[T3] tune up and wow... what a difference

[Brian Fye]

I am hoping to get under deck of my car tomorrow or wednesday

On 5/28/12, Bobsnotch at aol.com <Bobsnotch at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/25/2012 11:44:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> Bobsnotch at aol.com writes:
>
>
> In a  message dated 5/25/2012 11:04:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jadney at vwtype3.org writes:
>
> The  feeler gauge setting is only  approximate, especially with used
> points. The  dwell meter (assuming  you trust the calibration of your
> dwell meter)  reading is the one to  follow. Sometimes it's worthwhile
> to borrow another  dwell meter to  see if it reads the same as yours. I
> calibrated mine years  ago,  after it had an unrelated problem. It was
> right on, but they usually   have internal calibration pots and it's
> possible that yours has   drifted.
>
>
> These were new points (that I bought from you in   Carthage). After
> Sunday's
> deal, I thought I'd replace them before heading  out to  Colorado. My old
> points had a large gap too, but the dwell  was only 45. Those  points were
> at
> least 5 years old, and were used  going to Missouri and back  (Bosch
> parts).
> I'll look around, and see  if I have another dwell meter, but the  one I'm
> using, I've had for  over 20 years now, and it really only gets used once
> or
> twice a  year, otherwise it sits in the cabinet. I might try the spare
> distributor that I carry for road trips, just to make sure things are
> working
> correctly.
>
>
>
> Well, after doing a little reading thru Bentley, I found that opening the
> points, drops the dwell. Anyway, I did swap over to my spare distributor, as
>
> I  found that the vacuum can on the old one wouldn't hold vacuum. After
> installing  the spare, and setting the timing, WOW, what a difference. It
> really woke the  car up. It started up very easily, and runs smooth from
> idle all
> the way up to  3500 rpms. I did check the dwell on it too, and found it to
> be 58 (which  according to Bentley is ok for a used set of points, which it
>
> has). The idle  speed is a little higher than I'd like (about 875), but it's
>
> so smooth that I  think I'll leave it alone. Now I can concentrate on
> getting the rest of the car  ready to go to Colorado (finishing up some
> minor
> stuff, packing tools and  spares, that sort of stuff).
>
> I did try the other dwell meter I have here, and found it to be off, as it
>
> was reading 42 (versus my normal meter's 58). I think the older unit is
> probably  pretty close, but if you split the difference of the readings
> between
> the 2,  then you end up with 50. ;-)
>
> Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
> 64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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Brian Fye
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