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<x-charset iso-8859-1> From: "nathan howell" <orntar@worldnet.att.net> > I have my fasty all back together and there is still problems. It still > lopes and appears to be running pretty rich. All the connections look > good, but the passenger side injector plugs are a little loose, is there > a way to tighten them up? Do they have to go on in a particular > orientation? The plugs are keyed, but the injectors are not. Timing is > set to 0 BTD, as best as I could get it with it idling so erratically. > All the ignition components except points and condenser have been > replaced. Dwell is at about 44 degrees. I have not checked fuel > pressure, as I do not have a gauge. The best way to make sure they are tight is to remove them from the connector housing, and crunch them down a little. I did this on mine, and it worked, though you need to be very careful with the plugs. The locking tab that holds these in the connector is quite flimsy and will break easily. To remove the connector from the housing(if you dont have the proper removal tool), you can use a very thin (jewlers, or eyeglass repair) screwdriver. You need to slip the screwdriver between the connector and the housing on one side or the other. If you look at the connctor and wiggle the pins in and out you can see which side has the lock. You want to remove the connectors from the housing and the housing, and then using (I used needle nose plires) something with a flat jaw...gently squeeze the connector. I noticed as well that the connector is keyed and the injector is not....however the inside of the injector is just a coil of wire, connector orientation should not matter. > As I was timing it with and inductive timing light, I noticed that the > number one wasn't always firing. The light would flash for a few times > then not for one cycle then pick up again. I could not tell if it > coincided with the erratic idling. I clipped the light to the other > three cylinders and no misses. Could my coil be faulty, or maybe just a > bad ground on the timing light? Thanks guys. Sure, coil could be faulty, also could be a bad ground on the timing light, could be bad plug wire, bad points, lateral play in the distributor, bad cap, bad rotor. There are a large number of things it could be. And its likely that if you are getting an intermittant spark to #1 then that would also be responsible for the engine running rough. Drake 72 square FI 63 bug ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe </x-charset>