Other info I left out. I'm just trying to get a good list of places to check so I can prioritize them when I can break away from customers long enough to go start. Taylor spiral wound 8mm wires with connectors that almost require pulling the motor to get enough leverage to pop them off. MSD 6420 (6AL) NGK B7HS plugs gapped at .045 or .050 MSD Blaster epoxy filled coil without ballast resistor while the 6AL is hooked up. Using the points as a trigger only, condenser etc. not used. It gives me another place to check though. I can plug in the ballast resistor and switch back to points in about 5 minutes. Have been running the MSD since December G2 On Wed, 8 May 2013 11:23:33 -0500 Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The last loos head I had sounded like a crazed cricket. > > G2 > > On Wed, 8 May 2013 11:47:43 -0400 (EDT) > wuzmop@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > Also check for a loose head. It will have a deep sound when you get > > back there and rev it. You can usually see marks on the interior of > > the head from the oil and compression escaping. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Daniel Jones <onion456@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wed, May 8, 2013 8:50 am > > Subject: [tcb] Re: Sudden loss of power > > > > > > > > just thowing out my ideas, check all systems to determine which one > > is deficient... spark, fuel, compression, timing. youll find it. it > > could be something as simple as the screw holding your points > > adjustment worked itself loose and now your dwell is off. consider > > purchasing another aircooled VW as a backup. =D