[T3] Engine Craziness (was Dwell Meter...)

[Tony Rongey]

This was a vertical crack in the body of the cap next to one of the terminals.  
Looks like a typical stress crack you'd see in metal that's not annealed right.  
One of those basic things you know you should look for first, but convince 
yourself isn't the problem.
The car is idling MUCH better now, and I can start it when it's hot!

Tony
'70 Fastback AT/FI




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From: Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org>
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Sent: Sat, March 10, 2012 5:45:31 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Engine Craziness (was Dwell Meter...)

On 10 Mar 2012 at 14:51, Tony Rongey wrote:

> It sure would have saved me a lot of aggravation if one of you guys would have 

> just told me my distributor cap was cracked. 

;-)

Sorry about that, those cracks are pretty hard to see from here.

I broke a few of those myself, many years ago. That was before I 
learned how to pop the retaining springs off without damaging the 
cap. Now I use a screwdriver under the bowed part of the spring and 
lever it outward. Using a screwdriver straight down from the top, 
between the end of the spring and the cap tends to break the cap.

Glad to hear that you found your problem.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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