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On 26 Jul 2001, at 0:23, Mike Wodkowski wrote: > Well, after an extremely frustrating, (but oddly enjoyable nonetheless - I > guess there's just something appealing to being stranded on a dirt road in > Ohio when you live in NYC) trip to Jim's in Wisconsin, and then spending a > great time with Jim in Madison, I spent the next two weeks driving to Mich > and then Canada with my new FI engine and WHAT A DIFFERENCE! I owe this all > not only to Jim but to all you out there who encouraged me to keep at it, > and to the existence of this site - my sweet little car would have been > consigned to the scrap heap by now had it not been for this newsgroup. I'm happy to hear that you had a good trip home. I was a bit concerned when I didn't hear from you for over a week, but I didn't know how long you planned to stay in Canada. I trust you got my message about correcting the ignition timing, but I'd like to hear what kind of difference it made. Did you manage to check the gas mileage on your trip? I had a great time, too. It's nice that that engine has a good home and I know that it will serve you well. I haven't stripped your old engine down much more than where it was when you left, but as you know there were plenty of things we had discovered already. I'll let you know when I know more. I sent a report on what I found to the list already, but if you didn't see it I can send it to you again. It was really great to have Mike here with us for almost 5 days. Getting to know people on this list is a great opportunity, but it's nice to see that one's on-line impressions were close to the mark. Mike's got the right karma and the right sense of stewardship; his car is lucky to have him. ;-) As for me, I was happy to be able to help him sort out not only the engine and fuel system, but also a number of annoying small problems. As for the weber carbs, I'm not sure how much of the problems should be blamed on them. There were plenty of problems with the assembly of the engine, enough to make it a case study in how NOT to assemble a type 3 engine, and I haven't even seen inside the case yet. It is quite likely that those carbs would do fine on a properly assembled engine in a warm climate. I hope the carb folks among you appreciate the fact that I'm trying to be fair here. ;-) - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org