Take the high tension lead out of the dizzy and get a mate to hold the end in one hand and a beer in the other. Crank over the engine.
If your mate never speaks to you again the spark is good enough. If he can still drink the beer you need a new coil.
1978 MK1 2.0 16v http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...-46488-70.html
1991 MK2 GTI 2.0 8v, white (RIP) and it's red replacement http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...gti-42078.html
1997 MK3 CL http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...ml#post1292061
2001 & 2002 Bora 4motion. http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...st-123823.html
LOL
Yeah replace it all at one go, makes it so much easier. As Mik said there is 35 years of bad wiring in these cars
I think the main wiring to worry about is the 12v feed to the coil, i made my own and crimped it from the stock location in fusebox. Normally its a resisted wire. I just use a 12v coil that is internal resisted. works a treat.
And the headlights. get some new bigger wires and some relays. Oh and the wire from coil to dissy
too me hours to figure out why it would start.
Good luck, get some pics up![]()
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