[T3] reIntroduce

[Mike Fisher]

You should pick up a $5 Remote Starter Switch from Harbor Freight.
They can be invaluable, when testing/tuning your car.

On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 8:36 PM, matthew Stanfield <vw70t3 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> After a nearly three year hiatus, i actually spent some time on my fastback today. It is amazing how time gets away from me these days. It is hard to believe that another three years has passed since i had the fastback running last.
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> Three years ago i was having trouble with the fuel pump seemingly not supplying fuel to the engine and the pump motor getting very hot to the touch when trying to get the engine to start (as if the motor was binding or something). I took the pump off with the intention of putting the head on a spare motor i had. Well that did not work out as planned. While the spare spun freely when connected to power, i could not get it to actually move fuel (diesel) with the head on. So i put the head back on the old motor and got it to move fuel with no problem. I then reinstalled the pump on the car. Added gasoline to the tank and tried to start the engine. It was so close to starting, but alas would not actually start.
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> I was getting 30psi of fuel pressure while cranking (according to my 8 yr old spotter), but it dropped to 10 by the time i could get out of the car and back to the engine bay to check the gauge myself and then quickly proceeded to drop to zero. So i guess this means the fuel pump is actually moving the fuel to the engine bay.
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> I guess my next step is to check to make sure i have spark and fuel in the cylinders.
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> I will give it a go next sunday and see what i discover.
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> matthew Stanfield
> 1970 VWfastBack
> mansfield, OHio
> home.earthlink.net/~vw70t3/
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