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Date:   Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:11:10 -0600
Reply-To:   David Johnson <davidj@ELPASOTEL.NET>
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From:   David Johnson <davidj@ELPASOTEL.NET>
Subject:   Tool US 1076?
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Ok, so I got a battered and worn but serviceable Bentley to begin to rebuild my engine-fire damaged '80 Westy. And I must say, I am really, really unimpressed with teh Bentley. It assumes an awful freakin' lot about what I am supposed to know already, and what tools I am supposed to have. Granted, the last "service manual" I had was for a 1960 Ford Falcon, but it assumed next to nothing - to the point of "now locate the three bolts on the starter motor housing, and remove them using a 7/16 box wrench." Bentley gives me a diagram that is not entirely clear and on occasion a few cryptic notes. Not what I expected, and not terribly useful.

Ok, rant over for now. So, as noted above, the manual specifies several tool numbers, but gives no description, and in many cases no picture. So, I assume tool US 1076 is some sort of vacuum gauge. Anyone have any recommendations for a more specific version of this? Seems like I am going to be doing a lot of vacuum testing once I get some things back together in the FI system.

Also - on a semi-related note - anyone know how to test a fuel pressure regulator and cold start valve without having the car actually running? I am semi-assuming that the fire would have damaged these two parts (esp. since the fire seems to have started from a leak somewhere right about the cold start valve) but I'd like to be sure before I plop money down on them.

Thanks for the help.

David. '80 Westy (in limbo)


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