Gen light on 1972 bug not coming on any more...

Asked by 3010 Sep 25, 2012 at 03:23 AM about the 1972 Volkswagen Beetle

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

A friend of mine barrowed my 72 bug, had an issue with it and when I got it back the condenser was burned out and
the distributor was burned out, now I replaced those items and now my gen light doesn't come on and my car won't
start, do you think I need another gen or coil?

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Karl answered 12 years ago

check if you have power to the coil first if you have replace the coil or check the gap on the points

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John answered 12 years ago

with a set of feeler guages if you havent got any then use a rizla packet the top card which covers the rizla is roughly the right gap

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