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> I rechecked all the bolts related to the gas tank, > tightened one or two, but not much. This seems to have > solved my dancing needle problem. I took the sender > out and just looked at it for a while, but couldn't > immediately see how one takes it apart. Any hints? On the bottom of the sender is a washer 'folded' around a small nut. You must carefully bend the wash away from the nut and then unscrew the nut. Replacing is the opposite, bend the washer over the nut to keep it in place. It may be covered in a black crud an so not be obvious. Be careful not to rip the washer while bending it. The tube of the sender then slides off to expose the mechanism. Check out Dave Hall's site http://www.hallvw.clara.net/fuelsend.htm it has more info and a diagram. > Also, one final question (maybe two or so), relating > to FI systems and the motors they go in. I have reason > to believe that my engine once was fuel injected. How > do I verify/disprove these suspicions? I'm getting > close to a decision regarding my carb, and that > decision is that it's a piece. I can't tell you what > kind it is, 'cause I don't really know. FI engines will have a place for the temperature sensor. I know that it had two locations. On the later engines it is screwed into a slot "access hole" in the tin, just near the manifolds on the drivers side and in the general vacinity of Number #4 spark plug. If you look just in front of the coil, between the coil and the manifold. If it is still installed it will have a wire attached to the top, but probably goes nowhere on your engine. There is a hole in the tin also. The sensor on the 68-69 engines is, according to the manual, on "the bottom side of the left cylinder head". Jason Smith 71 Square FI AT Columbus, OH USA http://jasontsmith.tripod.com/vw.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org