Re: Update on question running on 3 cyl.

["François St-Amand" <vwfrank@mail.geocities.com>]

When I first drove my 'rocco (prior to buying it) I thought hey, I 
should be the timing or something.  

Turned out it was the original spark plus wires (12 yrs old) so I 
just figured I'd buy some.  Buy exacly the same kind.  Go at the 
dealer if you have to.  The cheaper you pay, the cheaper it gets.  I 
Found some "Made in Germany" life guarenteed at a Hardware store 
called Canadian Tire in Canada.   They usually sell crap, but these 
wires are stamped made in Germany all over them. (60$)

So check those and check the timing (mechanical and electrical).  You 
can also change the distributor and rotor (needs to be changed 
often - 20$).

> I tried disconnecting the wires one at a time from the distributer,it
> provided no difinite answer.  All four cylinders when thier wires were
> disconnected provided appox the same result.  I am thinking that I am not
> running on 3 cyl, but 4 poor cyl.  Where should I start looking? Haynes says
> to inspect spark plugs  for physical damage.  My question is  How do you
> inspect the sparkplug's spark?  Someone poseted about turning over the
> crank... how is this done?  These procedures are not outlined in Haynes and
> the ones that are are done poorly.  
> Adding to the list of complaints regarding the Haynes manual, it really
> doesn't show how to examine the dist. on my car.   It concentrates on much
> older models.  Could anyone outline the section on examining the dist.?  This
> seems to be a likly culprit as it has never been replaced/rebuilt.
> Thanks again
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