[T3] '72 FI into a '71

Brandon Bacod puttputtmotors at gmail.com
Sun Sep 21 20:44:59 PDT 2014


I appreciate your guys' input. I'll probably end up stripping the FI system
and trying at a later date. I was on the hook for the '71 system from Tram
on Samba, but ran out of money. Got this square for a song, but just don't
have the time/space to work it out. Again, Thanks you guys!
On Sep 21, 2014 3:15 PM, "Adriel Rowley" <adriel_rowley at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Man Adney, I kept feeling your presence, but didn't see a letter, so kept
> on with my response. Amazing how powerful you are! ;p
>
> I am almost certain I have all the parts for a C/D system, F.Y.I.. The
> harness is new, not sure who did it. No tags or markings.
>
>
> Thank you so very much!
> Adriel
>
>
> -------------------------
>
> 1971 Sunroof Squareback with F.I. - In the Process of Being Dog Wgn 2
> 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300TD-T - Dog Wgn
> Master's Student, A.S.U., living in north central Mesa, AZ
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > From: jadney at vwtype3.org
> > To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> > Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:10:18 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [T3] '72 FI into a '71
> >
> > On 21 Sep 2014 at 13:37, Brandon Bacod wrote:
> >
> >> What pitfalls might one run in to trying to install a '72 FI engine
> into a
> >> '71 which has apparently has had all of the FI harnesses stripped out?
> >> Bought a '72 with seemingly all of the engine there. Fuel pump in
> unknown
> >> condition, from what I can tell the decel valve and a bunch of relays
> are
> >> all hooked up, but the PO had a long story of his tweaker friend goofing
> >> off with it, and when it came to me it came without a generator, a
> couple
> >> plug wires and coil, so obviously it wouldn't run. Now. How difficult
> will
> >> it be to transplant all of the various relays/how essential are they?
> I've
> >> sat down with my Bentley in an attempt to get it running, but certain
> wires
> >> just don't seem to be diagrammed, and I don't want to sink a bunch of
> time
> >> into it if it's a doomed swap.
> >
> > The '72 FI is an odd year, so this would only work if you swapped
> > EVERYTHING in the engine compartment: brain, distributor, intake air
> > distributor. Even the tranny is slightly different, with an extra
> > switch on it, but you can ignore that and plumb the vacuum advance
> > directly to the IAD, like all the other years.
> >
> > '71 is one of the best FI years, while '72 is one of the worst,
> > simply from a tuneup/maintenance perspective. If you have any of the
> > old '71 FI parts, I'd try to resurrect the '71 FI. Otherwise, look
> > for a '68-71 donor car. I realize this will be hard if you aren't
> > already familiar with our FI.
> >
> > FYI, the '71 and '72 FI wiring harnesses are different. You would
> > need a harness from a '70 or '71 to work with the '71 FI.
> >
> >> Compression test shows ~125 lbs on 2,3,4 but only 40 on 1...
> >
> > 40 sounds so low that it makes me wonder if there's something simple
> > wrong, like rust on a valve seat, a sticky valve, or .... It would be
> > unusual for a #1 valve to burn, but it's not impossible.
> >
> > Pull off the rocker assy on that side and see if the head studs below
> > #1 hold torque. They may be pulling out of the case, which would be a
> > bad sign, but it's likely that there is a simple solution here.
> >
> > --
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> > Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> > Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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