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Re: [T3] Severe engine problems...?


On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 00:16, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 11 Aug 2003 at 21:21, Keith Park wrote:
> 
> > My 73 system with the E Brain will run on 2.  If you get the injector plug
> > on the trigger points in backwards, and with a little effort it will, youll
> > get a condition where it runs fine unless your over half throttle..  then it
> > starts bucking and missing.
> 
> Hmmm.... My 73 with E brain won't run on 2. It stopped once on my wife and I 
> had to go rescue her. VOM showed one trigger point making contact and the other 
> side not. The car had come to a dead halt and showed no life at all when trying 
> to restart.  
> 
> Cleaned the trigger points and drove it home.  
> 
Trigger points opening and closing is what kicks the fuel pump in full
time after the intial 1-2 sec run when the key is turned on. I am not
sure if it is both sides, or one specific side.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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