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Heya all So on my VW polo, something weird's been happening lately. I'ld be driving along and suddenly I'ld lose spark and not able to get it back. Now when I fiddle around a little, touching everything, it fires right back up... So I thought, easy! it's a bad connection somewhere, probably ground or ignition leads from the coil to distributor as I've recently just had my coil replaced because it kinda fell apart. (same issue, at the time I thought it was just a bad coil so I just swapped it out for a new one, but the old one was really blown apart.) So I thought, I'll just start the engine and twiddle around with the leads until I can get it to reliably die on me... then I'll just replace that. problem is I can't get it to die, can't even replicate the symptoms... I thought next step I'll 1) clean the distributor 2) measure the resistance of the leads and clean them and plug them in to make sure they sit properly 3) clean ground connectors and maybe get a few more grounds around the place... 4) change the plugs, they're due anyway (but they're freaking $30 EACH at super cheap... I want to buy them online so I gotta wait a little bit for them to arrive) Short of that, anyone have any ideas? How can I check if my coil is okay? it's a brand new coil from VW so it should be primo... thanks guys! Adam
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Hello this is my first question of what will probably be many to come for my KE20. To make a long story short, my ignition chamber has crapped out and need to know how to set up a series of toggle switches and a push switch in order to start. I have searched Google for wiring schematics and other forums etc. but I'm still not 100% sure on which wires to connect to the toggles. I want to have them set up so that they replicate the ignition: one switch is acc, the next is engine power(?) and then push button to wind the engine. I have managed to get the steering lock disabled, so that is not a problem. Sorry if I'm not being clear enough but if you need more info or pics let me know and it would be great if you could help me out! Thanks in advance