Re: [T3] Haunted Engine

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

Check you have a small piece of carbon in the distributor cap to connect the
spark from the coil wire to the rotor arm.
It can come out, and it would certainly fit the description of your problem.

PS - oh well, Jim's had time to suggest that as well as vote.   ;-)

If you get a little spark at the points, you've got power and earth to the
distributor.  No HT into the coil lead though...   Are the condensor wire from
the coil and the LT wire to the coil on the right connections.  The condensor
goes to the terminal labelled 1, the ignition wire goes to the one labelled + or
15.  Maybe as you've changed coils over this got changed.  The original coil
might have been bad, but maybe you introduced this fault when changing them
over.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Canadian" <cndt3@shaw.ca>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 2:24 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Haunted Engine


> When I checked Voltage at the coil it was 6V.  I checked all the wires to
> the ignition switch (mine unfortunately is an aftermarket 'under the dash'
> unit so it was easy to check) and everything seemed good.  I tried to get a
> new condenser today but my local VW store was out so I have one on order.  I
> know that it is not a reliable way to check but with nothing else to try I
> swapped in the distributor from my running 69.  Still nothing.
>
> So here's how it stands. My car won't start.  When I hook a timing light to
> the coil-diz wire (or any of the other wires) and someone turns the engine
> over I get NO flashes now.  There is power to the coil and manually opening
> and closing the points does generate a spark across the points.    I've
> tried 3 different coils with no results.  One is brand new.   I've swapped
> in 3 different FI distributors, set the timing statically with each one.
> I've looked inside the various caps and tried different rotors  ad yes I
> have double checked that I've got the firing order correct.  I've set my
> valve clearances carefully.  I tried adding a ground wire from the
> distributor body to the block and made sure that there was nothing shorting
> out inside the distributor.  The car will not start.
>
> I haven't gotten under the car to check the tranny ground strap because of
> the wet muck my car is parked in!  I am willing to do it but is that likely
> to be a factor in this?  I will try anything!
>
> Andre
>

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