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Subject:Re: Gas engine in Diesel Vanagon...finally
From:David Marshall
Date:Wed, 29 Jul 1998 21:08:36 -0700

What are you running for a coil?  If you use a coil from a 81+ VW (Green
Label) you do not need a resistor on terminal 15 as it is internal to the
coil.

At 21:47 7/29/98 -0500, Steven Broomhead wrote:
>Hello all,
>After being in bed sick for the last 9 months (I DID NOT HAVE A BABY!!),
>I finally have all the parts installed and the
>beast..............RUNS!!!!!!
>
>That is quite a feat for a mechanically challenged person as myself.
>
>BUT, I do have one question.  Where is the resistor in the resistor wire
>that powers the coil?  FLAPS suggests just getting one at salvage; but
>to my eye, one wire looks like another.  Anyone have a answer?
>
>Thanks for any help, and, yes, my head no longers fits even in my
>Vanagon.
>
>Steven Broomhead, Sr.
>Derby, KS
>
>

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