Thanks, David!  I guess it really wasn't a vanagon coil
then after all.  I wondered what was up.
steve

David Marshall wrote:
>
> If there is a green label on it - it has the same gizzards as the vanagon
> one.  What you have is a coil for a Golf / Jetta.  Yes you can just swap
> the end of the coil wire with one from a Jetta - I have done this a few
> times with the engine conversions that I do.
>
> At 01:02 PM 13/10/2000 -0700, Steve Schwenk wrote:
> >I bought a new coil off of the list, but when i got it,
> >i found it will not fit.  Joy!  On  my old coil, there
> >is a post inside where the wire to the distributor
> >attaches (the "spark plug" type wire).  The wire has a
> >fiting that grabs onto the post.  The new coil does not
> >have the post.  Instead, it has a female copper socket
> >inside much like the ones on the distributor cap.  Both
> >have the same part numbers.
> >
> >Anyone else ever run across this.  Is it possible to
> >buy just the connector/socket so i can convert my coil
> >wire to the other type of plug?
> >Thanks!
> >steve
> >
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