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Thanks all. 
I'm going to quit while i'm ahead and concentrate on other bits of the van now....

Cheers, Dave.

That's superb.
Thank you very much for the explanation - and taking the time to explain.

All responses are really appreciated..

Cheers, Dave.

Er, ok - that actually makes sense and is probably a better way of doing it once you 'get your head around it '. I'm going to have to write it down and keep it in the van somewhere. Thanks for the clarification. You state in your post that the Tacho for a Petrol engine should be connected to the Gre...

That's a kind offer but I think i've cracked it..... A mate of mine who has a T25 and a classic Beetle (and a lovely TD5 90) spotted this; https://i.imgur.com/kdAkV6p.jpg Apparently it means it's ' Factory Reconditioned' - he said he'd seen it on a couple of Beetles over the years... Does that sound...

Really..??
Why in the name of all that is small and furry would they do that..???????
That's just cruel.

I'm going for a lie down......


Your warnings are duly noted and very much appreciated.

Cheers, Dave

Lovely - thanks again. I'm equally embarrassed and amused by the fact that I've owned this van for four weeks now and I've only just found out the the Black wires are 'Live' and the Green wires are 'Earth'. Your reply has been the most enlightening and fire-ball saving post ever made.... :D Cheers, ...

Ooo.!!
Another one - out of the four existing wires that go to the original Coil (2x Black & 2x Green) one of the Black 'lives' (sorry, mind blown by that) must still need to go to the Coil...??
The one from the Ignition Amp or the other one from 'somewhere unseen'..??

Cheers, Dave.

That's brilliant - thank you.

So the Live wires on the existing coil were the Black ones..??
That would have caught me out - huge thanks for the warning....

Cheers, Dave

Hey Folks,                 I've just bought a Powersparks Dizzy, Coil and Lead set and have a question... A Green and a Black wire from the Ignition Amp to the Coil - no problem. The other Green and Black from 'somewhere' to the Coil - no problem. My problem is that there's three wires going to the ...

Hey Ash,              Many thanks for the reply. It does sound like i've got a bit of a mongrel doesn't it..?? The PO advised me to join this forum - so I assume he was a member - and he was a regular at shows. I still can't help but think there's an explanation (apart from the obvious one..) for th...

Hey folks - could it be that I have a DG engine but with an older Dizzy as fitted to the DF..??
Are there any other external 'give aways'..??

Cheers, Dave.

Another spanner in the works - i've just cleaned the Dizzy up; https://i.imgur.com/P7eIa62.jpg Through doing a quick search on this forum the dizzy is off an early DF engine..?? If that is the case is there any reason why I can't upgrade it to a later type or are they incompatible..?? Cheers, Dave.

Ok, I've been scraping more crud off.... Where the Engine number should be it's as smooth as a smooth thing. What's weird is that there are no 'witness marks' on the Ally - no file marks, no buffing marks, it's not bowed - just smooth and flat. What there is though is what looks like a capital 'U' a...

Thanks for the clarification.
I'm stuck in work at the minute but will hopefully get a couple of pictures tomorrow but most definitely Tuesday.

Thanks again everyone for all the sage advice....

Thanks for all the excellent info. It looks very much like the vertical cylinder with the engine number stamped at the bottom is a square flange bolted to the casing..?? I'm hoping the cylinder has just been refitted 90 or 180 degrees out and so the number is facing a different way.... I found the f...