Date:         Sat, 14 Oct 2000 09:57:39 EDT
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Coil Confusion
Comments: To: steve@SYNCRO.ORG

Steve;
        Bentley talks about this, page 28.30a in my book. The prong type
is the replacement "new style".

Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis    <Kernersville,NC>
86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe
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On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:02:43 -0700 Steve Schwenk <steve@SYNCRO.ORG>
writes:
>I bought a new coil off of the list, but when i got it,
>i found it will not fit.  Joy!  On  my old coil, there
>is a post inside where the wire to the distributor
>attaches (the "spark plug" type wire).  The wire has a
>fiting that grabs onto the post.  The new coil does not
>have the post.  Instead, it has a female copper socket
>inside much like the ones on the distributor cap.  Both
>have the same part numbers.
>
>Anyone else ever run across this.  Is it possible to
>buy just the connector/socket so i can convert my coil
>wire to the other type of plug?
>Thanks!
>steve

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