[T3] MPS calibration

[Keith Park]

I owned a 72 Squareback that was purchased new in Great Britain, it was LHD,
had a UK fuel sticker in the gas door and otherwise seemed to be US spec
although the black vinyl seat upholstery was a bit different.  Oddly, the
birth certificate listed the engine as a l.2L.... it was FI.  There were tax
reasons for listing the engine as smaller though weren't there??

Keith



Top Notch Restorations
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71 Squareback "Hothe"
65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
87 golf "Winterat"
93 RX7 "Redstur"

-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Dave Hall
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 8:25 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] MPS calibration

There were quite a few LHD Type 3s in the UK around the Air-force bases,
mostly brought there by US servicemen.  I guess they were most likely
purchased when in Germany while the guys served with US Forces over there.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club.
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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: 04 January 2011 23:08
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] MPS calibration

On 4 Jan 2011 at 10:56, Russ W wrote:

> On 1/4/2011 10:51 AM, Russ W wrote:
> >
> > Keith.  You have to remember, that Ray has never really worked with 
> > Type 3's.  He is a Type 4/914 person.
> > Yes, T-4 had the full load enrichment in their MPS, for 72-73.  T-3 
> > did not.  T-4 did not use the 5th pin in the throttle switch, but 
> > T-3 did not.  Ray keeps getting T-3 FI stuff confused, as he has 
> > never really worked on them.
> > I keep pointing out those differences to him, but he ignores me.  
> > That is why I take a lot of other stuff he says with a grain of 
> > salt.  Like he says the injectors will not stand over 35 psi, and 
> > yet, I run both of my cars at 35 psi.
> 
> Typo correction.  T-3 *DID* use the 5th pin in the throttle switch.

;-) That's better!

That's really interesting. I saw very few Type 4s and 914s and never noticed
that they had a 5 pin TVS where the 5th pin was left disconnected.  

I once worked on a '72 Type 3 that had been brought back from England. At
least that was what I was told, but it was LHD. When I was checking out the
FI, I found that the 5th pin signal wasn't getting thru, so I finally found
that wire folded back inside the TVS connector boot. The pin was crimped on
the end of the wire, but it appeared to have never been inserted in the
connector. I inserted the wire and fixed a few other things and the car ran
great for quite a few years after that.


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Jim Adney
jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, WI USA

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