Re: [T3] First post and first questions.'63 Notch.

["Mike Fisher" <fisherfarms@uwol.net>]

One bad "electric idle solenoid jet" on our 67 dual carb. square
caused some rough running, but that might not be pertinent to your
car?   We just rinsed our tank with gas while filtering it through
cloth for reuse.  We found grit/rust in the cloth filter and water
globules @ the bottom the gas can to pour off.  Some people have
rattled chains/bolts around in the tank to loosen rust, but we didn't
try that?  I guess you must have a Bentley & Autobooks Manuals at the
least by now?  www.books4cars.com has a huge selection.  Mike

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 2:33 AM, Matthew Galbreath
<matthew.galbreath@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello there this is my first post although I have been reading off and on
> for the past year or so.  My name is Matt and I live in Wellington, New
> Zealand and have a early '63 Notchback.
>
> I've seen people say here that you don't find these cars, they find you
> and mine certainly found me.  I wasn't even looking for a car when I first
> saw it and even though it was in pieces I knew I had to have it!  I've spent
> the last four years slowly putting it back together and the last 6 months
> actually driving it.
>
> My car has been going great apart from one issue that has been a real
> headache, although I think I have now gotten to the bottom of it.  The car
> would start and idle fine but would be really jumpy/jerky/hesitant when you
> tried to give it any gas.  Once the revs got up it was ok but just had no
> power at low revs.  Made for a few hairy situations pulling out into
> traffic..  The problem would sometimes be really bad and sometimes almost
> unnoticeable which has made troubleshooting quite hard.  Anyway I have
> finally worked out that rust or gunk from the fuel tank is clogging up the
> carb.  I've taken the carb apart and cleaned it out, put in a fuel filter
> and everything is great.  I'm actually surprised just how peppy it is.
>
> this leads to my questions..
>
> Is it possible that the passages more likely to get blocked in my carb are
> the ones to do with the transfer from idle to open throttle so that it idles
> fine but just has trouble when I step on the accelerator?  Maybe the
> accelerator pump was what was clogged?  Is this something that has happened
> to others with the early 32PHN single carb T3's?
>
> Can I inspect and clean out my fuel tank?  It looks easy enough to get out
> but what is the best way to go about cleaning it?
>
> Also during the course of troubleshooting I did a compression test and found
> the number 3 cylinder to be quite low, around 110 psi while the others were
> around 145 psi.  I was told this is the cylinder that sits behind the oil
> cooler in the cooling airflow so does not get as much cooling as the others
> and can wear faster.  Should I be worried that it is this much lower than
> the others?  Is it going to suddenly crap out on me?  Checked valve
> clearances as well and they were fine and the same as when I set them 6
> months ago - although I have only done 1000 or so miles in that time.
>
> Before realising the Carb was the cause of my poor acceleration I thought my
> timing advance may have been wrong so I swapped out my distributor for a
> known good beetle dist with a similar advance curve.  This distributor is
> still in the car and running fine but I plan on reconditioning my original
> dist and swapping them back.  Apparently the original dist runs number 3
> cylinder a few degrees retarded to run it cooler and make up for the fact it
> gets less cooling air.  Do the beetle distributors do the same thing?
>
> Sorry for all the weird questions but any help is greatfully recieved.  I
> only wish I had discovered this group earlier, looking back through the
> archives I can see the answers to so many of the problems I grappled with
> getting this car back on the road..
>
> Matt.

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