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On 26 Oct 2005 at 0:45, J. Jonik wrote: > 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. Then you'll have to go to the ECU end of the wires and use an Ohmmeter to figure out which is which. > * What performance effects if dist. plug wires are in > wrong spot, or not really connected? Depending on how badly they're mixed up, it will either run poorly, or not run at all. > * 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. Trace using the Ohmmeter, then read the number off the ECU end of the wire, or count from the end of the ECU connector. > 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? The single strand will probably work fine until you're driving home late one night in a cold rain. Fix it now, while you're home and can do it right. Strip the wire, solder, and cover with heat shrink. > I think ALL wires ought get a good Tug Test to see if > they are really together on all wire strands doing > their job. That's reasonable, as long as you don't get carried away. A lot depends on how YOU define a "good" tug. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~