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On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 21:01, Greg Merritt wrote: > > Two updates on Kevin G.'s trip from CA to MA in his '71 Squareback. > > First, got a postcard today from Kevin, sent from Butte, MT. Cool! > > About an hour later, the phone rang... and it was Kevin > calling from near Pierre, SD. He had a couple of questions. > > Toward the end of their most recent leg, he was sleeping and > his gf was driving. She reports that the car finished the leg > running at somewhat reduced power. They don't seem to chalk it up to > hills or altitude. It doesn't seem to be running particularly rough, > though Kevin says that the idle is a bit rough. > > I suggested that if I were in his shoes, I'd start with the > points -- timing and dwell. I would also check the four injector > electrical connectors, and the trigger point plug, though I've > usually found that problems with these would most typically be > associated with rough running. > > I described the possibility of a clogged fuel filter causing > "loss of power" troubles. We talked about the location of the filter > and how to change it, and that not just any filter will do due to > pressure/flow/fitting size requirements. > > He also described a burning smell that seemed to be recent > but ongoing, smelled more often when slowing down or coming to a > stop. As we talked, I forgot to mention the rear hatch seals. He > said that it did not smell like plastic burning. Oh, he also used > some chemical degreaser on the bottom of the engine before the smell > started, though he didn't feel that there was strong correlation. > > He has your contact info, Russ and Jim. (Lucky dog and a > lucky part of the world to be in, if you ask me, if your '71 > Squareback is making a fuss!) He also asked me to look up SD locals > on the type2.com AIRS list; got four names for him off of that. > I just had a voice message from him in S. Dakota. I was outside and didn't get to the phone in time. The message said he was going to call me back later. He is having some kind of problem. I hope he can make it here before I have to go back to work on Monday. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org