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That is very odd.. I looked at my sent mailbox and it said that the first message I posted was sent out Jan 13, and did not appear until today (Jan 22) I wasn't sure if I had been added to the list. In any case, regarding my 72 squareback that had the engine fire, since the wiring harness was completely melted and a lot of the FI components were damaged, I was strongly leaning towards getting a used wiring harness from a junked 72 squareback, and converting to carbs.I was gonna use a 1972 harness so : 1) If in the future I changed my mind about FI, I could convert back 2) I would not have to retrofit a pre 1969 harness for rear defroster, backup lights etc. Since I posted my first message, I drained the oil, and to my horror I found that the crankcase had about 1/2 gallon of water sitting inside of it, presumably from the PO putting out the engine fire with a garden hose, then letting it sit in his garage for 2 months before I got a hold of it. :( This means that the engine will definitely need to be taken apart. Since it is already going to be apart, I was considering maybe upping the displacement to 1776 cc. I have read in several places that this is about the practical limit in the type 3 VW because of cooling issues etc. I was wondering: 1) What kind of damage should I be looking for with water sitting in the engine for 2 months? Would it be a simple visual inspection of the cases, bearings etc, or are there some that can only be done in a machine shop? 2) What kind of carb setup would you recommend for a 1776? I see that CBperformance sells a Dual Weber 40 IDF kit with manifolds that will fit a type 3. Or should I just go with dual solexs? 3) If I do decide to convert back to the stock Bosch D-jet FI system, will I be able to use it once I increase the displacement to 1776cc? Thanks in advance, Matt __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org