelite ends have a 1000 Ohm resister built into them. This is the best setup made. > >If you think it's running rich, measure the charging system regulating > >voltage: across the battery, after a warmup drive, at medium rpm. It > should >be slightly above 14V. If it is less than 13.5V replace the > voltage >regulator with a Genuine Bosch. > > The regulator read about 13.8v when I first started her up and it was > running fine, once it warmed a little it started to lope and at idle I > got about 13.3v, at high idle, I gat about 13.5v. I decided to turn on > the lights and such to see what happened. When I turned on the head > lights, it darn near died but then came back a little. So i turned on > the windshield wipers too, and each time they started up the glass, the > engine would almost die, so I would give it gas. I left it at idle the > wipers would have killed it > > I am guessing that I need a new voltage regulator, could this be > anything else? You haven't done the test right. It needs to be measured at medium rpm, NOT idle. The voltage should go up with RPM to some point. The question is "What is the voltage at that point?" - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/