[tcb] Re: Won't start
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 18:37:21 -0800 (PST)
IMO no one should drive a VW with electronic ignition unless they carry a spare
009 with points/condenser to stick in when the electronic goes out.
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From: Robb <wuzmop@xxxxxxx>
To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 5, 2014 6:55 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Won't start
All bets are off with the msd, IMO. Throw a conventional ignition in there and
I bet it fires up. Something to be said for old school simplicity.
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On Jan 4, 2014, at 11:52 PM, shirley hall <vwbuslady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Looking back over posts..... Have found that I had adjusted static timing at
"wrong end" of contact. Meaning that I rotated dizzy, got light but didn't
realize I wasn't at the star of contact. Just a thought.
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> From: Conrad Klahn <conradk@xxxxxxx>; To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Subject:
> [tcb] Re: Won't start Sent: Wed, Jan 1, 2014 11:30:41 PM
>I could see timing being off as the culprit, but you would think that it would
>be obvious with static timing? - or wouldn't it?
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>On Jan 1, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Fascinating ... ether has no effect at all. No fire, no backfire,
>> nothing. What the snarf would stop fuel completely from getting through
>> the intake to the plugs?
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>> G2
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>> On Wed, 1 Jan 2014 14:57:26 -0600
>> Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> Don't have any ether at the moment.
>>>
>>> What would cause fuel to go down the throat of the carb and never make
>>> it to the plugs?
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>>> Pulled the 1/2 valve cover and the valves are moving (which I assumed
>>> was the case anyway since I got compression readings).
>>>
>>> This is a single port 1600 with an H30/31
>>>
>>> G2
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>>> On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 14:41:04 -0600
>>> Conrad Klahn <conradk@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>> If it were flooding I think you'd see that on one of your spark
>>>> plugs. Unless somebody gave you some crappy fuel, or you're not
>>>> getting enough good fuel. If you use some starter fluid can you get
>>>> it to cough?
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>>>> On Jan 1, 2014, at 2:32 PM, Gerald Livingston
>>>> <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This is
beginning to piss me off
>>>>>
>>>>> Plugs gapped at .045 (I have a MSD installed)
>>>>> Nice tan color
>>>>> Spark big enough to knock a mule into next week
>>>>> Static timing right on
>>>>> I smell it flooding so there's fuel going somewhere
>>>>> Compression 130 to 140 all the way around
>>>>>
>>>>> It. Will. Not. Fire.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nothing. Not even a cough.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have noticed it smelling richer over the last month or so.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> G2
>>>>>
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