Re: [T3] car runs horrible

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 8 Mar 00, at 8:12, Ricardo Lugo wrote:

> Well, my car ran great for 8 yrs!  One day after a valve adjustment, she
> started running horrible!!  Turned out I didn't tighten two valve nuts.  I put
> them on, adjusted the valves.  Runs horrible!  The simptoms are: remember when
> you first started driving a standard automobile?  How if you let go of the
> clutch to quickly the car would start jumping.  Well that is my problem.
> Someone told me to check timing, I did.  It was retarded, I adusted, still
> sputtered but ran decent.  2 days later, she sputtered like crazy again!  I
> checked the timing again, timing mark nowhere to be seen.  I adjusted the
> distributor to the right and the left still couldn't find mark.

Sounds like you're looking in the right places, but just don't know 
what to do, or how to do it, yet. Get some help from someone who 
can explain timing to you. It's not rocket science, you'll understand 
it soon enough, and it's worth understanding because it will save 
you from uninformed advice like you got, below.

> ps I'm a newbie.  Someone here told me it sounded like the ignition system is
> going bad.  To try changing the ign. coil, points, condenser and cables.

Ignition systems don't "go bad," but they can have parts that wear 
out and need to be replaced. Just replacing everything is silly and 
expensive, and never necessary. It is usually pretty easy to figure 
out exactly where the problem is and just fix it. But you need to get 
the timing right first. That's probably your only problem.

-
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054

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