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On 17 Aug 2003 at 11:11, Fiesta Cranberry wrote: > >Check the advance mechanism. > > That's the flying saucer in the side of the distributor, right? I > disconnected the hose and sucked on it, and the plate moved, like the > book said it should. That's one part, but not the important part, at least on your dist. To test the other part, you have to grab the rotor and twist it CW. There can be a little free play and then it should twist CW against some spring pressure until it has moved about 15 degrees, when it will run into a hard stop. It will be somewhat stiff, so you may have to twist it fairly hard. Once you've twisted it, it should snap back sharply when you let go of it. > >You may also have a fuel pressure > >problem. If the fuel filter is clogged the > >system can get enough fuel to idle and > > I was wondering about that. How do you check that? Do I have to open > gas lines? I'm afraid of gasoline. It's good to have a healthy respect for gasoline. To do this test you would need a pressure gauge and a couple feet of 5/16" hose. There should be a "spare" nipple between 2 of the injectors with a screw in that nipple. Take out the screw, start the car, and watch the gauge. You MAY have to get a friend to watch the gauge while you're driving (a longer hose may be necessary) to catch the pressure falling as the fuel demand picks up. > >You really need someone to look over > >your shoulder with you. > > Yes, yes! A CAR-dian angel, so to speak :^) > > >Have you posted your location? > > I am in San Francisco, right near the beach. CAR-dian angel! I like that. ;-) We should have a number of members in the bay area. Perhaps one of them will volunteer...? BTW, spark plugs are not that hard to get out, even though you can't see them. You need a spark plug socket, a ratchet wrench, and a couple of extensions. I know that everyone else uses flex joints, but I prefer to just use straight extensions so I can control the angle of the plug when I'm installing them. It takes a little practice to find the right angle to put them back in, but it's pretty easy once you find your "groove." 3" extensions work for some plug positions and 6" for others. The SP connections ARE a little floppy, but they should actually be holding on to the plugs. If you can pull them off with no effort then that's wrong. Sometimes they are actually hard to pull off and you have to be careful to pull on the connector rather than on the wire. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org