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One of my Type 3s had a manufacturing fault and never ran well for the first owner. The second owner bought it about 6 months old, and when he carefully dismantled the carbs he found a hair in one, partly blocking a narrow passage. After that the car ran fine. I was owner number 3, and confess that after many years of faithful service, too many people had run into it (honestly!), and too much water had got where it shouldn't, that I've only parts of it left now including the carbs just in case. Owner #2 was the one who soldered small pipes into the air-cleaner over the carbs openings to attach a U-tube manometer for balancing. Nothing works better for balancing the carbs as the stock air-intake is still attached to the carbs, and you can check the balance at all RPMs too. A tyre valve cap closes the tubes off. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark @ Mo-Sys" <markse@mo-sys.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [T3] I had a carb problem too! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Ayres" <comwest@att.net> > > > Your experience teaches us all something: remember to keep an eye on the > > small and simple stuff too. > > Yes!, and just because something seems to be working OK, it is not > necessarily working right! I think I always knew there was something not > quite right- an engine should work RIGHT (especially if its German!) and > this one only ever seemed OK. So if your engine seems just OK, don't put up > with it- find out whats wrong, even if it takes years ;-) > > Mark > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~