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[T3] FI and late AT vacuum modulator


Hugh Lawrence has been asking me a question off list which I was not at 
first able to answer. The question was: On a 72 FI AT there are two 7mm air 
hoses which connect to the Intake air distributor just in front of and just 
behind the throttle valve. These 2 hoses then join in a Tee, but where does 
the 3rd leg of the Tee go?

I finally found the answer in my Elfrink FI manual, and it is likely that my 73 
FI AT is plumbed like this, but It's been so long since I had to touch it that I 
just didn't remember this feature. It appears that VW changed the way that 
the AT vacuum modulator got its signal for the 72-3 ATs, which use a 
different VM, governor, and valve body.   

Does anyone know what this 2-port setup does differently from the simpler 
early version? It makes me wonder if one of my 2 drillings might be plugged 
and if this might be the cause of the poor 2-3 shift that this car has always 
done.  

Can anyone shed any light on this?  

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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