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Well, after messing around with the engine, we got the engine to run rather smoothly. It smoked for a about a minute, and after it got all the oil and gunk out, it ran fine. We hooked the mechanical fuel pump up to the fuel lines, and it seems to be running fine. The car had fuel injection since it was made, so it had a electric pump. When the PO switched over to carbs he used the electric pump, but since it went too fast, he "installed" a regulator into the fuel system. I suppose the mechanical pump has been running for 30+ years without any fuel? The car runs WAY too rich, and the idle is too low. The engine dies if I lift up on the pedal, but if I keep the rpm up, it runs pretty well. I need to figure whether the carbs are just too rich, or if it's the wrong jets. The linkage is kinda flaky, does anyone have a photo on how its supposed to look? (my Bentley hasn't arrived yet) I had to replace the coil, and after we ran it once, we turned the distributor around a little bit. That reduced a lot of the backfiring and smoke, and improved the smoothness of the engine. The distributor seems to be in good condition, all the points are nice and clean. The electrical system is still in poor shape, when I turn the turn signals on, both the arrows light up. I don't know if that's normal or not. The light switch works, when I pull it out, the dash lights go on, I don't see the headlights, nor the running lights, so I guess they are burnt out. There is a button between the speedo and the clock, but I just cant figure out what it is. What's it used for? The brakes... Well, we removed the master cylinder, and also the front disks. The front disks are extremely thin, so we cant get them turned (when they laugh at you, it's a clue). I haven't even looked at the rear drums. That's all I can think of now, the wheels do turn, and when it got spinning, the spring wrapped around the drum snapped off, making a loud pop. We thought we broke it until we saw it lying on the ground. That was entertaining. Doug ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org