Re: [T3] Your Weekend

["Jason Weigel" <notchboy@cox.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Maybe we should now do a pass off! I can handel the carbs with him. Good
work Leon.
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From: "Martinez, Leon" <martinezl@ftscpac.navy.mil>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Your Weekend


>
>  This weekend I worked on a Type 3 club member's Fasty , here in
> San Diego . He had problems getting it started for the
> first time after he rebuilt the engine. The starter was burned out
> (coincidence) , I drove him to a VW shop , they gave him a rebuilt one
> for 72 bucks.
>
> Installed it and drove the car around until very wicked bacfiring started,
> blowing an air cleaner cover on the road. We pushed the car up a hill
> to park it. Car would not start but backfired nicely form the carbs and
the
> exhaust. I walked a mile to my friend's house to my car . We attempted
> to jumpstart the car since the battery was now dead , we found the
> points wire bare and rubbing against the dist cam lobe. Then the car
started
>
> right away, after all this we tried to sync the carbs the best we could,
> I do not know much about dual carbs, just single carb and EFI stuff.
>
> His car is now moving around in an 1800 motor  . We need to fix
> his blinker lights next.
>
>
> LEON MARTINEZ
>
> SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA
>
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