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

[James MacNaughton <JMac@uglyduckling.com>]

I have a contact in Tempe, AZ that remanufactures and sells remanufactured.
Remanufactured unit for 71 is listed at $149.95.

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> From: 	Erkson, Toby[SMTP:toby.erkson@intel.com]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, November 04, 1998 9:27 AM
> To: 	type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject: 	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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