[T3] Erratic Behavior No More

[shalom@ucla.edu]

Thanks alot for everyone's advise.  I'm happy to say that my 70' squareback is
purring like a kitten.  It was definitley a faulty trigger contacts at the base
of the distributor.

But, even after I replaced the contacts and re-timed the engine, the car was
running with very low power.  I couldn't understand it because I thought that I
timed it correctly.  Well the problem was that when I took out the distributor,
I unplugged all the wires without paying attention to the order.  I then
assumed that the order of the pistons around the engine were the same as the
firing order(1-4-3-2).  Well it turns out that the firing order doesn't relate
to the order of pistons(2-4-3-1 clockwise around the engine).  So I had the 1
and 2 spark plug wires swapped.  So my car was running on only 2 pistons(which
is why I had no power).  I finally figured that out, with help from a friend,
and the car started up perfectly.

Thought that might be interesting for someone new to working on a type 3, like
myself.


Sincerely,
Shalom

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