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RE: [T3] just brought home a project car.


My comments below.
   Toby Erkson
   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
   '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member
   Portland, Oregon, http://www.pobox.com/~toby_erkson/

>-----Original Message-----
>If 
>it does turn
>out that he doesn't have the ECU, do I need to find a '71 
>replacement, or
>can I use one out of any Type3?

You want the same model year, in this case a '71.

>And since I get the impression that
>working ECUs are not only hard to find, but also fairly 
>expensive to buy
>once you do locate one, what would be required to switch to a 
>carburetor
>setup?

Just as much money and more upkeep.  Unless you are going for a non-stock
engine keep the FI!  Can't they be bought from RMMW or West Coast?

>should I
>be able to move the shift lever thing by hand?

You can.  Get a coupler and attach it to the shift rod and start rowing
(shifting)!  Remember, all the gears will be in the reverse position and
direction (nose cone faces front, you are at flywheel end) than to what
you're used to shifting (i.e. first gear is rotate clockwise and push in).

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