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Jim Adney wrote: > > We're sure glad you fixed it, but sorry it took so long to find. > Congratulations on finding the problem. > > All the help is appreciated. It probably took me a total of 4 hours of actual troubleshooting combined, spread out over a couple of weeks. > As for the points, I've got two possible reasons that they could be > bad. Either the wire is broken inside the insulation (pull on it to > see if the insulation stretches.) Or the pivot has gotten sticky. > I've occasionally seen those pivots stick, and it may just be because > some oil got on the nylon bearing and caused it to swell up just a > bit. That's one bearing that you probably don't want to get any oil > on. > > Oh reeealy? That's interesting. I noticed that underneath the points was a little bit of oil- must have been excess from when I lubed the breaker plate. I only put a couple of drops in, but maybe over time some settled on it. Maybe it was binding up the points and was most pronounced when it needed to rapidly cycle. It's nothing I can see that's obvious. Maybe I should go in there and clean up a little. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~