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On 28 Oct 2005 at 18:23, J. Jonik wrote: > When Distributor Plug Wires have come apart from the > plug, and it's not clear which one should go where, > would it not be OK to test the wires by opening the > Control Unit (the "computer") then simply touching > the point of a circuit test light to one end, and > clipping the alligator clip to Hot? Aren't all the > wires supposed to be grounded? If light doesn't go > on...bad/broken/ wire. Right? And, you'd be sure to > get wire X connected to Control Unit port X. > This way one could know which wire at one end > corresponds to wire at plug end...and if wire is > doing its job. No? (That is...no need for ohmmeter.) I'm not exactly sure what you're describing here, but you can probably do it IF AND ONLY IF you disconnect the computer first. Otherwise, I get the impression that you're going to pump juice into the computer and fry it. > The VW T-3 book shows picture diagram of what plug > wire goes to what part of distributor. Three numbers > corresponding to three contacts in Control Unit. It > doesn't say, For God's Sake don't connect them > incorrectly!...or what symptoms would be. VW Shoulda > colored them....like phone wires. Colors would have been nice, but we have to play the cards we were dealt. ;-) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~