[T3] Coil, Calipers, and Front Beam

Adriel Rowley adriel_rowley at hotmail.com
Sun Jul 3 10:18:42 PDT 2011




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> From: jadney at vwtype3.org
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 11:50:03 -0500
> Subject: Re: [T3] Coil, Calipers, and Front Beam
>
> On 2 Jul 2011 at 22:37, Adriel Rowley wrote:
>
> > What does it mean when the primary resistance same as secondary resistance?
>
> What numbers did you get?
>
> Most likely it means that you're not taking the reading correctly.
> Which terminals were you measuring between in each case? If one
> terminal in each case was the HV terminal, equal readings are what
> you'd expect, and they'd be thousands of ohms.
>
Ah, so should not be working so late... ;/

> > Was static timing the engine a few days back, and after which it would
> > not start.  So, reset timing again; same results.
>
> Going from an engine that runs to an engine that won't even start, Is
> not likely to have anything to do with small changes in timing or
> valve adjustment. It's more likely that you bumped something, so that
> you're no longer getting either spark or fuel.
>
I have looked all around and not seeing anything.  Does the timing light 
good enough to tell whether you are not getting spark, thought it was?

What do you want me to do in the way of tests?

What are caliper cores worth to you?  Thought you had a limited supply
and trying to help. ;)


Thank you,
Adriel
 		 	   		  


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