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If he comes through Albany, have him give me a ring! Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Merritt" <gregm@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 10:01 PM Subject: [T3] Kevin trek update (attn: Russ and Jim) > > Two updates on Kevin G.'s trip from CA to MA in his '71 Squareback. > > First, got a postcard today from Kevin, sent from Butte, MT. Cool! > > About an hour later, the phone rang... and it was Kevin > calling from near Pierre, SD. He had a couple of questions. > > Toward the end of their most recent leg, he was sleeping and > his gf was driving. She reports that the car finished the leg > running at somewhat reduced power. They don't seem to chalk it up to > hills or altitude. It doesn't seem to be running particularly rough, > though Kevin says that the idle is a bit rough. > > I suggested that if I were in his shoes, I'd start with the > points -- timing and dwell. I would also check the four injector > electrical connectors, and the trigger point plug, though I've > usually found that problems with these would most typically be > associated with rough running. > > I described the possibility of a clogged fuel filter causing > "loss of power" troubles. We talked about the location of the filter > and how to change it, and that not just any filter will do due to > pressure/flow/fitting size requirements. > > He also described a burning smell that seemed to be recent > but ongoing, smelled more often when slowing down or coming to a > stop. As we talked, I forgot to mention the rear hatch seals. He > said that it did not smell like plastic burning. Oh, he also used > some chemical degreaser on the bottom of the engine before the smell > started, though he didn't feel that there was strong correlation. > > He has your contact info, Russ and Jim. (Lucky dog and a > lucky part of the world to be in, if you ask me, if your '71 > Squareback is making a fuss!) He also asked me to look up SD locals > on the type2.com AIRS list; got four names for him off of that. > > Let's wish him luck! > > -Greg > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >