[T3] End of school year

[Dennis Stiefel]

> Thursday was our last day for the students as they are now out for the 
> summer.  I am disappointed the body shop has still not got the doors 
> and quarter panels done. The instructor who is NOT a VW guy much less 
> a type 3 guy says the quarts are so thin and flimsy that they are hard to
work with.
> The left one needs more work and body filler than we first thought as 
> it is
> 2 quarters made into one.  The filler cracks after they apply it 
> because the quarter flexes as they work it.  To solve this they had to 
> put it on the car and do the prep work with them on the car.  But 
> still even with these problems it seems like a long time since they 
> have had these 4 panels since the first part of November.  They are 
> pretty much ready to paint but now no students. I wished now I had just
tried to of found a better quarter.

Too bad you didn't get a better rear quarter. Those should be easy to find
and maybe that's still a better option to consider over the summer. The good
news is that anything from '70 to '73 would be fit, but the '73 ones might
be thinner. I have several here, but finding one locally would be better
than trying to ship one.

Our body instructor suggested the same thing so I could keep my eyes open I
guess

> Meanwhile my guys and I have been working on the engine and electrical.
> We finally got a new turn signal switch put in it as the old one would 
> work if you held it in a certain spot. I was quite shocked (but
> pleasantly) when I seen the box it came in said made in Germany.  I 
> was expecting more China made stuff.

There's not enough demand for anyone to bother tooling up to make Type 3
parts. What you found must have been NOS. Save your old switch; if you don't
want it, I'll take it for parts.

> The engine is running better as we got the timing set right on 5 
> degrees now or that third mark according to the Bentley.  However it 
> is still running rich especially before the engine gets to operating 
> temperature.  If I crank it I must let it run till it gets completely 
> warmed up or the next time I try to crank it some of the plugs will be 
> fouled.  As everybody knows I have double checked the fuel pressure 
> and the voltage when running is around the 14.1 to 14.3 range.  Other 
> than this the engine runs like a top.

It's probably worth checking the resistances of both temp sensors, both hot
and cold, to make sure that they don't measure something wrong at some
point. In general, they are okay, unless you get a measurement of zero or
infinity.

Yea I was think that too. I may check those as well since the problem
changes with engine temperature.

> The only theory I have is the one Jim gave me a few months ago. He 
> said to make sure my gage is right.

It's a long shot, but always a possibility when everything else seems to be
eliminated.

Another possibility might be the pressure sensor. I've rebuilt your
distributor, haven't I?

Yes we had to go with a different one since the one I had was in very bad
shape.  It had a duel vacuum hose advance but since those are hard to come
by you sold us a rebuilt one from a 73 with a single hose advance.  

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