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On 25 Aug 2006 at 19:25, Steven Cooper wrote: > I have been planning on "reverting' my fasty to FI for a number of years > now. I have more than one off most of the FI components, either second hand or > new, including two NOS wiring harnesses. My car was originally FI, so it has > the delivery and return fuel lines. It's much easier to do this on a car that was originally FI and has the fuel return line. You'll probably want to flush out that line before you use it, however, because it's probably full of dirt by now, unless it's been capped. Note that you have to have the RIGHT FI wiring harness. There were probably something like 6 to 10 different harnesses, and if you have the wrong one it won't work with the parts, or the car, that you have. > My question is, is it worth the effort to get the FI working again? I want to > do it just for the challenge and because there are VERY few type 3s in Australia > which still have the original FI working. That's a hard choice. I know that if it were me, I'd do it, but that's because I have a basement full of the parts and I know exactly what's needed and where it goes. If you're not already familiar with the systems, this would be a real challenge. I'm not actually trying to discourage you; I just want you to go into this completely aware of what's ahead of you. I completely agree that it would be worthwhile to restore it. As far as driveability goes, I think you'll find that both systems are very driveable in good weather. The FI has a small advantage in cold weather starting, but that may not be an issue for you. The main reason that the FI was introduced was that it could be programmed to produce lower exhaust emissions. That's probably not as inportant in your part of the world as it is where the population density is much higher, but we all share the same atmosphere and each contribution eventually goes into the same pool. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~