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On 8 Aug 2006 at 20:53, Graham wrote: > Update: the starter is working again. Fiddling with the wiring got it > going. Now I am cranking the car, and I have no spark. Checked the > coil, no spark coming out. Replaced it. Checked the new coil. Still no > spark. Checked with the multimeter. 12 volts running through it fine, > pulling 6 amps. Nothing coming out. The resistance on both circuits of > the coil is the same, about 9000 ohms. No spark coming out. Ideas? Verify that the coil current goes from zero to full as the distributor turns. Make sure the points haven't tightened up. Make sure the capacitor is there and is a Bosch. Always buy Bosch replacement ignition parts. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~