[T3] tune up and wow... what a difference

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/25/2012 11:04:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jadney at vwtype3.org writes:

The  feeler gauge setting is only approximate, especially with used 
points. The  dwell meter (assuming you trust the calibration of your 
dwell meter)  reading is the one to follow. Sometimes it's worthwhile 
to borrow another  dwell meter to see if it reads the same as yours. I 
calibrated mine years  ago, after it had an unrelated problem. It was 
right on, but they usually  have internal calibration pots and it's 
possible that yours has  drifted.





These were new points (that I bought from you in  Carthage). After Sunday's 
deal, I thought I'd replace them before heading out to  Colorado. My old 
points had a large gap too, but the dwell was only 45. Those  points were at 
least 5 years old, and were used going to Missouri and back  (Bosch parts). 
I'll look around, and see if I have another dwell meter, but the  one I'm 
using, I've had for over 20 years now, and it really only gets used once  or 
twice a year, otherwise it sits in the cabinet. I might try the spare  
distributor that I carry for road trips, just to make sure things are working  
correctly.
 
Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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