RE: car started but wont idle now ...conclusion

["Ryan Schuermann" <rts@nol.net>]

youre prob right on the money, but after realizing i have been 
working on this car for the last 38/48 hours i'm damn tired.

I ended up going back to the stock fuel dist top, seems the 86 dist 
top part, the plunger was stuck up. however i may be missing the 
o-ring, i forgot to check for it when putting the 81 fuel dist on the 
86 fuel plate assembly. I doublechecked the bentle and my air meter 
plate is positioned correctly.

I wouldn't think a pin style coil would be bad for the car, a coil is 
a coil is a coil,, i should be able to slap a nology coil or jacobs 
or any other coil on there and have it work.

i believe my no-idle problem now resides as brian said, the fuel 
plate meter needs ajusting along with the idle screw. I don't have 
the tools required to land it on the money so i'm getting it towed to 
my most trusted VW mechanic, who has worked wonders before on my dubs 
in getting them to purr like kittens, he'll dial it in and get it 
screaming.

i slapped the 81s t-body onto my 87 cabby to replace the missing 
audi-5000 t-body, wow what a difference, the car takes forever to rev 
up with the smaller t-body now.

barring any replacement parts i should only about out 100$ or so for 
him to get it running good, i'll prob even have him advance the 
timign a bit, say 9deg to be a little safe? All in all i should net 
some serious hp gains from these two mods, while still retaining a 
100% stock look.

maybe i'll go play with it a bit later before they go and tow it 
tomorrow morning but most likely not, my fingers hurt and i reek of 
gasoline.

Ryan 
btw the car even came with this kickass 3-spoke 
wolfsburg steeringwheel.
> Of course you will have to adjust the 3mm allen!!!!!
> 
> The 86 airplate was adjusted for that motor, Oxy sensor, idle position and all that kinda stuff.
> 
> Try backing out the idle screw 1/4 turn at a time and see if it will idle...the adjust the 3mm the normal way
> 
> Also, did you check for any vacuum leaks as a result of moving the stuff around near the vacuum amplifier???
> 
> Brian Honnold
> '78 Rocco Ragtop
> 
> On Tuesday, February 02, 1999 8:32 AM, Ryan Schuermann [SMTP:rts@nol.net] wrote:
> > well i swapped out top fuel distributor parts, using the stock 81 
> > distributor top with the 86 aluminum fuel plate base. car starts and 
> > runs but as soon as i let off the gas it dies, then if i try to start 
> > it it just cranks over and over, let it sit a while, fires right up.
> > 
> > i then turned it off adn immed checked the plugs, dry and much 
> > cleaner than before. umm that air plate, must be very sensitive,
> > i think i may have to use the 3mm allen key to lean/enrich the 
> > misture and mess with the idle screw as i did replace t-bodies.
> > 
> > things are lookign better at least it runs
> > Ryan
> > 
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