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On 8 Feb 2003 at 18:04, 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? Points not opening up (adjust dwell,) points sticking open (replace points,) condenser shorted, condensor wire pinched and shorted, rotor punctured thru to ground, rotor resistor open, leakage track in cap, contact brush in cap broken,.... > Would a bad condensor or points cause no spark at this point? Sure, plus lots of other possibilities. Bad coil is one of the least likely ones. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/