[T3] FI to Carb conversion

[B Fye]

Here is my question:  what is more important, having a marginally running car or a car you can get in and go?  If the carbs allow her enjoyment of the car then carbs are the way to go for her.

Brian Fye

> On Nov 17, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 11/17/2013 5:48:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> trongey at sbcglobal.net writes:
> 
> Terrie,
> I hope you're just trolling the list with this  post.  Otherwise you've 
> been robbed, and things are going to go downhill  from here.
> For $6000 you could have bought 2 or 3 FI motors ready to drop  in and go.  
> On top of that if your (new) mechanic is asking you to ask us  how to make 
> the conversion then he's not a mechanic, at least not a qualified  VW 
> mechanic.
> 
> I believe her and her husband put that 6K into getting the car going,  
> along with the cost of the car. She had been driving it, up until it started  
> having issues. I believe she's got a Jim Adney fuel vent hose kit on it, after 
> they replaced the fuel tank (rusted out), and has had it to 2 different  
> mechanics, who would get it to run ok for a couple of days, then it would 
> have  problems, go back to the mechanic for more work, only for it to return 
> again.  I think she's been fighting that issue for over a year now. 
> That kind of stuff will leave a bad taste in your mouth after a while. I  
> know, as I've been there myself, and I do all of my repair work. When you go  
> thru the entire system several times, and don't find the problem, it gets  
> really frustrating. Test after test, and you get results that say everything 
> is fine. You spend 500 bucks for a new FI wiring harness, only to find  
> out that didn't do anything. You buy up extra parts, and swap them in, only to 
> find out there's no change. After not driving the car for 6 months, you 
> begin  to ask why you haven't fixed it, or sold it. :O 
> Others here have converted to carbs, and have had great results. They  
> enjoy driving the car again. They don't have FI issues to worry about.  
> Sometimes, that change is for the good. 
> 
> The biggest issues I've ever had with running carbs, were a bad coil,  
> forgetting to re-set the points, and having the spring side of the points fall  
> out of the plastic piece that supports them (they grounded out). I haven't 
> had  jetting issues (with either brand), or anything like that. I do have a 
> carb  sync tool, and I do check that every spring, but that's it.
> 
> I remember when I first joined this list back in 2000. The most common  
> threads were about FI troubles (and I had carbs, so I didn't post much back  
> then). If you go to the Samba, you'll find similar threads about FI problems  
> there too.  
> 
> Are carbs for everyone? No. But the same can be said for FI as  well.
> 
> 
> Bob 65  Notch S w/Sunroof and IRS aka Krusty
> 64 T-34 Ghia aka Wolfie
> 71  Square-vert under  construction
> 
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