the one thing i have noticed is a weak battery with a loose contection will prevent one from starting. are all your connections good on the batree
From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx> Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [tcb] Re: denis, it's fixed how about yours? Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:27:12 -0600I put Murray on a charge all night and went out this morning and he fired right up. How could the batttery be so low that it would not even power the radio or dash lihts? IT"S A VW!----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Denning" <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:07 AM Subject: [tcb] Re: denis, it's fixed how about yours?oh yea, he started leaking oil again.From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx> Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [tcb] Re: denis, it's fixed how about yours? Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 08:22:18 -0600I was wrong?! When George "VWGuru" Hixon was tinkering and timing my engine, he did that same test and used it to balance the dual carbs.I knew there would be trouble when you called and asked ME a mechanical question. Glad you got it figured out.Murray is sitting in the sun today, charging his battery, and later, when it warms up I will go out and find the loose wire that is keeping him from working. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Denning" <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 8:10 AM Subject: [tcb] denis, it's fixed how about yours?so the bus wasn't running good, you would have to stay on the gas just to keep it running. i replaced points, condensor, checked plug wires etc. i cranked it up it runs like crap with new points, i check the gap, still runs like crap. i call denis he says you probably have a vacuum leak, i get it started. it runs like crap i spray carb cleaner all around the possible areas that would have a leak, it never smooths out. then my dad said maybe the wires aren't on there right i check they are dad insists we switch 2 and 4 so we do it still runs the same...like crap. BUT WAIT it still runs the same wich means something isn't firing right. "ok dad, i am going to get it started you unplug wires one at a time." crankput put put 4 disconected runs the same put put put 3 disconected runs the same put put put 2 disconected runs the same put put put 1 disconected it dies.guess what i replaced...if you guessed cap you are right. i went saturday and bought a new cap set the timming bumped the starter and it fired right up and runs beautifully.there was some carbon buildup around where the coil hooks up to the cap and around all the plugs. at first i thought it was oil but it was carbon because it even went up in the connection. for some reason it was throwing spark outside the distributor cap. evidently if you leave it sitting in a moist area for a while with out running it it can do this. and well, every time it rains, rain runoff goes right through my shop. i will no longer park it in the shop unless i have to.i am driving the bus today and man he is running great, even though i put the cheap stuff in him this morning.denis, is murray up and going again? _________________________________________________________________Play Flexicon: the crossword game that feeds your brain. PLAY now for FREE. http://zone.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_hmtagline-- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/710 - Release Date: 3/4/2007 1:58 PM_________________________________________________________________Win a ZuneT-make MSN® your homepage for your chance to win! http://homepage.msn.com/zune?icid=hmetagline-- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/710 - Release Date: 3/4/2007 1:58 PM
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