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On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 19:22, James Montebello wrote: > After years of only cars with electronic ignition, > I've now managed to end up with four (!) cars with > points in them, including my Type 3. I've never owned > a dwell meter, and now have no idea where to even get > one. The major auto parts chains don't appear to > stock them (indeed, the kid behind the counter often > doesn't know what it is I'm asking for), nor have I > found them in the online places I've looked in so far. > > As far as I can tell, this is basically a duty cycle > meter (the tach being a frequency meter), so I suppose > a multimeter with duty cycle on it would work. Anyone > care to confirm or deny that? > Do a google search, or go to Ebay. They are out there. Most of them are for 6 and 8 cylinder, but you use the 8 cyl. and divide by 2 Or is it multiply, not sure. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~