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Date:         Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:55:37 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Throttle body lubrication
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At 08:39 PM 3/24/2011, John Goubeaux wrote: >Well its off a 90 Vanagon , is that a Two switch ?

That's a one-switch. The switch and its cam don't need lubrication, although at least outside the dry country I think the assembly could use better weather protection - for the adjusting cam and mounting plate mostly.

Someone else knows more about the shaft than I do (no, I'm not going there). But undoubtedly some of the oil that comes up from the crankcase will work down into the lower one, unless it's kept out by grease. I think we'll just pretend I stopped at the end of the first sentence of this paragraph, before I started digging this hole.

Yrs, d


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