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On 7 Jun 2006 at 9:22, Annika Kentopp wrote: > Hey - I just bought my first Type 3, and will be picking it up > tomorrow. It's a '73 Fastback, only 36K miles, but it's been sitting > (except for periodic starts) for the last couple of years. I'm > hoping to pick it up in Jersey & drive home to the DC area (with a > friend driving behind, in case we have problems on the way). Any > thoughts on things I should check or look into before we make that > drive? For that matter, would anyone care to share a phone number, > in case we wind up on the side of a road, trying to fix something on > an engine we're unfamiliar with? Check the engine oil and the brake fluid level. Stop after the first 10 miles and check the temp of the brake drums/rotors all around. At the same time, look under the car, with the engine running, for gas leaks and recheck the oil and brake fluid levels. Don't use the brakes any more than absolutely necessary to get home, driving as if the brakes only had 10 stops in them before they completely fail. Drive conservatively, leaving lots of space between you and the car in front of you. Air the tires to 18 F/ 26R. Drive in daylight. Listen to the car, not the radio. Make sure the 2 idiot lights actually come on when you first turn the key ON and then go out when the engine starts. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~