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Post by PICTUP on Apr 4, 2015 7:12:17 GMT -8
Glad to share Tom! I stopped reading the comics after Calvin and Hobbes left the page.
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Post by Brenticon on Apr 4, 2015 7:51:38 GMT -8
Saw a gr8 video on Facebook this am, showing the Ute backing out of the shop .... Lookin and soundin good!
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Post by PICTUP on Apr 4, 2015 12:30:31 GMT -8
Saw a gr8 video on Facebook this am, showing the Ute backing out of the shop .... Lookin and soundin good! Where? Link?
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Post by Brenticon on Apr 4, 2015 13:57:31 GMT -8
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Post by CrazyBrit on Apr 4, 2015 14:53:44 GMT -8
I drove past Bavarian this morning and told my wife to take a look at Russ' new car. It wasn't there! I thought it must have gone home with you! Then as we drove home, there it was back, close to where it was parked previously... Now, the mystery is solved!
Good to see it getting some love. It looks really good in the pictures and from the highway.
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Post by Volktales on Apr 18, 2015 10:05:19 GMT -8
A little update on the Fastback... I have been working on it when it has been slow at work. Hasn't been slow lately, so not much has been accomplished. Don and I did get some weekend time in on it a bit. So far all the fuel lines have been changed, the filter as well. The injectors have been removed and tested for spray pattern and are OK. The fuel pump pressure is OK, the distributor has received new points and condenser, and the trigger points for the injection have been cleaned. It will currently start instantly if fuel is sprayed in the intake. This means the ignition system is working correctly. The injectors are firing, but the fuel quantity being injected is not enough to run properly. Investigation yesterday has shown the previous owner substituted the pressure sensor and computer from a later model. These will not work correctly with the earlier system. Putting in the right parts that came with the car did not help either. Starting to suspect a fault in the wiring harness (grounds were all cleaned earlier). We will get there eventually... Here is the distributor specific to fuel injected type 3's. The main points are basically the same as any other air-cooled VW, but the lower "trigger" points are the signal the computer uses to fire the injectors. Unlike the ignition points, the trigger points have a long life. These were cleaned and reused. Each injector was cleaned by powering them up with a battery, and blowing some brake clean through them. This worked well and verified they were spraying OK.
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Post by Brenticon on Apr 18, 2015 11:38:49 GMT -8
Arghhhh
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Post by CrazyBrit on Apr 18, 2015 21:02:24 GMT -8
If anyone can get it running, it will be Russ. I had a similar problem with my bus, when I first installed the 1914. It turned out to be the crappy fuel filter that I had installed. I eventually discovered that the aperture at the bottom of the main filter body (inside the fuel line sleeve) was so small that the fuel couldn't get through in sufficient quantity. The filter would fill up and there was some fuel at the carb's, but not enough to keep the engine running. A new fuel pump, new drive shaft and many hours of head scratching later I installed another new filter and vroom. It took ages to figure this out, as I never suspected the innocuous, brand new filter. I can relate to the likely frustration!
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Post by Volktales on Apr 20, 2015 21:08:06 GMT -8
Ok here are two facts you may not have known about VW Type III's.
Fact: The Type III was the world's first mass produced car with factory electronic fuel injection. There were a few other earlier systems of Fuel Injection, but they were mechanical systems, or found on a few high priced low production vehicles. Can you name one? Chrysler actually did build a real electronic injection system called "Electrojector" and was found on a FEW 1958 Desoto's. It was so unreliable, that all were recalled and swapped out for carburetors. One system was saved by a mechanic who decades later sold it for very large bucks to a collector who had a converted Desoto. This is now the world's only running example of that system...
Well I think it is cool, anyway... GM had a fuel injection system in this era as well, but it was mechanical in nature.
But back to the Type III...
Fact 2: All Fastbacks feature pop out rear side windows. So what, a lot of cars did that... But they did not pivot like these...
There is NO actual pivot. The glass actually bends outward. Kind of scary and apparently VW issued a bulletin to tell owners not to open them in extreme cold due to the chance of breakage... Nice. No other manufacture seemed to have done this before or since. There are pictures on The Samba of some aftermarket rear windows that were available for some Mini-trucks during the '80's, but nothing factory...
Oh and one other thing...
I found this in the rear ashtray of the Fastback. I wonder how it relates to this project???
Took a trip up to Reagh's and returned with some Type 3 treasure. That pressure sensor proved to come in handy...
Also picked this up from Rob. It will be Diamond Blue again someday...
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Post by PICTUP on Apr 21, 2015 7:21:58 GMT -8
With our good intentions it looks like even us VW hoarders are going there
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Post by Volktales on Apr 24, 2015 17:34:50 GMT -8
It's alive, It's alive!!! Even drove it home today, too. It even drives like the low mileage car it is. Much smoother and quieter than a Beetle. And the electrical system seems to be self healing as more and more things are working every day... After a good clean it almost looks presentable. Now to do something about that dash...
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Post by CrazyBrit on Apr 24, 2015 17:56:50 GMT -8
Awesome! When does it get the new front wings?
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Post by tony on Apr 24, 2015 18:20:22 GMT -8
I didn't know it was an airplane?!
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Post by PICTUP on Apr 24, 2015 18:28:04 GMT -8
Oh it's gonna fly baby!….When I get behind the wheel
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Post by Volktales on Apr 24, 2015 19:26:19 GMT -8
Replacing the fenders/wings is a ways off yet. Going to make sure it is mechanically sound first, and cleaning up the electrics and interior... I did enjoy driving it today... It is kind of nice to drive the only car of its kind around here...
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