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On 22 Jan 2002, at 16:56, Colemans wrote: > It's been a long time since I tooled around in my '66 Beetle, but I'm back > into the world of VW's again with a beautiful '68 Fastback (I'll > send pics if anyone wants 'em). My problem, the previous owner replaced the > pancake with a new upright engine. I'm afraid things have changed so much that > things don't look familiar anymore. What the heck are all those adjustment > knobs coming off my carb, for instance? Anyway, I thought I'd start with the > carb. It says, "SOLEX H30731PICT" on the side. Any hints about how to get info > about caring for this newfangled beastie? To start with, you need to do something fundamental with this engine. A standard beetle engine will overheat and quickly die in this application, because it will just suck in hot air to cool itself. The type 3 cooling system depends on getting cool air that is sucked in the cooling air ducts from the outside, while the beetle engine is sealed around it's waist so that the hot exhaust air can't rise up and be pumped thru the engine again. The carbs are a much more minor problem, but they are covered nicely in the Haynes manual: VW 1500 & 1600 Type 3, 1963 thru 1973, Haynes 084 (US) by J H Haynes and D H Stead published by Haynes North America, Inc, 1974, 1987, 1989, 1993 ISBN 0-900550-84-8 Please don't just ignore the cooling problem. It won't go away, and it won't fix itself. Unfortunately, fixing it means coming up with a proper engine, but the core that you have includes many good and useful parts. If you wait, that will become less and less true. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe