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On 21 Aug 2005 at 14:27, J. Jonik wrote: > Yes...moving those hood springs is a trick requiring, > as I remember, vice grips and pry bars and padded > things to prevent the spring from whacking you good. > Mine are at tightest adjustment. Must be just metal > fatigue in the springs...if the extra layer(s) of > paint aren't at fault for hood (or bonnet?) droop. Make sure, as Dave suggests, that the hinge end of the spring is in a notch, not a hole. I suspect it's in the wrong place there. Then you get to discover how tight they REALLY get to be. If your springs are really bad, I have better ones. > Re/ Mileage for a 72 T3 FI being acceptable at about > 22 mpg, that's a sort of relief...though the idea of > VWs being "good on gas" is from an earlier time, I > suppose, relative to 60s and 70s Belchfire bombs. VW gas mileage suffered a lot as the engine displacement went up in the 60s and the emissions controls came in. > It seems that such cars may not be up to contemporary > urban area highway levels because of the speed thing. > Modern cars on 65 MPH highways go 75 and 80+ > routinely, thus making a 65 or even 70 mph VW almost a > stand-still obstacle. All cars, new or old, benefit from slowing down. Your best fuel economy will come at some point where you've just shifted into your highest gear. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~