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On 20 Jul 2005 at 12:43, (o\I/o) DON!!! wrote: > Hi, got a probalem I'm trying to figure out with my 71 Square. It's got > a basically stock 1600 which now has dual baby Webers and an 009 > distributor. > A while back when I first put the carbs on, it seemed to run fine, but > would overheat in a matter of about 15 minutes. Some looking around revealed > mountains of mouse nest makin's stuffed in the tins and fins. So, I cleaned > everything out, but by then it was the end of the season, so I put the car > away. > Now, when I start the car, it seems to start okay, and it sounds fine > in neutral, but when I put it into drive (it's an auto) it barely moves. It > acts as if the brakes are stuck, which they aren't, I checked. The trans > fluid is still on mark. The motor seems to check out fine. I did have to do > some tweaking to the carbs to sync them, but they seem fine. Here's my > guesses: When you try this, does the engine race, or bog down like it's seeing a load? > 009 distributor not advancing (or advancing too fast) under load...put stock > vacuum distributor back on (will this work with the carbs?) The 009 is not a good dist, but it should work "okay" here. Advance is not an issue for starting out. To check the advance, watch the timing marks with your timing light while you open the throttle. Or, grab the rotor and twist it CW. It should move ~1/2" and then snap back smartly when you release it. If it doesn't do this, then the advance isn't working. The stock FI dist is excellent and has both vacuum and mech advances. When you installed the carbs, did you plumb in a place to connect the AT vacuum modulator? You need to. When you start a new thread like this, it is best to give your message an appropriate subject line. ;-) -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~