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On 19 Nov 2005 at 15:40, Douglas Brashear wrote: > I had a chance to play around with the Fasty this morning and I think I > solved the problen (knock on wood). The Bosch Platinum plugs were somewhat > fouled, and ot doesn't seem to take much to cover up that little electrode. > I bet the fouling was because I turned the bypass screw down too far. > Anyway, after installing standard Bosch plugs, cleaning the distributor cap > terminals and electrodes, and doing what Jim and Dave suggested the car > seems to be OK. > > I do have a question though...is 22MPG too low for a stock '73 Fasty? By "bypass screw" do you mean the FI idle adjustment? It depends on how it is driven. This would probably be normal mileage for in-town driving, or at 75+ highway speeds. Between 50 and 70 you should do better. I doubt that a little junk over the tip of the plug would have any effect on the spark. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~