Re: [T3] choke heater elements

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 8 Jun 2007 at 18:20, type3weezer@comcast.net wrote:

> While balancing my carbs today I noticed that  heater element for the
> automatic choke on  the left carb was not heating up. Is there a way to
> repair them? Are they the same size as the ones on beetle carbs? The element
> is getting power to it , it's just not heating up. A little more info... they
> are 32pdsit's, 6 volt elements running on a 12 volt system. (I have a voltage
> reducer in between. ran it all last year without a problem) If I can switch
> over to 12 volt elements that would be great but I need to know if they are
> type 3 size specific. 

It sounds like your left one has opened up. This is fairly common, but the type 
3 choke heaters are different from Beetle units and are getting hard to find. 
Lefts and rights are also different. I'd suggest getting a 12 V left and 
replacing just that one, while leaving the voltage reducer still attached to 
the right one.  

OTOH, you may find someone who wants a 6 V type 3 right, so you could replace 
both of yours and sell off the more valuable 6 V one.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI USA

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