Date:         Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:38:53 -0400
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
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From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tightening the Throttle body
Comments: To: Mike Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <449C2989.9000405@gmail.com>
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I don't remeber using anything more exotic than a #2 philips-head craftsman
screwdriver... but I probably already had the air cleaner and boot off when
I discovered that these were loose.

My van was new-to-me at the time, and I tend to familiarize myself with new
machines through dissection (these days, I can often get them back together
again, too!)


At 10:48 AM 6/23/2006 -0700, Mike Elliott wrote:
>I have developed a leak in the gasket/boot/rubber bit that goes between
>the throttle body (TB) and the air distribution manifold on this 84
>1.9L. By that, I mean a leak on the output side of the TB, not the input
>side.
>
>A list member suggested I tighten everything on the TB, which might
>close the leak. How do you get to those two bolts? Right angle
>phillips-head driver?
>
>If that ain't good enough, and I need to replace the rubber gasket, then
>I'll need to remove the TB. I'm trying to puzzle out the easiest way to
>get the it off . Bentley, unless my Male Pattern Blindness is kicking in
>more strongly than usual, doesn't address that point. Which leaves me to
>my wits to figure it out. Never a good idea to leave me to my wits.
>
>--
>Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>KG6RCR