[T3] Huston, we have ignition! (was RE: Some Spark but no Fire (was RE: Update with a Bowl Full of Rust Flakes))

[Adriel Rowley]

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> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:17:05 -0700
> From: fisherfarms at gmail.com
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Some Spark but no Fire (was RE: Update with a Bowl Full of Rust Flakes)
>
> If you are pumping the gas pedal you are flooding it! I only cycle my
> key and never pump the pedal when I'm starting my FI from a cold start
> or it will flood.
>
Well, I do not question the advice, but try it, and come to my own 
conclusion, and as I have learned recently, keep it to myself.  
Apparently folks are sensitive to comments/questions in regards to
the help they are going to give or have given.  Lost a few people
that way, including P.A. for a very long time, and now the relations
can be tense.  Darn shame, as has vast knowledge on a vast amount of 
areas.

Brian helped me from New York, and deserves a huge thank you, along 
with Adney and Mr. Hall for there help here on the List!  :D 

I was going to respond back to Brian that the point gap was fine, 
but realized that I had not recently checked it.  I decided to 
take Pedro's advice, and go out and work on her instead of 
computing.  Thank you Pedro for sharing this! :D 

So, checked the gap, and realized the mark in the distributor was 
not the high point of the lobe.  It is about were the edge of the 
brass in the rotor is.  I looked at the gap, and could see it was 
way out.  With the gauge, it had to be at least 1.5 times too big.  
Decided to clean the trigger points while at it, and pulled the 
distributor.  With the distributor out, was real easy to gap the 
points.  Then pulled out the trigger contacts and cleaned them per 
Russ' dollar bill method.  I greased the inner lobes, the lobes on 
the contacts, and the distributor shaft.  The latter made almost 
all the difference in putting in the distributor.  The other thing 
was realizing the breast tin is a bit high so the vacuum can hits 
it, have to push firm.  Got it all back together, primed the fuel 
ring, gave a few pumps of the throttle, and bang, the engine was 
running! :O :D l.o.l.:   

It runs rough, and takes a bit to increase R.P.M., and you have 
to keep the throttle open, otherwise it almost instantly dies.  
So happy walked the dogs and to clear my lungs, as at that time, 
none of the doors were open.  After which, started unearthing the 
Squareback to get it out of the garage.  Then my bio Mom came out 
while I was repairing the ground wire for the rear lights.  Not a 
perfect repair, but should work.  

Once done, lowered her off the jack stands, got in the Squareback, 
and told my bio Mom to hold her breath.  Once started, she decided 
to open the door to the house, so now the house smells like 
exhaust despite both outside doors open and a breeze, but mostly 
gone because the air filter cleaned it out.  Was a trick avoiding 
the van parked in the middle of the driveway, especially when I 
realized that I had only rear brakes. :O  Killed the engine 
twice, but the second time had enough momentum to coast to the 
street and park it; sloppy but legal.  

This is my forth night up past 21:30, and I am so shot.  But, at 
least she is out of the garage. ;) :D


Thank you all!
Adriel