1973 Volkswagon Beetle 5 speed

RODNEYD

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1973 VOLKSWAGEN

Hi, I have a 1973 Volkswagon Beetle 5 speed and it has a problem. It is getting spark to the points on the distributor but it just won't send it to the spark plugs. Can you help me, Thank You very much.

Friday, November 23rd, 2007 AT 8:23 PM

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RASMATAZ

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Inspect the rotor and distributor cap and also the the coil wire. Is the point gap adjusted properly?

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Friday, November 23rd, 2007 AT 8:34 PM

RASMATAZ

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From: rodneyd
To: rasmataz
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:22 pm
Subject: 1973 Volkwagon beetle
Thank you for replying to my question. See we had the engine off of it and put a clutch kit on it and some people told us their is a certain way to time a Volkswagon but I don't know how. But we checked everything though. Thank You

Pull the coil wire from the distributor and ground it to the engine and crank it over -do you have spark? If so replace the rotor/cap it has to go thru there to get to the plugs. Inspect the button on the cap/rotor could be burned-off.

Do you have the coil wired properly?

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