1973 Volkswagon Beetle 5 speed

1973 VOLKSWAGEN
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RODNEYD
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Hi, I have a 1973 Volkswagon Beetle 5 speed and it has a problem. It is getting spark to the points on the distributor but it just won't send it to the spark plugs. Can you help me, Thank You very much.
Nov 23, 2007 at 8:23 PM
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Inspect the rotor and distributor cap and also the the coil wire. Is the point gap adjusted properly?
Nov 23, 2007 at 8:34 PM
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From: rodneyd
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:22 pm
Subject: 1973 Volkwagon beetle
Thank you for replying to my question. See we had the engine off of it and put a clutch kit on it and some people told us their is a certain way to time a Volkswagon but I don't know how. But we checked everything though.Thank You

Pull the coil wire from the distributor and ground it to the engine and crank it over -do you have spark? If so replace the rotor/cap it has to go thru there to get to the plugs. Inspect the button on the cap/rotor could be burned-off.

Do you have the coil wired properly?
Nov 23, 2007 at 10:30 PM
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