Date:         Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:27:35 -0700
Reply-To:     neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Syndrome Fix: 10 Volt Capacitor OK?
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
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No!    :^/      Soon.   :)

I was thinking same. But that's an advanced project. Would need a somewhat
fubar'd TB to play with.

Thanks for hints on material to use. I'd be tempted to make brass or bronze
(oil impregnated).

Delrin easier to turn? Lasts as long? Did you make a jig or ? to mount TB
to tail stock?  (e.g. how did you keep or establish a straight line between
each shaft hole in TB?)

Maybe all this is in your shufti !   ;)

Neil.

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Neil,
>
> you have your lathe running yet? A TB rebuild would be a good project.
> Bore out TB a tad to remove wear area, make new butterfly, make delrin
> bushings for shaft. I had a go at it a while back, was fun :)
>
> alistair
>
>
> On 2012-06-12, at 11:31 PM, neil n wrote:
>
> >  It may simply be a worn throttle shaft
> >  (video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEGAgefVyQY ) affecting ability
> to
> > get an accurate throttle valve switch setting, but the way I have the
> > switch set now, (hair past specified max of 0.10 mm)  I know it closes at
> > idle every time, engine cold or warm.
>
>


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Neil n

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