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<x-charset iso-8859-1>I have to confess that I was being lazy and copied those notes from elsewhere (shame on me!) - I've personally used the method Jim suggested... or maybe I was just thinking about my Beetle.... yeah, that's the ticket. My apologies to all. Jason 68 Notch (Nadine) I proudly buy my aircooled parts and service from... The Bug Stop in Arlington (DFW), Texas www.texasbugstop.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [T3] please (trouble)shoot me! > On 5 Mar 2002, at 10:05, Jason R. Ford wrote: > > > To perform a power-balance test, > > > > a.. Remove all the spark plug leads from the spark plugs. > > b.. Set the leads lightly back on the tops of the spark plugs. > > c.. This will enable the lifting of each lead off its plug without using > > too much force. > > d.. The procedure is to pull the lead away from the plug and ground the > > lead against the cylinder head. This will prevent that plug from firing - > > this is called open-firing. > > e.. The engine will now be running on only three cylinders. > > This will certainly work, but I recommend that you NOT do it this way. This > way leaves you holding a wire in your hand that is jumping WAY up in > voltage a few times per second. I don't think there is any advantage to trying > to ground the spark either, and it is REALLY hard to do with our SP > connectors. > > It's much safer to just pull the wires out of the dist cap one at a time. While > this can still give you a shock, at least once the wire is off, it is dead. You > can improve your odds by just pulling the wire out with one hand while not > touching any other part of the car; that way there is no circuit thru you back > to the car's ground. > > - > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org > > </x-charset>