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Daniel, Exhaust leaks can cause the popping you are talking about, but usually intake leaks are the main culprit. Doug > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Baum [SMTP:daniel@type34.info] > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:43 AM > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: Re: [T3] Spin > > A friend of mine came over today, and, after resetting the timing after > yesterday's misguided attempt at fiddling with it, we took the car round > the > block again. > > The last time this friend of mine went for a ride in the car it still had > the old, bodged carb linkage, the carbs were not balanced properly, they > were running too rich and I still had the old front shocks. > > This time, he was stunned at the difference. The car accelerated really > nicely (I don't know why I thought it was gutless before. I think I just > wasn't giving it enough gas), and changed gears up and down in all the > right > places. It actually went into third; I think this is the first time it's > been driven fast enough to do that. It still banged once or twice as I > pressed the accelerator HARD to get up a hill. Could my substandard > exhaust > be responsible for this? He is pretty knowledgeable about VWs and cars in > general, and he didn't think it was a big deal. > > And then I let him drive it. It's the first time I've let anyone else > drive > the car since I've had it. He drove it round the block (harder than I did) > for a few minutes and was grinning from ear to ear when we got home. > > Incidentally, I didn't have to give him any special instructions to drive > the car (of the kind: "don't do this or it won't start/it'll explode", or > whatever.) I just gave him the key and he drove away. > > I think the wreck's become a car at last! > > Daniel Baum > 1969 Type 34 automatic > Email: daniel@type34.info > Homepage: http://www.type34.info > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org