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On 31 Jan 2005 at 19:41, Everett Barnes wrote: > I bought a '69 Fastback last weekend: > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/scrapbook/69fasty/ > > It's pretty nice. Paint job is a cheap job from 10 years ago so it looks > better in photos than in person. I hope to learn a little about the "evil" > FI. :) To be honest, I bought it to resell later, once I get it running > well. > > 3 immediate questions: > > 1. Where can you buy replacement hoses? I need: > a. Hose from oil breather down draft tube to oil filler tube. Short hose, > either 11/16" or 17.5 mm in diameter? (Size correction welcome) All the > places around here have 3/4" only, which would leak. It's a standard metric size. I probably have one if you really can't find a european car shop with some in stock. The original stuff is the typical with braid on the outside. The big stuff is expensive, but you only need 3". > b. Vacuum hoses - 9.5 mm? For pressure sensor, temperature sensor II, etc. Not sure, I thought the fuel line stuff (5/16") worked there. > 2. Should I use 7 mm or 8 mm FI fuel line? I see Jim A. said he preferred 8 > mm lately because some of the 7 mm lines wore out quickly near the fuel pump > up front. 5/16" is the best stuff for that. > 3. Fuel mileage was really bad on the drive home - 15 mpg. I am going to > start with checking the valves, dwell, and timing once I replace some hoses. > What else should I check? Charging system voltage. Should be 14+ V with a warm engine and med rpm. If it's low replace the VR with a Bosch 30-019. Make sure the gas wasn't just splashing out thru a broken overflow hose. > If anyone is parting out a car, I would like to find these parts fairly > quickly: > 1. 90-degree intake elbow from air cleaner. Mine is cracked and missing a > large chunk. There are 2 versions, you need the early 68-71 edition. I probably have one. > 2. Steel-wool looking thing from inside the breather, underneath the cap. > Missing. You can leave this out. They are almost ALL gone by now. > 3. Fuel filter bracket - hooks over fuel pump. Missing. Not installed with the early pumps. I think they started in '71, but maybe '70. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~