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Thanks Jim. Good sounding advice. But... * Shrink wrap. Is all shrink wrap okey doke for HOT engine areas? Or are there different types of wrap? * Relatedly, haven't shopped around yet but...there MUST be Electric Tape that's also used in HOT areas. Right? Regular electric tape almost melts as it unravels and gets sticky. * And...if one distrib plug wire is in wrong place, no harm from switching back and forth to see which position makes car preform better? I get sort of hiccup going into First and Second...and have to be Very Perfect on Clutch to avoid that, as it is now. Is that a sign of Wrong Wire Placement? * Will finally have to learn Ohmmeter. Thanks. I have one...w/ no battery. No Instruction Manual either. On Line maybe? PS: Speaking of electronics in engine compartment, once in a moonless desert out west, before I turned on a flashlight to check for what's wrong, I had the car running, engine compartment open...and lo and behold...it was like the Aurora Borealis...really cool lights flickering over and up and down my Ignition Wires. One way to check for Time to Buy New Ones, eh? What else can be maybe seen by watching engine run in the dark? > 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 > ******************************* __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~