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On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 21:50, Tad Heckaman wrote: > > 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) > Are the carbs stock Solex?? If they are, there are electric cut off valves on the idle circuit, that would cause the poor idle. The power for these valves comes from the hot side of the coil. > 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? What year is this car?? > > 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. > What spring is this. There is no spring on the outside of the brake drum. Unless someone has added something to help stop some brake squeal. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org