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Subject:Re: Wont start. need help
From:kenneth d lewis
Date:Fri, 23 Oct 1998 18:34:57 EDT

Earl;
Have someone turn it over while you look at the timing with a timing
light. The advance mech could have jammed in the distributor. When is the
last time you pulled the rotor and oiled the felt button?
Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe

On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 18:11:03 -0700 Earl Smith <earlsmit@ISLANDNET.COM>
writes:
>This system is really insane.  How is the Cat connected to the
>ignition?
....
>Soooo - If there is spark and gas and the timing is OK, why won't the
>~!@#$%&* thing fire?
>
>Suggestions most humbly and gratefully accepted.
>
>Earl from Sunny Sooke
>84 ex-California Vanagon
>

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