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On 19 Apr 2004 at 19:11, K Nolte wrote: > Aha, I understand now. I'll redo it and then take the cap off to have a > look then, and see if I was in fact doing it wrong. So the points should > be fully open at that point then? When it is properly timed, that is? No, not fully open. They should be JUST opening (as opposed to JUST closing.) The spark occurs JUST as the points open, so you have to watch them while you're turning the engine so that it's rotating clockwise (as viewed from behind) and the distributor shaft is rotating clockwise (as viewed from above.) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org