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On 2 Apr 2004 at 11:07, Jim Smith wrote: > i have an opinion question and maybe you all can help. i own a 73 > fastback, that before i bought was sitting for about 5 years. i drove > it for a few months, but it kept blowing injectors and stuff, and was > having tranny trouble. i dont know much about engines and > transmissions at all, but a buddy of mint told me that both would > likely have to be rebuilt/replaced. Most of these need work by now, but the troubles you describe (injectors and stuff) don't sound like they point to a rebuild. They just point to a lack of understanding, on your part and/or your mechanic. > as much as i love this car, i dont know if i have the know-how to do > it myself, and being rather poor, i cant afford the rebuilt engines i > am finding (rarely) online. If you have basic skills, a place to work, a good machine shop to do the work you can't do, the willingness to ask questions when you are confused, and the persistence to see this thru (it will take several months) then you will always get a better end result if you do it yourself. If you try to buy a rebuilt engine you have a much lower chance of satisfaction, because, in the first place, you won't get an engine that's exactly right for your year, and secondly you'll get someone elses rush job. > the other thing, just to make sure, and prove how ignorant i truly am, > were there 1974 type 3's? i was always told that they were only made > until 1973. but the girl who i bought the car off insisted it was a 74. There were some type 3s made in Austrailia in 1974, but German production ended with 73. If this Type 3 was sold in the US it can't be a 74. OTOH, you didn't say that this was a type 3. You just said you had a fastback. There were type 4s made up thru 74. Maybe that's what you have. Tell us the VIN (chassis number) and we can tell you much more about it. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org