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I once had a set of cheap aftermarket ones where the spring stuck out too far and grounded against the side of the distributor. Keith > Ok, everyone. SUCCESS! > > And what was it? The damned points. We're sure glad you fixed it, but sorry it took so long to find. Congratulations on finding the problem. 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. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~