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Re: [T3] Elec. Ingnition
At 04:36 PM 8/27/04, Dave Hall wrote:
>Good advice Neil. Just be a bit careful with the OE coils as I believe some of
>them use external ballast in the form of a resistive wire which is by-passed
>during starting.
...hmm? I'd used the OE electronic stuff for years in my ex-Bug and am using it
now in my Bus (though not in my T3 .. yet) and never had a problem with coils.
Just a straight piece of wire carrying 12V to terminal 15. I "passed on" the spare
setup from my ex-Bug to a local Bus friend and she *did* have the coil die .. but
it may have just been old age. I'd run that coil daily for three years, but it came
from the junkyard and was who-knows-how old.
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