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On 28 Apr 2002, at 7:26, Daniel Baum wrote: > > > I have also in doing so tested the timing of the ignition, right? > > If you find the point where the current just stops (as you rotate the > engine in > > its normal direction) then this is called static timing, so yes, right. > Shouldn't that be where the current STARTS?, if I am turning the engine in > its normal direction? I am basically just following Muir's procedures, but > using a volt meter instead of a timing light. I can see exactly where the > current goes on, and there's even a little audible click from somewhere, > although I don't know whether it's coming from the volt meter or the > distributor or whatever. Okay, a little tech confusion. You're using a voltmeter on the points side of the coil, so you're actually measuring VOLTAGE. The spark occurs when the voltage starts, but the voltage STARTS when the points open and the CURRENT STOPS. (When the points are closed, that side of the coil is shorted to ground, which allows current to flow, but pulls the voltage there down to zero.) You said current in your post, but I think you're really measuring voltage. Confused yet? ;-) - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe