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If the points are ventilated, you can still get them adjusted with a feeler guage, but the standard solid kind usually develop a tit and then you cant get them too close with a feeler guage Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Martinez" <wfoh8x9@msn.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Dwell and Timing > I was about to go out and drive my Fasty again and thought of something you > (Jim) wrote came to mind. I've been trying to make sense of why it takes a > bigger feeler gauge than specified to achieve the proper dwell, you wrote > (Both methods should agree if you do them right AND the points are new). > My points are NOT new, to tell you the truth the are close to two years > old. Would this be the reason, I have cleaned them a few times but have not > replaced them. I am also running lower octane gas so I am going to rectify > that while I am @ it. > > Thanks > > 67 Baltic Blue Fasty > Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >