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On 19 Apr 2003 at 22:50, Tad Heckaman wrote: > 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? I've used the FI electric pump and FI regulator with an additional regulator to get the pressure down to the correct ~5 psi for carbs. This works fine. If you have hooked the mech pump now I hope you have disconnected the electrical pump, otherwise you'll have way too much pressure and the engine will run rich. > 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. See above. > 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. Don't try to time it by feel or ear. Do it right. You can even do this statically if you don't have a timing light. You should also make sure that the advance mechanism(s) are working smoothly or your performance will be awful. > 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? Both TS lights DO light up together. Headlight problems could be lamps, fuses, connections, or grounds. The red button is a low brake fluid warning light. > 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. The spring was a dealer add-on to damp vibrations which come out as brake squeal. Other than the ones I've added in the last decade I've never seen another since I sold my 68 in the late 70s. (Big mistake!) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org