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Re: [T3] type 4 brain or type 3?




Micah wrote:

> Okay, I have one person telling me it is not the correct brain for my 74,
> and another telling me it is the right one.
>
> which is it?  and please state your source. I really want to have the right
> brain for the right system, and starting with the most expensive part, the
> brain, and working down to the injectors makes good sense.
>
> Again, the one I have is 022 906 021 E
>
> I do not have a type 4 parts list..  I wish I did!
>
> Micah
> 74 FI AT Type4 square.

Micah,

You have not told us your engine code.

Nevertheless, as your Type4 is a Type46 Variant or wagon or
squareback and if it has a chassis number beginning with
*464 ........* and if it is a US spec vehicle, then it should have
as original equipment an EC series 1.8litre motor equipped with
Bosch L-Jetronic AFC fuel injection.  This engine was a USA
only engine (and Canada) and was in production from 01Aug1973
i.e. for 1974 models).

For verification of this I refer you to the Type4 section of the
VW ETKA CD-ROM (USA version) parts catalogue where it lists
engine codes, dates etc.

Alternatively, check out Jens Vagelpohl's Type4 web site at:
http://www.type4.org/technology/enginecodes_html
noting also the footnotes.

Alternatively, see "Road & Track Buyer's Guide for 1974" page 125
or "VW Greats" March/April 1974 page 17.  Both describe the
differences between the 1.8litre automatic transmission only 4-door
and wagon on the one hand and the 1.7litre manual transmission
2-door on the other.

For 1974 for both USA and California, the 4-door sedan and 2-door
wagon came only with 1.8litre EC series motors and Bosch L-jetronic
AFC fuel injection.  For 1974 for USA (but not California) the 2-door
sedan came only with the smaller but more powerful 1.7litre EA series
motor and Bosch D-jetronic EFI fuel injection.  The 2-door stayed the
same as for 1973 models and was not officially sold in California in
1974 - for exhaust emissions reasons.  (The 2-door is very rare in USA.)

Simon Glen
Toowoomba, Australia.

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