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my comments below > 1. I recently had my generator light come on brightly. I had the stock 12V > generator rebuilt for what i feel was a reasonable price. I also replaced > the voltage regulator with another one I had laying around. Now when I step > on the brakes the Gen light glows lightly. If the lights are on it gets even > worse. Does any one have any suggestions?? Make sure that the generator light is connected to the generator and not to the oil, I had these crossed and my "generator light" flickered. > 2. Recently while driving down the road my fasty feels like it has lost a > cylinder or 2. It still runs but sputters and backfires. If I slow down to > about 55-60 mph in 4th, with a freeway flier tranny it smooths out but still > doesnt have much power. I took a look today and noticed that the coil wire > to the distributor was loose. So I pushed it back on snug. Away the fasty > went smooth as ever. Then going down the freeway at about 75 it did the same > thing. It is a stock dual-carbed 1641. I never knew that the T3 came as a 1641 STOCK :) Check your compression , I always find it mighty informative - I found studs pulling out of the case that way, and once I found a heat deformed head that way. Herman > > I appreciate any help I can get. > Erik > 65 fast > 55 bug > ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org