Re: Rocco dies after 1/2 hour of driving

[Kevin <aventari@cts.com>]

hmm, actually, I have not clue whatsoever as to the coil specifications. I
dont know if the Bently has it, have you checked??
We had a voltmeter to test coils at my old work, and a book that told you
how to do it and what the specs should be, depending on the car, but it
didn't have any vw coils at all.
If you want I could check mine

At 07:14 PM 9/14/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>I didn't catch what the problem with the car was, but I see you didn't
>>replace the coil, have a weak orange spark, and the coil reading is out of
>>spec. Hmmm, you might try getting a new coil. They're probably about 5
>>dollars from a junkyard, what the hell, get two!
>
>Had one lying around from my other VW and it still does the same thing. You
>mention "out of spec". What is the voltage supposed to be at the coil? I
>think Mark@AAB has new ones for $48.
>
>>get a nice bright blue spark. Did you try the ground strap fix yet? I'd get
>>new battery cables too.
>
>Well, I have one to the head, and to the chassis at the coil. Awaiting
>voltage spec, I am very interested in that. Thanks.
>
>Regards,
>Paul Hanley

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