[T3] '69 SB now running, thanks to all

["Jim Showker" <jshowker@comcast.net>]

Hi all,

Got my son's '69 SB going today. Started here about 7 weeks ago with "Newbie
with questions on stock FI". Here's the sequence of events.

  1.. My son and I noticed a neighbor around the corner had this SB on the
curb, hadn't moved in months. We finally talked to him, he said it wouldn't
run, that he'd sell it for $300. Ended up being $200 as he couldn't find the
title and the lost title fee in Or is $100.
  2.. Pushed it home. We could barely get it to start. Ran exceedingly rich.
Asked for advice on the list. Jim Adney and others really helped a lot.
  3.. Pulled all the elect connections for the FI and cleaned all contacts
with Corrosion X. It then ran pretty good.
  4.. Got a new shift rod coupler to replace broken one. My son's first R&R
on a part. It took him about an hour but got it done.
  5.. Got a timing light and ran the motor. No advance. Shaft with advance
weights frozen in the dist. Jim Adney offered to rebuild for the incredibly
great price of $55. Sent it off to him.
  6.. We got the distributor back today, like new. Thanks Jim!! Put it in
and timed the motor. It runs perfectly. Just purrs at idle, good power, no
smoke at all. Starts instantly.
The car is in great condition. A few dings here and there, but that's all.
No rust, it's from California. My son is so excited now, because when we
started, I told him to expect a rebuild, which would cost $500-1000.

So, I want to say thank you to all. These lists are a great thing and even
though I have a lot of VW experience, I don't think we would have gotten the
FI working with out help from the list.

Thanks Jim Adney for putting the list here for us all!!!!

Jim Showker

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~