Re: Shocks, valves, and RPM's

[king5zreo@juno.com]

Hunter,
	Ditto what Toby said. It seems that KYB is the shock of choice
for VWs.
Tom
'68 FB (Thumper)
'70 Bug

On Thu, 21 May 1998 18:37:14 EDT Soap Duck <SoapDuck@aol.com> writes:
>Hello all,
>Today I have a few questions.  First in order, shocks.  How do you 
>know how
>old they are.  I know the older cars don't have the softest rides  (at 
>least
>vw's), but I am hitting those bumps real hard.  Actually, when I think 
>about,
>I am going slow it just feels really hard.  How much do shocks go for 
>(low
>quality-High quality).  I would like a soft ride,  at least 
>comfortable.  How
>hard are they to replace.  I have a floor jack and all of that stuff 
>and can
>borrow most tools from friends.  
>
>Second, can valves be the cause of rich fuel mixture?  It seems that 
>however
>hard I try I just can't get the engine to run without puffing out 
>black smoke.
>I have done the timing...adjusted the carb about 30 times and nothing 
>seems to
>work.  Could it be that I just need a good  valve adjustment?
> 
>Finally, I saw in a magazine that you can see how high your rpm is by
>connecting it to the carb and using a tach dwell meter.  What part of 
>the carb
>do you hook the clamps to? Just wondering..thought it would be neat to 
>watch
>the rpms at idle (don't ask why) 
>THanx
>hunter
>
>

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