TheSamba.com Forums   Forum Index -> Beetle - Late Model/Super - 1968-up -> Need help ID-ing what this wire is for?? 1972 standard beetle   View original topic: Need help ID-ing what this wire is for?? 1972 standard beetle brn2sailaway Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:40 am Can anyone assist in helping me figure out where this wire goes or what it might have been used for? Its a 1972 AE 1600 engine, runs fine, just not sure what this is for? thanks borninabus Thu Oct 27, 2016 11:08 am it was used to check timing, i believe. part of the factory test socket in the upper part of your picture. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group