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On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 23:16, Toby Erkson wrote: > Okay, some of you are probably gonna faint when you hear this. Okay, > deep breath...Today I bought a 1972 (Nov. 1971) Squareback with stock > fuel injection (and COMPLETE heating system and muffler), automatic > tranny, stock sunroof, almost perfect cargo mat, and an installed BN2 > gas heater! > > Here's the details (and pictures are linked in there, too): > http://www.icbm.org/erkson/personal/vw_auto_72/ > > I'm going to need to replace the front fuel lines...what diameter of > line do I need? The fuel lines are 7mm originally, but 8mm/5/16" will work fine. > I'll also need to do some investigative work on the > automatic as the shifting sometimes engages hard and other times I have > to let off the gas to get it to up-shift (go to the next higher gear). > Luckily the Bentley has a decent trouble-shooting guide for the automatic. I see the fuse holder for the kickdown, but no switch. Is the fuse holder hooked directly to the trans??? That is a no no. > > The car is sometimes painfully slow, making me realize that my baby (my > first T3) is actually pretty quick for a T3. Oops, I gotta update my > signatures now, rats :-D You will get used to the lower performance of a stock engine. It is what your father went thru, but you are too young to remember. ;=} -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~