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We had a problem a while back concerning other wires connected to the coil - specifically the reversing light power. Just check there's nothing else on terminal 1 apart from ignition and points/condensor wires. There's a carbon brush in the cap I assume. You've probably tried a spare spark plug on the end of one (or more) of the plug leads to see if there's any spark. Just ground the outer and turn over the engine. There's a fair bit of 'teaching grandmother to suck eggs' (UK saying - you've a similar one I think) - sorry about that. We're just trying to save you getting another coil when it may be OK. You CAN (rarely) get multiple failures, so it could be that both coils you've tried are bad. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Constantino Tobio" <ctobio@gmail.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 3:49 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Testing out a coil, car not starting > On 9/4/06, Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > > > If you remove the dist cap while your wife cranks the engine, can you > > see the points open and close and can you see a little spark in the > > gap there? > > I could see the points moving open and close with the engine being > cranked manually, and when I opened the points with my finger there > was an arc across the points gap. Haven't tested it on crank, however. > > > Or, if you have a dwell meter, use it and see what it says. > > I've got to find it- It's somewhere in the garage. :) > > > Is the rotor actually going round and round? In other words, is it > > possible that the distributor just isn't seated deep enough in the > > case to engage completely with the drive gear? > > I can see the distributor rotor move when I move turn the engine by > hand, so that isn't it. > > I did have a eureka moment earlier when I noticed I hadn't put the > rotor back on the distributor, but was disappointed when the car still > didn't start. That wasn't it. > > This car always started hard since I've owned it. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >