[T3] Crate was a No start....

[Robert Rogers]

I know you have checked for spark, but this engine has a symptom that can indicate a bad coil.  What happens is the coil gets hot and fails, when cool it works again.  I suggest replacing the coil and see if that solves the problem.  


-----Original Message-----
>From: topnotch at nycap.rr.com
>Sent: Jul 23, 2012 3:37 PM
>To: type3 at vwtype3.org
>Subject: Re: [T3] Crate was a No start....
>
>> well its not the pump,  I  HAVE gas shooting from the acc pump jets in the carbs,
>so the  bowls are full and the gas is getting shot into the throats, but NOTHING is firing no matter how much I pump it and shoot it in there till things cool down.
>
>Keith
>
>
>
>> --- On Sun, 7/22/12, Bobsnotch at aol.com <Bobsnotch at aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > From: Bobsnotch at aol.com <Bobsnotch at aol.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [T3] Crate was a No start....
>> > To: type3 at vwtype3.org
>> > Date: Sunday, July 22, 2012, 12:17 PM
>> >  
>> > In a message dated 7/22/2012 12:32:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight
>> > Time,  
>> > mikes_type_3s_and_4s at yahoo.com
>> > writes:
>> > 
>> > . I am  still having the similar problem with my
>> > Notchback and I found most 
>> > of the  problem to be bad connections, and the rest of
>> > it was the engine 
>> > bay is  holding so much heat its just boiling the gas
>> > in the fuel pump. If i 
>> > shut it  off it sometimes will not start, but if it
>> > sits for an hour or so to 
>> > cool down  theres gas back to the pump and it will
>> > start right up first 
>> > turn and run non  stop till I shut it off again.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > I had this issue with my 65 Notch, but only after I
>> > installed one of those  
>> > all aluminum engine case engines. In my case, it was the
>> > fuel pump that was 
>> >  vapor locking, and even with a small electric fuel pump in
>> > place, the pump 
>> >  wouldn't let fuel past it. I ended up removing the
>> > mechanical pump from 
>> > the  system, and going with an electric pump, and it's
>> > been fine since. I've 
>> > heard  from others who have run into this same problem
>> > as well.  
>> > 
>> > Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
>> > 64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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