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On 16 Aug 2003 at 17:25, Fiesta Cranberry wrote: > I went down there, and pulled the points out and had a good look. There > was quite a bump built up on both sides. I looked thru my bag-o-goodies > that the miserable PO gave me, and found a new cap, pointer, points, > condenser, and whatever the hell that horse shoe shaped thingy that > slides into the side of the distributor is. All new, in boxes! I think you've pretty much eliminated most of these things as the culprit. Time to move on. Check the advance mechanism. You may also have a fuel pressure problem. If the fuel filter is clogged the system can get enough fuel to idle and go at low speeds, but when the load goes up, and fuel demand rises, the engine can bog down from lack of sufficient gas. > So I pulled out the distributor (you guys were right, it wasn't too > hard) and replaced all the above. The old horse shoe thingy was pretty > gunky looking and worn. Yes, but it was probably just fine. You really need someone to look over your shoulder with you. I'll bet we can find someone in your area from this list who can drop in on a weekend afternoon and help. Have you posted your location? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org