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On 7 Aug 2003 at 22:16, Kris Kuckowicz wrote: > Had a small problem with my '72 fuel injected square the other day. I > recently replaced the fuel filter because it was hesitating a little bit, > nothing much at all, or so I thought. While taking her on a test drive, > after about 20 miles or so the car started hesitating, gently at first but > getting progressively worse, forcing me to pull over and get a tow home. > (stalled out sitting at a traffic light, bucks like a bronco in first) The > car starts fine, however once put under any load it begins to bog down and > stall out. As of yet I have not done any tests ie voltage or checking the > injectors etc. . . But did check all hoses which are intact and connected. Start with the basics: dwell, timing, valves. Don't even think about anything else until you cover those bases. Remember that the 72 needs special timing instructions that are ONLY to be found correct in the Bentley manual. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org