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Dave Hall wrote: > Glad you've got it sorted. > > Very strange that the 'new' points sometimes worked and sometimes didn't though. > I had assumed that any deposits would have come off with the odd sparking you > had observed. Maybe the wire attached to the points was broken inside the > insulation? Try pulling it a bit and see if it stretches somewhere. > Heh. You know me well- I can't very well have something fail without conducting some sort of failure analysis. :) It is indeed very strange that it would fail with the engine turning, but perfectly fine stationary. Well, the takeway from this is that I know more now about breaker point ignition than I ever knew before. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~