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On 15 Aug 2003 at 0:29, Fiesta Cranberry wrote: > >What were you touching when you got > >shocked? > > I had my left hand across the top of the cap, with my palm against the > wires. Had a hard time turning it with one hand, even after loosening > the nut quit a bit. And I'm sure I was leaning against the car. Try reaching lower on the dist body and grabbing the vac advance can. That sticks out farther so it gives you more leverage to turn the dist. > Did all that, everything looked good except for a slight film of > corrosion on the copper prongs. The cap is only a couple years old, as > I had it and the wires replaced. Sounds fine. The minor corrosion is normal and causes NO problems whatsoever. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org