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| | | | and the leftmost mark was TDC, which is where you start from. For 72-3 the marks changed to: | | | | and the 2nd mark from the left is TDC. > Also, I need some insight on electronic ignition...the 009 distributor > seems much-maligned on this list, and that is what is in the new motor > so I am thinking maybe I need a nice hot coil (I don't have a coil at > all yet...) and some type of aftermarket electronic ignition like those > sold on aircooled.net...engine is a 1600 Dual Port t-3 engine with engle > cam (?) and 2 Weber carbs whose nomenclature I am unsure of. The very best coil you can buy for your engine is an OG Bosch coil. Don't be misled into wasting money on some HP coil when the bone stock one will perform JUST as well and will probably outlast it several times over. All my engines have the original coils, and I've never seen a bad OG coil. The new Bosch Blue coils seem to be particularly unreliable. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~