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Derek May
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Post by Derek May »

I thought the 75 came with Fuel Injection, has yours been converted?

Good luck with the Rust.
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Bob Ingman
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Post by Bob Ingman »

Pancake, Normally 72-74 vans were carbs and 75-79 were FI. There are small exceptions by month and model year but it is safe to assume that as a 75 model your van once had fuel injection. Good Luck . Bob
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Post by Derek May »

Pancake:
From what you're saying, looks like someone has pulled the fuel injection system out of your bus, and put in the dual "Solex" setup that was stock on the earlier buses.
Changes are, the original engine died somehow, dropped a valve or ???, and they swapped over the engine wholus bolus from an earlier bus. Find the engine number on your engine, and check it against the listings in the Haynes or other VW handbook. Don't have one? Get one. Forget the other one, someone well finish off that phrase, I'm sure -- its a nice warm morning and I'm not going out to the Van to look.

I expect you do not have original engine, and that means different heads, cranks, cam, distributor, probably either 1700 or 1800, etc.

I've no experience with Dual Solex, but VW put in dual carbs for a reason. Its not generally recommended to swap to centre mount single carb, but to stick with duals and either go to dual Dellorto or Dual Webbers, around 36 or 40 mm. You can find these on ebay from time to time. Do some searches, there are lots of threads on the subject of best carb set up for stock engines, depends on displacement etc. Goodluck and enjoy.
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