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On 18 Jul 99, at 21:04, Jacob Schroeder wrote: > >Does it do this at any speed, or is there a speed (like around 30 > >mph) where this only occurs. > > Usually, it occurs at the speeds where i am in second or third gears, so > between 20-35 mph or so. I had a 71 that did this. It would "lurch" around 30 mph if I was just trying to hold a constant speed with no load. I don't know an answer for this, bf] several things to remove the backlash from the drive train seemed to help. > >Is there any chance that your "new" engine has developed a large > >amount of end play in the crank. If so, you may be able to see this > >in movement of the pulley at the rear of the engine. > > That is possible, could you give me more information on how to check this > out? Watch the pullley while someone pushes the clutch in. If the engine is running you may see the pulley moving back and forth until the clutch is depressed; this pushes the crank to the rearmost extreme position and holds it there. > >I never heard of such a thing and I can't imagine what it is. Is it > >possible that you are just hearing wind noise and confusing it with > >engine noise. Or is your clutch slipping when you get pushing against a > >good head wind? Do you have SOME free play in your clutch pedal travel? > > I don't think my clutch is slipping, because i'll get the noise with a > strong cross wind too, and i've heard from a few others on the list that > the same thing happens to them too, so, who knows? It the clutch is not slipping, then the engine can't speed up unless the car speeds up. > See, money is no problem as far as gas goes, i can spare the extra ten > cents a gallon for the premium (hi octane) stuff, i am just curious if the > high octane gas can cause any harm. Cause once i was talkin to an old red > neck chevy mechanic around here, and he was tellin me this story about > some kid who got a hold of a '72 Super Beetle and ran high octane gas in > it and blew the heads off. Is that possible? Can running High Octane gas > on a stock '72 VW cause damage? That story is just ignorant BS. That's impossible to be caused by the gas. > >What part of Indiana are you in? I may be passing through there later > >this summer on my way to my folks home. I am a displaced Hoosier. > > I live in Kokomo, Indiana, it's about 50 miles due north of Indianapolis > on US 31. If you will be traveling near here, tell me, where will you L ng? My parents live in Richmond. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe