Does anyone remember where the ice cream place was.

If I painted my engine compartment would that mean I would have to clean it first

Thanks Allen for the help. 

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Had this same problem. Gas line was full of crappie before you play with floats or cards disconnect line on front side of filter and see if gas runs there’s a couple fixes for this.

Oh my gosh I’m so confused. Gone for a couple months and so many changes. Do I need a shirt.

1spot of lime on the side of the road means your on the right road. 2spots means turn ahead. 3spots means to stop and look for a hidden envolope ,which will give you more directions . Sometimes they have a poker run along with it.so there will be a card also.the course has a pre deter mend miles 50or 25 per say. Who has the closest miles wins.who…[Read more]

I went with this denim thing.http://www.sewunusuals.com/DenimShirts.htmlShort sleeve, button down, breast pocket on the left.Got the small TD (about 4 inches long) embroidered above the pocket, my first name below the TD and “TD Replica: Unmatched Fun Per $” embroidered across the shoulders on the back.I got a “natural” colored shirt with a red…[Read more]

Mark, don’t take off the valve cover yet. Your spark timing may indeed be a little off after installing a new Pertronix. Changing from points to the Pertronix caused me to have to turn the distributor about 20 degrees in order to get her to fire up the first time. Switching back to points gave me the same problem in reverse.Do you know how to find…[Read more]

Allen once I take off the value cover and say find out I am 180 off what action should I take to just that?

Okay…check this. Take the valve cover off the right side of the engine and with the timing marks at TDC, check to see if both valves on No. 1 cylinder are closed. If they are you ‘ll be able to rock the rocker arm end and feel the play. If they’re not both closed you’re more than likely 180° out. If it is out of time and was running before, th…[Read more]

Allen I just rechecked checked electric fuel shut off and that works also.  The carb was rebuilt about 800 miles ago also.  The carb seems to be getting plenty of fuel.  I have spark from the coil and it appears I have spark to the no 1 plug.

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Hey guys, what shirts are you ordering from her? Button down or pull over polo? With pocket or not? Short or long sleeves?

Mark,

It might be your electric fuel shutoff valve on the bottom of the carb. Your carb should have two wires going to it. One for the choke and one for the shut-off valve. have someone turn your key to ON (not start) while you’re back by the engine. When the key gets turned on you should hear a click from that valve opening. NO click, check that…[Read more]

look forward to your answere !

Have a good VW guy here in town which can fix the problem I am sure, but then I would not figure this out on my own and learn from it.  I am in the learning mode, sat behind a desk for 40 years before jumping into learning machanics.  I do have a friend next door who is very good with machanics and will help me Saturday if I can’t figure it ou…[Read more]

If now you have a good spark and it won’t fire up then the problem has to be fuel related if you didn’t do anything to change the timing. What carburetor do you have?  Have you cleaned it, removed the jets and made sure they’re not clogged with a spec of dirt or something?What electronic ignition did you put in and how is the timing on that set…[Read more]

Mark

Well got the coil and the electronic ignition changed and now have good spark, and fuel to the carb. but still will not fire.

Back when you built yours, Paul, most cars on the road had little better safety protection than our TDs have. Also, 18-year-olds could drink legally, meaning 16-year-olds got a pass at most bars. So everyone who could drive was pretty much drunk. And those who weren’t drunk were coked up. Plus, the end of the world was coming any minute.What were…[Read more]

Hmmm, I built my Duchess when I was 24