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<x-charset iso-8859-1>On Friday 19 October 2001 16:25, JaransonT3@aol.com wrote: > I got my Square insured and licensed today and took her for a short spin > around the neighborhood. She is starting and running great. After a 15- > 20 minute run, I was able to hold the dipstick between my fingers. She > seems to be running just right. Had good throttle response...no flat > spots. She idles good. Has good performance...at least as far as my > memory serves me as to the last aircooled VW I drove. I need to get the > old bias ply tires off her and get some radials under her. Probably get an > alignment too. The brakes work good (silicone brake fluid). May have to > back the rear shoes off a bit....drums were a bit warm to the touch. My > gas gage is not working consistently. It mostly doesnt work....but jumps > around occasionally. The clutch chatters when starting in 1st > occasionally. Will have to replace when I rebuild the engine this winter. > > It was very cool to drive her finally. > Congratulations. You are farther than I am. I did get my gas tank working today. Seems like all the VW's I get have tank problems. The clutch chatter could just be rust on the flywheel or pressure plate if you havent had the engine out to clean it. -- Russ Wolfe '71 Fastback AT '66 Fastback MT (IT RUNS) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>