Not sure what the problem was with that Scenario as I don't HookUp that way ~ I connect the +Side of my T'Light to the +Terminal on the Alternator & the -Side to any Bare Eng'Metal ~ Usually SomeConvenient part of the Alternator ~ ORR ~ DeanB
On 4 Sep , 2014, at 5:33 PM, Tom Young wrote: > Hi all: > > > > First the good news. My '82 Westy passed smog, as I was sure it would. > Still, there's always a lot of nerves around this time of year. > > > > This time I watched the "technician" (probably 18-19 years old) like a hawk > since the last two times I left the Westy at a smog shop for testing it was > very, very clear they had tried to start the in 2nd, but had hit 4th > instead. "Stupid low-powered VW! I've got to really give this thing the > gas a slip the clutch like hell!" Both times I came back to the smell of > burning clutch material and a slipping clutch. > > > > Anyway, he came back to the running engine carrying his timing light and > stood there staring in at the engine for a minute or so before I asked > "looking for a positive?" He nodded, so I pointed him to the proper spade > on the coil and he put his positive lead on there. When he went to attach > the negative lead on a ground point on the engine the engine began to die > and he pulled back, claiming he'd been shocked. He tried it again a second > time at another ground point with the same results. His boss walked by and > the kid told him what had happened so the boss told him to get the jumper > box (portable battery) and power the light from there. > > > > What was it about that timing light - a fancy digital model of some sort - > that was causing that? I've hooked up my old timing light using that same > set up dozens of times with no problems. > > > > Tom Young |
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