I have a stock 1600 dp witch dual vacuum advance stock dizzy. Got mine tuned pretty good but would love to see your specs Courtney. Maybe I could tune mine better. Mike in Alabama On Dec 21, 2012 4:50 PM, "Courtney Hook" <[email protected]> wrote:
> That is the classic 009 dizzy/34pict stall and bog off idle syndrome. Get > a vacuum advance dizzy, and all the troubles will be gone. Do a search for > this and you'll see it's a real problem. Go to aircooled.net and there is > a good article on it. I have the proper setup specs to tune the 34pict if > you need them. They are a bitch to set up properly, but after that they are > good. > Courtney > > > > > ========I'm thankful to all those who said "no". Because of them I did it > myself.======== > -----Original Message----- From: Kirin Jacobsen > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 11:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [vintagvw] 1600DP running issues > > Hey guys, > I have a friend who a few months ago purchased a very clean 70,000 > mile 73 super beetle from an original owner a few months ago. The car > had just been serviced bya local shop to pass our local emissions > testing(Aircare or as I like to call it airscare!). > > Soon after she purchased it it started suffering some running issues. > It has a replacement Empi 34 pict 3 I believe and what appears to be a > 009 Distributor(What I remember from my last 1600dp. Mind you I > haven't played with one since about 2006...) > > Anyways the issues that were going on it was stalling when it was > cold. It would fire up fine and she would take off and as soon as she > would return to idle it would stall. Which sounds like a total carb > icing issue. To address that it got a new intake manifold and a new > muffler. Which didn't fix it. Also it started developing a backfire > through the carb on shut down. And hard to start when warm..... also a > intermittant misfire mid range in the revs. The disty cap is nearly > new. Rotor looks okay.. Certainly not new a bit grungy but not totally > burned .. > > Its had plugs, wires.... etc. When I was looking at the aircare sheet > . The hydrocarbons were high, and I'm certain its running rich. My gut > feeling on this one is that the carb is way out of adjustment and that > the timing is way out to lunch. I checked it for exhaust leaks and > none were apparent... Any thoughts? Its been a long time since I > played with this stuff.... And well my next venture is with a stroker > so thats bound to be entertaining.. > > Cheers, > Kirin > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/** > [email protected]<http://mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintagvw+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <vintagvw%[email protected]>. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/**group/vintagvw?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en> > . > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/** > [email protected]<http://mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintagvw+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <vintagvw%[email protected]>. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/**group/vintagvw?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en> > . > > > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en.
