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Date:         Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:07:57 -0500
Reply-To:     "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Aircooled heater cables
Comments: To: "Mark L. Hineline" <hineline@ocotillofield.net>
In-Reply-To:  <05AD4581-1DA5-421B-8505-7118FEFE39DE@ocotillofield.net>
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Mark:

Richard Atwell (www.ratwell.com) has a detailed explanation and photos showing flappers on the 2.0 aircooled motor. I have studied those devils at length and still have stop and think it out.

On 12/26/10, Mark L. Hineline <hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote: > Apologies to everyone with WBX and suburu engines. This is about > aircooled -- 1982. > > The connections to my flappers are all kinds of wrong. I've read Sean > Bartnik's write-up, I've looked at ETKA, and I've read Bentley. Still > don't know how to put these together correctly or what I need to get. > So here's the set of questions: > > First: There are welded brackets on both sides. Currently, on my left > side, the gas return line is routed through a grommet in the flapper > end of the bracket. I assume that's not correct, but who knows? > > Second, only the right side has the full schmeer of boot, spring, > bushing, etc. ETKA shows this on the left side only, and Bentley is > ambiguous. Should both sides have the complete boot, spring, bushing, > etc. assembly? > > Third, does the assembly mentioned above - on p. 80.4 of Bentley - > route through both ends of the welded bracket? Does the boot fit > between the bracket ends, or to the rear of the rear end? > > Fourth, where does the small spring fit into all of this? > > Thanks > > Mark >

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