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On 22 Apr 2003 at 9:03, Mark Seaton wrote: > From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> > Its very difficult to get decent plain copper stuff off the reel- I don't > want to buy an expensive kit and chop the ends off, so if this is reasonably > priced I will buy some to replace the "super bougiecord" on there now. I did > buy some from you a while back but had to mix it with some dubious stuff > that you could see sparks inside along its length at night- the conductor > wasn't continuous! It's hard to believe that you can't find someone with a reel of the stuff somewhere. Have you tried just asking at a service garage? This may be the kind of thing that a place would have just to make up the odd bit of SP cable. I buy it in 50 ft rolls and can sell you more for cheap, but you ought to be able to find some closer to home. > You might have a point there Jim- perhaps no3 is just much less tolerant of > this than the others because of its lower compression. Thing is, the jets > are the original ones so they should be the right size. I guess it must be > the idle jets that we're talking about- they're in the cut off valve- I'll > take a look at those today and see if they need a clean or something. I'll > also have a look for air leaks. I think everytime I take the carbs off I > have problems for a while when I put them back on again. It seems they need > a while to settle in, or for the gaskets to seal properly. I have thicker than average gaskets, which MIGHT help, but I'd be watching for simple things like a washer on the stud between head and gasket, or a balance pipe with a loose fitting, or a cracked balance pipe.... -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org