Re: [T3] Gets hot, gets hesitatey, dies

[Ben Doughney <ben_d@clear.net.nz>]

<x-flowed>On 12/06/2004, at 9:08 AM, Jim Adney wrote:

> > > Good spark from the coil.
> > >
> > > Now what?
>
> Is your rotor laying at the  side of the engine compartment? SP wires
> disconnected? If you have both spark and gas, then it's pretty hard 
> not to get
> at least SOME response....

Have you checked the resistance of the rotor, Jim's comment reminded me 
of the time my '63 Beetle started running funny. The next day it 
wouldn't start at all, it turns out the resistor in the rotor had gone 
bad.

Ben Doughney

'63 1200 - Ringo
'71 1600TL
'65 1500N - Val
'70 411L Variant
'70 NSU Ro80
'85 Audi 90 2.3E Quattro

http://members.tripod.com/~superkafer/
http://www.vwownersclub.co.nz

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org

</x-flowed>