[T3] Oil light flicker...

[Jim Adney]

On 4 Oct 2012 at 12:27, J. Jonik wrote:

> ---->>  Basically, all I did was to put a '73 engine block in to
> replace the damaged '72 engine block.  I retained most of the '72
> stuff...brain, TVS, injectors, etc....but all that's the same as '73
> anyhow, as far as I know. Generator, coil, air dist., etc just stayed
> with the '73 engine. 

If you still have access to the parts, I would make sure you have the 
'73 distributor and brain, too. The distributor is drastically 
different for '73 and the brain is slightly different. The '73 
versions are better.

> And it's all working fine---except for that little oil light flicker
> nuisance when heated up. I'll just play with the idle a little.    Car
> even starts better. Don't know why. 

The crankshaft end play may have caused problems with your 
compression, because it would have put side force on the pistons when 
you pushed the clutch pedal down. Or it may just be that other parts 
of that engine were also worn out.

Since this "new" '73 engine has been sitting around for quite a few 
years, put some time and warmup cycles on it, and then change the oil 
again. A lot of "stuff" is likely to come loose as you "bring it back 
to life."

All in all, it sounds like you've done a good thing here.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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