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Jim Adney wrote: >Sounds about right, assuming that you were a bit generous with line lengths in >a few places. There are places where a bit more line is an improvement, but >there are also places where extra line can get you in trouble: You don't want >extra line to sag down and drag on the CV joints or to rub on the RF tie rod. > > > It looks ok with that RF tie rod, but I'm going to be under there again before she's on the road for real. Since I had the car up in the air and I unlocked the steering column, I was able to turn my wheels lock to lock while under there. The only contact I saw was when the wheels were at their maxiumum turn to the left(?) that the long tie rod would touch the return line coming from the chassis tube. Not enough to pinch it, though. It'll be rather infrequent that I turn the wheel all the way like that in all but parking curcumstances. >I hate to see overtightened hose clamps which have cut into the hose jacket. >What most people don't seem to understand is that 5/16" hose will actually seal >with NO clamps, so you only need to tighten clamps just enough to keep the hose >ends from working loose. > > > Yes... the 5/16 hose was a real tight fit- I actually had to put a tiny little bit of liquid soap on the hose barbs to be able to slip it on, since it was cold enough in my garage that the rubber didn't want to give all that much. I'm confident with the clamps that we're solid and that, soaped or not, the hoses aren't going to slip off the barbs. >Those grommets have always been a problem. I'll have to see if I can find some >of them here, because the OE ones are a real struggle to get the Goodyear hose >thru. > > > Well, the Lowes ones look good- but 1/2" is too tight an ID for the grommet for the hose to go through. 5/8 is a better choice. I gave some thought to putting in a bulkhead fitting in here instead of pushing the hose through the grommet, but it won't work well there. Alternatively I thought about getting some 5/16" steel tubing and custom bending a metal line to go from the transmission side of the bulkhead to nearer the #3 injector. >I run the CSV hose over the top and then down BETWEEN the 2 FI air runners. >It's a bit of a squeeze, but it works well, with no sharp bends and avoids >conflicts with everything. > > > In retrospect, this does seem like the right thing to do. I thought about it, wasn't 100% sure, but yeah, I'll do it this way. It should take all of 10 minutes to reroute. >Cars with EGR got a different pressure regulator and different "Tee" at the >right injectors. Those special parts have nipples that bend upwards (or >something...?) to loop around the EGR valve. I'd have to take a look at my '73 >to be sure, but I know they are supposed to be different. Does this sound like >what you have? > > > Yes, the pressure regulator, rather than have the return inlet sticking straight out at a 90deg angle relative to the adjuster screw, it comes out and doglegs, pointing rearwards. This was a real tight squeeze to tighten the hoseclamp. A long screwdriver helps here immensely. >Sounds like you're getting close. ;-) > > > Yup, I'm on target to my goal to getting the car started in Feb. I've tested out all the plug wires- they're on spec for resistance, though one annoyance is that at the distributor cap end they're not right angle, but straight out connectors like on a Type 1. I see no evidence that they're contacting the engine lid. They're Bosch wires, so I'm loathe to just ditch them if everything seems ok. I'm going to be pulling the plugs, inspecting them and probably swapping them (I have a new Bosch set). I've dealt with every likely vacuum leak- new vacuum and breather hoses all around. I need to remove some corrosion from the terminals inside the distributor cap- maybe this was causing a weak spark?. Emery cloth or steel wool here? I'm hoping that I'll have incidentally fixed the hard cold starting problem with the various tasks I've done. If the car still starts hard, I'll need to look deeper into a few things. The stuff so far was stuff I was going to do anyway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~