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> want to mess around with it if not necessary. The leads are hooked up to > the correct connections on the coil. > > Now what? I don't know if this will help at all as my car is a later FI model, but I was having a hell of a time getting the car to drive right a couple years ago. Would run, but had no power, missing like crazy, bucking, etc. After a while it would start, but would then shut down [after warming a bit], all the electrical seemed intact, etc. Running the car after dark was equivalent of a light show. I think I had recently changed cables, and ruled that out. I don't recall if I reached the point of "not turning on at all", but I did reach the point where driving around the block was out of the question. Finally I decided to use a torque wrench to put the spark plugs in to spec per bently. It would seem I had been overly cautious about tightening the plugs into the relatively soft metal head. After tightening the plugs as such the car ran fine. Maybe I am crazy? Hope this helps, Curtis http://binauralaboratories.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~