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http://members.rennlist.com/pbanders/djetfund.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [T3] F.I. troubleshooting > On 27 Nov 2004 at 9:32, Terry Cost wrote: > > > Jim Adney wrote: > > > > With the key ON, depress the throttle from the engine compartment. You > > should > > > hear some clicking of the injectors. This indicates that additional > > functions > > > are working. > > > > Doing this, the injectors aren't making any sounds that I can hear. How > > loud > > would the clicking be? > > You won't be able to hear it from the driver's seat, but it should be > pretty > obvious if you do it from the engine compartment. > > > The engine is coming out of the '73 to go in the '70. My main goal is to > > get > > the engine running to try to detect any mechanical problems it might > > have so > > I can fix it before I install it in the other car, but it would also be > > nice > > to be able to say that the '73 F.I. is functional if I wanted to try to > > sell > > it later on down the road, as the '73 system is coming off of the engine > > and > > being replaced by the '70 system to match the car. > > If you want to put the '73 engine in the '70 car with the '70 FI, then I > recommend that you put the '70 dipstick pipe, breather box and air cleaner > onto > the late engine when you do the swap. You'll want to cork the breather > tubes on > the late engine when you do this. > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >