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> I wonder what I had disrupted to make the car run right? Maybe she just wanted the > attention. > It's certainly true that some of these engines are keener on being handled than others. I've spent almost 4 hours today with a French flat-four aircooled, and she certainly needed some handling to go. Did an oil change first, then settled down inside, but would she start? Not a chance, not even a "chuff" - even tried hand swinging, then we put the battery on charge, pumped up the tyres, which were rather low, and left the autumn sunshine dry out the distributor for a while. We also investigated one of the suppressors in the twin coil ignition system which we fiddled with and one of the ignition lead gland nuts wasn't screwed in. Still couldn't really find any obvious problem as such. However, when we tried again, the engine burst into life, and after that she really flew - yes, really! Did about 120 miles around Glastonbury and over the Severn bridges for the next hour or so without a hiccup. She hadn't flown for about 3 weeks, it's been cold and wet recently, and the tyres really were in need of air. Yes, sometimes I think they just need to know they are loved, and won't let you play until they're good and ready. I think if I ever manage to afford a plane, it'll have to be VW-powered, though. ;-) Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~