In my '85, I open the cover of the housing attached to the firewall at the
front left of the engine compartment, and clamp the pos cable to the
terminal there.  The negative terminal I clamp to any handy spot on the
engine, away from moving belts.

Randy, Carla & Anna Huyck, Olympia, WA
'75 Rustfalia
'85 Vanagon GL
'90 Fox GL
'74 Super Beetle

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Mark Belanger
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:54 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Timing light power source - confirmation

Greetings all,

*Sigh*  Even the seemingly simplest things working on the Pokeswagen
makes me feel like a dumbass.

So my good old timing light that worked beautifully on my Ford seems to
have the distinct drawback that it doesn't have *12' of cable to get to
the battery!*  Argh!!!  I searched Gerry, found a bazillion slooooow
hits on timing lights and the following advice:

  - Connect it to terminal 15 on the coil & ground to engine.
  - Connect it to the positive terminal on the alternator and ground to
    engine.

Can I assume either of these options will work.  All that I read about
the sensitive nature of the various ignition and fuel injection system
components has me still spooked and the last thing I want to do is blow
something out.

Thanks,
-MB
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