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On 9 Feb 2004 at 20:35, Garret Trask wrote: > Jim Adney wrote: > > >First, check the exhaust exits from the heads to verify that they are still > >cold on that side. Then move on to figure out why. > > Ok, I did that. The exhaust exits from the heads are cold on the left side > and hot on the right side. Then we know that both 3 & 4 are not working. > I also pulled the #3 and #4 plug wires off the dist cap while the car was > running. I noted a periodic from the end of the plug wire to the socket on > the cap on both. Is this sufficient to tell me that I don't have an > electrical problem, or do I really need to check at the spark plug end of > the wires? This was a pretty good test, but it isn't complete until you do the timing light test. You need to verify that there is spark arriving at the right times. A track in the dist cap could put the spark timing off, but I can't see how it could swap 3 & 4 with each other.... -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org