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everett you emails are coming to the wrong address - please check them and let your friends know that they are going to the wrong place. thank you. Roll-on Cycle 7215 Noblestown rd. Oakdale,Pa.15071 ph. 724-693-2906 fax 724-693-8533 ------------------------------------------------ On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:18:45 -0700, "Everett Barnes" <everettb@thesamba.com> wrote: > The past couple days my '66 Type 3 Ghia has been hesitating under a medium > load. I thought maybe I had an ignition problem or possibly dirt in the > carbs as it felt like a cylinder wasn't firing sometimes. Weird thing was, > it mainly seemed to occur only when the car was cold. > > I ran through all the normal stuff like dwell, timing, checked the spark > plug wires, fuel filter, etc.. I decided to replace the cap & rotor since I > had never done that, they looked a bit burnt, and the cap was still one of > the old brown bakelite ones which they haven't made for years. It started > and idled a lot smoother after the installation but still had a hesitation > problem in the mornings. > > Last night I pulled off the tops of the stock dual carbs. to see if there > was any crap in the bowl. Surprise, the left-hand side "power fuel" pipe > had fallen down into the fuel bowl under the float. This is the little pipe > that sticks down from the top 1/2 of the carburetor to provide extra fuel > under load. > > Stuck it back in, problem solved. > > Questions for the future: > 1. What should the resistance be for a "good" rotor? 1K ohms? Mine was > reading 3K. I cleaned the end with some sandpaper and it went down to > around 1K but I decided to replace it and keep the original one as an > emergency spare. > 2. What should the resistance be for "good" spark plug wires (the ends > really)? 1K ohms as well? Mine read as 1k but one reads a bit low, around > 940 ohms. The engine was hot so maybe that affected it. > > -- > Everett Barnes > '66 Type 34 > Phoenix, AZ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >