devloped a bad miss on my buggy i was useing it to jump my lawn mower off.like a idiot i had the jumper cables hooked up backwards.it was running fine before that.i have replaced the points and condenser and plugs.do yall think it might be the coil or the switch.any ideas thanks.

If you have a bad miss in your buggy, make her get out.lol I'd pull up air cooled vw coil testing and get a $15 voltmeter at Autokazone. If ya need a new one, yall correct me if I'm wrong, you need a coil without an internal resistor for a vw? Check your switch and battery also with the voltmeter.I keep one on my dashboard permanently.

Is it still charging??

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yes its still charging everythings ok cept for the miss and at higher rpm it seems to smooth out.

If it smooths out at High RPM, it sounds like an intake leak. Spray some starter fluid all over the intake boots and see if the idle goes up or down. If so, you have an air leak.

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My coil was hooked up backwards when I got my buggy. It had a bad miss and was hard to turn over and start. Put a new one on and hooked up right ran great. I would think jumping it backwards would be about the same. I did hook it up right same thing and it would get very hot fast maybe after 2 mins of running.

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just checked coil with a meter it reads ok.gonna check switch if not that maybe plug wires

Yankin on plug wires can be a culprit. I have a bent welding rod 3/8" L shape at the bottom to get under the bottom of the spark plug end. Lick your fingers and touch each exaust at the head and see which one ain't so hot. Then trade wires around. Take the bad boot off and clip a 1/2" off and re screw if your brand will let you do that.

got it running like a top again.after a complete tune up it was a clogged up idle jet after all nothing electrical after all.