If you need an almost new carb I have one for sale with air cleaner $90 it's yours (hers). The carb was on the car for about 1 month. Comes with braided hose. :)
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 21, 2012, at 1:19 PM, "bill may" <vwb...@san.rr.com> wrote: > 009 does not play well with a 34 pict-3 carb. You need a 034 distributor > that is single vacuum and mechanical commonly called a SVDA for single > vacuum dual advance. > > -----Original Message----- > From: vintagvw@googlegroups.com [mailto:vintagvw@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Kirin Jacobsen > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 11:27 AM > To: vintagvw@googlegroups.com > 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/vintagvw@googlegroups.com > --- > 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 vintagvw@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vintagvw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en. > > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com > --- > 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 vintagvw@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vintagvw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en. > > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com --- 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 vintagvw@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintagvw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en.
