[T3] Opposite of Terri's problem

[Matt P]

It runs very poorly.  I had it towed to my house after the PO mentioned that it had no accelleraton. That would be a good indication why. 

The hunt is on. Found an old one for 9 bicks on fleabay and a new one there as well for 50. Do these fail pretty easy or do they have good longevity? 

Matt P


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From: Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> 
Date: 11/18/2013  6:37 PM  (GMT-08:00) 
To: type3 at vwtype3.org 
Subject: Re: [T3] Opposite of Terri's problem 
 
That idle solenoid is also your idle jet, Im surprised it runs at all with
the idle jet removed.

Keith


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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Matthew
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Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 9:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [T3] Opposite of Terri's problem

That helps a lot Bob. 
Thanks. I will check out those sources. 

I took some photos of what is missing on my carbs with a mirror and indeed,
where the idle solenoid valve should be, there is a threaded hole. Makes me
wonder if it fell out or was simply not installed. If I were to be
inspecting it like it was an airplane, it looks to be that there was not one
there for a while. The threads are gunked up with grime. No evidence of
anything being installed there for a while. Probably one of the reasons they
couldn't get it to tune right. Plus, there is no mixture balancing hose
installed. Those ports are capped. 

Fortunately for me, Kalifornia has their emissions laws in place for 1975
and on for testing. This car can do what it wants. I do need to find that
idle solenoid gizmo. The two boxes of randomness that came with the car did
not have one. 


Matt P




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