[T3] 1 month from yesterday!!!

[Dave Hall]

Didn't we have a points gap problem in Jim's Squareback as well on the first
invasion, at Cheyenne?

I found mine was less than spec on the way back from Germany too - I think
it was less on the way out as well (my bad!).  

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Brian Fye
Sent: 21 May 2012 07:03
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Subject: Re: [T3] 1 month from yesterday!!!

Bob, that happened to me coming back from the last invasion.  Stopped for
thje night and the next morning was a no starrt.  Looked and points had
closed!

Anyway... Glad you found the problem!

On 5/20/12, Bobsnotch at aol.com <Bobsnotch at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/20/2012 10:53:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> topnotch at nycap.rr.com writes:
>
> I took  the Crate out today, only been sitting since last October and  
> a no-start.  The right carb wasn't filling and the left didn't get gas  
> out of the bowl.  Took the tops off and blew things out with choke  
> cleaner and it
> started, didn't run too bad, made it home anyway (2mi)   I REALLY need to
> drive it and THIS is the year!
>
>
>
> We tried to take Wolfie to the MI Vintage Festival today. Got about an 
> hour
>
>  from the house (57 miles) when it just stopped running (like it just 
> shut
>
> off). Called John for help, as he was the only one I knew anywhere 
> close by
>
>  (this was after I had tried to get it going again for 45 minutes), 
> and he pulled  us back to his house. After some food and a little 
> unwind time, I replaced the  fuel pump, and still no run, swapped the 
> coil, still no run, got out the volt  meter, and verified I had power 
> to the coil. Popped the cap off, and we were  looking at the ignition 
> points (checking that they did open), and found that the  plastic 
> piece that holds the moveable part to the
>
> stationary part had slipped  out of it's slot. put in back in place, 
> re-installed the cap, and it fired right  up. Apparently that piece 
> had moved just enough to ground out the points, not  allowing the car 
> to start. :O  BS'ed a
>
> little while more, did an in-prompt  to  photo op, and said our good 
> by's, and drove all the way back home  without any real issues (need 
> to re-synch the carbs, and toss a  timing light on it again). Not 
> quite a good day (break down and not  making the show), but not a bad 
> T-3 day in the end. : ) Still
>
> have a couple of  minor things I need to look at in the next 3 weeks, 
> but all in all a good  shakedown test drive. : ) So we're getting 
> closer to being "road ready".  ;-)
>
> I'd like to say Thank You to John and Jill for rescuing us on the side 
> of
> I-94 (about 7 or 8 miles from their home), giving me a ride to the 
> parts store,  and allowing me to use his floor jack (so I can get my 
> fat a$$ under
>
> the front  of the car), but mostly for helping us out when we needed it.
> Thank You. : )
>
> Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
> 64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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