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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 6:29 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

I found your Kleen strip Phosphoric prep etch data sheet. It lists the active ingredient as 35-45% phosphoric acid......as what it started with but is reserving what volume they use that solution at....as a trade secret. I just dont know how good it is. But.....chemicals are not cheap. Typically if its less than $25 a gallon.....its probably not tha5 strong.

Just so everyone knows.....you will start having problems finding "MSDS" sheets on products......because if you still call them MSDS sheets......you are out of date. Wink

As of January 2014.....by Federal law.....everyone....everyone.....has moved to the new GHS (globally harmonized system ) of labeling and reporting. What used to be long multi page MSDS sheets are now called "SDS"......safety data sheets. They are also simplified and have less product composition information. ....a little more of only what is critical for user safety.

But soon.....searching using the term "MSDS" will not find you what you need. Have to use SDS.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 6:51 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

No I understand why you want new upper exchangers . I'm not sure a 69 has the cool air tubes and the two thermostats that regulate the temps so it does not get to the point of melting anything. There were just so many changes I cannot keep up with any of it .

I put my lower heat exchangers back on in 2009 but haven't turned the heat on once since then. I used to use it years ago when it was all original , it just never gets that cold here any longer . We are lucky to see a low of 45 at night and 60 in the day . It used to be much colder last I can recall is 2002. Much colder in the 80's if cold is 40* F. Thanks giving 2015 it was in the high 90's here . last in 2016 it was in the mid 50's . Now in an instant we went from the 60's to near 100. I can't recall past mid june ever being in the mid 60's.

Never liked heat . I come from an area 30 miles west of down town Chicago and even in the winter my 66 beetle got it warm enough for me. I worked outside in the 60's 30* to me was spring . Grade school in the 50's waiting for the bus and the wind I was happy the bus had some form of heat .

Any way I think just about any adhesive you use to hold the copper rings in the upper exchangers would do since they crush to make the seal and anti-seize on the nuts threads would be a good idea. I only offer my opinion here . Others may feel a sealer on both sides of the copper rings is the way to go. I feel dry for the most part may not allow them to shift which may be a good thing . if they fit snug in the nuts then sealer may be an option to consider. Personally I never tried to fit the copper rings , like I said I removed mine long ago since a good muffler was to costly.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 7:51 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

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No I understand why you want new upper exchangers . I'm not sure a 69 has the cool air tubes and the two thermostats that regulate the temps so it does not get to the point of melting anything. There were just so many changes I cannot keep up with any of it .

Any way I think just about any adhesive you use to hold the copper rings in the upper exchangers would do since they crush to make the seal and anti-seize on the nuts threads would be a good idea. I only offer my opinion here . Others may feel a sealer on both sides of the copper rings is the way to go. I feel dry for the most part may not allow them to shift which may be a good thing . if they fit snug in the nuts then sealer may be an option to consider. Personally I never tried to fit the copper rings , like I said I removed mine long ago since a good muffler was to costly.


Yes, Dan's 69 should have the fresh air tubes.
I'd go with some ultra copper permatex to hold the copper crush rings in place. I'd even add a smidge on the threads, as I've found it kind of works like "anti-seize".
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2016 10:04 am    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

Daniel & Jessica are on a trip westward and we were pleased that they managed to stop here for a couple of days. We took advantage of the visit to spend some good VW time as well as some quality Madison time. Here's what we did with the car.

I installed my latest version of the under dash grounding kit for '68-'70 FI cars. This does the same job as the first design, but uses only parts that I can readily buy. Same price: $10

I installed the new 3-position fuel pump primer switch and discovered that the reason Daniel hadn't been able to get it to fit was that a steering column bracket had been installed backwards. I turned that around and then everything went together smoothly.

We spent some time on the ticking speedo needle, but didn't come to any real conclusions. Their cable was the same length as my stock and it turned smoothly. The speedo head turned completely freely also. I DID discover that the cable had been routed wrong: It should go OVER the tie rod, not UNDER it, but correcting the routing didn't fix anything. We ended up just sticking with the old cable since I was unable to identify a cause.

Their little hose from the spare tire to the washer bottle leaked at both ends, but that was just a matter of trimming off a bit of hose at each end and reinstalling it.

Finally, we unloaded the rear of the Square and got into the engine. I straightened up and re-routed some wires, repositioned the coil and got everything looking nice again. Then we pulled the brain and installed the Bosch FI tester.

We checked everything, but were specially looking for bad connections near the left injectors. Rather quickly we found intermittent connections to the pressure sensor, both primary and secondary. I took those pins out of the connector body and checked each one separately. 2 were not very tight and 2 were loose. Once they were all tightened up, the connections were all solid again.

Daniel & Jess are now on their way west, headed for the Badlands, then Yellowstone and the Pacific. They were getting ~24 mi/gal on the highway getting here, and I talked them into removing the series resistor from the cyl head temp sensor and into putting the pressure sensor back to the OE position. They'll watch their gas mileage and keep it reasonable, but 24-28 is probably reasonable, depending on speed and wind.

I expect them to have a trouble-free trip from here on.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 7:04 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

So, things were going great from when Jim posted up until yesterday when we started having a gentle random miss while accelerating. Then, it turned into a violent jerking miss, then back into a gentle random miss and now it's either one or the other. It always happens at high RPM (except when it happens when partly coasting). The car isn't un-drivable but having an intermittent undiagnosable issue isn't fun either, especially when you're driving around Yellowstone National Park.

We've checked/verified the following things:

--We can't reproduce the miss by playing with any of the wires in the engine bay

--Coil checks out fine. Put in another one just for kicks and it didn't make a difference

--Points are new and in good condition and dwell is fine

--Timing is fine

--Tried a new condenser and it didn't make a difference

--Tried new trigger points and it didn't make a difference

--Tried a whole different distributor and it didn't make a difference

--Checked voltage out of the power relay underneath the back seat and it was fine, even when the motor was missing

--Checked voltage at wires 16 and 24 into the ECU and it was fine, even when the motor was missing

--Checked fuel pressure. It was only 25 psi. Bumped it up to 29 psi and it didn't make a difference.

--Drove with the timing light connected to each spark plug wire (one at a time of course) and spark was constant even when the motor was missing.

--Drove with the VOM hooked up to power into the coil from ignition and it was rock solid even when the motor was missing

--Tried another MPS just for kicks and it didn't make a difference

--Tried another TS2 and it didn't make a difference

--Grounds at case centerline are tight

--Ground for FI power relay is tight and clean

Gas mileage has taken a dump and we hooked up our 02 sensor and it looks like it spikes rich when missing. So what on the planet does it seem like our problem is? There's almost nothing left to check!!!!!! The only things we haven't checked/replaced are the ECU, the spark plugs, and the injectors. I'd look at the plugs but #2 has an iffy/slightly stripped hole and I really don't want to be pulling a head to run a Timesert in while in Yellowstone. Actually, we'll begin bucking and missing our way into Boise tomorrow....

And don't tell me you told me so ataraxia, b/c I remember you did!! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 7:18 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

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So, things were going great from when Jim posted up until yesterday when we started having a gentle random miss while accelerating. Then, it turned into a violent jerking miss, then back into a gentle random miss and now it's either one or the other. It always happens at high RPM (except when it happens when partly coasting). The car isn't un-drivable but having an intermittent undiagnosable issue isn't fun either, especially when you're driving around Yellowstone National Park.

We've checked/verified the following things:

--We can't reproduce the miss by playing with any of the wires in the engine bay

--Coil checks out fine. Put in another one just for kicks and it didn't make a difference

--Points are new and in good condition and dwell is fine

--Timing is fine

--Tried a new condenser and it didn't make a difference

--Tried new trigger points and it didn't make a difference

--Tried a whole different distributor and it didn't make a difference

--Checked voltage out of the power relay underneath the back seat and it was fine, even when the motor was missing

--Checked voltage at wires 16 and 24 into the ECU and it was fine, even when the motor was missing

--Checked fuel pressure. It was only 25 psi. Bumped it up to 29 psi and it didn't make a difference.

--Drove with the timing light connected to each spark plug wire (one at a time of course) and spark was constant even when the motor was missing.

--Drove with the VOM hooked up to power into the coil from ignition and it was rock solid even when the motor was missing

--Tried another MPS just for kicks and it didn't make a difference

--Tried another TS2 and it didn't make a difference

--Grounds at case centerline are tight

--Ground for FI power relay is tight and clean

Gas mileage has taken a dump and we hooked up our 02 sensor and it looks like it spikes rich when missing. So what on the planet does it seem like our problem is? There's almost nothing left to check!!!!!! The only things we haven't checked/replaced are the ECU, the spark plugs, and the injectors. I'd look at the plugs but #2 has an iffy/slightly stripped hole and I really don't want to be pulling a head to run a Timesert in while in Yellowstone. Actually, we'll begin bucking and missing our way into Boise tomorrow....

And don't tell me you told me so ataraxia, b/c I remember you did!! Very Happy


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 7:20 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

Have you checked the full load pressure switch for vacuum loss at full extension, full vacuum and for internal faults?


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 7:58 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

I just sent youtes guys an email. Before you try anything, get a bottle of HEET in that tank before you try anything else. Due to temp extremes in the high Western deserts from sweltering daytime highs to shivering nighttime lows, condensation in station tanks has always been a huge issue, and I saw HEET cure more annoying problems during my Idaho years than you can shake a stick at.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 8:00 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

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I just sent youtes guys an email. Before you try anything, get a bottle of HEET in that tank before you try anything else. Due to temp extremes in the high Western deserts from sweltering daytime higs to shivering nighttime lows, condensation in station tanks has always been a huge issue, and I saw HEET cure more annoying problems during my Idaho years than you can shake a tick at.


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I just sent youtes guys an email. Before you try anything, get a bottle of HEET in that tank before you try anything else. Due to temp extremes in the high Western deserts from sweltering daytime higs to shivering nighttime lows, condensation in station tanks has always been a huge issue, and I saw HEET cure more annoying problems during my Idaho years than you can shake a tick at.


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I just sent youtes guys an email. Before you try anything, get a bottle of HEET in that tank before you try anything else. Due to temp extremes in the high Western deserts from sweltering daytime higs to shivering nighttime lows, condensation in station tanks has always been a huge issue, and I saw HEET cure more annoying problems during my Idaho years than you can shake a tick at.


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 8:12 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

It's been done, no doubt, but I'd check or replace the spark plugs. A rich indication with a miss implies the plug isn't firing and your FI is sending unburnt fuel through the system. A lean spike would imply a failing injector or upstream failure causing a lack of proper injection.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 8:21 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

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It's been done, no doubt, but I'd check or replace the spark plugs. A rich indication with a miss implies the plug isn't firing and your FI is sending unburnt fuel through the system. A lean spike would imply a failing injector or upstream failure causing a lack of proper injection.


They have a slightly stripped spark plug hole and don't want to go there. I agree that it may be ignition, BUT they get a timing light working on all 4 plug wires just fine when this is happening, so who really knows?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 9:46 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

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It's been done, no doubt, but I'd check or replace the spark plugs. A rich indication with a miss implies the plug isn't firing and your FI is sending unburnt fuel through the system. A lean spike would imply a failing injector or upstream failure causing a lack of proper injection.


They have a slightly stripped spark plug hole and don't want to go there. I agree that it may be ignition, BUT they get a timing light working on all 4 plug wires just fine when this is happening, so who really knows?


The timing light only indicates a pulse of electricity is going through the wire. If they have a really bad thread situation or a poor threaded insert.....the actual arc.....lr most of it can be happening in the threads and not at the electrode. Ray
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 6:17 am    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

Replace 3 out of 4 and leave the iffy one alone for now while crossing fingers that that's not the one that is missing? Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 1:31 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

Well, problem gone!!!!

Before quitting last night, we did one more thing.....change TS2. I reported that we'd already done so, but we hadn't actually driven more than a few hundred yards with it changed after recording a strangely high resistance reading on a warm engine!! Forgive me, I was flustered when posting last night. Smile

After changing the sensor, the AFR readings went back to "normal". They'd been at 9, 10, and 11 all throughout the day. We drove 20 miles back to our campground with more power than we'd had in days and without a single buck or miss. We thought it was a fluke and were going to leave Yellowstone with our tails between our legs via Grand Teton on our way to Idaho and then a certain cigar smoking ape out in OR but 45 miles of driving this morning and again, not a single buck, miss, or jerk so we're now going to post up in Grand Teton for a few days before heading further west.

I should also add that maybe 2 or 3 hours before doing the TS2 swap, we refilled the tank with about 7 gallons of gas. The good running could also have had to do with the last of some bad gas making it's way out of the tank, but of course we threw the kitchen sink of tests at the car and now we won't know for sure Crying or Very sad . But thanks to all the tips from you guys, we know what to look at if it should happen again.

I always though that "bad gas" was kind of a myth but we ran into an ACVW guy in a parking lot yesterday and he had a tale of bad gas too with his carbureted beetle. Incidentally, he invited us to head to the Treffen.....that huge ACVW cruise that goes from Canada all the way down to Mexico but that's not our trajectory.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 2:04 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

bad gas does exist

I was chasing a weird stutter in my daily, a 350-375hp 2011 Yukon, 5.3, V8, intake and exhaust done, and a custom tune. At idle you could feel a missfire and see the tach drop. Spark plugs, wires, intake cleaning, nothing helped. I regularly use a valero gas station in my neighborhood. I figure they are top tier... Sure enough, on nextdoor (like facebook for neighbors) someone said they had $10K of damage to their diesel truck because of water in the diesel. They have lived in my neighborhood and only used that Valero station the whole time they have owned said truck. they have literally never used any other station

I figured WTF, if it's in their diesel, it's in their gas ... Added some HEET, switched gas stations, no more problems. More power and better mileage too

bastards. I was chasing that problem for weeks and weeks
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 3:00 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

Actually...I have had...and you will have...more issues with bad gas...with D-jet, L-jet and the simpler versions of CIS than with almost any other systems.

The higher/tighter they are tuned ...the worse the behavior. This is because there are no 02 sensors, no knock sensors and no software or logic to tune around low grade fuel effects on power and detonation.

The exception to that is when the fuel is so poor or had so much water in it that it just does not burn.

Hey...havn't you been through more than a handful of TS-2's during this saga of yours?

Others have been noticing issues with TS-2 life, variation ...and I hear lately the bus guys are crapping themselves because their part number (which may be the same ...can't remember)....has become unavailable.

I played with some methods quite a while back that actually work well....if you are diligent about how you drive.

Hopefully in the fall I will be trying a resistor to ground, resistor board...wired to the TS2 wire. I will dial in the resistor setting for start up depending on ambient temp and then dial it down to running setting after X minutes.

Or....It would also be quite easy to drill out an existing TS2....install a more stable thermistor....with a "trimmer" screw to set the bottom out resistance...and fill it with a modern ceramic potting compound that has better heat transmission. Maybe these can easily be made more stable and reliable. Ray
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 8:28 pm    Post subject: Re: '69 FI Squareback: The Continuing (Mis)Adventures Reply with quote

Ok, so we're over 5k miles into our trip and headed home. Went through Yellowstone again today which was amazing and we're once again in Cody, WY on our way back to NYC. We should be there by Saturday afternoon.

It's been well over 2k miles since our last miss but it remains to be seen if changing TS2 fixed it or running out a bad tank of gas fixed it. Jim wisely suggested that I try out the "problematic" TS2 when I get home and see if symptoms return. If they do, it was the sensor. If not, it was the gas. Ray was right....TS2 has been implicated in a few of our issues and each time the issue was solved it was 50/50 whether it was the sensor or not. We'll see....

After the miss, the only other issue we had was that our reverse lights disappeared (fuse and bulbs were fine) and then suddenly they were on all the time as long as we were in gear. A cigar smoking gorilla climbed under the car when we were in OR and discovered that both our wires had come off the reverse light switch and were making contact. He put them on and we had reverse lights. For about an hour. Then they went away. Got to Portland a few days later and bought a new reverse light switch and now all is good. First time I ever got to walk into a parts store, buy a VW specific part, install it in the parking lot, and drive off happy. We tried Always V-Dub but they were closed for vacation so we went to Halsey Imports. For fun, I asked them if they had any of TS2 in stock (using the Bosch part number of course) and the guy laughed and asked me if I could tell him where he could get any. He said the part has been unavailable for months and people were stressing out about it. So it's true, Bosch hates us all Mad

Wait, I lied, we have another issue which may not be an issue....a terrible noise that seems to be coming from the fuel pump damper/dampener of all things! We noticed it a few weeks ago in Badlands and then it came and went for a few days then vanished for a week or two and as of yesterday is back in the worst way!! In the cabin, it's a loud humming/moaning sound that Jessica claims can be felt through the brake pedal, but outside the car it's this horrible vibrating buzzing sound that you can hear from 10 paces away


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Now, I've never heard of anyone having an issue with their damper but if anyone was going to be first.......Or is there something inside them that quits? I'm not really sure what's in there.

I know, you'll say it's the pump but I put my hand on the pump and it's smooth and quiet. I put my hand on the damper and I can feel it buzzing like a trick hand buzzer. I listened to the pump and to the damper with a length of hose to my ear and it's clear that the damper is making the noise. It's not vibrating against the beam or the plate but internally. Also, the fuel line on the output side of the damper is vibrating like crazy but there's only mild transferred vibration on the input side back to the pump. It's weird as hell. Performance is fine, gas mileage is fine, but this noise is really intolerable in traffic, while idling, etc.

FWIW, this is an Airtex 2000 pump that I installed back in September or October and haven't touched since.

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