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On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 14:59 -0400, Constantino Tobio wrote: > Ok, here's the current status. > > The new coil Jim sent me delivers a better looking spark- nice and blue > when I manually move the points. > > Still, no start. > > Here's what I'm experiencing now. When you first turn the key, you hear > one or more cylinders fire once. She really wants to start. Watching > with a timing light I can clearly see that I'm getting a spark when that > happens. The dwell meter jumps too. > > After that, the dwell meter sticks to zero and no spark, and I get nothing. > > I can clearly see the points moving back and forth. > > The points are new and properly gapped. When closed, the moving point is > continuous to ground, when open it is not. I've tried two different > condensers with the same result. > > If I actuate the points by hand, I get a spark. I even get a mild zap > from the arc going across the points. Advance mechanism looks good, the > distributor has little play. I do get a bit of a voltage drop when the > starter cranks- down to around 10 volts at the coil. > > So at this point I'm stumped. > Try another set of points. The moving portion should only show ground when the points are closed. When open, you should see 12V when attached to the coil. -- russw <russw@classicvw.org> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~