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On 3 Nov 2004 at 15:52, The Canadian wrote: > As I mentioned before with the timing light hooked to the HV coil wire > I get only an occasional and erratic flash when the engine is turned > over. If I ground this wire the flashes come regularly. The voltage > on the Distributor side of the coil fluctuates between 6V and 0 as the > engine is turned over. I hooked a wire directly from the battery to > the points but the car still wouldn't start. I cleaned my battery > connections and looked at the tranny ground strap. It's there and > looks fine, I didn't want to mess around with it if not necessary. > The leads are hooked up to the correct connections on the coil. You have 5 HV wires. You need to check the resistance of each of them. Measure everything it each path. The coil wire will be either 0 Ohms or 5000 Ohms depending on whether it has a large lumped resistor in the coil end connector. The individual SP wires should each measure 1000 Ohms, including the connector at the SP end. If they are lots more, unscrew the bakelite end and measure the halves. The wires themselves should measure zero, the connectors should measure ~1000 Ohms. If you need new cables, I have them. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~