[T3] Notchback tuneup

[Jim Adney]

On 30 Apr 2025 at 21:13, Keith Park wrote:

> Amazing how fast 25 years goes by and well, 22Kmi!  It ran pretty well but
> those plugs had opened up to .032 and were quite worn, As were the points.

Do you have a CDI (Capacitive Discharge Ignition) on that engine? That 
would slow down both plug and point wear immensely. If you don't have one, 
I have quite a good stock of CDIs I have tested and burned in, both the 
original Delta Mark 10s and Mark 10Bs.

I have them on all my drivers that came with Kettering ignitions. Built my first 
in about 1966 and never looked back. That first one went on my Dad's 1960 
Corvair, a couple years before I bought my first Square. That CDI eventually 
transferred to that '68 Square, and lived there until about 1979, when I sold 
that car and lost that particular CDI.

Since then I've built others and bought, repaired, and sold more. I'm 
completely sold on them. They're not snake oil. They won't fix problems with 
bad ignition parts, but on a good system, they work great and get incredible 
life out of plugs and points. I've been using them for about 60 years and 
have only had two failures in all that time. Both were rather easily fixed.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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