[T3] Faulty Fuel Pump

[Mike Fisher]

As a 'starving student' you can't afford the parts & professional labor to
work on/own it now.  Chirco in AZ could probably get it running for $500,
but you don't have a job!  No garage is a killer too!  Better save your
money for your daily driver, which is a Mercedes now?  I would sell the VW
cheap and buy a better one, when you can afford it.  You can store it in my
field in Harrisburg until you have a job/garage if you really want to keep
it?   ;-)

On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 29 Dec 2012 at 16:44, Adriel Rowley wrote:
>
> > What frustrates me is there is no need for all this questioning,
>
> The questions are necessary because you didn't tell us any of the
> answers in your post. You can't expect us to read your mind. You have
> to keep in mind that you are there, but we are not.
>
> > What I don't understand is why I have a pump that doesn't run despite
> > paying $89 for a rebuild. I would have gone and gotten a Ranger pump,
> > but Adney rebuilt it without confirming. Takes two, so not blaming
> > anyone. ;/
>
> Every pump I rebuild, including yours, gets powered up to make sure
> it runs after I rebuild it. Yours has been stored a long time since
> the rebuild, so it's possible that it frooze up in storage. This
> might be due to water still in the motor portion, which I can't be
> sure of getting out without the more expensive full rebuild, which
> would have cost $50 more.
>
> I don't think either of us thought about this at the time, and I was
> under the impression that you were going to install the pump right
> away and any water remaining in the gas tank or pump would have
> burned off quickly, assuming most of it had been drained out of the
> tank.
>
> Keep in mind, however, that we don't yet know that the motor is
> frozen. It's still possible that you're not getting sufficient power
> to it.
>
> If it IS frozen, I can probably free it up for no charge other than
> the return shipping. Or, if necessary, I can do the rest of the
> complete rebuild for only the extra $50.
>
> You could also try tapping the motor housing lightly a few times
> before you try to start it.
>
> > P.S. Guess I am also spoiled having a car that one only has to do
> > regular maintenance and not fiddle with it every time it moves. Very
> > few with F.I. are daily drivers.
>
> I would have to agree that this is not the right car for you. Few
> people have this much trouble with their FI Type 3s, once they start
> to get guidance from this email list. It's likely that any car of
> similar age would give you similar problems. That's one of the big
> advantages of any new car.
>
> Any of my FI Type 3s could be started at any time, easily, even in
> 10F weather. The only problem I have is that the batteries run down
> if I don't drive them often enough. My '73 is sitting in the driveway
> right now, with more than a foot of snow covering it. I'm pretty sure
> that if I dug the snow away from the driver's door, I could get in it
> right now and start it right up. It last ran about 2 weeks ago.
>
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> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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