[T3] More miles on the Crate...

[Keith Park]

Wow!  There's a road in front of me, never noticed that before!

;-)

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"


-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of B Fye
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 9:58 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] More miles on the Crate...

It's a healthy thing to actually look out the windows instead of down at
gauges!

Brian Fye

On Jun 9, 2013, at 6:30 PM, "Keith Park" <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> I tried checking the sync today, its still looks good.  Its running pretty
> well now but still has some slight hesitation on acceleration at times and
> it still isn’t as smooth as Id like at steady throttle, its still missing
> just a bit.  Im enjoying it but boy, whenever I look over at the dash
there
> ARENT ANY GAUGES THERE!  Its darn tough living on a couple idiot lights...
> Im just not used to this!
> 
> 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"
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Brian
Fye
> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 11:11 PM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] More miles on the Crate...
> 
> I'm going to suggest that your butterflies are opening at a very slight
> difference of pace and one side is hunting for that happy place.
> Does the car accelerate okay?  Does it drive okay?  If so, put the gauges
> away and enjoy the car!
> Love ya my brother, but you need to just enjoy it...
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> Still missing this morning, all throttle levels, after replacing the
>> points,
>> condenser and retiming it.  Its been starting pretty well but  unlike the
>> Notch you have to start it with the throttle wide open
>> And then quickly let up so you don’t rev it.
>> 
>> Until I got to the Bank
>> 
>> Last year, the one spot it refused to restart hot was the Bank, and this
>> morning in the same drive in lane it didn’t want to start eather!  After
>> some
>> Cranking and a backfire that probably had everyone in the bank hit the
>> floor
>> it lit, and of course started fine after that.
>> 
>> Got home, found that one of the spark plug recepticles was wide open
 (it
>> wasn’t last fall) and that sure could do it, also found the coil wire was
>> open but
>> That was only a bad connection between the wire and the spike on the
>> connector, not a problem currently.  Tried it, better, but still bad.
>> 
>> Changed the plugs,  still not any better but the old plugs were as clean
>> and
>> white as a vanilla shake, so its not been running rich anyway

>> So I opened up the air volume screws another half to ¾ turn from where
the
>> sync procedure suggested they be, THAT helped!
>> (I TRIED not to blame the carbs!)
>> 
>> Its much smoother now, the idle is smooth, but its still not “Fuel
>> injection
>> smooth”  (sorry, had to get that in there)
>> It feels like it has a slight intermittent miss under light to moderate
>> throttle and opening the air jets up any farther doesn’t help.  I do
> notice
>> this on the Notchback too
>> Sometimes
 almost like its hunting and pecking for a happy spot when
>> cruising along.
>> 
>> So how much do those air volume jets control the mixture over the whole
>> curve?  I had always thought they were mainly for idle mixture.
>> 
>> 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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