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On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 20:04, John Baker wrote: > I have a 1600 dual carb engine from a 67 squareback > that I have put in a bus. I had it started the other > day, but I lost the spark. I have pulled the wire > from the coil out of the center of the distributor cap > to test for spark, and I get no spark at that point. I > DO have power to the coil, it IS a good coil (new and > good used tried). So, other than bad coil, why would > I have power to the coil, but no spark coming out of > it. Is the coil supposed to be grounded somwhere? > Would a bad condensor or points cause no spark at this point? > Points not opening and closing. check the voltage at the distributor/point terminal on the coil. It should go off and on as the engine cranks. Doubt if it is an actual bad condensor. In my over 30 years of working on VW's, I have never seen a bad condensor. I have seen bad or pinched wires, but never a bad condensor. The coil does not need to be grounded to work. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/