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Thanks. But...the ENDS of the three plug wires are now gone. Searched them for little numbers but...no luck. All three are now spliced using wire sections, w/ the skinny connectors, from the Parts Room. * What performance effects if dist. plug wires are in wrong spot, or not really connected? * How to test if they are going to right number in Control Unit or not?...there being no color code or little numbers on the wires. When cleaning up and tuning up the other day, THREE wires just casually BROKE from their plugs. It took no violence at all to break them. On last legs. Two from the Distributor Plug, and the one on Condensor. Condensor easy to replace, of course. Question then is....will a PARTIALLY, connected-by-a-thread wire WORK...or just partially work? I think ALL wires ought get a good Tug Test to see if they are really together on all wire strands doing their job. But maybe it's time to move up the techno ladder to learn how to use Electronic Testing. Check em all. Thing is...wires may LOOK good, but may not be...especially with 35 year-old cars. Jim Adney wrote.... If you look at the socket on the side of the distributor, you'll see that there are numbers on it. Those are the pin numbers on the computer connector where those go. Each wire gets a wire number which is the ECU pin number where it connects. The center wire MUST connect to center. For best results, the side wires should also be correct. If you look closely, you'll probably find the wire numbers printed in black on the white insulation about 1" back from the crimp, on each end of the wire. These wire harnesses are old. You have to be gentle with them. Treat them well and they'll do the same for you. On 24 Oct 2005 at 16:51, J. Jonik wrote: > The Book shows that the three-wire plug into > distributor (re/ a 71 sqbk FI) goes to three different > number slots in the "computer" and to three different > grounded (?) spots in distributor. __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~