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On 14 Aug 2003 at 15:40, Fiesta Cranberry wrote: > Don't know if it matters, but one thing I noticed was that when I was > turning the distributor to set the timing, I got a shock. Twice. I > ended up using a heavy work glove. > > Lori & The Baroness, '71 FI AT It might matter, if you were getting a shock from a part of the dist that should be well insulated. I'm usually careful to avoid the wires at the top, where the high voltage is, but if everything is in good shape there, you should not get a shock off anything. One trick that you should use is to make sure that you're not grounded to anything when you get near the HV. Watch that your legs aren't against the bumper and that your other hand isn't sitting on the engine. Then a spark has no incentive to take a "shortcut" thru you. What were you touching when you got shocked? Check your dist cap, inside and out, for tracking or cracks. Clean it all off carefully. Make sure the carbon brush in the inside center is in ok. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org