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On 20 Jul 2004 at 21:39, gBartels wrote: > I am currently working on a 71 Fastback that has had many hands on it > over the years and have come across a few questions for listmembers. > 1. When setting the timing, the condenser bumps up against the aluminum > fan housing before I reach the timing mark. Does this mean the > distributor has been installed 180 off? It sounds more like it might be 1 tooth off. It's pretty easy to turn the engine to TDC and then pull the dist out to look at the slot in the drive gear. Then you can see whether you're in the right place or not. Just compare to the drawing in your manual. > I noticed someone posted advice regarding timing recently in which was > suggested to measure the circumference of the timing ring, divide by 12, and > mark this distance back from TDC. That is the best way to make a 30 deg BTDC mark for those with non stock distributors, who need some alternate way to set their timing. > 2. I believe this car was originally fuel injected as I have a return > line to the fuel tank. There's a T above the tranny where the line > splits into the return. Is it ok to simply block of this return and run > a single line to the fuel pump? I'd leave the T there. If you remove it, you will also have to remove another T under the gas tank. All this will leave your return line open to the air and it will rust. Left this way it does no harm and the car could still be returned to FI sometime in the future if you get tired of the carbs. > 3. The carburetors are hosed and I can't find a rebuild kit for my Solex H > 32/34 PDSI-3. I know the replacement options of Weber Progressive or 34 ICT > but eventually would like to build up a bigger engine. Have any of you > installed IDF's under the lid? Is this possible? I wouldn't give up on the Solex carbs, but I don't recognize those numbers. Kits are still available for most models, but you may have some strange model on there. Exactly WHAT do you think is wrong with them? Moving to a new set of unknown carbs starts you up a whole new learning curve that is likely to be much longer than you expect. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~