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On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 15:58, Garret Trask wrote: > >Please flesh this out a little. Did you first notice power loss while > >driving? Or was it fine when you parked it, but when you got it going next > >it wasn't right? If while driving, did you notice anything else happening? > > As soon as I got going the next day, it seemed like it had very little > power, and the engine sounded different that it normally does (quieter, sort > of muffled). At first I just thought it was cold, but as I continued to > drive, the power level never increased. I didn't notice anything else > happening in conjunction with this. > > Based on the information gathered today, here's what I'm planning: > > -- Check for spark at the spark plug end of the plug wires. > > -- Pick up a vacuum tester and check the vacuum on that side. The carb on > the left side has a fitting for the vacuum line to the distributor (which is > plugged on my car because my dist has mechanical advance). I can probably > attach at tester to that. What kind of reading am I looking for? Do you > know of any ways to check vacuum without actually buying a tester? > > -- I'll also take Phil Cain's suggestion of replacing the points to see if > that helps. > > Let me know if you have suggestions for other tests. > Check the valve adjustment. Check the rocker arms. Even if the valves don't open at all, you will show compression. Check the main jet in the carb. If it is plugged, the engine won't get fuel, but the accelerator pump will. -- 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