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On 16 Aug 2003 at 22:10, Dave Hall wrote: > > >gauge. When I slip it between the points, I feel a little bump in > > >there---is that normal, or is there some kind of blemish or deposit on > The bump should not normally be produced - it usually means the condenser or > coil is non-original or faulty to some extent. ISTR a bump on the minus (fixed > part of the points) means the condenser is too low a value. If it's only built > up a small bump over a few thousand miles, it's probably good enough. Just file > it flat and reset the gap to about 0.016" and readjust the spark timing. I suppose that the bump should not occur ideally, but I find that they almost always eventually do. The main problem the bump causes is that it makes setting the points by feeler gauge inaccurate. If you have a dwell meter, use that instead (it's more accurate anyway.) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org