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On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 08:42, Timothy Kender wrote: > Hi folks, > This group is rapidly becoming my 2nd net home. Thank you all! Now > here's my situation. > > My 1973's AT behaves oddly. I took it to my mechanic to see if he can > adjust the carb (PO removed all FI when he replaced the T3 with a bug > engine sans tin!) the mechanic adjusted the carb, checked the VM & > hoses, wired the chocke, set dwell, timing, points, etc. He remain > mystified. > One thing I would check, with it being a Bug engine, is the bolts between the engine drive plate and the torque converter. Also, what did they do for the kickdown switch. Kickdown is electrical on an 003 automatic. Did they just wire the solenoid hot?? Better off disconnected than wired hot. There is a scan of the automatic troubleshooting guide on my web site. http://classicvw.org/gallery/automatic It is not real neat, but better than nothing. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~