Re: resistance wire?

[Night Shadow <soltwede@ucsub.colorado.edu>]

Actually Dave, when the switch to electronic ignition happened, that
resistance wire was replaced with a non-resistance wire.  I had to remove
mine when I upgraded.  With the 16v ignition and FI your running now, you
should not have that resistance wire anyway!

Eric


On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Dave Novak wrote:

> I'm looking through my '81's Bentley and found an interesting section on 
> resistance wire. Apparently the wire between [coil #15] and [fuse box C19] 
> must have a resistace of between .85 and .95 ohms - which my wire does not 
> have. My wire has no resistance. Which could be why it won't start.
> 
> So, of course no VW parts dealers have such wires, and niether do any of the 
> auto parts places. Radio shack has no such wire, so I had to special order a 
> .91 ohm wire-wound resistor over the net from them which will arrive in a 
> week.
> 
> I hope that's the cause of my misery.
> 
> Has anyone else had experience with this type of wire?
> 
> -Dave
> 
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