Date:         Tue, 11 Jul 2000 15:22:25 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
Subject:      Re: Plug Over Fuel Mixture Adj Screw on AFM, '81 Vanagon
Comments: To: Lee Wood <leewood@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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At 15:16 7/11/2000, Lee Wood wrote:
>Volks,
>
>I have not been successful in removing the silver metal (aluminum?) plug
>inserted on top of the fuel mixture adjustment screw on the Air Flow Meter
>in my '81 vanagon. It's pressed pretty far down into that cavity, and I
>can't get a purchase on it with anything in my tool box. I've tried using
>an easy-out and a self-tapping screw to lift and turn in both directions,
>but the plug simply spins and doesn't budge upwards.

Once you get a purchase on it just pull straight out.  It's held in with an
expansion spring, not threaded.  Incidentally, it has a steel bottom so you
don't crash the drill bit through into the idle screw.

davdi
David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"