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On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 00:17, Mark Healey wrote: > > The embarasing problem is that I dropped the old rotor through the > hole where the ECU goes. Now it is down the left fender. Whenever I > hit a bump it rattles. I can't reach it, or even see it. I can't use > a magnet because the metal in it is brass. Any ideas on getting it > out without removing the fender? There is a drain flap on the bottom. Have you tried fishing through there for it? If you absolutely can't get it out, try pouring something sticky like gasket cement in there to keep it from rattling. BTDT. There is a 1965 T-1 running around somewhere with a 19mm socket in the front quarter panel. ;=] We also used to find beer bottles inside the frame tunnel. > > One somewhat serious problem is that whenever I let up on the > accelerator quickly it dies. I thought it might be the idle. It was > kind of low, but not much (800). I increased it to 850 and it still > happens. > > Any Ideas? > > > > Mark Healey > 71 FI auto square > 71 FI manual square > marksvw@healeyonline.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org