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Subject:No power
From:Jim
Date:Wed, 26 Mar 2003 09:42:25 -0800

Lube the advance unit in the distributor. (Remove rotor, add a couple
three drops of oil, replace the rotor and wiggle it back and forth a few
times.) Check the timing.

Jim

>I have got no low end power out of first and second
>gear and then when
>climbing hills in the road.  It seems to lug off the
>line and then when
>the rpms hit about 2000 to 3000 it kicks in and goes
>good.  Then I have
>to shift into second and it happens again.  Then third
>and no problem
>it goes great.  When climbing hills I end up shifting
>into second just
>to go 25 mph I know the car is a vw but it had more
>power before the
>last fixes which were new oxygen sensor and wire
>rebuild and a new temp
>sensor.  Any help to get the power back would be
>great.
>

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