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Problem - 1/21/2008 12:21:50 PM

scar2hand

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i had just changed my points in my 73 type 1 bettle. now i cant get the car started what could be my problem.

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RE: Problem - 1/24/2008 9:35:09 AM

Smokin Dog

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The points in the ole beetle was bad about shorting out,
If you got the gap set correct, just wiggle the points around a bit and most of the time the short goes away.
Did you rotate the engine to where one of the 4 little
lobes in the distributer was touching the rubbing block on
the points and then set the gap. the gap is .018

(in reply to scar2hand)

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