[T3] 1 month from yesterday!!!
Keith Park
topnotch at nycap.rr.com
Mon May 21 16:56:57 PDT 2012
I gotta check out the points and timing on Hothe before I leave, its gonna
need a tuneup when I get back so gotta make sure everything is set properly
now and that I have SPARES with me!
Keith
Top Notch Restorations
topnotch at nycap.rr.com
http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
71 Squareback "Hothe"
65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
87 golf "Winterat"
93 RX7 "Redstur"
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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Dave Hall
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 7:35 AM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] 1 month from yesterday!!!
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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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Brian Fye
Sent: 21 May 2012 07:03
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
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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