<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Hey! You know what else causes those symptoms? When you have the #1 and #2 plug wires swapped!</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">I did mention it was late and I was tired, right? DOH!</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">'70 Fastback AT/FI - daily driver once again<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr readonly="true" contenteditable="false"></DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> type3@vwtype3.org <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, January 13, 2014 12:16 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [T3] Starting Problem<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=y_msg_container><BR>On 12 Jan 2014 at 21:00, Tony Rongey wrote:<BR><BR>> OK. So I had to replace a head this weekend; the #3 exhaust valve had sunk about 1/2" (I'll upload the gory pics later).<BR>> I got everything back together, and now when it try to start it will crank like it's trying to start then will suddenly kick back. It doesn't backfire, it just sort of locks on one cylinder then cranks more slowly after that.<BR>> What have I got wrong?<BR><BR>To replace the left head, you probably removed the distributor. I'm <BR>going to guess that you didn't get it installed ALL the way back down <BR>into engagement with the drive gear. That will put the timing all <BR>wrong, or perhaps it's just not turning at all. Either way, it could <BR>give you these symptoms.<BR><BR>Just a guess.<BR><BR>-- <BR>*******************************<BR>Jim Adney, <A href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org"
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