The yellow spark could be a faulty condenser,but it could also be shitty points,wrong gap!
judging the yellow/blue to diagnose a duff condenser,you have to be pretty close to it-ie get your head over the dissy!

Depends what colour the spark was!-blue is good,yellow not so good Set the timing with a test bulb-turn engine to no1 firing point,turn ign on,put a test lamp between the little black wire inside the dissy & earth-turn dissy til bulb just lights up-you have to fine tune repeatedly to get the precise...

Check that the carbon brush inside the dissy cap is intact. Turn engine over by hand til the rotor arm lines up with the mark on the rim of the dissy-that'll show you where the no 1 lead should be firing order is 1432,rotor turns clockwise be prepared for the fact that its gonna be bloody loud with ...

I gather weve now got life at the points!
Was the dissy in the engine when you got it??-have you removed it at all?

Ok,lets re-phrase that lot
pop dissy cap off & turn engine so points are closed
turn ign on til youve got instrument lights
nip round the back & open the points with non metalic object..you should see/hear the spark

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Points gap set?
Rotor arm put back in??
King lead back in??

Define no spark-how are you checking?

Tinware shouldn't be too difficult to fit-depends how much of a contortionist you are!
Manifold might have to come off,as will dynamo

Are the bits of tin underneath fitted?(the bits that bolt onto the heat exchangers)-'cos they can be a bugger to fit with the exchangers fitted!

Thats starting to look good!..but shouldnt you have some more tinware??

check if youve got 12V accross the coil with ign on...if not,i suspect that loose black wire will be live and therefore goes on +ve side of coil

Its free you silly bugger-its just a case of whether you get it at a show,or by post

Theres a lug on the bottom of the steering wheel which acts against the cancelling ring

This is what greets you when you take the wheel off http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd21/purplepete13/P2230031.jpg If you undo the 4 screws,& the wiggly spring youll have access to whats underneath This is what happens when you indicate http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd21/purplepete13/P223003...

217lb/ft if its swing axle
253lb/ft if its got double jointed driveshafts

Yell if you dont know how to achieve that without a very expensive torque wrench!

I've emailed the scans directly to you,so hopefully youll be able to read them a bit better!
Photos of the reversing light connection here viewtopic.php?t=2456

Assuming its a '73 model as in the thread title,this is a better wiring diagram!
Your mystery grey wire goes to T1c..single connector engine bay left & terminal 85 on the relay

(diagram courtesy of the bentley manual)

I can put you a couple of pics up tomorrow shawn-might just need a clean & lube

No!
Mk2 Golf rear

Many Congrats!!

Somewhat easier in lances case..he cut the thing up!

Yes it was early fronts-i think he said something like £6 per shoe!

Any idea what shoes you bought last time??
If youve got an old(original)set of shoes,then "Easy" has just had a set relined somewhere in bristol

Yes,Strip & clean then grease the mechanism,including the spindles,& in the process clean up electrical connections-particularly the earth

Ht leads can be obtained from Mike Dempster(miketyp3 on here),or buy 2 sets of beetle leads & bastardise them..but i believe theres an issue with needing rightangled connections at the dissy end on FI engines-so much easier to go to mike. Rotor arm/dissy cap etc you should be able to get from gsf et...

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