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well, i for one make sure i am running bosch w8ac plugs with correct gap. i have seen these start a VW in -5F when no other plugs work! other than that, make sure your electric chokes are working correctly. at 50F or cooler, the chokes should be just closed. with in 30 seconds of start up from cold they should start opening. > > From: "Ben Mungkornpanich" <ben@givingclothes.com> > Date: 2005/10/25 Tue AM 09:46:24 EST > To: <type3@vwtype3.org> > Subject: [T3] Cold Morning Startup > > Ok, so I live in texas and yes it doesn't get that cold but sometimes > strange things happen and it gets down into the 30s and 40s :-) Well this > has happened the past 2 mornings and it takes a 2-3 minutes of cranking my > '69 squareback with dual carbs (stock ones from an older year) to start up. > What do you all do in the cold climate areas to get your sqbacks going > quicker in the mornings? > > Thanks!!! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Brian Fye-- http://www.geocities.com/menacefye 64 Notchback, 64 Notch Speedster, 67 Squareback, 73 Squareback, 73 412 Squareback Automatic, 74 412 Squareback Automatic, Wedgechop Drag Bug