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Re: [T3] F.I. troubleshooting


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----- 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
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