I found a failure inside the resistive end cap of the wire. The rubber
boot between the outer metal case and the resistor developed a hole and
allowed the spark to jump to ground.

Ken Lewis
http://neksiwel.20m.com

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 04:16:49 -0700 VW Addict aka The Bus Nut
<solomon_scott@YAHOO.COM> writes:
> I fought this for a week or two, it turned out to be a bad spark plug
> wire. I
> found this by swaping out the whole set with a new set. I ohmed the
> wires,
> veiwed them in the dark, sprayed them with water, all the tricks but
> nothing
> showed bad. I was sick of playing games with it so I swaped the
> wires out and
> it has been perfect, ......
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