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On 5 Sep 2006 at 19:24, russw wrote: > > On 2 Sep 2006 at 18:06, Constantino Tobio wrote: > > > So, indeed it appears that my coil would be shorted across the two > > > windings somehow. > OR, a broken lead on the points, or a distributor with a bad ground > braid on the plate, or something is not hooked up right in the point > circuit. How about the coil being installed backwards? I've always heard that this will still run, but poorly. I've never really understood why, because the spark is really AC. So it must be important which way the voltage goes on the first upswing. Anyone know why a spark plug should be polarity sensitive? No matter what you do, one electrode will always be + and one -. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~