Also, check the compression of all cylinders. #3 is the cylinder that is
most likely to drop valves and burn pistons, since it receives the least
cooling.

Cheers,

G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   Per Lindgren [SMTP:lindgre@ONLINE.NO]
Sent:   Saturday, October 30, 1999 9:27 AM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: Number 3 cylinder not firing

Ron Hill wrote:

> I have
> replaced the points, plugs and plug wires and set the timing and point
gap
> with a dwell tach and timing light with no improvement.

Did you replace the distributor cover and rotor? The cover can have a crack
in
it, and not giving any juice to the #3 cylinder. I've seen it several
times, in
any type of cover (original and FLAPS) and any type of car (German, US,
Japanese).

PerL
87 Syncro 112i