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On 18 Nov 2005 at 8:57, Danelle wrote: > I need to wait till I get paid to purchase a pressure gauge which is next > week. I got fleeced at a shop for just about my entire paycheck when they > supposedly fixed this problem I'm still having. So, anyway I just wanted to > say thanks for all the input and I will check all these things as soon as I > can and keep you all updated. > > To Jim, yes brand new spark plugs and I have the Bentley manual, I agree it > rocks. I just moved to St. Charles, IL and I'm looking into joining a club > here. I live about 3 hours north of you. I can work on your car, but it's getting cold and I don't have any indoor workspace. If we get a warm weekend that's a possibility, but there may be some other helpful people closer to you. If you can get up here, I already have all the tools and gauges. > To Andy, I just put in a brand new blue coil when I did the tune up. Coil, > cap, rotor button, points, condensor, plugs and wires. The car was running > pretty rough because it had not been drivin in quite some time so I did a > lot to it especially when the fuel pump went out. :o) The Bosch Blue coils have been of poor reliability for quite a few years now. I don't recommend them anyway, because the OE coil lasts longer and gives better point life. I hope you didn't throw away your old parts, because some of the spark plug wire parts are almost irreplaceable, and are WAY better than anything you can buy new. For the other ignition parts I find that you're taking a big risk any time you buy anything other than Bosch. There are probably good alternatives out there, but I just have had such good luck with Bosch parts (other than the recent Blue coils) that I don't see any point in experimenting. Are your plugs Bosch W8AC? That's what you need, but if you have something else, that is probably not the cause of your problem. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~