[T3] they can run well, Right?

["Jacob Hoffman" <cobyhoff@hotmail.com>]

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First off, is the whole hotmail users being unable to post thing fixed?  If 
everyone is reading this than I assume so.  :)

I have a '71 square FI AT that has always run rich, and always when it gets 
hot it cannot "go".  By "go" I mean that I put the gas pedal down, the 
engine sounds decidedly more vehement, but does not increase in RPM.  When 
it finally does start to increase, it seems to in a stepped incremental 
manner.  ie, nothing, nothing, nothing...something, something...and finally 
more something.  I'm starting to realize I have no idea whether it is the 
fuel injection, ignition, or transmission that could be causing this 
problem.  I have always suspected the Automatic transmission.  I rebuilt it 
50K miles ago using the Bentley.  As I recall, my dad and I were not exactly 
sure about the belt tensions in the tranny.  The car has a very hard time 
going uphill in reverse, for example.  I just checked all the temp sensors 
per Bentley, and they all seem fine.  The throttle position sensor is worn, 
but seems intact when I cleaned and inspected it last week.  I have gone 
through 4 or 5 vaccum senors, tested them, tried adjusting them, and finally 
just picked the one that seems to work best.  The injectors seemed fine on a 
leak-down test.  The engine in the car is at least the 3rd case, brand new 
about 50K ago.  That means that the fuel injection components have either 
250,000 or 350,000 miles or so on them.  I've even tried a computer from a 
'69 in the car.  Just this week my Squareback forced me to start driving my 
'76 westfalia because the flexplate rivets came loose causing the most awful 
rattling on sustained speeds and decelerations.  Even if I was sure that the 
flex-plate wasn't going to fail catastrophically, I wouldn't drive the car 
now.  Its far too embarassing.  Sorry for the long post, but this car has 
been my daily driver since 1995, and I have yet to get it running right.  
I've been watching the list for a couple months now seeing if anyone elses 
problems were the same as mine, but it seems mine is either so obvious that 
noone else has to ask, or its unique.

Any direction would be appreciated.  I plan on going down to Parma, but the 
whole flexplate thing certainly threw a wrench into the works.

Jacob Hoffman Portland, OR
'71 Squareback FI AT
'76 Westfalia "pop-top breadbox" dual solex

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