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On 3 Dec 2005 at 14:55, type3weezer@comcast.net wrote: > Jim , you know alot more of the history than I do but when they > started making FI was that the same time that VW switched to 12V? I > know my 6V choke elements have an L&R on them but I don't know if VW > ever produced dual carbs with 12 volts. If not you can compare the way > the springs are wound to determine which is L or R. Sorry I can't be > any help. ( VW went to 12V in '67, and FI was first introduced in SOME markets in '68, while 12V dual carb type 3s were sold in some parts of the world to the end of production. So '67 was the only year for 12V dual carbs in the US. > While we are on the subject, does anyone here run their PDSIT's > without hooking up the choke? I switched over to 12 volt and I still > have the 6 volt choke elements in but with a voltage drop on it. I was > looking at a photo over on the Samba of an oilcooler set up and I > noticed that they had the original carbs in it but there was no wire > connection to the choke. My car is not a daily driver and is tucked > away in the garage till the snow and cold go away so warming up is not > so much the issue. Also what do you think of the idiot manual's tako > on it. Just curious, you know ;-) -- You can get away without the chokes in warm weather, but you have to adjust them to be open all the time. I love the Muir book, but mostly for its Karma and illustrations. I don't agree with everything he suggests, but he does have lots of clever tricks about how to do certain jobs. I agree that if you are very in tune with your engine then you can jusually get by without a choke, but for most of the population this is not really an option. I don't care for the series resistor tricks, since they waste a LOT of power. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~