type 3 & carbs q.
 

Are there carburetors that fit a type 3 engine in a Square back.
the station wagon, circa 1970. ????


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you can't fool all of the people , all of the time.

I have a set of Type 3 carbs from about 1973 that i will sell you for 50.00
plus shipping. they need to be rebuilt but otherwise in good shape.remove
the no spam to email me. thanks Kasoma Duplantis

I have extra cross bar linkage -just the rod or shaft (maybe 1 1/2 feet?) -
Ya can have it for cost of postage - guess $4-5 (or pick up if local to No
VA) . I'm pretty sure if is for T3 - it came with some T4 carbs I bought and
is way different. Remove the obvious to reply.

"BananaRepublican" > wrote in message
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> Are there carburetors that fit a type 3 engine in a Square back.
> the station wagon, circa 1970. ????
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> <g.
> you can't fool all of the people , all of the time.

BananaRepublican wrote:
> Are there carburetors that fit a type 3 engine in a Square back.
> the station wagon, circa 1970. ????
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> <g.
> you can't fool all of the people , all of the time.

I've got a set that came off a 66 type III. I'm thinking they are stock
webers but I'm probably wrong. Single port, with all the intakes,
linkages, filters, ect. What are they worth? I gave them to a vw
mechanic friend who gave me a bunch of type I stuff I needed for my
project and he said if I could find a buyer, sell them. He said they
should be worth about $100 for both with all the stuff. The looked and
felt good and would probably be fine after a cleaning and kit. I'll go
get numbers and try to email you pics if you're interested. Let me know
what you think they are worth.

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TC

In article >,
BananaRepublican > wrote:

> Are there carburetors that fit a type 3 engine in a Square back.
> the station wagon, circa 1970. ????
>
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> >
> <g.
> you can't fool all of the people , all of the time.

the question remains , will carbs fit under the floor in a squareback?


>
<g.
you can't fool all of the people , all of the time.

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:55:50 -0800 BananaRepublican
> wrote:

>Are there carburetors that fit a type 3 engine in a Square back.
>the station wagon, circa 1970. ????

There are, but I'm gonna guess that you're thinking in this direction
because you're having trouble with your FI and can't figure out how to
get it working right again. Many people go the carb route for this
same reason.

Unfortunately, the swap to carbs seldom goes as well as people hope,
so this almost always spells the end of the car.

The good news is that the FI is usually cheap and easy to fix once you
get some hints. There are almost NO repair shops out there who still
remember how to work on the D-Jetronic FI, so you have to do this
yourself, which is the best approach anyway.

If you're interested in fixing this, go to:

www.vwtype3.org/list

and sign up for the type 3 email list. It is free and totally
non-commercial. There is LOTS of help available on that list for both
FI and carbs. At least if you decide to make the switch to carbs you
can have good advice on the best choices to make.

And, just to be clear, there ARE bad choices that you could make.

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Jim Adney
Madison, WI 53711 USA
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:12:46 -0800 BananaRepublican
> wrote:

>the question remains , will carbs fit under the floor in a squareback?

There's no question about it. VW made OE type 3s with both single and
dual carbs right up to the end of production in '73. Only FI type 3
were imported into the US from 68-73, but many other parts of the
world were stuck with carbs.

Of course all the OE carb setups fit quite nicely under the floor.
Aftermarket carbs can also be fit under there, but they don't fit
quite as nicely.

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Jim Adney
Madison, WI 53711 USA
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In article >,
Jim Adney > wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:55:50 -0800 BananaRepublican
> > wrote:
>
> >Are there carburetors that fit a type 3 engine in a Square back.
> >the station wagon, circa 1970. ????
>
> There are, but I'm gonna guess that you're thinking in this direction
> because you're having trouble with your FI and can't figure out how to
> get it working right again. Many people go the carb route for this
> same reason.
>
> Unfortunately, the swap to carbs seldom goes as well as people hope,
> so this almost always spells the end of the car.
>
> The good news is that the FI is usually cheap and easy to fix once you
> get some hints. There are almost NO repair shops out there who still
> remember how to work on the D-Jetronic FI, so you have to do this
> yourself, which is the best approach anyway.
>
> If you're interested in fixing this, go to:
>
> www.vwtype3.org/list
>
> and sign up for the type 3 email list. It is free and totally
> non-commercial. There is LOTS of help available on that list for both
> FI and carbs. At least if you decide to make the switch to carbs you
> can have good advice on the best choices to make.
>
> And, just to be clear, there ARE bad choices that you could make.
>
> -
> -----------------------------------------------
> Jim Adney
> Madison, WI 53711 USA
> -----------------------------------------------

thanks for the advice, Jim.


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<g.
you can't fool all of the people , all of the time.