[T3] Invasion Prep!

[Keith Park]

I would "highly recommend" getting rid of the old gas and starting a new,
pull the screen on the tank bottom and flush things out. You may get lucky
but Ive put alot of old cars that sat back on the road and old gas...  Yuck!
and yea, that smell is something that will never come out of your clothes..
and even your nostrils will seem to have that odor for days...

Keith


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From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 10:13 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Invasion Prep!

On 5 May 2016 at 20:09, Keith Park wrote:

> ahh, but Jim, do you have brake LIGHTS?  ;-)
> Yea, the DOT5 is the only way the brakes would still be working properly.

I don't know about the brake LIGHTS, but when I was under the front 
end I discovered that one of the brake light switches wasn't even 
connected. The connector was floating off to one side, with a partly 
melted plastic housing. Something else to fix...

> Id be really surprised if you didnt have to really clean out that fuel
> system and replace all the injectors, gas was starting to get bad in 2002,
> but I dont think it was ethanol yet.  Ive delt with cars that hadnt been
> stored that long which had stuff floating around in the gas tank it was so
> bad.

The gas is completely fluid, but the smell is awful. I'll dilute it 
with some fresh stuff, plus some injector cleaner, before I try to 
circulate it anywhere.

> Im sure the 69 is all giddy about being back on the road again!

She's not "on the road" yet. Stay tuned for that.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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