Hi All-

I've been reading this group for a while and decided to join to get
some advice and hopefully offer some advice once I know what I'm doing.
I am a newbie to the aircooled VW world with a '73 Super.

I tried doing a little maintenace yesterday and now she won't start.
The engine turns, but now she won't catch. Here's what I did:

1) I pulled the radio in an attempt to rewire the speaker, but the
radio had no power once I pulled it out (it did have it before I pulled
it). I gave up and put the radio back in. The car started fine after
this.

2) I cleaned some of the fuse connections with steel wool. I did
connect 2 fuses as the wool started to burn, but the car started OK
after this incident. However, my left low beam has gone out.

3) Here's where I think my problem is; I checked the gap on the points,
which was fine. I put a little bearing grease on the rider ala Muir
book. I cleaned the rotor and checked the resistance. I poked around
the distributor a little to orient myself.

4) I changed the fan belt.

The car started and ran fine the day before and right now I'm beside
myself. I've gone over everything I touched, but have no idea where to
go from there. Sorry for the long posting, but I want to be thorough as
possible. Thanks for your help!