[T3] Mysterious squareback condition.... need suggestions.

[Russ W]

On 1/27/2011 12:48 PM, James Lingenfelter wrote:
> From talking to the local VW mechanics, original black Bosch coils are 
> hard to find; I am told most of the "black" coils seen on VW's now are 
> Empi or some other cheap no-good coil. Truly, in all my years of being 
> an air-cooled VW fanatic, I have rarely seen a car that didn't already 
> have a "blue" coil in it. Keep in mind I am not in an area with any 
> "barn find" VW's..... Any aircooled VW you come across here is likely 
> to have 500,000 miles and 3 engine rebuilds under it's belt, and 
> typically has NO original mechanical parts.
>   I've been doing some further research this morning, and determined 
> that if I get a new coil, I need to get the Bosch blue coil made in 
> either Spain or Brazil, that has the internal resistor. Apparently 
> there are various grades of Bosch blue coils, some of them being no 
> good. Never knew.
>
> On Jan 27, 2011, at 8:10 AM, Russ W wrote:

If you want an original Bosch black coil, I am sure Jim, or I could fix 
you up with one.
I have a few good used ones.


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Thanks,
Russ Wolfe
russw at classicvw.org