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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Yahoo, Isn't it a wonderful feeling??? I took my Bessie to a local Carb. specialist referred by Steven and WOW, its run the best it has in years now!! I am so happy to be driving around town again! Switching to Carbs was a very very difficult decision but, to be driving my beloved car again, well, it was worth it!! Its nice to know I'm not the only one who named her car.... "NON-VW" people think I'm crazy sometimes I think, ha ha! Enjoy Nadine!!! Happy Holiday's Pamela Peeples '73 Squareback, Bessie, Prescott Valley, AZ Daily Driver ----- Original Message ----- From: <veedub@apartment101.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:03 PM Subject: [T3] Nadine is running again! Woo hoo! > Tonight is the first night in over two months that Nadine is running since I > decided to rebuild the engine. > > I broke in the engine for 3 minutes at 3,000 RPMs, let her idle a little > bit, checked her for hesitation (little to none), and she's purrrring away. > And that's BEFORE I even synch the carbs and fine tune the timing/dwell. > > Man, oh, man! I am so excited! > > Quick recap on the rebuild: > > * Align-bore checked the case > * Reground cam and crank > * New cylinders, pistons, seals, bearings, lifters, rings, gaskts, push-rod > tubes, and Quiet-Pack exhaust. > * New distributor cap, rotor, plugs, wires, fuel filter and oil strainer. > * New (used) heat exchangers (I will have a heater again, too) > * Hot dipped the heads, recently rebuilt, still in really good condition, > but needed head-to-cylinder shims > * Rebuilt dual carbs (Solex 32 PDSITs) > * Used existing rods (end-play okay), late model .009 and oil cooler > (cleaned thoroughly inside) > > That's the jist of it. All it took was two squirts of gas into each carb to > prime it and a few seconds for the fuel bowls to fill up. VRRROOOOM! > VRROOOOOMMMMM! > > Thank you guys for all your help along with way. Especially Jim, Dave, > Keith, Toby, Bryan, Everett and Clint. Hope I didn't leave anybody out. If > so, I apologize. I promise to post pics soon of the new engine. > > Jason > 68 Notch (Nadine) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org > > </x-charset>