Re: Got a new '78 today. Can one have _too_ many VWs?

[brett@kodak.com (Brett VanSprewenburg)]

> So today I looked it over and pushed it home. Seems in pretty good shape
> considering. Got the engine running after a while- the exhaust started to glow
> like a turbo though, so we shut it off.
> 
> Here's some symptoms and a guess of what wrong:  engine turns over but sounds
> all wrong- sounds like it's not compressing on the right part of the stroke
> (huh?), engine runs but poorly, stumbles but doesn't backfire or anything,
> like I said before- the exhaust gets cherry red after just a few minuets of
> poor running.
> 
> Oi.
> TBerk

I've seen this happen when the spark plug wires were in the wrong order on
the distributor.  Check that out first, it's somewhat easy to screw up.

==Brett

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