[tcb] Re: Bus engines woes for a Saturday
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 16:47:07 -0700 (PDT)
Trey: Spark plugs are critical on the VW engine. About 9,000-10,000 miles on
a set and that's about it. I change my plugs, points and condenser every
10,000. If you have a VW engine "cutting out" i.e., missing at higher rpm on
acceleration the first suspect should be the plugs. That's not necessarily
always the problem, but is the most probable.
Trey Jung <treyjung@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Sammie,
Keeping my fingers crossed. I changed the plugs (NGK) and gapped them to
.026. Drove thru the neighborhood and so far so good. No jerking when shifting
from 2nd to 3rd and 3rd to 4th. trying to talk the wife into going for a ride
but looks like we will tomorrow.
I owe you a beverage of your choice next time I see you.
Thanks,
Trey
----- Original Message -----
From: sammie smith
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 4:25 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus engines woes for a Saturday
Sounds to me like the plugs could be cutting out. That's the first thing I
would do; change the spark plugs.
Trey Jung <treyjung@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Right before you shift from
2nd to 3rd and 3rd to 4th, the bus jerks at the end of the rpm spectrum. I
don't have a tach in it but at around 25 mph (in 2nd) the bus jerks then I
shift to 3rd it's ok until I get ready at 35 to 40 mph shift to 4th, same thing
happens, bus jerks , pulsates....
The other day on the highway it started doing this at 55 mph in 4th....
Freaked me out. I've changed the coil, spark plug wires twice and still same
symptoms. Running an SVDA with a compufire it in, could the compufire be going
out? I think these things will just fail.
I'm sure everyone is out in their buses today enjoying beautiful weather,
I'm trying to get ready for Spicewood.
any suggestions please let me know. I did take the pict 34 off a few weeks
ago and cleaned it up, blew out all the jets and all that..Plus took the fuel
pump and cleaned the screen and installed a new fuel filter.
Trey
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