Re: [T3] 72 FI missing/sputtering

[fess <fess-vwtype3.org@fess.org>]

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On Nov 16, 2005, at 10:35 PM, Jim Adney wrote:

> A miss is just the engine missing a single power stroke. You feel it
> as a very small jerk backwards which usually repeats at irregular
> intervals.

Driving it more after reading  this description It's definitely missing.
I think at points it's also dropping down to 3 cylinders. [ thus
my description of sputtering. ]

I disconnected the throttle position switch and drove it
the problem didn't seem to go away at all.
[why can I drive it like this? what does that switch do? ]

I checked the plug wires. they were 1k, 1k, 5k, and 0 ohms. the 0 ohm 
one actually fell apart,
the wire coming out of the plug end connector, and brown dust falling 
out of that.
I put it back together before measuring it.  Driving it after this,
the missing seemed to go away for a little bit.  This all seems to 
suggest
I need new plug wires.  Can I get these from the flaps? my aircooled
store is only open when I'm at work, so it's harder to get there.

I didn't check the plugs, yet. I need to get the right plug socket.

--fess

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