[T3] Dwell Meter Stalls Engine

[Dave Hall]

Since grounding the coil negative will stop the engine, it sounds as if you
may have a faulty meter. 

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Tony
Rongey
Sent: 22 February 2012 17:30
To: Type3 List
Subject: [T3] Dwell Meter Stalls Engine

OK. So I just put in a newly rebuilt distributor.  After much fiddly around
I got it to a point where the car will start and stay running.  The problem
is that when I hook up the dwell meter (red on -coil, black to ground) it
kills the engine.  If I switch it to TACH mode it reads the RPM, but the
engine slows way down.  As soon as I go to DWELL mode again it will stall.
What's going on?

Tony
'70 Fastback AT/FI
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