[T3] 69 fi troubleshooting update

[Jim Adney]

On 19 Jul 2012 at 22:31, steve crispino wrote:

> > I thought about the trigger points, but I couldn't see how they would
> > work when cold but not work when hot.......
> 
> If the trigger points are maginal, they can work at one temp and skip
> as they warm up. This is a long shot because that generally results
> in a complete miss or the engine dying, not slowly weakening.
> 
> {They look clean and, as Dave said, I cleaned them with an alcohol soaked
> card.  The ohm-out nicely and the cam and lobes are visually in good shape.
>  Is there a spec for the opening?}

There's a number, but I don't know it off the top of my head, and it 
has to be evenly distributed between the 2 points. Just getting the 
spacing exact won't do. I made a special tool to enable me to do 
this. Sorry, there's no good way for you to do it without that tool.
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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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