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> type3-d Digest Volume 98 : Issue 270
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> Today's Topics:
> Re: [T3] Cooling conundra [ "Jim Adney"
> <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> Re: [T3] Air Cleaner Coir? [ "Jim Adney"
> <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> Re: [T3] Cooling conundrums [ "Jim Adney"
> <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> Re: [T3] Whats the DEAL?? TIRE INFO [ "Jim Adney"
> <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> Re: [T3] T3 List (Was: Hoover...) [ "Jim Adney"
> <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> [T3] bug out [ Grant Voigt
> <gravoi@yahoo.com> ]
> Re: [T3] Voltage regulator [ "Jim Adney"
> <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> [T3] unsubscribe....unsubscribe...un [ Sean Huber
> <possom@preferred.com> ]
> [T3] fenders [ "Bruce McCallum"
> <potbelly@direct.c ]
> [T3] basic question [ Sonny8oy@aol.com ]
> [T3] im in for bug out [ John Clift
> <jclift@deans.umd.edu> ]
> Re: clicking regulator [ "Dave Hall"
> <dave@hallvw.clara.co.u ]
> Re: [T3] Syncing dual weber carbs. [ "Jim Adney"
> <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> Re: [T3] heater controls [ "Jim Adney"
> <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> Re: clicking regulator [ "Jim Adney"
> <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> Re: [T3] basic question [ "Jim Adney"
> <jadney@vwtype3.org> ]
> Re: [T3] heater controls [ "Dave Hall"
> <dave@hallvw.clara.co.u ]
> [T3] Front tin conundrum [ Steven Ayres
> <comwest@well.com> ]
>
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Cooling conundra
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 10:35:24 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 4 Sep 98, at 8:55, Steven Ayres wrote:
>
> > JimA=> when you remove this part of an engine there is always a
> > => surprising amount of dirt there.
> >
> > I've never actually seen one in place, but isn't there also supposed
> to
> > be a seal of some sort between the front tin and the body? I have
> the
> > front tin and my engine still gets a lot dustier than I'd like.
>
> There is no seal here on a type 3.
>
> > KeithP=> Im tired of sticking pins in my balls so I can hit the
> right
> > => spot with the spray, they seem to wander.
> >
> > Ow, that's gotta hurt! Have you considered just letting them swing
> and
> > concentrating on your hose angle?
>
> Ain't gonna TOUCH this one!
>
> Jim
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Air Cleaner Coir?
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 10:35:24 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 4 Sep 98, at 14:06, mfuhriman@fugro.com wrote:
>
> > My question: Do our air cleaners really have vegetable fiber in
> them??
> > Seems kind of amazing to me.
>
> If you look at it, it certainly looks and feels organic. It is NOT
> metal. I don't know what coir is; I never heard the word before.
>
> Jim
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Cooling conundrums
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 10:35:24 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 4 Sep 98, at 11:44, oofacts@earthlink.net wrote:
>
> > Wait a minute, I'm unclear here. You're saying that If I hook the
> heater
> > levers back up and duct the heat properly, the heat will be diverted
> to the
> > heat exchangers, where it'll be cut off (when the heat levers are in
> OFF
> > position), and then just sit bottled up until it rises to the
> heads? Are
> > you saying that it's bad for the heat to go from the very hot heat
> > exchangers to the heads, or good? Right now, there isnt ANY air
> going to my
> > heat exchangers, the pipes are capped on the engine before where
> the duct
> > would go to the exchangers. Please clarify.
>
> The heater control wires go to air valves at the EXIT (front) of the
> heat exchangers. When properly hooked up, COLD air is pushed in the
> rear entrance of the heat exchanger. This air is then valved into
> the car's interior, or dumped outside. Thus the heat exchangers
> normally have cooling ALL the time. If you do what you have done,
> then the heat exchangers just sit there and bake and get really hot,
> so if you stop moving that heat will just rise and warm the head,
> which is almost never a good thing.
>
> I should add that I got an email from one of our readers who has been
> running his car for 4 years in a hot climate and the heat exchangers
> have not suffered as far as he can tell. Still, I think this is
> probably a bad idea, so I don't recommend that you do it.
>
> Jim
>
> > >>I agree that most of the time the engine would be better off if
> this
> > >>extra air flow was not diverted to the heat exchangers, but think
> about
> > >>where the heat from a VERY hot heat exchanger is going to go when
> you're
> > >>standing still and idling. Hint: The heads, the most heat
> sensitive
> > >>part of your engine, are right above the heat exchangers.
> >
> >
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Whats the DEAL?? TIRE INFO NEEDED
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 10:35:24 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 4 Sep 98, at 13:06, Douglas_Brashear@mail.amsinc.com wrote:
>
> > I am so frustrated right now...everyone talks about The Tire Rack
> website
> > being so great, but they don't stock 165 R15's! You enter 165 85R
> 15 into
> > their size locator and it comes back with no matches. I called the
> > Merchants here in VA and they say that many companies make the size,
> but
> > they don't have any in stock at their store or the regional
> warehouse.
>
> You may just need to ask them what they can order for you. Sometimes
> the whole problem boils down to figuring out what is the right
> question to ask. I like the Michelin XZX 165SR15s. I suspect that
> they will be available for many years, but you might have to wait a
> week for them to arrive.
>
> Keep in mind that the big tire warehouse stores specialize in volume,
> so they are not as likely to be interested in your (odd-sized)
> business as an ordinary Michelin dealer. Mine is great and they will
> go out of their way to get me whatever I want, if they can. But then
> again they have been in business in the same building for over 40
> years.
>
> Jim
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> Subject: Re: [T3] T3 List (Was: Hoover...)
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 10:35:24 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 4 Sep 98, at 13:02, DILLARDP@edu-suu-lifac.li.suu.edu wrote:
>
> > After all, where else or earth or in cyberspace would the FI'ers
> allow us carb folks to spout
> > our misguided polemics without raining the conflagrations of Hell
> upon us?
>
> Gee, now that you mention it. Why DO we let you all get away with
> that? ;-)
>
> Jim
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> Subject: [T3] bug out
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 09:14:27 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Grant Voigt <gravoi@yahoo.com>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> so who is going to the bug out tomorrow, sept. 6 1998
>
> Grant
> gravoi@yahoo.com
> 69 fastback
>
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Voltage regulator
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 12:54:16 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 4 Sep 98, at 20:27, Nathan Jacobsen wrote:
>
> > What's the modification you do to make them last longer?
>
> > >I recommend genuine Bosch. I stock these along with a special
> > >version that I have modified for better life. I have not yet
> > >developed my electronic version.
>
> I just add a diode to the underside. This reduces arcing and
> prolongs the contact life, especially when the big resistor also on
> the underside dies.
>
> Jim
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> Subject: [T3] unsubscribe....unsubscribe...unsubscribe...unsubscribe
> Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 15:14:55 -0700
> From: Sean Huber <possom@preferred.com>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> type3-d-request@vwtype3.org wrote:
>
> > Subject:
> >
> > type3-d Digest Volume 98 : Issue 243
> >
> > Today's Topics:
> > [T3] Fwd: Has anyone ever seen this [ Type3Tommy@aol.com ]
> >
> >
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> >
> > Subject: [T3] Fwd: Has anyone ever seen this ad(not Type3)but very
> > cool
> > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 23:52:52 EDT
> > From: Type3Tommy@aol.com
> > To: type3@vwtype3.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > Subject: Has anyone ever seen this ad(not Type3)but very cool
> > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 23:34:06 EDT
> > From: Type3Tommy@aol.com
> > To: gregm@vwtype3.org, type3@vwtype3.org
> >
> > Attached is a copy of an ad that was given to me by Bill Dierickx
> of
> >
> > Wolfsburg Warehouse.The story is that this ad was supposed to run in
>
> > an issue
> > of Mad Mag. but was pulled for obvious reasons,Since my scanner isnt
>
> > the best
> > I'll type out the text of the ad.
> >
> > If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen,he'd be President
> > today.
> >
> > It floats.The way our body is built,we'd be suprised
> if
> > it
> > didn't.The sheet of flat steelthat goes underneathevery volkswagen
> > keeps water
> > out,as well as dirt and salt and other nasty things that can eat
> away
> > at the
> > underside of a car.So its water tight at the bottom.And everybody
> > knowsit's
> > easier to shut the door on a Volkswagen after you've rolled down the
>
> > window a
> > little.That proves it's practically airtight at the top.If it was a
> > boat,we
> > would call it a water bug.But it's not a boat it's a car.And,like
> Mary
> > Jo
> > Kopechne,its only 99 and 44/100 perent pure.So it wont stay afloat
> > forever.Just long enough.Poor Teddy.If he'd been smart enough to buy
> a
> >
> > Volkswagen,he never would have gotten into hot water.
> >
> > Later Tom
> >
> >
> >
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> > [Image]
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> Subject: [T3] fenders
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 12:48:30 -0700
> From: "Bruce McCallum" <potbelly@direct.ca>
> To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
>
> I have a complete set of beatiful fenders from a 66 squareback. I
> live in
> Vancouver BC. If you live in Washington I may be able to bring them
> to
> someone if they want them. I don't know what to ask but they are
> completely
> rust free and the buckets are the best I have ever seen. I also have
> the
> hood as well and it is totally mint. My phone number is 604-597-8844
> or you
> can just email me at potbelly@direct.ca and I will get back to you.
> Ted Ingram (64 notch, 72 panel camper)
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> Subject: [T3] basic question
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 18:18:26 EDT
> From: Sonny8oy@aol.com
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> i'm going to adjust my valves tomorrow ('69 FI, AT, stock orig.
> dist.).
> bentley says set the rotor to line up with the mark on the
> distributor; this
> is the tiny notch cut in the top of the lip of the distributor,
> correct?
> then i should mark where 90, 180 and 270¼ are on the lip for cyls 2,
> 3, and 4?
> easy as that?
>
> sonny
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> Subject: [T3] im in for bug out
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 19:15:20 -0400 (EDT)
> From: John Clift <jclift@deans.umd.edu>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> Grant and otherrs
> Im going to Buf out tomorow. Simce I-66 is the corridor we all will
> end
> up on, how bout meeting on the side on the road abiut 8 am? that ok?
> i figurejust after the turn off for 'Rt 698 Cedar Lane' exit. or is
> 8:30
> am more realistic? ill check email before i got to bed and if it
> looks
> ok ill see whoever want to meet up not later than 8:30 am on I-66 west
>
> just after the 698 Cedar land turn off. Il be in the...type 3. Mine
> is
> the Beige 71 Fastback.
> or if u think of a better plan, feel free to buzz me at 301-277-3691
> otherwise see any listee at the Bug out, ill be parked in the show
> area.
> After all, its the best place to park so u dont have to carry a cooler
>
> around :) my car is in pretty good shape tho far from perfect, and i
> hope everyone bringin their type 3 will park in the show area no
> matter
> the condition, thats what its for after all, bot just for the
> prettiest
> cars, lets clog up the show ara with all the type 3 's we can :)
> john 71 fastback
> college park, md
> and uh....nevermind my spelling, who put these darn keys so close
> together anyway
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> Subject: Re: clicking regulator
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 01:18:37 +0100
> From: "Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>
> To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
>
> A clicking VR was the cause on one of the few problems with my FI
> Fastback, a mysterious occasional misfire when going fairly gently.
> It all made sense when I realised.
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
> www.hallvw.clara.net/
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> From: type3-d-request@vwtype3.org <type3-d-request@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3-d@vwtype3.org <type3-d@vwtype3.org>
> Date: 04 September 1998 21:27
> Subject: type3-d Digest V98 #268
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Syncing dual weber carbs.
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 19:21:48 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 4 Sep 98, at 16:55, DILLARDP@edu-suu-lifac.li.suu.edu wrote:
>
> > Otherwise, Weber dual carbs are GREAT and twice as good as that
> lousy fuel rejection
> > system stuff! (No, no, don't unsubscribe me, I was just testing the
> tolerance, patience,
> > humanity, compassion, and good nature of our fellow T3ers. Whew,
> that was close!)
>
> Personally I think Phil need a friendly visit from the FI Police!
> You know, a sudden knock on the door in the middle of the night, a
> brief search of the premises, a quick but painful interrogation.
> Believe me. We have ways to help you see the light.... ;-)
>
> Jim
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> Subject: Re: [T3] heater controls
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 19:21:48 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 4 Sep 98, at 21:46, kevin gunter wrote:
>
> > here goes. I have two vent control knobs on dash,
>
> These control how much fresh air is admitted from in front of the
> windshield to the inside; yes this is a vent. One knob for each
> half; how the halves are divided depends on the year.
>
> some
> > sliders on the side panels near the door hinges,
>
> These control whether any of the heated air is allowed to blow out on
> your feet (down is off). If off, then it all goes up to the
> windshield.
>
> and those levers by the
> > parking brake that look like throttle control levers on a 747.
>
> The one on the right turns the heated air on (forward and down) or
> off (up and back.) The one on the leftallows some of that heated air
> to escape in the rear footwells.
>
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> Subject: Re: clicking regulator
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 19:46:00 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 5 Sep 98, at 1:18, Dave Hall wrote:
>
> > A clicking VR was the cause on one of the few problems with my FI
> > Fastback, a mysterious occasional misfire when going fairly gently.
>
> The real cause is the low voltage that accompanies the failing VR.
> For some reason, if the voltage falls a bit, the FI starts to run
> rich. In extreme cases, it can be like running with the choke on.
>
> Jim
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> Subject: Re: [T3] basic question
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 19:46:00 -0600
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> On 5 Sep 98, at 18:18, Sonny8oy@aol.com wrote:
>
> > i'm going to adjust my valves tomorrow ('69 FI, AT, stock orig.
> dist.).
> > bentley says set the rotor to line up with the mark on the
> distributor; this
> > is the tiny notch cut in the top of the lip of the distributor,
> correct?
> > then i should mark where 90, 180 and 270¼ are on the lip for cyls 2,
> 3, and 4?
> > easy as that?
>
> The mark on the dist is just approximate. That will get you started
> on cylinder 1, which will be followed by 4,3,2 in the firing order.
> What you should really go by is the TDC mark on the pulley for
> cylinders 1 & 3 and the similar casting shape that is 180 deg away on
> the pulley for 2 & 4.
>
> Jim
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> Subject: Re: [T3] heater controls
> Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 01:24:48 +0100
> From: "Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>
> To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
>
> Knobs on dash are for fresh-air only;
> Right-hand lever on tunnel does the heat (sometimes has a red knob)
> and left-hand lever does the rear vents beneath back seat;
> Slider knobs on A-pillars open the floor outlets (down is off);
> later 72 and 73 models had tunnel mounted controls for this; goes
> with the 3-point seats.
>
> So, get all heat to the screen by pulling up R/H lever, pushing down
> side knobs and L/H lever down.
> That's assuming it's all working fine! When it is, it's good (don't
> know about temps well below freezing, or stationary in traffic
> though!).
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
> www.hallvw.clara.net/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kevin gunter <kgunter@iland.net>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
> Date: 05 September 1998 03:46
> Subject: [T3] heater controls
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> Subject: [T3] Front tin conundrum
> Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 10:15:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Steven Ayres <comwest@well.com>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
>
> JimA=> There is no seal here on a type 3.
>
> Any idea why the body lip above the front tin is so compex in form,
> then? It has a shelf, a lip, little dimples, etc. that sure seem to
> point to holding rubber. I'm tempted to try say a chunk of Type 4
> engine
> seal on it.
>
> Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
> '66 343
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