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Ideally, you might want to find someone who is selling a complete FI kit for a T3 with all the parts for the same year, or even a long block, or best yet, a whole parts car. The D-Jetronic seems to have been changed some components roughly every 2 years or so by VW. You should be able to transplant an entire system onto any long block, however. The ideal years that people seem to like around here are 70-71, as the early FI had some extra parts, and the 72-73s had more emissions equipment. The major components of the FI system: ECU & wiring harness Pressure sensor 4 injectors Distributor (with trigger points for injector timing) Throttle position switch Temp sensor 1 and 2 Intake plenum (auto and manuals are different- auto has an extra port for the vacuum modulator) and runners Kickdown switch (if auto) Fuel pump Fuel pressure regulator ECU relay and Fuel pump relay Air Cleaner housing To reinstall FI is not impossible, but you might be in for a bit of work. The 2bbl Weber Progressive is at best a goon-job, as you may have noticed, but it does work. I had one on my first Fasty and it generally ran fine with decent performance and mileage. At this point, my personal advice would be to go dual carb- though that too is not without it's pitfalls (carb synchronisation, for example). However, it may well be the path of least resistance for you. There are aftermarket choices out there that will not be as much of a logistical pain to acquire. Even though I'm a purist at heart, carbs may be the path of least resistance. On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:03:05 -0500, franzmoore@optonline.net <franzmoore@optonline.net> wrote: > Hello Type III Mailing List, > I've never posted any questions to the list before, but i've been reading the posts for awhile now as my interest in the type III's has slowly developed into an obsession. Well, I've finally got a reason to write as I've recently aquired a 69 Fastback. My first foray into type III's. I'm sure this will be the first of many inquiries on my part but for now, the question i'm debating is this. The car had been converted to a single weber carb at some point, such that, as the carb stuck up past the original engine cover, the previous owner chucked the lid. Ideally, I would like to return it back to the original fuel injection, just not sure where to start. I do have a number of nos type III fuel injection parts at my disposal, including ecu's, fuel pumps, pressure sensors, (i believe that j.adney bought the last of the fuel injectors i had though). As i'm not a professional mechanic, just have a set of metric tools and a love of VW's, i'm also wondering if it might just be easie > r for me to revert to the dual carb set up that came on the earlier type III's. I know there has been debate on carb versus fuel injection, and i would prefer to go back to the fuel injection, not sure i'm up to the task, technically or financially. Just thought someone might have some input as to the best way to go. I've really enjoyed the posts in the past and have admired the way you guys help each other out. Thanks! ~FRANZ MOORE > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >