I was going to post this in my 83 Flathood Questions post, but figured we kind of got off topic on there anyway.

1983 242T with stock B21FT. The car is barely accelerating until the revs build a little. Then it runs fine. Starts okay and cruises okay. Rechecked my dwell and it's back to 87 ...

So I just bought my 83 242 Turbo, and you guys and this forum have helped me quite a bit. Thank you. Now I am once again stuck. It has been running fantastic, then after work one night, had a hard time starting. It missed like crazy all the way home, 50 miles. It is only on acceleration and puffs ...

A quick question as I can't find it by searching or in my Haynes manual. On my 83 242 Turbo, what does the third fitting off of the in tank pump go to? I have the ones to and from the motor but there is a third one on the right with nothing connected. Guessing it is a vent line, but to where?

Thanks for the info. Everything helps. Unhooked the rod from the cable pulley to the throttle body and the rpm dropped a bit. Backed off the screw a touch and it helped a little more and got the micro switch back in play. Think the previous owner had adjusted it up to counter the poor idle from it ...

Unplugged the boost enrichment and it dropped to 45 degrees. Took it for a drive and it was awful. Checked the dwell again and it was 88! Unhooked the O2 sensor and it dropped back down. Replaced the O2 and with it hooked up was able to adjust it to 41-44. Thank you so much for the help. It does ...

I disconnected the O2 and went to set the dwell. At the red wire connector, under the ignition box, I was reading 75. Didn't matter which way I adjusted it, it wouldn't move. I ended up going a little counter-clockwise and it did seem to help for 10 minutes or so then back to black smoke. I checked ...

I didn't have the O2 disconnected but had it on 4cyl. I'll give that a try. Thanks. How do you adjust the idle speed on these?

I'm finding out quickly all the things involved in the k-jet running right. I've had 3 VWs with the system, slightly different of course, but never had to diagnose a problem with it. Seems like it will be good once it's figured out. The idle lopes for 30 seconds or so when its cold, but then ...

It has the B21FT with K-Jet. It's a "Group A" car whatever that actually means. You are correct, Bigblue, I did set it to 3 instead of 4, but I reset the timing to 12°BTDC afterwards though, so it doesn't seem like the intermediate shaft timing should still be an issue. Or am I wrong? Plus the main ...

Bought it and got the timing belt done. Fired up fine and once I got the timing and brakes sorted, it's back on the road. It had only been sitting since Oct 11. Oh, and the step relay had to be replaced. It's running really rich and only makes 4lbs of boost, so I'll have my hands busy for a bit, but ...