Re: [T3] 71 Fasty Engine help? Please, if there is a VW God Please HELP!!!

["Mike" <rx4mike@ezy.net>]

"When you pull off the SP wires is there a
spark that jumps those gaps?"

Yes, as I remove the wires and hold it from the distributer socket it does
arc a spark.

"check for a bunch of white FI  ground wires near the center of the engine.
Are all those wires  connected? Are any of those wires broken? Work
carefully with those wires, they are fragile and you can easily do more harm
than good with them."

Yes, all of those wires are connected to a central ground bolt, I also
loosened the bolt, and moved the wires a little then tighten the bolt back
down to make sure the ground was getting a good connection.

I also changed the distributer cap to the original one that was on it when I
purchased the car and it had the same symptoms, so I put the new one back
on.   I have another distributer that is a bosch but not from a bug...from a
vw jetta i think, gonna try switching it as soon as I have a chance to see
if it clears up or makes a change of any kind...

Thanks

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] 71 Fasty Engine help? Please, if there is a VW God Please
HELP!!!


> On 23 Jul 2001, at 23:37, rx4mike@ezy.net wrote:
>
> > Man when you put everything in to perspective you can really see that
> > a mistake was made on my part on thinking that I could take this car
> > and assume that I could use it as a daily driver, for even a short
> > time.  But I think I have figured out a problem with my car that maybe
> > my main problem.  There is a small vaccum module attacted to the
> > distributer.  That i think is an Automatic Vaccum Advance but it
> > doesn't appear to be fuctioning.  At an idle it doesn't appear to
> > blowing or sucking any air...or at a high rpm doesn't appear to being
> > anything.
>
> You're right, this is your vacuum advance. It won't do anything while
> you're testing it in your driveway. The only real test is to suck on it
> while you watch the inside of the dist and see if the breaker plate
> moves and stays. It should be sealed; if you just have to keep
> sucking the diaphram is leaking.
>
> At any rate, the engine will run just fine without it, especially at idle.
>
> >  Also while the car is idling I can remove the spark plug
> > wire ends from the distributer running to the two cyclinders closest
> > to the rear of the car and it doesn't appear to affect the running of
> > the car.  I also removed the wiring harness plug from the fuel
> > injection units on the same cylinders and it also doesn't appear to
> > affect the running of the car.  At an idle I mean?  What does this
> > mean?
>
> This is a REAL problem. When you pull off the SP wires is there a
> spark that jumps those gaps? If so, check for a bunch of white FI
> ground wires near the center of the engine. Are all those wires
> connected? Are any of those wires broken? Work carefully with
> those wires, they are fragile and you can easily do more harm than
> good with them.
>
> If there is no spark there, open up the dist cap and check inside
> and out for tracks.
>
> BTW, there's no reason to send these messages both to me and
> to the list; that just means that I get to copies of each.
>
> -
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
>
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